Center for Clinical Bioethics

Joint Doctor of Medicine & Ph.D. Program

Section: Joint Doctor of Medicine & Ph.D. Program

The Center for Clinical Bioethics sponsors an MD/PhD program for qualified applicants interested in advanced training in bioethics. The MD degree is awarded by Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Students have the option of pursuing the PhD degree from either the Georgetown University Philosophy Department or from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America.

The program includes substantial opportunities for interaction with Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, the Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics and the former Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, the Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics and the Center for Clinical Bioethics. There are additional opportunities for interaction with other scholars at Georgetown's Kennedy Institute of Ethics, as well as the faculty of the Center for Clinical Bioethics. A complete program description of the MD/PhD program is available at: www.georgetown.edu/grad/mcgrad/MdPhD

For further information contact:
W. Taylor Johnson
Coordinator: Graduate Biomedical Education
3900 Reservoir Road, NW
NE 118 Med-Dent
Washington, DC 20007
Tel:  (202) 687-1379
Fax: (202) 687-1159
E-mail W. Taylor Johnson