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Arthur Evans, MD, MPH
Name: Arthur Evans, MD, MPH
Job Title: Assoc. Chair of Research
Phone: 312-864-3647
Fax: 312-864-9694
Email: aevans@cchil.org
Division: Collaborative Research Unit (CRU)
Room: A1605
Biosketch: Arthur Evans joined Cook County Hospital in 1997. Previously, he had been a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for eleven years. He was reared in Texas, studied philosophy at Stanford, medicine at University of Texas at Galveston, internal medicine at Dartmouth, and epidemiology at University of North Carolina. After a two-year fellowship in clinical research at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina, he joined the UNC faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine and at the Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research. His teaching activities have included: Director of the UNC Medicine Clerkship, Associate Director of the RWJ Clinical Scholars Program at UNC, course director of Clinical Epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health, Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Research for both the UNC and Cook County Hospital Faculty Development Fellowship Programs. His research interests have included studies of chest pain and low back pain; advance directives; the peer review process; evidence based medicine; and epidemiological methods. He lives in Oak Park with his wife and daughter and commutes daily on the Blue Line. Activities include running, kayaking, and mountaineering.

Honors:

  • 1997 Professor Award (presented by UNC graduating class of 1997)
  • 2000 Osler Award for Teaching of Internal Medicine
  • 2005 Osler Award for Teaching of Internal Medicine
  • 2006 Quentin Young Award for exceptional contributions as a department leader, role model, and physician.

Education:
  • Rice University
  • Stanford University
  • University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Dartmouth; University of North Carolina School Public Health
  • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clinical Interests: heart failure, asthma, diabetes, chest pain
Research Interests: research methods, diagnostic test evaluation, data analysis
Recent Publications/Presentations: Peer-reviewed publications (most recent, in chronological order).

1. Bickell NA, Earp J, Evans AT, Bernstein SJ. A matter of opinion about hysterectomies: experts’ and practicing community gynecologists’ ratings of appropriateness. Am J Public Health 1995;85:1125-9.
2. Johnston SC, Pfeiffer MP, McNutt R, EOL Study Group (Evans AT). The discussion about advance directives: patient and physician opinions regarding when and how it should be conducted. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:1025-30.
3. Carey TS, Evans AT, Hadler N, et al. Care-seeking among individuals with chronic low back pain. Spine 1995;20:312-17.
4. Carey TS, Evans AT, Hadler N, et al. Acute severe low back pain: a population-based study of prevalence and care-seeking. Spine 1996;21:339-44.
5. Evans AT, Rogers LQ, Peden J, CADRE Study Group. A Multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of teaching dietary counseling skills to internal medicine residents: patient and physician outcomes. Am J Prev Med 1996;12:259-65.
6. McKinley ED, Garrett JM, Evans AT, Danis M. Differences in end-of-life decision making among black and white ambulatory cancer patients. J Gen Intern Med 1996;11:651-656.
7. Cook R, Steiner B, Smith A, Evans A, et al. Are medical students ready to provide HIV-prevention counseling? Acad Med 1998;73:342-6.
8. Reilly B, Hart A, Evans AT. Evidence-based medicine: a passing fancy or the future of primary care? Disease-a-Month 1998;44:370-99.
9. Reilly B, Durairaj L, Husain S, Acob C, Evans A, et al. Performance and potential impact of a chest pain prediction rule in a large public hospital. Am J Med 1999;106:285-291.
10. Majumdar SR, Fletcher RH, Evans AT. How does colorectal cancer present? Symptoms, duration,and clues to location. Am J Gastroenterol 1999;94:3039-3045.
11. Brice JH, Garrison HG, Evans AT. Study design and outcomes in out-of-hospital emergency medicine research: a ten-year analysis. Prehospital Emergency Care 2000;4:144-150.
12. Smith CA, Ganschow PS, Reilly BM, Evans AT, et al. Teaching residents evidence-based medicine skills: a controlled trial of effectiveness and assessment of durability. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15:710-715.
13. Durairaj L, Reilly B, Das K, Smith C, Acob C, Husain S, Saquib, M, Ganschow P, Evans A, et al. Emergency Department admissions to inpatient cardiac telemetry beds: a prospective cohort study of risk stratification and outcomes. Am J Med 2001;110:7-11.
14. Martinez E, Reilly BM, Evans AT, Roberts RR. The observation unit: a new interface between inpatient and outpatient care. Am J Med 2001;110:274-277.
15. Reilly BM, Evans AT, Schaider JJ, Wang Y. Triage of patients with chest pain in the emergency department. A comparative study of physicians’ decisions. Am J Med 2002;112:95-103.
16. Reilly BM, Evans AT, Schaider JJ, Das K, Calvin JE, Moran L, Roberts RR, Martinez E. Impact of a clinical decision rule on hospital triage of patients with suspected scute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department. JAMA 2002;288:342-350.
17. Wester CW, Durairaj L, Evans AT, Schwartz DN, Husain S, Martinez E. Antibiotic resistance: A survey of physician perceptions. Arch Intern Med 2002;162:2210-2216.
18. Evans AT, Husain S, Durairaj L, Sadowski LS, Charles-Damte M, Wang Y. Azithromycin for acute bronchitis: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. Lancet 2002;359:1648-54.
19. Tao LS, Hart P, Edwards E, Evans AT, Whitaker E, Smith P. Treatment of difficult-to-control blood pressure in a multidisciplinary clinic at a public hospital. J Natl Med Assoc. 2003;95:263-269.
20. Akhrass F, Evans A, Wang Y, et al. Hormone replacement therapy is associated with less coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88:5611-14.
21. Lucas B, Evans A, et al. The impact of evidence on physicians’ inpatient treatment decisions. J Gen Intern Med 2004;19:402-409.
22. Lo E, Rezai K, Evans A, et al. Why don’t they listen? Adherence to recommendations of infectious disease consultations. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:1212-1218.
23. Smith C, Varkey A, Evans A, Reilly B. Evaluating the performance of inpatient attending physicians: a new instrument for today’s teaching hospitals. J Gen Intern Med 2004;19:766-771.
24. Chinga-Alayo E, Villena J, Evans AT, Zimic M. Thyroid hormone levels improve the prediction of mortality among patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med 2005;31:1356-1361.
25. Kazlauskaite R, Evans AT, Mazzone T, Fogelfeld LA. Ethnic differences predicting ketonuria in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Diab Compl 2005;19:284-290.
26. Smith CA. Hart AS, Sadowski LS, Riddle J, Evans AT, et al. Teaching cardiac examination skills. A controlled trial of two methods. J of Gen Intern Med 2006;21:7-12.
27. Reilly BM, Evans AT, Translating clinical research into clinical practice: impact of using prediction rules to make decisions. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:201-209.

 
 
 
 
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