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Associate professor
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Accepting graduate students:Dr. Walkty is not currently accepting graduate students.
Research interests
- Antimicrobial resistance
- including antimicrobial susceptibility
- mechanisms of resistance
Research groups
- CARA: Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance, http://www.can-r.ca
Research summary
Dr. Walkty is interested in antimicrobials and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. He also has an interest in clinical infectious diseases. Several recent publications are listed here.
- Milner KA, Bay DC, Alexander D, Walkty A, Karlowsky JA, Mulvey MR, Sharma MK, Zhanel GG. Identification and Characterization of a Novel FosA7 Member from Fosfomycin-Resistant Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Canadian Hospitals. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2020 Dec 16;65(1):e00865-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00865-20. Print 2020 Dec 16.
- Walkty A, Alexander D, Embil J. An 82-Year-Old Male With a Liver Abscess. Open Forum Infect Dis 2020 Aug 17;7(9):ofaa336. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa336. eCollection 2020 Sep.
- Shute L, Walkty A, Embil JM. Minocycline-induced cutaneous hyperpigmentation. CMAJ 2020;192:E981. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.200012.
- Walkty A, Adam HJ, Karlowsky JA, Alexander DC. Cefotaxime susceptibility should not be used to predict ceftriaxone susceptibility among Klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolates. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2020;21:270-1.
- Walkty A, Elgheriani A, Silver S, Pieroni P, Embil J. Tinea barbae presenting as a kerion. Postgrad Med J 2020;96:441.
Dr. Walkty received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba in 1999. He subsequently obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Manitoba in 2003. He went on to do a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba, followed by three years of training in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (University of Manitoba). At present, he works as a Medical Microbiologist with Shared Health at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He also attends on the Clinical Infectious Disease services at the Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Walkty is currently the program director for the Medical Microbiology residency training program at the University of Manitoba.
Education
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2003)
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University of Manitoba (1999)
Awards·
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Clinical Educator Award (2018)
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Clinical Educator Award (2014)
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Clinical Educator Award (2010)