PROFESSOR JEAN-PIERRE PELLETIER, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Accredited Member of the Department of Pharmacology, Director and Co-founder of the Osteoarthritis Research Unit at the University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CHUM). The Osteoarthritis Research Unit is one of the most highly renowned and respected facilities of its kind. He is also co-titular head of the Chair in Osteoarthritis at the University of Montreal.Professor Pelletier is an internationally renowned and respected expert in the field of osteoarthritis. His principal research interest lies in understanding the mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis in humans and preclinical models, as well as in investigating and developing new therapeutic strategies to counteract the disease through basic and clinical research. He also developed, with his team, new automated magnetic resonance imaging systems for the quantification of knee and hip structural alterations in humans and animals and uses these methodologies in clinical trials. His work in the field of arthritis research has led to a large number of landmark studies and in turn to major breakthroughs and discoveries with regard to the pathophysiology and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases.
Winner of several international and national awards and prizes including the Roger Demers award in 2012 and the prestigious King Faisal International Prize for Medicine in 2010. He was inducted as a “Master” of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in 2014 and appointed “fellow” by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) in 2008. The success of his work is also illustrated by the impressive number of publications, over 485, and abstracts (more than 870) in world-renowned, peer-reviewed journals, and numerous guest speaker appearances.
