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Dr. Michael Evans received his BA in English Literature from McGill University and his MD from McMaster University. He is a family physician and runs a busy inner-city practice and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine.
Dr. Evans is currently launching The Health Media & Innovation Lab at the new Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. This will be the first centre of its kind in Canada and will bring together leaders in innovation, design, media, technology and marketing with clinicians and researchers to improve patient education and self-care.
Dr. Evans’s current activities to inform Canadians about health reflect this breadth and range from being health columnist for the Life section of the Globe & Mail, to regular commentary on the national CBC Newsworld, to being Chief Editor of the Province of Ontario’s health website for the public, HealthyOntario.com which won the “Webby” for “best government website in the world”.
Dr. Evans launched the renowned Mini-Med School at the University of Toronto in 2004. The Mini-Med School graduates 1000 laypeople annually after attending five interactive weekly sessions with the University’s best speakers on medicine. The program has been made into a series for TVO, featured weekly in the Toronto Star, Maclean’s, the Globe & Mail, and CBC radio. Dr. Evans won the 2007 “Healthy U of T” award for the impact of the program on the Toronto community.
Dr. Evans holds many past and current positions regarding knowledge translation to front line clinicians, consumers, and policy makers. He is a founding member of the Centre for Effective Practice, was chair of the provincial guideline service (OPOT), Scientific Officer for Knowledge Translation and Exchange at the Canadian Institute for Health Research, is a member of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Optimal Medication and Utilization Service.
Finally, Dr. Evans is Chief Editor of the 2006 Mosby Family Practice Sourcebook, the fastest selling textbook for front-line clinicians in Canada, and founder of Health Knowledge Central.
He lives in the Annex neighbourhood in downtown Toronto with his family of five who all play hockey.