Kroeker, Karen - University of Alberta

个人简介

Dr. Karen I. Kroeker is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta. After receiving her BSc (Zoology and Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial Biology) from the University of Calgary, she worked in a medical research laboratory for 2 years. She subsequently received her medical doctorate degree from the University of Calgary in 2004. She completed 3 years of internal medicine residency at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. Following the completion of her gastroenterology residency at the University of Alberta, she completed an Advanced Clinical & Research Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). She received her Masters of Experimental Medicine at the University of Alberta in 2012. Dr. Kroeker joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta in 2010. She is a member of the Active Medical Staff at the University of Alberta Hospital. She has a large practice of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and runs a pediatric IBD transition clinic. She is involved with the implementation of the EClinician electronic medical record in the Division of Gastroenterology. Dr. Kroeker is the Director of the IBD Clinic at the University of Alberta.

研究领域

Her research interests include understanding the impact of a pediatric diagnosis of IBD on the psychosocial impact of IBD, adherence to therapy and therapeutic monitoring in IBD, and the role of vitamin D in the treatment of IBD.

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Role of Vitamin D in Infliximab-induced Remission in Adult Patients with Crohn’s Disease Author(s): Reich KM, Fedorak RN, Madsen K, Kroeker KI Publication Date: 2015-09-09 Journal: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Volume: Epub ahead of print The incidence rate of colectomy for medically refractory ulcerative colitis has declined in parallel with increasing anti-TNF use: a time-trend study Author(s): Reich KM, Chang H-J, Rezaie A, Wang H, Goodman KJ, Kaplan GG, Svenson LW, Lees G, Fedorak RN, Kroeker KI Publication Date: 2014-09 Journal: Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Volume: 40 Issue: 6 Page Numbers: 629-38 The role of vitamin D in improving inflammatory bowel disease outcomes: A basic science and clinical review. Author(s): Reich KM, Fedorak RN, Madsen K, Kroeker KI. Publication Date: 2014-05-07 Journal: World Journal of Gastroenterology Volume: 20 Issue: 17 Page Numbers: 4934-7