Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD
Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, is the André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics in the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy and serves as Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and as a faculty member of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University. He received his AB and MD degrees from Cornell, trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, and holds a PhD in philosophy from Georgetown. He has served on numerous governmental advisory committees, including the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, 2010-17. A practicing internist and a philosopher, he is Editor of the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, and has written extensively on many topics in bioethics, especially regarding care at the end of life. His seven books include Methods in Medical Ethics, The Rebirth of the Clinic, and Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust.