Karen Kroeker

Area of Study / Keywords

Ulcerative colitis Colectomy Crohn's Disease Surgery Intestinal Resection Crohn's Pediatric Transition IBD Biologics Registry Biologics Mindfulness Mindfulness Qualitative Research

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About

Dr. Karen I. Kroeker is a 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 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 (2009), 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.

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Research

Her research interests inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patient outcomes, pediatric transition IBD, and clinical care pathways. 

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Teaching

Dr. Karen Kroeker served as the Gastroenterology Residency Program Director from 2015-2022. She is actively involved in the teaching of residents and fellows in gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease and previously served as the Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship Director from 2011-2015. She is currently the Chair, Gastroenterology Specialty Committee, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 

Crystal S. Liu, Taylor J. Cromarty, Zhao X. Lin, Karen J. Goodman, Karen I. Kroeker

American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2024 June; 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002883

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Kaitlyn Delaney Chappell, Diana Meakins, Melanie Marsh-Joyal, Allison Bihari, Karen J Goodman, Jean-Michel Le Melledo, Allen Lim, Farhad Peerani, Karen Ivy Kroeker

JMIR Formative Research. 2024 May; 10.2196/53550

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Reed Taylor Sutton, Kaitlyn Delaney Chappell, David Pincock, Daniel Sadowski, Daniel C Baumgart, Karen Ivy Kroeker

JMIR Medical Informatics. 2024 March; 10.2196/55314

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Foster A, Chan JM, Eytan Wine, El-Matary W, Carroll MW, Kroeker KI, deBruyn JC, Seow CH, Lawrence S, Evans K, Kluthe C, Sharifi N, Pears C, Nicol S, Olayinka L, Fu N, Huynh HQ, Bressler B, Bernstein CN, Jacobson K

The Journal of pediatrics. 2023 April; 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113403

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Zepeda-Gómez S, Dávila-Cervantes A, Montaño-Loza AJ, Yang D, Baumgart DC, Kroeker K, Halloran BP

BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2023 March; 10.1186/s12911-023-02145-z

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Peerani F, Watt M, Ismond KP, Whitlock R, Ambrosio L, Hotte N, Mitchell N, Bailey RJ, Kroeker K, Dieleman LA, Siffledeen J, Lim A, Wong K, Halloran BP, Baumgart DC, Taylor L, Maitreyi Raman, Madsen KL, Tandon P

Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology. 2022 September; 10.1177/17562848221127238

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Bihari A, Olayinka L, Kroeker KI

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 2022 August; 10.1097/mpg.0000000000003581

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Cynthia Seow, Stephanie Coward, Kroeker KI, Stach J, Devitt KS, Targownik LE, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Christopher Ma, deBruyn JC, Carroll MW, Peerani F, Baumgart DC, Ryan DJ, Veldhuyzen van Zanten S, Eric I Benchimol, Gilaad Kaplan, Panaccione R

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2022 July; 10.1093/jcag/gwac021

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Bollegala N, Barwick M, Fu N, Griffiths AM, Keefer L, Kohut SA, Kroeker KI, Lawrence S, Lee K, Mack DR, Walters TD, de Guzman J, Tersigni C, Miatello A, Eric I Benchimol

BMC gastroenterology. 2022 May; 10.1186/s12876-022-02307-9

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Bollegala N., Barwick M., Fu N., Griffiths A.M., Keefer L., Kohut S.A., Kroeker K.I., Lawrence S., Lee K., Mack D.R., Walters T.D., de Guzman J., Tersigni C., Miatello A., Benchimol E.I.

BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2022 May; 22 (1):251 10.1186/s12876-022-02307-9

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Allison Bihari, Hamidi N, Cynthia Seow, Goodman KJ, Wine E, Kroeker KI

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2022 March; 10.1093/jcag/gwac004

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Nancy Fu, Bollegala N, Kevan Jacobson, Kroeker KI, Frost K, Afif W, WAEL EL-MATARY, Fowler SA, Griffiths AM, Hien Huynh, Jantchou P, Karimuddin A, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Otley AR, Pears C, Cynthia Seow, Toulany A, Tersigni C, Tignanelli J, Marshall JK, Boctor M, Hansen T, Pattni C, Wong A, Eric I Benchimol

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2022 March; 10.1093/jcag/gwab050

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N Fu, N Bollegala, K Jacobson, K Kroeker, K Frost, W Afif, , W El-Matary, S Fowler, A Griffiths, H Huynh, P Jantchou, A Karimuddin, G Nguyen, A Otley, C Pears, C Seow, A Toulany, C Tersigni, J Tignanelli, J Marshall, M Boctor, T Hansen, C Pattni, A Wong, E Benchimol

J Can Gastroenterololgy. 2022 March; 10.1093/jcag/gwab050

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A Bihari, N Hamidi, C Seow, K Goodman, E Wine, K Kroeker

J Can Gastroenterology. 2022 March; 5 (4):192-98 10.1093/jcag/gwac004

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M Dahiya, L Olayinka, G Kaplan, L Reeb, C Ma, R Panaccione, K Kroeker

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2022 January; 10.1093/jcag/gwab042

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P Tandon, E Lee, R Jogendran, K Kroeker, L Dieleman, B Halloran, K Wong, K Berga, V Huang

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. 2022 January; Online ahead of print 10.1093/ibd/izab354

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Hu A., Kotze P.G., Burgevin A., Tan W., Jess A., Li P.S., Kroeker K., Halloran B., Panaccione R., Peyrin-Biroulet L., Ma C., Ananthakrishnan A.N.

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021 July; 19 (7):1366-1376.e2 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.07.012

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Balram B, Thiesen A, Kroeker KI

ACG Case Report J. . 2021 June; 8 (5):e00613 10.14309/crj.0000000000000613

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Tandon P., Lee E.Y., Maxwell C., Hitz L., Ambrosio L., Dieleman L., Halloran B., Kroeker K., Huang V.M.

Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021 May; 66 (5):1639-1649 10.1007/s10620-020-06381-5

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Jogendran R., Tandon P., Kroeker K.I., Dieleman L.A., Huang V.

Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021 January; 10.1007/s10620-021-06998-0

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Beilman C, Dittrich A, Scott H, McNab B, Olayinka L, Kroeker KI

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 November; 33 (6):638-644 10.20524/aog.2020.0529

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Balram B., Joshi H., Wong K., Kroeker K.I., Dieleman L.A., Halloran B.P., Baumgart D.C., Peerani F.

Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2020 November; Online ahead of print 10.1007/s10620-020-06704-6

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Dittrich AE, Sutton RT, Haynes K, Wang H, Fedorak RN, Kroeker KI

Inflammatory bowel diseases. 2020 November; 10.1093/ibd/izz315

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Andrew K. Hall, Markku T. Nousiainen, Paolo Campisi, J. Damon Dagnone, Jason R. Frank, Karen I. Kroeker, Stacey Brzezina, Eve Purdy, Anna Oswald

Medical Teacher. 2020 July; 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1766669

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Reed Taylor Sutton, Pincock D, Baumgart DC, Sadowski DC, Fedorak RN, Kroeker KI

NPJ digital medicine. 2020 February; 10.1038/s41746-020-0221-y

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Klostermann NR, McAlpine L, Eytan Wine, Goodman KJ, Kroeker KI

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 2018 February; 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001677

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Reich KM, Chang HJ, Ali Rezaie, Wang H, Goodman KJ, Gilaad Kaplan, Svenson LW, Lees G, Richard Fedorak, Kroeker KI

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2014 July; 10.1111/apt.12873

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Kroeker KI, Lam S, Birchall I, Richard Fedorak

Journal of clinical gastroenterology. 2011 January; 10.1097/mcg.0b013e3181e5d1c5

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