Eleftherios Phedias Diamandis (born October 8, 1952) is a
Greek Cypriot
Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...
-Canadian
biochemist
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who specializes in
clinical chemistry
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. He is Professor & Head of Clinical Biochemistry in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the
University of Toronto
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in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. He is also Division Head of Clinical Biochemistry at
Mount Sinai Hospital and Biochemist-in-Chief at the
University Health Network
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, both of which are also located in Toronto.
Honors and awards
Diamandis is a member of the
Academy of Athens and the
Royal Society of Canada
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. He is also a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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, the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
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. From the
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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, he has received the Morton K. Schwartz Award for Significant Contributions in Cancer Research Diagnostics, among other awards; he is also a member of the Association's Hall of Fame.
Theranos
In May 2015, Diamandis performed a deep investigation into claims of health technology company
Theranos
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and concluded in a report that "most of the company's claims are exaggerated."
This insight from Diamandis triggered
John Carreyrou
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to further investigate the claims that had been made by Theranos. At the time, Theranos was widely considered a reliable and functional analysis company.
References
Further reading
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External links
Faculty page
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Cypriot medical researchers
Living people
Cypriot emigrants to Canada
Canadian biochemists
University of Toronto faculty
University of Toronto alumni
People from Limassol
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)
Clinical chemists
Cancer researchers
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
1952 births
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