McGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE

Alan Barkun is Director of Digestive Endoscopy, and Chief Quality Officer of the Division of Gastroenterology at McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada. He is the first and current recipient of the DG Kinnear Chair in Gastroenterology at McGill University, holding a medical degree and an MSc in epidemiology and biostatistics from McGill University. Recipient of many national and international awards, Dr. Barkun has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, and has given over 400 international presentations on emerging digestive endoscopic technologies, with an emphasis on methodological, clinical and cost-effectiveness trials of treatments for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), bilio-pancreatic diseases and colorectal cancer screening.

Alan Barkun MD,CM, FRCP(C), FACP, FACG, FAGA, MSc (Clinical Epidemiology) Chairholder, the Douglas G. Kinnear Chair in Gastroenterology, and Professor of Medicine, McGill University Chief Quality Officer, Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre