Grigorios Leontiadis, MD, PhD, MSc, is a staff gastroenterologist and professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
His research interests include the management of upper GI bleeding and H. pylori infection, translational evolutionary medicine, and the methodology of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines. He has published eight book chapters and 150 peer-reviewed articles, which have been cited 12,000 times and have an h-index of 48 (per Web of Science).
His current roles include:
• Full member of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute
• Director of Cochrane Canada
• Joint Coordinating Editor at Cochrane Gut
• Special Section Editor for Methodology and Guidelines for the journal Gastroenterology
• member of the GRADE Working Group
• co-founder and co-lead of the Planetary Health GRADE project
• member of the CAG Climate Change Committee
• member of the Clinical Practice Guideline Committee and the Climate Change Committee at CAG
• chair of the review committee for the HAHSO Invocation Grant competition
• member of the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board
• Instructor for INGUIDE (International Guideline Development Credentialing & Certification Program) level 2, 3 and 4 courses.
His past roles include:
• Chair, Practice Affairs, CAG
• VP, Clinical Affairs, CAG
• Associate Editor for the American Journal of Gastroenterology
He has collaborated with many professional societies to develop clinical practice guidelines as a lead methodologist or content expert.
His research interests include the management of upper GI bleeding and H. pylori infection, evolutionary medicine, methods for systematic reviews and meta-analyses and methods for clinical practice guidelines.
He is an amateur zoologist, amateur paleontologist and a fan of Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy.