About Me
Dr. El-Gabalawy is a rheumatologist, Professor of Medicine and Immunology, and senior clinician scientist at the University of Manitoba. He holds the Endowed Rheumatology Research Chair at that institution. He served as the Scientific Director of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research from 2013-2017. His research interests have focused on the mechanisms initiating and sustaining joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. In order to better understand the pre-clinical stages of thisdisease, he has established a longitudinal cohort of Indigenous North Americans who are at risk for developing RA.