Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana (STEM): Bridging the science of cannabis health effects and clinical practice

June 12, 2025, 1:00 PM MST

Devan Kansagara MD, MCR is a Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. He practices and teaches primary care and hospital- based internal medicine in the VA Portland Health Care System. His work in evidence-based medicine has focused on improving the translation of evidence to practice through evidence-based health policy, clinical guideline development, and data use innovations. He has done health policy and guideline development work for the state of Oregon, the American College of Physicians, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is currently the principal investigator of the Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana (STEM) project whose goals are to empower clinicians to have evidence-informed discussions with patients, and to facilitate more health outcomes research on cannabis. He received an MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, completed residency training and his chief residency at Yale University, and received his Masters in Clinical Research from Oregon Health and Science University.