Associate Professor
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Andrew G. Shuman, MD, FACS, HEC-C, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. He serves as Chief of the Clinical Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM). Dr. Shuman is the Associate Chief of Staff - Education at the VA Ann Arbor Health System.
Dr. Shuman is recognized as a thought leader in ethical issues arising within the field of otolaryngology and surgical oncology. His greatest impact involves his work in defining the conceptual dimensions of “surgical ethics,” an emerging focus in the broader field of bioethics, and being able to apply his perspective as a practicing surgeon and clinical ethicist to normative and empirical bioethics research. He received extramural research funding for his work from NIH, the VA and societal grants, and has a portfolio of publications in leading journals in the fields of ethics, oncology and otolaryngology including The New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. He has acted as PI on projects focused on cancer treatment decision-making and precision oncology, tailored to directly inform both the clinical practice and legal regulation of these ethically contentious and clinically complex disciplines.
Ethics in our Everyday: Difficult Patients, Conflicting Directives, and Complex Circumstances
Monday, September 30, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.