Dr. Amelia Kellar

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Amelia Kellar completed her MD at the University of Calgary, where she received the Nat Christie Medical Entrance Scholarship as part of the Leaders Medicine program, aimed at physicians pursuing academic medicine. She underwent a Pediatric residency at Hospital for Sick Children and an advanced fellowship focused on adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, which included specialized training in intestinal ultrasound. Dr. Kellar has made significant contributions to IBD research, notably as the first author of guidelines for the use of intestinal ultrasound among Pediatric Gastroenterologists and the development of the pediatric activity ultrasound score (SPAUSS) for accurately detecting pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Her research has been presented at the Advances in IBD, European Crohn’s Colitis Organization (ECCO) Congress, and Digestive Disease Week (DDW). She has received multiple accolades including the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Resident Research Award and the Alberta Medical Association Pediatric Section Grant. Currently, Dr. Kellar is a certified intestinal ultrasonographer trainer for the International Bowel Ultrasound Group and holds appointments in both Pediatric and Adult Gastroenterology at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include intestinal ultrasound and novel dual advanced therapies clinical trials.

Research Interests

Awards

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AIBD Fellow Travel Grant

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Canadian Association Gastroenterology Resident Research Award

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Pediatric Research Award

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Dr. Ken Buchan Memorial Award

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Nat Christie Foundation Medical Entrance Award

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Marguerite Herschel Awards Clinical Excellence

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy