Mathews Journal of Pediatrics

Peter A Clark

John McShain Chair in Ethics and Director of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics
Saint Joseph's University
United States

Peter A. Clark, S.J., Ph.D. is the John McShain Chair in Ethics and Director of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He is also the Bioethicist for the Jefferson NE Health System, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Catholic Charites of Maryland, Community Suburban Hospital, Roxborough Hospital, Lower Bucks Hospital, Catholic Charities of Maryland and Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem, Palestine. As Bioethicist, Dr. Clark is responsible for the ethical training of the medical fellows, residents and interns in all the acute care hospitals. He does weekly Ethics Teaching Rounds at the 3 acute care hospitals in the Jefferson NE Health System and Roxborough Community Hospital, he co-chairs the hospital ethics committees, IRBs and the Corporate Ethics Committee and is on consult 24/7 for all the hospitals. Dr. Clark received his Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago in Medical Ethics and is author of numerous articles in medical and bioethics journals on topics, which include: medical futility, pain management, prejudice in the medical profession, the medical use of marijuana, safe injection sites, opioid prevention & education, tube feedings and PVS patients, male circumcision and HIV/AIDS, face transplantation, and the Ashley treatment, etc. He is also author of To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethical Methodology of Richard A. McCormick as Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Newborns published by Creighton University Press, Death With Dignity: Ethical and Practical Considerations for Caregivers of the Terminally Ill, published by University of Chicago Press and Global Bioethics: Current Challenges, New Developments and Future Direction published By InTech in London. Dr. Clark is also editor of Contemporary Issues in Bioethics and Bioethics: Medical, Ethical and Legal Perspectives. Dr. Clark also is a reviewer for numerous bioethics journals and is a member of various medical and ethical organizations nationally and internationally.