{"id":4167,"date":"2022-10-18T19:59:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdhf2022.local\/?page_id=4167"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:16:41","slug":"dr-david-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cdhf.ca\/en\/about-cdhf\/who-we-are\/dr-david-armstrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. David Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/david.webp\" alt=\"Dr. David Armstrong\" class=\"wp-image-4157 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdhf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/david.webp\" alt=\"Dr. David Armstrong\" class=\"wp-image-4157 lazyload\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. David Armstrong is an Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and an active consultant gastroenterologist at Hamilton Health Sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Armstrong graduated from Cambridge University (1974) and King\u2019s College Hospital (1977). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 2 years (1980-92) as a Family Physician in Goose Bay, Labrador he trained in internal medicine (UK: 1982-85), gastroenterology research (Guy\u2019s Hospital, London, UK: 1985-88; University of Lausanne, Switzerland: 1988-92) and clinical gastroenterology (McMaster University: 1992-95). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Armstrong has research interests in upper gastrointestinal disease, nutrition, education and practice audit; he is principal investigator for a number of multicentre studies on dyspepsia and gastroesophageal reflux disease with over 120 peer-reviewed publications, 70 invited articles and 200 peer-reviewed presentations at learned societies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was Chief of Clinical Service for Gastroenterology (2000-2007) and is Past-President of the HHS Medical Staff Association (2005-7), a member of the International Working Group on the Classification of Oesophagitis (IWGCO; 1994-present), a member of the Organizing Committee for the Annual CAG\/CASL Canadian Gastroenterology Fellows\u2019 Postgraduate Training Courses (1996-2007), Chair of the CAG Endoscopy Committee and a participant in the Canadian Consensus Conferences on the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (1996 and 2004), Helicobacter pylori-related diseases (1998) and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (2002), the Latin-American consensus on gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (2005) and the Montreal Definition and Classification of GERD Working Group. As Chair of the CAG Endoscopy Committee, he has overseen the recent series of Canadian credentialing guidelines for gastrointestinal endoscopy; he was also a member of the Cancer Care Ontario Colonoscopy Standards Expert Panel (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdhf.ca\/en\/about-cdhf\/who-we-are#board\">Return to CDHF Board of Directors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. David Armstrong is an Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and an active consultant gastroenterologist at Hamilton Health Sciences. David Armstrong graduated from Cambridge University (1974) and King\u2019s College Hospital (1977). 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