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Mark Siegler (born June 20, 1941) is an American physician who specializes in internal medicine. He is the Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Chicago.[1] He is the Founding Director of Chicago's MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.[2] Siegler has practiced and taught internal medicine at the University of Chicago for more than 50 years.
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| Born | Mark Siegler June 20, 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, medical ethics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
In 2011, the Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation presented an endowment of $42 million to the University of Chicago to create the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence. Siegler was appointed the executive director of the institute.[3]
Siegler has published more than 215 journal articles, 65 book chapters and five books. His textbook, co-authored with Al Jonsen and William Winslade, Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition (2015),[4] has been translated into eight languages and is widely used by physicians and health professionals around the world. His most recent book, co-edited with Laura Roberts, MD, is Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD.[5]
Clinical Medical Ethics edit
He has developed a field called Clinical Medical Ethics[6] whose main goal is to improve the quality of patient care by identifying, analyzing, and contributing to the resolution of ethical problems that arise in the routine practice of clinical medicine.[7] He also supervised the initiation of Consultations in Clinical Ethics as a hospital service[8][9] and developed the oldest and largest Clinical Medical Ethics fellowship in the world.[10]
Selected awards and honors edit
- 2010 - Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)[11]
- 2013 - MacLean Center received the Cornerstone Award from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities[12]
- 2015 - Elected a Master of the American College of Physicians (MACP)[13]
Selected books edit
- Jonsen AR, Siegler M, Winslade WJ. Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine. 8th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2015.
- Roberts L, Siegler M, eds. Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works and the Legacy of Mark Siegler, MD. New York: Springer, 2017.
References edit
- ^ Johnson, Dirk (September 22, 2011). "A $42 Million Gift Aims at Improving Bedside Manner". The New York Times.
- ^ "Mark Siegler, MD founder of the clinical medical ethics field, will step down from the MacLean Center – University of Chicago – Department of Medicine". medicine.uchicago.edu.
- ^ Johnson, Dirk (September 22, 2011). "A $42 Million Gift Aims at Improving Bedside Manner". The New York Times.
- ^ Jonsen, Albert; Siegler, Mark; Winslade, William (2015). Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethics Decisions in Clinical Medicine. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-184506-9.
- ^ Roberts, Laura Weiss; Siegler, Mark, eds. (2017). Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53875-4. ISBN 978-3-319-53873-0.
- ^ Siegler, M (2019). "Clinical Medical Ethics: Its History and Contributions to American Medicine". The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 30 (1): 17–26. doi:10.1086/JCE2019301017. PMID 30896440. S2CID 84843713.
- ^ Singer, PA; Pellegrino, ED; Siegler, M (2001). "Clinical ethics revisited". BMC Medical Ethics. 2: E1. doi:10.1186/1472-6939-2-1. PMC 32193. PMID 11346456. S2CID 17627582.
- ^ La Puma, J. (1987). "Consultations in clinical ethics--issues and questions in 27 cases". The Western Journal of Medicine. 146 (5): 633–637. PMC 1307439. PMID 3590772.
- ^ Fletcher, JC; Siegler, M (1995). "What are the goals of ethics consultation? A consensus statement". The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 7 (2): 122–6. doi:10.1086/JCE199607204. PMID 8889887. S2CID 33935713.
- ^ "Fellowship | the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics".
- ^ "Mark Siegler to receive lifetime achievement award from national bioethics group". University of Chicago News.
- ^ "MacLean Center wins prestigious Cornerstone Award". www.uchicagomedicine.org.
- ^ "ACP Announces New Masters and Awardees for 2014-2015". American College of Physicians (Press release).