The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago offers the oldest, largest, and most successful clinical ethics fellowship in the world. Dr. Mark Siegler, the Founding Director of the MacLean Center, created the first clinical ethics fellowship in the nation in 1981. Since then, the MacLean Center faculty members have trained more than 500 fellows, many of whom have gone on to direct their own ethics programs. While most fellows are physicians, we welcome those interested in medical ethics from any perspective, including philosophy, theology, nursing, law, and the social sciences. The MacLean Center, with more than 40 faculty members from many disciplines, provides an outstanding setting for training in clinical medical ethics.

In collaboration with the American College of Surgeons, we now offer a specialized fellowship in surgical ethics.

• Learn more about the general fellowship program
• Learn about the American College of Surgeons-MacLean Center Surgical Ethics Fellowship
• Learn about the Pediatric Ethics Concentration in the fellowship program