Essential Evidence: Medicine that Matters

David Slawson, MD, Vice Chair of Family Medicine, University of VA Health System in Charlottesville, VA
He is the Director of the Center for Information Mastery and a Professor in the Department of Health Evaluation Sciences. He is the assistant editor for the Journal of Family Practice and on the?editorial board for the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, the American Family Physician, and the BMJ USA. Dr. Slawson is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD, Clinical Professor of Family Med., Tufts University
He received his degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He is the section editor for the Journal of Family Practice and co-editor of Evidence-Based Practice: POEMs for Primary Care. He has written over 120 papers in the areas of pharmacology and medical information management.

Mark Ebell, MD, is Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice at Michigan State University and Deputy Editor for the American Family Physician. A graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Family Medicine residency, and School of Public Health. He is the author or coeditor of?3 books and over 100 articles.

Henry Barry, MD, is Associate Professor and the Sr. Associate Chair, Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University He attended medical school at the University of Maryland and did his residency in Family Practice in Lansing, Mich. Following residency, he spent 4 years in Appalachia with the Nat'l Health Service Corps. He subsequently joined MSU in 1989.