David Sackett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Sackett

doctor

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1934

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 13-May-2015

Profession: physician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

David Lawrence Sackett, (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"