About

Dr. Dana Moffatt completed his medical school, Internal Medicine, and Gastroenterology training at the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He then went on to complete an Advanced Endoscopy fellowship in ERCP and EUS at Indiana University, one of the leading institutions and highest volume hospitals for pancreaticobiliary procedures in the United States.  He was recruited back to Manitoba in 2010 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Moffatt was the first fellowship trained Advanced Endoscopist in Manitoba and remains the director of the Advanced Therapeutic Pancreaticobiliary program in the Section of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Moffatt is a master endoscopist specializing in advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures, including ERCP and cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopy for pancreatic and biliary disease. He is the most experienced endoscopist in Manitoba in endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for removal of large pre-cancerous polyps. He also performs EUS for the diagnosis and management of GI and pancreaticobiliary tumors/diseases, pneumatic dilation for the management of achalasia, as well as more common endoscopic procedures including gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr. Moffatt practices out of both the Health Sciences Center and St. Boniface General Hospital. He is the current Medical Director of Endoscopy for the WRHA, overseeing the quality and use of endoscopy within the province, and was instrumental in reducing the wait list for endoscopy within the province to one of the shortest in the country.

Dr. Moffatt maintains active membership in the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Gastroenterology Association.

Education:

• Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship, Indiana University (2009-10)
• Gastroenterology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2008)
• Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2003)
• Medical Doctorate, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (1999)

Dr. Gerard Coneys completed his medical school, Internal Medicine, and Gastroenterology training at the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He then went on to complete a Therapeutic Endoscopy fellowship at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, one of Canada’s premier GI institutions for therapeutic endoscopy. Dr. Coneys was recruited back to Manitoba to practice within the Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy program in the Section of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Coneys practices out of the St. Boniface Hospital and the Health Sciences Center and performs advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures, including ERCP and cholangioscopy for pancreatic and biliary diseases, EUS for the diagnosis and management of GI and pancreaticobiliary tumors/diseases, radiofrequency ablation for the management of Barrett’s esophagus and biliary cholangiocarcinoma, pneumatic dilation for the management of achalasia, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for removal of large pre-cancerous polyps, as well as more common endoscopic procedures including gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr. Coneys currently serves at the Program Director of the University of Manitoba’s Adult Gastroenterology subspecialty training program and has been actively involved in the regional implementation of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Competency by Design (CBD) trainee assessment for Gastroenterology residents.

Dr. Coneys maintains active membership in the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG), American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopists (ASGE). 

Education:

• Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto (2018)
• Gastroenterology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2017)
• Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2015)
• Medical Doctorate, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2012)

Dr. James Stone completed his medical school, Internal Medicine, and Gastroenterology training at the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He then went on to complete an Advanced Endoscopy/Interventional Gastroenterology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School as well as a Master’s in Public Health at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University. He was recruited back to Manitoba as the province’s first physician with dedicated fellowship training in the use of Third Space Endoscopy/Endoluminal surgery for the management of common GI motility disorders and early GI cancers, as well as to build the Manitoba Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy research program in the Section of Gastroenterology. 

Dr. Stone practices out of the Health Sciences Center and St. Boniface Hospital as an Interventional/Therapeutic Gastroenterologist and is an Assistant Professor in the Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine at the Max Rady College of Medicine. Dr. Stone performs advanced therapeutic procedures including endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for the resection of early-stage esophageal, gastric and colonic tumors, POEM (per-oral endoscopic myotomy) and G-POEM (gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy) for the management of achalasia and refractory gastroparesis, ERCP and cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopy for pancreatic and biliary diseases, EUS for the diagnosis and management of GI and pancreaticobiliary tumors/diseases, liver biopsy, radiofrequency ablation for the management of Barrett’s esophagus, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for large pre-cancerous polyps, as well as more common endoscopic procedures including gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr. Stone is a member of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG), American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopists (ASGE), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA). His research interests include epidemiologic and health outcomes in endoscopy and gastrointestinal diseases, including pancreaticobiliary disorders, GI cancers, inflammatory bowel disease, and the use of artificial intelligence in endoscopy.

Education:

• Masters in Public Health (MPH), TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University (2024)
• Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School (2022)
• Gastroenterology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2021)
• Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2019)
• Medical Doctorate, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2016)
• Bachelor of Science in Medicine (Bsc Med), Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2016)
• Bachelor of Sciences (Hons), Queen’s University (2011)