Allan S. Brett

Allen S. Brett is the editor in chief of NEJM Journal Watch, a series of topic-specific newsletters written for physicians and other health professionals. He has been the editor in chief since 1994.

Brett is also Orlando Benedict Mayer Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine as well as the vice chair of the department of medicine.

Brett is a physician at the university of South Carolina.

His academic interests include medical ethics, clinical decision-making, preventive medicine, critical review of the medical literature, and health care reform.

Career

Allan S. Brett studied at the University of Pennsylvania and became a medical doctor there in 1976.

Over the years, he has served on the faculties at Washington University School of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School.