Dr. Michael Evans is a family doctor with a busy, urban practice at Toronto Western Hospital. A widely respected and award-winning family healthcare provider, Dr. Evans is an associate professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and the chief medical editor of HealthyOntario.com.
His current positions include Director of Patient Education in the Faculty of Medicine, Director of the Health Knowledge Lab at the Centre for Effective Practice, and Investigator in the Knowledge Translation Program, all at the University of Toronto. In 2004, Dr. Evans launched the renowned Mini-Med School at the University of Toronto, a six-week interactive program which educates and graduates 1,000 lay people a year.
A regular columnist for the Globe & Mail and commentator on the CBC morning news, Dr. Evans was appointed Chief Medical Editor of HealthyOntario.com, the Province of Ontario's healthcare information website.
Dr. Evans' academic work has focused on methods for making evidence based decisions easier for both patient and primary care providers. He founded, and continues to edit, the Critical Appraisal Section of Canadian Family Physician, which summarizes important research for busy family doctors. Dr. Evans is the Scientific Officer for Knowledge Translation and Exchange at the Canadian Institute for Health Research. As well, he was appointed to the new Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee recommended by Ray Romanow and the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. He also chaired of the Ontario Program for Optimal Therapeutics, a provincial guideline initiative.
In addition to publishing two books, he is the Chief Editor of the Mosby Family Practice Sourcebook 2006, and edited the 2005 edition of the Complete Canadian Health Guide.
Dr. Evans speaks internationally on topics like primary care, knowledge management and evidence-based medicine.