Steven Novella, MD is a clinical neurologist and Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the founder of Science-Based Medicine, the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society, the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog, a daily blog that covers the intersection of science with the media and society.

Dr Novella is highly critical of what some describe as “…the infiltration of quackery into academic medicine.” Instead, he is an outspoken and vocal advocate for scientific based medicine an approach that is dedicated to using a scientific approach to medical treatments and trials.