Nicholas Leyland BASc, MD, MHCM, FRCSC

Dr. Nicholas A. Leyland is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He was Chair of the University Department of OB/GYN and the Chief of OB/GYN for the Hamilton Health Sciences from 2010 to 2021. Before taking this position he held the position of the Medical Director of the Women's, Children's and Family Health Program and is the Chief of OB/GYN at the St. Joseph's Health Centre. His clinical and research interests concern the provision of and the improvement of access to minimally invasive reproductive surgical options for women.

Dr. Leyland and his colleagues at McMaster developed a two-year comprehensive research and clinical fellowship training program in endoscopic surgery. He developed a multidisciplinary complex GYN surgery and endometriosis clinic at McMaster. He has more than 150 scientific papers, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and book chapters published. Dr. Leyland completed a Master of Science in Health Care Management (MHCM) from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2006.