ACS-MacLean Center Surgical Ethics Fellowship

A fellowship that combines clinical medical ethics rigor with a focus on surgery and surgical research ethics

The American College of Surgeons (ACS)-MacLean Center Fellowship explores ethical issues that arise in the practice of modern surgery. Sponsored by the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and the Department of Surgery, the program is designed for surgical residents, fellows, or attending surgeons from outside the University of Chicago who are interested in gaining training and experience in surgical ethics.

The ACS-MacLean Center Fellowship builds on the MacLean Center’s successful clinical medical ethics fellowship program. The goal of the surgical ethics program will be to prepare surgeons for careers that combine clinical surgery with scholarly studies in surgical ethics.

The fellowship will include training in research, teaching, and clinical Ethics Consultations in addition to monthly surgical ethics case conferences and the opportunity to participate in the surgical ethics curriculum and mentored research in surgical ethics.

FELLOWSHIP DETAILS AT-A-GLANCE

• Begins with a four-to-five-week, full-time Summer Intensive introduction (July- August)
• From September to June fellows meet one day a week on Wednesdays for a structured ethics curriculum
• Curriculum includes: Topics in Clinical Ethics, Law and Ethics, Introduction to Moral Philosophy, Surgical Ethics, and Research-in-Progress seminars.
• Fellows participate and are supervised in an Ethics Consultation service
• Working with faculty mentors in surgery, each fellow will design and carry out a research project
• Partial support for travel costs during the year of fellowship training is available

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS-MACLEAN CENTER SURGICAL ETHICS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• If a resident, the applicant must be in good standing and have the endorsement of the Program Director; if a faculty member, the applicant must have the endorsement of the Section Chief or Department Chair
• A commitment to integrating surgical ethics into career plans
• A proposed research project that could be completed during the fellowship year
• A commitment to the ideals and missions of the American College of Surgeons