Full Name
Dr. Alexandra Medellin
Speaker Bio
Dr. Alexandra Medellin is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary and an Abdominal Radiologist with Alberta Health Services and EFW Radiology. She obtained her medical degree in Colombia before completing her radiology residency and fellowship training at the University of Calgary. Her research interests focus on advanced ultrasound techniques, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), bowel ultrasound, and elastography.
Dr. Medellin played a key role in the development and implementation of Calgary’s metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) pathway in 2018 and continues to serve in an advisory capacity at the provincial level in Alberta. She has co-authored several key publications regarding MASLD, including CAR MASLD guidelines. She has been a member of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) since 2015, was named a Fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound in 2019, and joined the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disease-Focused Panel in 2021.
Dr. Medellin played a key role in the development and implementation of Calgary’s metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) pathway in 2018 and continues to serve in an advisory capacity at the provincial level in Alberta. She has co-authored several key publications regarding MASLD, including CAR MASLD guidelines. She has been a member of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) since 2015, was named a Fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound in 2019, and joined the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disease-Focused Panel in 2021.
