Roger Chou, M.D.

  • Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine
  • Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
  • 2012-present Director, Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine
  • 2007-2012 Scientific Director, Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine
  • 2001-2003 Medical Director, Beaverton Health Center, Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, School of Medicine

Biography

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.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.A., 1991, Northwestern University
    • M.D., 1995, Northwestern University Medical School

  • Residency

    • Oregon Health Sciences University, Residency Program in Internal Medicine

  • Fellowship

    • Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Health Services Research Fellowship Portland

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine
    • United States Medical Licensing Examination, certified
    • State of Oregon Medical License

Memberships and associations:

  • Fellow, American College of Physicians
  • Society for General Internal Medicine
  • American Pain Society

Areas of interest

  • Screening and prevention, including HIV, HBV, and HCV screening, prostate cancer and bladder screening, screening for diabetes, lipid screening, vision screening in children and older adults, oral health screening in children, screening for hearing impair

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • 2012 Portland Top Doctors, Portland Monthly
  • 2010 Fellow, the American College of Physicians
  • 2010 Visiting Professor, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
  • 2008 Outstanding Physician-Investigator, Northwestern Region, Society of General Internal Medicine

Publications

Publications

  • Analgesia for non-specific low back pain

    BMJ
    1. Caitlin M.P. Jones
    2. Martin Underwood
    3. Roger Chou
    4. Mark Schoene
    5. Saniya Sabzwari
    6. Jarrod Cavanagh
    7. Chung Wei Christine Lin

  • A narrative review of global and national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development processes - The GUidelines Standards (GUS) project

    Preventive medicine
    1. Karen Milton
    2. Coral L. Hanson
    3. Alice Pearsons
    4. Roger Chou
    5. Emmanuel Stamatakis

  • Development and Evaluation of a Framework for Identifying and Addressing Spin for Harms in Systematic Reviews of Interventions

    Annals of internal medicine
    1. Riaz Qureshi
    2. Kevin Naaman
    3. Nicolas G. Quan
    4. Evan Mayo-Wilson
    5. Matthew J. Page
    6. Victoria Cornelius
    7. Roger Chou
    8. Isabelle Boutron
    9. Su Golder
    10. Lisa Bero
    11. Peter Doshi
    12. Matt Vassar
    13. Reint Meursinge Reynders
    14. Tianjing Li

  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Sign Algorithms to Identify Sepsis in Young Infants Aged 0 to 59 Days

    Pediatrics
    1. Alastair Fung
    2. Yasir Shafiq
    3. Sophie Driker
    4. Chris A. Rees
    5. Rishi P. Mediratta
    6. Rebecca Rosenberg
    7. Anum S. Hussaini
    8. Jana Adnan
    9. Carrie G. Wade
    10. Roger Chou
    11. Karen M. Edmond
    12. Krysten North
    13. Anne C.C. Lee

  • Efficacy of Antibiotic Regimens for Meningitis in Young Infants Aged 0–59 Days

    Pediatrics
    1. Sitarah Mathias
    2. Krysten North
    3. Alexandra Santana
    4. Carl Britto
    5. Alastair Fung
    6. Roger Chou
    7. Carrie G. Wade
    8. Karen M. Edmond
    9. Anne C.C. Lee

  • Efficacy of Antibiotic Regimens for Pneumonia in Young Infants Aged 0–59 Days

    Pediatrics
    1. Krysten North
    2. Alejandro Frade Garcia
    3. Mark Crouch
    4. Spencer Kimsen
    5. Amber Hoey
    6. Carrie Wade
    7. Yumin Kim
    8. Roger Chou
    9. Karen M. Edmond
    10. Anne C.C. Lee
    11. Chris A. Rees

  • Efficacy of Antibiotic Regimens for Sepsis or Possible Serious Bacterial Infection in Young Infants Aged 0 to 59 Days

    Pediatrics
    1. Krysten North
    2. Sitarah Mathias
    3. Naomi Schmeck
    4. Yumin Kim
    5. Tessa Kehoe
    6. Lian V. Folger
    7. Amber Hoey
    8. Carrie Wade
    9. Sophie Driker
    10. Roger Chou
    11. Karen M. Edmond
    12. Anne C.C. Lee

  • Evidence from the USPSTF and New Approaches to Evaluate Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment

    JAMA Network Open
    1. Laura C. Hart
    2. Meera Viswanathan
    3. Wanda K. Nicholson
    4. Michael Silverstein
    5. James Stevermer
    6. Sheena Harris
    7. Rania Ali
    8. Roger Chou
    9. Emma Doran
    10. Kesha Hudson
    11. Caroline Rains
    12. Nila Sathe
    13. Adam J. Zolotor

  • Evolution of WHO COVID-19 mask guidelines amid intense demands for rapid advice

    PLOS Global Public Health
    1. Nathan Ford
    2. Hannah Hamilton Hurwitz
    3. Roger Chou
    4. Vicky Willet
    5. May Chu
    6. Mitchell J. Schwaber
    7. Kathleen Dunn
    8. João Paulo Toledo
    9. Alice Simniceanu
    10. Madison Moon
    11. Rebekah Thomas
    12. Benedetta Allegranzi
    13. April Baller

  • Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Point-of-care DNA Viral Load Testing Compared With Laboratory-based Standard-of-care Approaches on Uptake of HBV Viral Load Testing, Treatment, and Turnaround Times

    Open Forum Infectious Diseases
    1. Shuqin Gu
    2. Yusha Tao
    3. Chengxin Fan
    4. Yifan Dai
    5. Feifei Li
    6. Jamie L. Conklin
    7. Joseph D. Tucker
    8. Roger Chou
    9. M. Anthony Moody
    10. Philippa Easterbrook
    11. Weiming Tang

  • Low back pain-driven inpatient stays in the United States

    International Journal of Surgery
    1. Lingxiao Chen
    2. Qingyu Sun
    3. Roger Chou
    4. David B. Anderson
    5. Baoyi Shi
    6. Yujie Chen
    7. Xinyu Liu
    8. Shiqing Feng
    9. Hengxing Zhou
    10. Manuela L. Ferreira

  • Predictive Accuracy of Infant Clinical Sign Algorithms for Mortality in Young Infants Aged 0 to 59 Days

    Pediatrics
    1. Yasir Shafiq
    2. Alastair Fung
    3. Sophie Driker
    4. Chris A. Rees
    5. Rishi P. Mediratta
    6. Rebecca Rosenberg
    7. Anum S. Hussaini
    8. Jana Adnan
    9. Carrie G. Wade
    10. Roger Chou
    11. Karen M. Edmond
    12. Krysten North
    13. Anne C.C. Lee

  • Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment

    JAMA
    1. Meera Viswanathan
    2. Caroline Rains
    3. Laura C. Hart
    4. Emma Doran
    5. Nila Sathe
    6. Kesha Hudson
    7. Rania Ali
    8. Daniel E. Jonas
    9. Roger Chou
    10. Adam J. Zolotor

  • Quality Indicators for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults

    Annals of internal medicine
    1. Amir Qaseem
    2. Rebecca A. Andrews
    3. Karen Campos
    4. Caroline L. Goldzweig
    5. Scott MacDonald
    6. Robert M. McLean
    7. Rhea E. Powell
    8. Nick Fitterman
    9. J. Thomas Cross
    10. Peter Basch
    11. Elisa Choi
    12. Roger Chou
    13. Charles J. Hamori
    14. Catherine H. MacLean
    15. Suja M. Mathew
    16. Cristin A. Mount
    17. Sameer D. Saini
    18. Brook Watts
    19. Samantha Tierney

  • Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer

    Journal of Urology
    1. Todd M. Morgan
    2. Stephen A. Boorjian
    3. Mark K. Buyyounouski
    4. Brian F. Chapin
    5. David Y.T. Chen
    6. Heather H. Cheng
    7. Roger Chou
    8. Heather A. Jacene
    9. Sophia C. Kamran
    10. Sennett K. Kim
    11. Erin Kirkby
    12. Amy N. Luckenbaugh
    13. Ben J. Nathanson
    14. Yaw A. Nyame
    15. Edwin M. Posadas
    16. Phuoc T. Tran
    17. Ronald C. Chen

  • Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer

    Journal of Urology
    1. Todd M. Morgan
    2. Stephen A. Boorjian
    3. Mark K. Buyyounouski
    4. Brian F. Chapin
    5. David Y.T. Chen
    6. Heather H. Cheng
    7. Roger Chou
    8. Heather A. Jacene
    9. Sophia C. Kamran
    10. Sennett K. Kim
    11. Erin Kirkby
    12. Amy N. Luckenbaugh
    13. Ben J. Nathanson
    14. Yaw A. Nyame
    15. Edwin M. Posadas
    16. Phuoc T. Tran
    17. Ronald C. Chen

  • Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer

    Journal of Urology
    1. Todd M. Morgan
    2. Stephen A. Boorjian
    3. Mark K. Buyyounouski
    4. Brian F. Chapin
    5. David Y.T. Chen
    6. Heather H. Cheng
    7. Roger Chou
    8. Heather A. Jacene
    9. Sophia C. Kamran
    10. Sennett K. Kim
    11. Erin Kirkby
    12. Amy N. Luckenbaugh
    13. Ben J. Nathanson
    14. Yaw A. Nyame
    15. Edwin M. Posadas
    16. Phuoc T. Tran
    17. Ronald C. Chen

  • Screening and Supplementation for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia during Pregnancy

    JAMA
    1. Amy G. Cantor
    2. Rebecca Holmes
    3. Christina Bougatsos
    4. Chandler Atchison
    5. Thomas Deloughery
    6. Roger Chou

  • Summary of WHO infection prevention and control guideline for covid-19

    BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
    1. Kathleen Dunn
    2. Hannah Hamilton Hurwitz
    3. João Paulo Toledo
    4. Mitchell J. Schwaber
    5. May Chu
    6. Roger Chou
    7. Nathan Ford
    8. Benedetta Allegranzi
    9. April Baller

  • Diagnosis and Management of Non-Metastatic Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

    Journal of Urology
    1. Jonathan A. Coleman
    2. Peter E. Clark
    3. Brooke R. Bixler
    4. David I. Buckley
    5. Sam S. Chang
    6. Roger Chou
    7. Jean Hoffman-Censits
    8. Girish S. Kulkarni
    9. Surena F. Matin
    10. Phillip M. Pierorazio
    11. Aaron M. Potretzke
    12. Sarah P. Psutka
    13. Jay D. Raman
    14. Angela B. Smith
    15. Laura Smith

  • Effectiveness of spinal manipulation and biopsychosocial self-management compared to medical care for low back pain

    BMC musculoskeletal disorders
    1. Gert Bronfort
    2. Anthony Delitto
    3. Michael Schneider
    4. Patrick J. Heagerty
    5. Roger Chou
    6. John Connett
    7. Roni Evans
    8. Steven George
    9. Ronald M. Glick
    10. Carol Greco
    11. Linda Hanson
    12. Francis Keefe
    13. Brent Leininger
    14. John Licciardone
    15. Christine McFarland
    16. Eric Meier
    17. Craig Schulz
    18. Dennis Turk

  • Improving cascade outcomes for active TB

    PLoS Medicine
    1. Gifty Marley
    2. Xia Zou
    3. Juan Nie
    4. Weibin Cheng
    5. Yewei Xie
    6. Huipeng Liao
    7. Yehua Wang
    8. Yusha Tao
    9. Joseph D. Tucker
    10. Sean Sylvia
    11. Roger Chou
    12. Dan Wu
    13. Jason Ong
    14. Weiming Tang

  • Major Update

    Annals of internal medicine
    1. Roger Chou
    2. Tracy Dana

  • Patient-centred outcomes of imaging tests

    BMJ Quality and Safety
    1. Matthew J. Thompson
    2. Monica Zigman Suchsland
    3. Victoria Hardy
    4. Danielle C. Lavallee
    5. Sally Lord
    6. Emily Beth Devine
    7. Jeffrey G. Jarvik
    8. Steven Findlay
    9. Thomas A. Trikalinos
    10. Fiona M. Walter
    11. Roger Chou
    12. Beverly B. Green
    13. Karen J. Wernli
    14. Annette L. Fitzpatrick
    15. Patrick M. Bossuyt