Clinical Ethicist
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia
Patrick D. Herron, DBe, HEC-C is a Clinical Ethicist at the John J. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics. In addition to clinical ethics consultation work, he is a member of MedStar’s Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Council and Washington Hospital Center’s Healthcare Equality Committee. His scholarly interests include LGBTQ+ health education and advocacy; inter-professionalism education; and social media use among health professionals. Dr. Herron is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Family & Social Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he previously served as Director of Bioethics Education. He completed his Doctor of Bioethics at Loyola University Chicago and Master of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He co-chairs the Ethics and Humanities Educators in the Health Professions and Residency Training Affinity Group for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Herron also serves on the Advisory Board for Medical Student Pride Alliance and is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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