David Sackett

David Sackett
Born
David Lawrence Sackett

(1934-11-17)November 17, 1934
DiedMay 13, 2015(2015-05-13) (aged 80)
Known forevidence-based medicine
AwardsOrder of Canada
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine
Harvard University
Academic work
InstitutionsMcMaster University
University of Oxford

David Lawrence Sackett OC FRSC (November 17, 1934 – May 13, 2015) was an American-Canadian physician and a pioneer in evidence-based medicine. He is known as one of the fathers of Evidence-Based Medicine. He founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University, and the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. He is well known for his textbooks Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine.

One of his more famous quotes is: "Half of what you learn in medical school is dead wrong."