Scott Whittaker

Dr. J. Scott Whittaker

Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC

Active Staff, St. Paul's Hospital & Mount Saint Joseph Hospital

Pacific Gastroenterology Associates

770-1190 Hornby Street

Vancouver, BC

V6Z 2K5

Telephone: (604) 688-6332, ext 226

Fax: (604) 689-2004

Dr. Whittaker received his Bachelor of Science (Hon Mathematics) and M.D. from the University of British Columbia.  He did internal medicine training and gastroenterology training at the University of Toronto followed by a Medical Research Counsil Fellowship in the field of nutrition under the supervision of Dr. K. N. Jeejeebhoy.  From 1984 to 1988, he was on active staff at UBC Hospital and since 1988 he has been on the active staff at St. Paul's Hospital.

Research interests have been in the field of nutrition, with initial work involving glucose metabolism, nutritional assessment and the effect of nutrition on muscle function.  More recent interests have been in the area of home parenteral nutrition.

Dr. Whittaker has been teaching undergraduate, internal medicine and gastroenterology fellows since his arrival on staff in Vancouver in 1984.  He is a member of the Examination Board of Gastroenterology of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and therefore has been involved in preparing and performing examinations of Fellowship candidates.

Dr. Whittaker is a member of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association and the Royal College Of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Treatment of hospitalized adult patients with severe ulcerative colitis: Toronto consensus statements. Bitton A, Buie D, Enns R, Feagan BG, Jones JL, Marshall JK, Whittaker S, Griffiths AM, Panaccione R; Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Severe Ulcerative Colitis Consensus Group. Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Feb;107(2):179-94

The Canadian Home Total Parenteral Nutrition (HTPN) Registry: vitamin K supplementation and bone mineral density. Aljarallah B, Fernandes G, Jeejeebhoy KN, Gramlich LM, Whittaker JS, Armstrong D, Duerksen DR, Allard JP. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012 Jul;36(4):415-20

Prescription of trace elements in adults on home parenteral nutrition: current practice based on the Canadian Home Parenteral Nutrition Registry. Abdalian R, Fernandes G, Duerksen D, Jeejeebhoy KN, Whittaker S, Gramlich L, Allard JP. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2013 May-Jun;37(3):410-5.

A randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of prescribed patient position changes during colonoscope withdrawal on adenoma detection. Ou G, Kim E, Lakzadeh P, Tong J, Enns R, Ramji A, Whittaker S, Ko HH, Bressler B, Halparin L, Lam E, Amar J, Telford J. Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Aug;80(2):277-83.

Changes in Home Parenteral Nutrition Practice Based on the Canadian Home Parenteral Nutrition Patient Registry. Hortencio TD, Arendt BM, Teterina A, Jeejeebhoy KN, Gramlich LM, Whittaker JS, Armstrong D, Raman M, Nogueira RJ, Allard JP.

JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2015 Sep 25.