Professor Alexander C. Ford, MBChB, MD, FRCP
Professor of Gastroenterology and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist
Leeds Institute of Medical Research At St. James’s, University of Leeds and Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
Dr. Ford is a proponent of evidence-based medicine, with an interest in disorders of brain-gut interaction (DGBI). His work has informed management guidelines in both the UK and USA, and has informed treatment paradigms for several DGBI. He is the principal investigator of the ATLANTIS study in the UK, a large randomised controlled trial of amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome.