Dr. David Draper

Dr. David Rimm

Dr. David Rimm, MD PhD, is a professor of Pathology at the Yale University School of Medicine specializing in developing quantitative, diagnostic techniques. His lab recently engineered a fluorescence-based algorithm, Automated Quantitative Analysis (AQUA), to analyze tissue microarrays in the hope of moving toward personalized medicine and diagnoses.

in memory of dr. david l. sackett (1934-2015)

david lawrence sackett, oc, md, frsc, frcp was an american-canadian physician, trialist, and teacher. he is best known as one of the pioneers of evidence-based medicine (ebm), which is arguably the most important movement in medicine over the past three decades. he founded the first clinical epidemiology department in mcmaster university in hamilton, canada in 1967. in addition, he was the head...

Dr. David Sackett, a giant among giants (1934-2015).

On his first day of medical school, Philip Devereaux learned from a tutor that his academic advisor was Dr. David Sackett. “Who is he?” Devereaux recalls asking. The tutor told him that Sackett was a famous clinical epidemiologist. But Devereaux had no interest in clinical epidemiology; he planned on returning home to Cape Breton and being a “real” doctor. “My first thought was: how am I going ...

Memoir Henry Draper 1837 - 1882

A brief history of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the contributions of Dr David Sackett.

In January 2007 the British Medical Journal contacted an online poll of its readers, and evidence-based medicine (EBM) was ranked seventh among the 15 most important milestones that shaped modern medicine. These 15 milestones included such things as the introduction of antibiotics, immunization, sanitation, and radiology. A Google search today on websites pertaining to anything evidencebased wi...