Dr. Ellina Lytvyak, MD, PhD, DABOM, FRCPC, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

She completed her medical school in Ukraine and obtained her PhD Degree in Gastroenterology. She was awarded a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, by the United States Department of State, and completed it at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. She also completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta.

Dr. Ellina Lytvyak is certified in Obesity Medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine and in Public Health and Preventive Medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is the Founder and Director of the Bariatric Medicine Clinic at the University of Alberta and provides comprehensive evidence-based tertiary care for a complex multimorbid population of patients at the forefront of the latest science.

Dr. Ellina Lytvyak has been actively involved in teaching activities for medical students, fellows and healthcare professionals and currently serves as an Evidence-Based Medicine lead with the MD Program at the University of Alberta.

Dr. Ellina Lytvyak is an author and co-author of over 270 peer-reviewed publications, including a book chapter and guidelines, with an h-index of 27, i10-index of 51, and g-index of 83. Her publications include high-impact scientific journals Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, JACC, The Lancet Global Health, and The Lancet.