Dr. Anthony Otley

Anthony Otley MD MSc FRCPC is Head, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the IWK Health Centre and Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is co-lead of the Maritime Intestinal Research Alliance (MIRA) [www.mirapeds.ca] Research interests include the development and evaluation of outcome measures used in pediatric clinical trials. Development of patient-reported outcome (PRO) tools, such as disease-specific health related quality of life questionnaires for children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IMPACT) and Post-liver Transplant (PeLTQL) are two examples. Other research areas include use of enteral nutrition as primary therapy in the management of Crohn’s disease, with special interest in understanding the role the gut flora may have to play. He is the Maritime principal investigator of the CHILD-CIHR Canadian pediatric IBD Network, and is leading the patient engagement work for this project. He is the Maritime principal investigator and pediatric lead for the IMAGINE SPOR network.