Welcome to the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
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(June 22, 1920 – June 13, 2013)
Portrait by Jerry Crowley
The Pellegrino Center provides university-based ethics resources for individuals who shape and give health care. We are committed to the dynamic interplay between theory and practice, experience, and reflection. Center scholars bring expertise in theology, philosophy, basic science, and clinical practice to today’s ethical challenges. We seek to promote serious ethical reflection and discourse in pursuit of a just society and health care that affirms the dignity and social nature of all persons.
News and Announcements
Upcoming Events:
IBC 46 took place June 9-11 and honored the legacy of bioethics pioneer Tom Beauchamp, who died on February 19, 2025. IBC 47 will take place on June 9-11, 2026. More information
Nurse-Ethicist Christine Grady joins the faculty of the Pellegrino Center
Christine Grady, RN, PhD, FAAN (N’74, G’93), bioethicist and former chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed to the faculty of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics. Read more
On June 16, 2025, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital inaugurated the Edmund D. Pellegrino Room—a dedicated space for ethics consultation and education—as part of its continuing partnership with the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center. Read about the Pellegrino Room and see a video of the dedication ceremony
The long-awaited volume Pellegrino’s Clinical Bioethics: A Compendium (edited by Director Emeritus G. Kevin Donovan, MD, MA; Associate Director for Academic Programs David G. Miller, PhD, who worked with Dr. Pellegrino for over 30 years; and Director of the Ethics Consultation Service Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe has been published by Catholic University Press. Learn more
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Center for Clinical Bioethics Programs
Your Health: A Sacred Matter
Watch this public television documentary on spirituality, religion, and medicine. Earn two free credits of CME/CEU for watching the entire film.