Medical Ethics
Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Disability
An endowed research Fellowship in Biomedical Ethics has been established by the Department of Medicine and Rheumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery and is being conducted in partnership with the Weill Cornell Division of Medical Ethics. The program is co-directed by C. Ronald MacKenzie, M.D., Associate Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Public Health, and Joseph J. Fins, M.D., Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics and Professor of Public Health, Medicine, and Medicine in Psychiatry. Dr. MacKenzie was one of the physicians who took part in the of the Division of Medical Ethics’ Faculty Associates training program. Together, he and Dr. Fins initiated the new fellowship program to further scholarly work exploring the area of disability and the justice issues that arise from the medical management of chronic illness.
