Richard Deyo, MD, a board-certified internal medicine physician and the Kaiser Permanente-endowed professor of evidence-based family medicine at Oregon Health & Science received the 2015 ISSLS Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award.
Here are five things to know about Dr. Deyo:
1. He has been deputy editor of the journal Spine for 17 years and served on the editorial board for several other publications focused on back disorders and internal medicine.
2. His research has been into the inappropriate use of medical technology and the commercial, political and media forces impacting medical technology use. He wrote the book "Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises."
3. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Deyo co-edited the book "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Concepts and Approaches."
4. He received the John M. Eisenberg Award for career achievement in research from the Society of General Internal Medicine. He is also a member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
5. Dr. Deyo earned his medical degree at Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine and completed internal medicine training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.