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BiographyDr. Bow is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. He was recruited to CancerCare Manitoba and the University of Manitoba in 1982 as an Infectious Diseases physician, Infection Prevention and Control consultant and Haematologist/Oncologist with special clinical and research interests in the infectious diseases of cancer patients and in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He provides clinical consultation services for oncology and transplant infectious diseases at CancerCare Manitoba and to the Health Sciences Centre (HSC), Winnipeg. In addition, he attends on the Surgical and Medical Infectious Disease consultation at the HSC. Dr. Bow is actively engaged in clinical practice guideline development for the management of the febrile neutropenia patient provincially and internationally with the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He also is an active member of the Mycoses Study Group-Education, Research consortium promoting research in clinical mycology. He is a primary investigator for a number of local clinical trials on the prevention and treatment of invasive aspergillosis in stem cell transplantation.
Education
Awards
- Masters – No
- PhD – No
Research themes
- Infections in cancer patients
Research interests
- Prevention and management of bacterial and fungal infections in neutropaenic cancer patients
- Cytotoxic therapy-induced intestinal epithelial damage in the pathogenesis of fungal infections
- Patient-driven hand hygiene compliance monitoring
- Infection prevention and central strategies in ambulatory cancer populations
- Central Venous Access Device related infections and thrombotic complications
Keywords
- Infectious Diseases
- Infection prevention
- Hand hygiene
- Fungal infections
Research affiliations
- Oncology and Transplant Infectious Diseases (CCMB)
BiographyDr. Bow is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. He was recruited to CancerCare Manitoba and the University of Manitoba in 1982 as an Infectious Diseases physician, Infection Prevention and Control consultant and Haematologist/Oncologist with special clinical and research interests in the infectious diseases of cancer patients and in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He provides clinical consultation services for oncology and transplant infectious diseases at CancerCare Manitoba and to the Health Sciences Centre (HSC), Winnipeg. In addition, he attends on the Surgical and Medical Infectious Disease consultation at the HSC. Dr. Bow is actively engaged in clinical practice guideline development for the management of the febrile neutropenia patient provincially and internationally with the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He also is an active member of the Mycoses Study Group-Education, Research consortium promoting research in clinical mycology. He is a primary investigator for a number of local clinical trials on the prevention and treatment of invasive aspergillosis in stem cell transplantation.
Education
- Fellow, Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba (1980-1982)
- Post-Graduate Medicine, McMaster University (1976-1980)
- Undergraduate Medicine, University of Calgary (1973-1976)
Awards
- Haematology/Oncology Grand Rounds Best Presentation Award (2019)
- Individual Award of Excellence in appreciation of Clinical Service Excellence, Department of Medical Oncology & Haematology, CancerCare Manitoba (2017)
- Academic Year Teaching Award, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (2016)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (2010)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (2008)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (2005)
- Difco Award in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto (1972)
- A.J. Rhodes Award in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto (1972)