David Sackett

David Sackett (born November 17, 1934) is a Canadian medical doctor and a pioneer in 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 well known for his textbook Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine.

Education
Sackett obtained his medical degree at the University of Illinois, has a Doctor of Science from the University of Bern and a Master of Science in Epidemiology from Harvard University.

Books

 * Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Guyatt GH, Tugwell P. Clinical Epidemiology: How to Do Clinical Practice Research, 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2005.