Donald Redelmeier
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Donald Redelmeier is a Canadian internist, the Canada Research Chair in Medical Decision Sciences and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is most well known for a seminal New England Journal of Medicine paper in 1997 connecting cellphone use and motor vehicle accidents, which has led to laws banning the use of cellphones while driving across the world.[1] He is also known for his work on the peak–end rule and duration neglect. A recent publication showing an increased rate of motor vehicle accidents in patients who refuse vaccination was featured on media outlets around the world.[2]
After graduating from the University of Toronto Schools, Donald Redelmeier attended earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. He completed medical school at the University of Toronto, graduating with a MD in 1984.[3] He completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford University Medical Center in 1987 and a master of science in health services research at Stanford University as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in 1989.[4]
