Committee on Ethics

To provide the Board of Regents with a means for deliberation and preparation of ethical issues which the College may address.

  Committee on Ethics Roster

  Ethics Resources Available for Surgeons

• Online Community:  Ethical Issues in Surgery  Community Editor:  Ira J. Kodner, MD, FACS
• Ethical Issues in Clinical Surgery  Edited by Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH, FACS
• Expert Witness Affirmation
  • EWA Letter (491K PDF)
  • EWA Certificate (15K PDF)
• American College of Surgeons Statements on Principles
• Annotated Bibliography of Ethics in Surgery
• Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association
• American Society of Transplant Surgeons: Position Statements
• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons:  Opinions on Ethics
• Ethics and Philosophy Lectures
• Scope of Practice

  2009 Clinical Congress, October 11-15, Chicago, IL: Ethics Topics

• Ethics Colloquium: Ethical Considerations and the Process of Surgical Innovation
  Moderator:  Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS, Chicago, IL
• Ethics and Philosophy Lecture:  Mark Siegler, MD, FACP, Chicago, IL

  Curricula in Ethics

• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Bioethics Curricula
• University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics

The Committee on Ethics welcomes your comments. Please write to the Committee's staff liaison, Laura Meyer, at laurameyer@facs.org.

Committees and Task Forces

Division of Education