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Sanjay Murthy

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Sanjay Murthy

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

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Randomized Controlled Trial Colorectal Cancer Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Screening Crohn'S Disease Inflammatory Bowel Disease Interventional Study

Latest papers

The prevalence of abdominal computed tomography imaging findings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who present to the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026
Effectiveness and Safety of Advanced Combination Treatment in Patients With Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Concomitant Immune-Mediated Disease or Extraintestinal Manifestations: A Multicenter Canadian Study
American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2026
Symptoms in Persons With Either Active or Inactive Crohn‘s Disease Are Agnostic to Disease Phenotype
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology · 2026

All 27 publications

Latest funding

A Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial to Assess the Utility of Non-Targeted Biopsies for Colorectal Neoplasia Detection in Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$650,249
The Urban Exposome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Determining Environmental Factors that Increase the Risk of IBD and the Cost of Care
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$75,000
Distributed Network Meta-Analysis of Multi-Provincial Data to Evaluate Temporal Trends and the Impact of Anti-TNF Therapy on the Risks of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-Associated Cancers
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

27 publications.

The prevalence of abdominal computed tomography imaging findings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who present to the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Azward A, Ripstein G, Medawar E, Murthy S, Macdonald B, Rosenberg H, Seow CH, Singh S, McCurdy JD

Inflammatory bowel diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izag053 PMID: 41999574

Effectiveness and Safety of Advanced Combination Treatment in Patients With Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Concomitant Immune-Mediated Disease or Extraintestinal Manifestations: A Multicenter Canadian Study

Solitano V, Ogunsakin RE, Yuan Y, Bernstein CN, Bessissow T, Bressler B, Hoentjen F, van Lierop L, Leung Y, Ma C

American Journal of Gastroenterology202612 citations

DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003573

Symptoms in Persons With Either Active or Inactive Crohn‘s Disease Are Agnostic to Disease Phenotype

Bernstein CN, Nugent Z, Panaccione R, Marshall DA, Kaplan GG, Dieleman LA, Vanner S, Graff LA, Otley A, Jones J

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000002137

Nationalization of clinical care pathways for inflammatory bowel disease management in Canada

Chappell KD, Tausif A, Seow CH, Panaccione R, Lim A, Tersigni C, Nguyen GC, Wang H, Fehr W, Bitton A

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaf043

Patient-reported Symptoms Are Independent of Extent of Disease in Longstanding Ulcerative Colitis

Bernstein CN, Nugent Z, Panaccione R, Marshall DA, Kaplan GG, Vanner S, Dieleman LA, Graff LA, Otley A, Jones J

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000002329

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

Shehab M, Al-Hindawi A, Alrashed F, Murthy S, Bisschops R, Hoentjen F, Barkun A, Singh S, Bessissow T

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2025

DOI: 10.1111/apt.18500 PMID: 39825829

Early Life Exposure to Parental Crohn’s Disease Is Associated With Offspring’s Gut Microbiome, Gut Permeability, and Increased Risk of Future Crohn’s Disease

Lee S-H, Bushra M, Qiu L, Griffiths AM, Turpin W, Croitoru K, Lee S-H, Bushra M, Qiu L, Shao J

Gastroenterology202518 citations

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.033

Crohn’s Disease Phenotypes and Associations With Comorbidities, Surgery Risk, Medications and Nonmedication Approaches: The MAGIC in IMAGINE Study

Bernstein CN, Panaccione R, Nugent Z, Marshall DA, Kaplan GG, Vanner S, Dieleman LA, Graff LA, Otley A, Jones J

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases202510 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izae055

Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Phase of Care

Gozdzik M, Unninayar D, Siegal DM, Sarker AK, Kim E, Murthy S, Benchimol EI, Nguyen GC, McCurdy JD

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases20257 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaf078

Engineered spermidine-secreting Saccharomyces boulardii ameliorates colitis and colon cancer in mice

Mohaqiq M, Palou R, Li R, Zhang G, Vaishnav H, Parweez F, Moyana T, Carragher D, Cameron DW, Ramsay T

Scientific Reports20254 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-16736-5

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Randomized Controlled Trial Dear Professor Murthy, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The prevalence of abdominal computed tomography imaging findings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who present to the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial to Assess the Utility of Non-Targeted Biopsies for Colorectal Neoplasia Detection in Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Sanjay Murthy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The prevalence of abdominal computed tomography imaging findings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who present to the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effectiveness and Safety of Advanced Combination Treatment in Patients With Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Concomitant Immune-Mediated Disease or Extraintestinal Manifestations: A Multicenter Canadian Study

Symptoms in Persons With Either Active or Inactive Crohn‘s Disease Are Agnostic to Disease Phenotype

Nationalization of clinical care pathways for inflammatory bowel disease management in Canada

Patient-reported Symptoms Are Independent of Extent of Disease in Longstanding Ulcerative Colitis

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

Early Life Exposure to Parental Crohn’s Disease Is Associated With Offspring’s Gut Microbiome, Gut Permeability, and Increased Risk of Future Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s Disease Phenotypes and Associations With Comorbidities, Surgery Risk, Medications and Nonmedication Approaches: The MAGIC in IMAGINE Study

Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Phase of Care

Engineered spermidine-secreting Saccharomyces boulardii ameliorates colitis and colon cancer in mice

A Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial to Assess the Utility of Non-Targeted Biopsies for Colorectal Neoplasia Detection in Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The Urban Exposome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Determining Environmental Factors that Increase the Risk of IBD and the Cost of Care

Distributed Network Meta-Analysis of Multi-Provincial Data to Evaluate Temporal Trends and the Impact of Anti-TNF Therapy on the Risks of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-Associated Cancers

A Randomized, Parallel-Group, Open Label, Non-Inferiority, Pragmatic Trial Comparing Random AND Targeted Biopsies to Targeted Biopsies Alone for Neoplasia Detection During Screening Colonoscopy in Adult Persons with Colonic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Pilot Study

Frequent collaborators

Remo Panaccione

Alain Bitton

Paul Moayyedi

Jennifer Jones

John Kenneth Marshall

Kenneth Croitoru

Waqqas Afif

Erin Kennedy

Anthony Otley

Grigorios Leontiadis

Reena Khanna

Talat Bessissow

Stephen Vanner

Husein Moloo

Christopher Ma

Wei Xu

Neeraj Narula

Michael Surette

Vipul Jairath

Zihang Lu

Alan Barkun

Timothy Ramsay

Sharyle Fowler

Alaa Rostom

Jeffrey McCurdy

Juthaporn Cowan

Rakesh Goel

Terence Moyana

Osvaldo Espin Garcia

Wendy Lou

Osvaldo Espin Garcia

Alan Barkun

Paul James

David Mack

Gilaad Kaplan

Ashok Kumar

Peter Tanuseputro

Leah Gramlich

Paul James

Brian Coombes