Editors
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Dr. Drummond Rennie, a nephrologist and high-altitude physiologist,
is currently deputy editor of JAMA and an adjunct professor of medicine in the Institute for
Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco. Previously deputy editor of the
New England Journal of Medicine, he is interested in research into peer review, the integrity
of the biomedical literature, publication bias, ways to improve the reporting of trials and meta-analyses,
and commercial influences on biomedical research. Dr. Rennie also serves on the advisory board of
JAMAevidence.
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Dr. Gordon Guyatt is a Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine at McMaster University and was previously Director of its Internal Medicine Residency Program. He has published more than 650 peer-reviewed papers of which more than 100 have appeared in JAMA, Lancet, British Medical Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, and New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Guyatt coined the term "Evidence-based Medicine" and has led the "Evidence-based Medicine Working Group" in formulating principles of evidence-based practice.
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Dr. David L. Simel has been the Section Editor of the Rational Clinical
Examination Series at JAMA since 1994. He is Chief of Medicine at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Professor of Medicine and a Vice-Chairman in the Department of Medicine, Duke University. Dr. Simel has
a Masters Degree in Clinical Research and focuses his research on the history and physical examination,
and methods in diagnostic test research.
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Dr. Robert Hayward is Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta
in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health. A general internist and health informatician, he is Assistant
Dean Health Informatics and leads decision support initiatives. Dr. Hayward also directs the Centre for Health Evidence,
focusing on strategies for bringing best evidence to the bedside in the service of improved clinical decision making.
Dr. Hayward also serves on the advisory board of JAMAevidence.
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Dr. Sheri Keitz is Professor of Medicine at University
of Miami where she is Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity and Development and Chief of
the Medical Service at the Miami VAMC. Dr. Keitz is the Co-Director of the Program
on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice, a partnership between Duke University and University of
Miami, whose mission is to promote faculty development, research and curriculum development in
support of evidence-based health care.
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Dr. Maureen O. Meade is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Medicine at McMaster University where she practices intensive care medicine,
teaches in the graduate Health Research Methodology Program, cochairs an international Evidence-based Clinical
Practice workshop, and conducts clinical trials in critical illness.
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Dr. Deborah J. Cook is a Professor of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology and
Biostatistics at McMaster University, and Co-chair of the Evidence Based Practice Workshop. She chaired the
Canadian Critical Care Trials Group for 8 years and was Consulting Editor at JAMA for 6 years for the
panel "Caring for the Critically Ill Patient." Dr. Cook has published over 450 articles, including many in
JAMA, Lancet, BMJ, Annals of Internal Medicine, and New England Journal of Medicine.
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Contributors
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Advisory Board
Michael Crumsho, McGraw–Hill Medical
Annette Flanagin, JAMA
Angela Grayson, JAMA
Scott Grillo, McGraw–Hill Medical
Robert Hayward, Centre for Health Evidence
Thane Kerner, Silverchair Science + Communications
Drummond Rennie, JAMA
Jim Shanahan, McGraw–Hill Medical
David Simel, JAMA
Elizabeth Solaro, JAMA
Jake Zarnegar, Silverchair Science + Communications
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