Researchers

Sanjay Murthy

MD, FRCPC

Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Contact

smurthy@toh.on.ca

(613)737-8899 ext 73542

ORCID 0000-0002-0128-7897

Bio

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinician Investigator, Division of Gastroenterology

Associate Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Member of the Ottawa Hospital IBD Centre

Director, Home Parenteral Nutrition Program, The Ottawa Hospital

Cross-appointed at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Cross-appointed at School of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Preventive Medicine.


Training:

M.Sc., Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Advanced Clinical and Research Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Advanced Clinical Fellowship in Parenteral Nutrition, University of Toronto

Clinical and Research Fellowship in Endoscopic Imaging, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Royal College Residency in Gastroenterology, University of Toronto

Royal College Residency in General Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba

Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.), University of Ottawa

B.Sc Honours, Biochemistry, University of Ottawa

Research Goals and Interests

Use of population-level health administrative data to evaluate impact and costs of current paradigms of care as it relates to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and colorectal cancer prevention

Development of predictive tools for use in clinical practice and with studies that use health administrative data

Quality of care in IBD and colonoscopy

 

Active Areas of Research:
1. Use of population-level health administrative data to evaluate clinical and cost-effectiveness of current paradigms of care as it relates to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and colorectal cancer prevention
2. Development of administrative definitions of IBD activity for use with Ontario health administrative data
3. Studies of quality of care relating to IBD and colonoscopy
4. Development of clinical prediction rules for colonoscopy and hospital re-admissions
5. Industry-sponsored trials

Other Research Activities:
Participant in multiple national research networks for epidemiology and quality of care in IBD
Development of Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines in IBD
Peer-reviewer for multiple gastroenterology journals
Department of Medicine Research Advisory Committee and Research Day Examiner
Graduate thesis supervisor and examiner, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Chair, Division of Gastroenterology Research Consortium, University of Ottawa

News

Publications

A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study of Extra-Digestive Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Individuals With and Without Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

2025-11-11 Go to publication

A multivariable prediction model to stratify risk of 90-day rehospitalization among adults with ulcerative colitis.

2025-01-24 Go to publication

Symptoms in Persons With Either Active or Inactive Crohn's Disease Are Agnostic to Disease Phenotype: The Magic in Imagine Study.

2025-01-22 Go to publication

Network Meta-Analysis: Comparison of Endoscopic Dysplasia Detection Technologies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

2025-01-18 Go to publication

Health Services Utilization and Specialist Care in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Multiprovince Population-Based Cohort Study.

2024-12-01 Go to publication
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