Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director of The Bioethics Institute, NYMC

Email:

daniel_sulmasy@nymc.edu

Address:

Bioethics Institute
101 Administration Building,
New York Medical College,
Valhalla, NY 10595

Personal Profile:

Dr. Sulmasy, a Franciscan Friar, holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at St. Vincent's Hospital--Manhattan and serves as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. He received his A.B. and M.D. degrees from Cornell University and completed his residency, chief residency, and post-doctoral fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1995. He was appointed by Gov. Pataki to the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law in 2005. He serves as editor-in-Chief of the journal, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, and is the author of four books: The Healer’s Calling (1997), Methods in Medical Ethics (2001), The Rebirth of the Clinic (2006) and A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts (2006). His numerous articles have appeared in medical, philosophical, and theological journals and he has lectured widely both in the U.S. and abroad.

Professional Interests:

Dr. Sulmasy is a general internist and philosopher. His research interests include both theoretical and empirical studies of end-of-life decision making, ethics education, and spirituality in medicine.

Education Profile:

Post Graduate Studies   Residency, Chief Residency and Fellowship, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins

Graduate Degree:   MD, PhD

Graduate Degree Institution:   MD -- Cornell '82; PhD -- Georgetown, '95

Undergraduate Institution:   Cornell U College of Arts and Sciences