Ira Leeds, MD, FACS

Dr. Leeds is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery's Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery. His clinical practice broadly covers benign and malignant diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus. In addition, he leads a clinical research lab focused on identifying and optimizing modifiable risk factors of abdominal surgery. After obtaining an undergraduate degree at Princeton, Dr. Leeds taught high school science in Memphis, Tennessee with Teach For America. Dr. Leeds then went on to medical school at Emory University and completed clinical training in general surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then finished subspecialty training in colon and rectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Along with his clinical training, Dr. Leeds has also obtained additional post-graduate degrees in business administration at the University of Oxford and clinical investigation at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.