Roger Chou is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, and Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, and Staff Physician in the Internal Medicine Clinic at OHSU. He has served as Director of the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center since 2012. He has conducted and led systematic reviews in a number of areas, including chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions, screening and prevention, diagnostic testing, and prognosis.  Many of his reviews have been used to develop clinical practice guidelines by the American College of Physicians, the US Preventive Services Task Force, the American Pain Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others. He has also conducted methodological research in the conduct of systematic reviews and has led or participated in a number of groups that developed standards for conducting research and systematic reviews. He has served as Director of the American Pain Society clinical guidelines program, a GRADE methodologist for several World Health Organization guidelines, is a member of the Cochrane Back Review Editorial Board, and co-chair of the National Quality Forum Musculoskeletal Standing Committee.

In his free time, he enjoys running, rock climbing, mountaineering, hiking, and photography.