Kristjan Paulson, BSc (Spec), BSc (Med), MD, FRCPC

Dr. Kristjan Paulson is an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba.

He is a hematologist with additional training in the fields of acute leukemia and blood and marrow transplantation. He provides clinical services within the Leukemia and Blood and Marrow Transplant Disease Site Groups.

He is the primary investigator and scientific director for the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group Registry, a clinical outcomes database of over 10,000 Canadians who have undergone stem cell transplantation.

He is also a co-investigator on the Canadian National Transplant Research Program, a CIHR-funded research network and leads the transplant registry and biostatistical cores.

Dr. Paulson is currently the co-principal investigator of an 11-centre Canadian/Australian phase III randomized trial, in the evaluation of cyclophosphamide as graft versus host disease prophylaxis in matched donors.

He is leading the development of a Canadian acute leukemia registry and serves on the board of the Canadian Acute Leukemia Study Group.

He was the inaugural registry Chair of the Canadian National Transplant Research Program, a CIHR-funded research network.

He is currently the president of Cell Therapy Transplant Canada (CTTC), the professional society of the Canadian stem cell transplant community (the first Manitoban to assume this role).

A major initiative of his presidency has been the active role the CTTC has played in bringing novel cell therapies such as Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells (CAR-T) to Canada.

He chaired a Canadian workshop on the implementation of advanced cell therapies (such as CAR-T) in 2019.

Education

• Masters of Science in Community Health Science, University of Manitoba (2016)
• Leukemia/Blood and Marrow Transplantation Fellowship, University of Manitoba and Research fellowship at the Centre for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Milwaukee, WI (2013)
• Hematology Residency, University of Manitoba (2011)
• Internal Medicine Residency, University of Manitoba (2009)
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2006)
• Bachelor of Science in Medicine, University of Manitoba (2006)
• Bachelor of Science (Specialist) Major: Physics; Minors: Chemistry & Math, Brandon
• University (2002)

Awards

• Best Overall Abstract, Carmustine-Free Conditioning Regimens Offer Comparable Efficacy to BEAM: A Report of the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group Registry, Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (April 2016)
• First Place, Oral Presentation by a Subspecialty Resident, Internal Medicine Resident Research Day (2010)
• Azacytidine as a Novel Agent in the Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• First Place, Poster Presentation by a Subspecialty Resident, Internal Medicine Resident Research Day (2010)
• Where Have All The Abstracts Gone? Publication Bias at the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group
• Second Place, Oral Presentation by a Core Resident, I nternal Medicine Resident Research Day (2008)
• Does location matter? Rural vs Urban Outcomes After Blood and Marrow Transplantation in a Population-based Canadian Cohort.
• Ethel Louise and John Botterell Scholarship, awarded to the top two ranked Manitoba students admitted to the first year of the MD program at the University of Manitoba (2002)
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (NSERC) Masters Award (declined to enter medical school) (2002)