Mark Siegler

Mark Siegler
Siegler in 2018
Born
Mark Siegler

(1941-06-20) June 20, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Princeton University
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, medical ethics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago

Mark Siegler (born June 20, 1941) is an American physician who specializes in internal medicine. He is the Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Chicago.[1] He is the Founding Director of Chicago's MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.[2] Siegler has practiced and taught internal medicine at the University of Chicago for more than 50 years.

In 2011, the Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation presented an endowment of $42 million to the University of Chicago to create the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence. Siegler was appointed the executive director of the institute.[3]

Siegler has published more than 215 journal articles, 65 book chapters and five books. His textbook, co-authored with Al Jonsen and William Winslade, Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition (2015),[4] has been translated into eight languages and is widely used by physicians and health professionals around the world. One of his most recent books, co-edited with Laura Roberts, MD, is Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD.[5] Dr. Siegler retired from practicing medicine in 2024 while continuing to be active in the University of Chicago community

  1. ^ Johnson, Dirk (September 22, 2011). "A $42 Million Gift Aims at Improving Bedside Manner". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Mark Siegler, MD founder of the clinical medical ethics field, will step down from the MacLean Center – University of Chicago – Department of Medicine". medicine.uchicago.edu.
  3. ^ Johnson, Dirk (September 22, 2011). "A $42 Million Gift Aims at Improving Bedside Manner". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Jonsen, Albert; Siegler, Mark; Winslade, William (2015). Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethics Decisions in Clinical Medicine. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-184506-9.
  5. ^ Roberts, Laura Weiss; Siegler, Mark, eds. (2017). Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53875-4. ISBN 978-3-319-53873-0.