Dr. Leah Gramlich
BOARD MEMBER
Gastroenterology, University of Alberta
Dr. Leah Gramlich is a physician nutritionist specialist and Gastroenterologist. She is an Associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta with a cross appointment in Agriculture Life and Environmental Science. She is also Zone Medical Director for Nutrition Services, Alberta Health Services in the Edmonton Zone.
Dr. Gramlich is dedicated to patient care but her evolving interest is in food and health and in empowering health practitioners with the tools to meet patient needs relative to food and activity for health. Her other research interests include nutrition and cancer, nutrition in critical illness, nutrition therapy in the home and nutrition education.
She is the past president and founding president of the Canadian Nutrition Society. She sits on several committees in the Canadian Nutrition Society, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the European Society for Nutrition and Metabolism.