Alejandro (Alex) Jadad
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Alex Jadad (born August 9, 1963) is a Canadian-Colombian physician-scientist, clinical epidemiologist and public health scholar. His work focuses on evidence-based medicine, networks of trust, simulation scenarios, digital health, end-of-life care and human-machine collaboration. He is also known as the developer of the Jadad Scale, the first validated tool to assess the methodological quality of clinical trials, and the Founder of the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation (now the Centre for Digital Therapeutics) in Toronto, a simulator of the future of healthcare and medicine. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Born | Alejandro R. Jadad Bechara, (1963-08-09) August 9, 1963 (age 63), Medellín, Colombia | | Known for | Jadad Scale; Evidence-based medicine; Systematic reviews; Clinical trials; Bias; eHealth innovation; Collaborative decision-making; Computational Management | | Spouse | Martha Garcia (m. 1988) | | Children | 2 (Alia and Tamen Jadad-Garcia) | | Fields | Future of Health and Medicine; Jadad Scale; Evidence-based medicine; Systematic reviews; Clinical trials; Bias detection and reduction; Pain relief; End-of-life care; Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; Medical i
Experience
Feb 2024
Jan 2000
Jan 2016 to Dec 2019
Jan 2019 to Dec 2020
Jan 2001 to Jan 2015
Jan 1996 to Jan 2000
Jan 1998 to Jan 1999
Jan 1997 to Jan 1999
Jan 1990 to Jan 1994
Jan 1986 to Jan 1987
Education
DPhil Clinical Medicine (Pain Relief and Systematic Reviews of Clinical Trials)
1990 to 1994
MD and Specialist Medicine and Anesthesiology
1980 to 1990