Blayne Welk

Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Western
Kidney, Dialysis & Transplantation Research Program

Phone
519-646-6367

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Education

MSc, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto
FRCSC, Urology
MD, University of Western Ontario
BSc, University of Western Ontario

Research Focus

Kidney and urinary tract disorders
Surgery
Statistics and research methods

Other Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and of Epidemology and Biostatistics, Western University

Recent ICES Grants

The impact of Choosing Wisely urology campaign on medical care in the United States and Canada

Principal investigators: Ordon M, Welk B
Co-investigator: Garg A
American Urology Association, Data Services Grant
2015-2019; $24,192
The Clinical Health Informatics Program (CHIP) at ICES Western

Principal investigator: Welk B
Co-investigator: Garg A
Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario, Innovation Fund
2015-2017; $113,650

Recent ICES Publications

5/16/2017

Cardiac surgeons after vacation: refreshed or rusty?

Welk B, Winick-Ng J, McClure A, Dubois L, Nagpal D. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017; May 16 [Epub ahead of print].

4/21/2017

The impact of multiple prostate biopsies on risk for major complications following radical prostatectomy: a population-based cohort study

Olvera-Posada D, Welk B, McClure JA, Winick-Ng J, Izawa JI, Pautler SE. Urology. 2017; Apr 21 [Epub ahead of print].

3/23/2017

Antihypertensive medications and the risk of kidney stones: a retrospective cohort study

Alexander RT, McArthur E, Jandoc R, Welk B, Hayward JS, Jain AK, Braam B, Flockerzi V, Garg AX, Quinn RR. Hypertens Res. 2017; Mar 23 [Epub ahead of print].

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