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Benjamin Leis

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Saskatchewan

Benjamin Leis

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Quality Improvement Cognitive Biases in Health Care Decision-Making Equity in Health Care Infective Endocarditis

Latest papers

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration: A Game Changer for Infective Endocarditis?
The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2026
Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration in Endocarditis.
CJC open · 2025 · senior author
Current trends and challenges in infective endocarditis.
Current opinion in cardiology · 2025

All 11 publications

11 publications.

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration: A Game Changer for Infective Endocarditis?

Ali Hassan SM, Patel SK, Zarathus-Cook M, Lee G, Majeed H, Fagan A, Leis B, Bisleri G, Derry K, Fam N, Yanagawa B

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.12.041 PMID: 41461363

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration in Endocarditis.

Robichaud NAS, Spence C, Eckstein J, Leis B

CJC open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.06.018 PMID: 41180341

Current trends and challenges in infective endocarditis.

Patel SK, Hassan SMA, Côté M, Leis B, Yanagawa B

Current opinion in cardiology2025

DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000001192 PMID: 39513568

The State of Heart Failure Care in Canada: Minimal Improvement in Readmissions Over Time Despite an Increased Number of Evidence-Based Therapies

Poon S, Leis B, Lambert L, MacFarlane K, Anderson K, Blais C, Demers C, Ezekowitz JA, Hawkins NM, Lee DS

CJC Open202234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2022.04.011 PMID: W4291127444

Reducing Unnecessary Noninvasive Testing for Inpatients With Unstable Angina: The RUNIT Protocol.

Leis B, Bare I, Marshall K, Buschau E, Penner L, Keith C, De Villiers JS, Orvold J

CJC open2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.004 PMID: 34027356

Gemella morbillorum endocarditis and osteomyelitis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.

Singer Z, Leis B, Nosib S, Kogilwaimath S

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2021

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2020-0032 PMID: 36340212

Acute Congestive Heart Failure in a Young Woman.

Njaa P, Bree T, De Villiers JS, Leis B

CJC open2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.10.005 PMID: 33644737

Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes Beyond the First Year: A Canadian Clinical Practice Survey.

Bui KA, Matteau A, Elbarouni B, Bainey KR, Fordyce CB, Bagai A, Rose B, Lutchmedial S, Leis B, Lavoie A, Cox J, Mansour S, Potter BJ

CJC open20201 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.08.002 PMID: 33305222

Pulmonary Embolism: The Value of the Angiographic Diagnosis.

Leis B, Weatherald J, Basran R, De Villiers J

The Canadian journal of cardiology20192 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.03.007 PMID: 31292095

Altering standard admission order sets to promote clinical laboratory stewardship: a cohort quality improvement study.

Leis B, Frost A, Bryce R, Lyon AW, Coverett K

BMJ quality & safety2019First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008995 PMID: 31073090

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Benjamin Leis

Research

Latest papers

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration: A Game Changer for Infective Endocarditis?

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration in Endocarditis.

Current trends and challenges in infective endocarditis.

The State of Heart Failure Care in Canada: Minimal Improvement in Readmissions Over Time Despite an Increased Number of Evidence-Based Therapies

Reducing Unnecessary Noninvasive Testing for Inpatients With Unstable Angina: The RUNIT Protocol.

Gemella morbillorum endocarditis and osteomyelitis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.

Acute Congestive Heart Failure in a Young Woman.

Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes Beyond the First Year: A Canadian Clinical Practice Survey.

Pulmonary Embolism: The Value of the Angiographic Diagnosis.

Altering standard admission order sets to promote clinical laboratory stewardship: a cohort quality improvement study.

Frequent collaborators

Idris Bare

Robert McKelvie

Catherine Demers

Douglas Lee

Justin Ezekowitz

Samer Mansour

Bobby Yanagawa

Roopinder Sandhu

Jason Weatherald

Sean Virani

Christopher Fordyce

Stephen Wilton

Nathaniel Hawkins

Shelley Zieroth

Stephanie Poon

Grace Lee

Gianluigi Bisleri

Kendra Derry

Jacobus de Villiers

Jason Orvold