Curriculum Vitae
Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D.
Academic and Professional
Academic Appointments at Baylor College of Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Faculty Associate
Huffington Center on Aging
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Administrative Appointment at Baylor College of Medicine
Associate Director for Education
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Ethics Consultation Leadership
Director
Ethics Consultation Program
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas
Adjunct Appointment at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Adjunct Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Public Health
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York
Adjunct Appointment at Rice University
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Rice University
Houston, Texas
Visiting Appointment at Union Graduate College
Visiting Proseminar Health and Human Values Lecturer
The Bioethics Program
Union Graduate College
Schenectady, New York
Fellowship Elections
Fellow of the Hastings Center
Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
Biographical
Birthplace and Date:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 2, 1947
Marital Status:
Married, 1977
Linda Jean Quintanilla. Ed.D.
Education
A.B., 1969
cum laude, with Honors in Art History
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Ph.D., 1975
The University of Texas at Austin
(Philosophy)
Dissertation Director: Professor Ignacio Angelelli
Dissertation Title: "The Early Philosophy of Leibniz on Individuation"
Research Fellowships Awarded in National Competition
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, October, 1975
Society for Health and Human Values, at The Institute for the Medical Humanities
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1975-1976
Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
The Hastings Center
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1995-1996
Medical Staff Hospital Appointments
Staff Associate for Long-Term Care Research (WOC), 1993-
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Affiliated Scientist, 2000-
Internal Medicine: General Medicine
Ethics Consultations
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Medical Staff Affiliate
General Medicine (Ethics Consultation), 2001-
Texas Children’s Hospital
Mailing Addresses and Phones
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 798-3505
(713) 798-5678 (Fax)
e-mail:
4015 Drummond
Houston, Texas 77025-2309
(713) 665-0556 (Home)
History of Academic Appointments
2007-
Visiting Proseminar Health and Human Values Lecturer
The Bioethics Program
Union Graduate College
2004-
Adjunct Professor of Public Health
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2001-
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Rice University
1992-
Adjunct Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cornell University Medical College
1990 -1993
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Rice University
1990-
Professor of Medical Ethics
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
1989 -
Faculty Associate
Huffington Center on Aging
Baylor College of Medicine
1988 -
Professor of Medicine and of Family and Community Medicine
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
1987 - 1992
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cornell University Medical College
1987 - 1988
Professor of Community and Family Medicine and of Pediatrics
Georgetown University
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Georgetown University
Adjunct Professor of Community Dentistry
Georgetown University
1985 - 1987
Adjunct Associate Professor of Community Dentistry
Georgetown University
1982 - 1987
Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Georgetown University
Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy
Georgetown University
1979 - 1982
Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Georgetown University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Georgetown University
1979-1988
Senior Research Scholar
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University
1976 - 1979
Assistant Professor of Humanities in Medicine
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Texas A&M University
1976 (Summer)
Visiting Instructor
School of New Resources
College of New Rochelle
1974 - 1975
Research Associate
Institute for the Medical Humanities
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
History of Administrative Positions
2004 (December) -
Associate Director for Education
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
1987 - 1988
Co-Director
Division of Clinical Ethics
Department of Pediatrics
Georgetown University
1979 - 1988
Associate Director (Acting Director 1982-1983)
Division of Health and Humanities
Department of Community and Family Medicine
Georgetown University
1976 - 1978
Head
Department of Medical Humanities
Texas A&M University
Honors and Awards
1979
Distinguished Service Award
Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
1997
Elected to Fellow Status
Gerontological Society of America
2003
Elected Fellow of the Center
The Hastings Center
Garrison, New York
Invited Lectureships
1999
10th Annual Bruce Siegel Lecture in Bioethics
Mt. Carmel Health System
Columbus, Ohio
1999
Inaugural Lecture of the Paxton Howard/Gerald Keegan Bioethics Lectureship
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas
2004
Joe Thorne Gilbert, M.D., Lecturer
Health Professions Student Council
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
2005
Keynote Speaker
Eleventh Wellcome Trust Regional Forum on the History of Medicine in Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
2005
Inaugural Lecture
Medical Humanities Lecture Series
School of Humanities
Rice University
Houston, Texas
2006
Robert B. Rasmus, M.D., Memorial Lecture
Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Visiting Professorships
February 22-24, 1993
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas
September 27-October 1, 1993
Escuela Latinoamericana de Bioetica
La Plata, Argentina
May 5, 1994
Bruce Hubbard Stewart Scholar
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
February 6-9, 1995
Visiting Professor
Program on Society and Medicine
Department of Family Practice
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The University of Michigan
March 13-14, 1995
Visiting Professor
Center for Medical Ethics
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
December 7-8, 1995
Visiting Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical School
Wichita, Kansas
March 1 and May 8, 1996
Visiting Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
August (week-long teaching), 1996-2006
Union College
Schenectady, New York
October 16-17, 1997
Visiting Professor
Department of Surgery and Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
December 1-3, 1998
Visiting Professor
Division of Medical Humanities
Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Social Work and Nursing Services
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Medical Center
Rochester, New York
December 17-18, 1999
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia, Missouri
September 8, 2001
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia, Missouri
December 8-9, 2003
Visiting Professor
Center for Bioethics and Health Law
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Memberships in Professional Organizations
American Association for the History of Medicine (Life Member)
American Philosophical Association (Life Member)
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Gerontological Society of America
Fellowship status awarded, 1997
Leibniz Society of America
Society for Values in Higher Education (Life Member)
(Elected as Fellow, 1980)
Southwestern Philosophical Society
Elected Offices in Professional Organizations
1987 - 1988
President, Society for Health and Human Values
This Society merged with others to form the American Association of Bioethics and Humanities in November, 1998
1985 - 1986
Chair, Program Directors Section
Society for Health and Human Values
1980 - 1982
President
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
1982 - 1984
Member of the Board
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
1981 - 1987
Secretary-Treasurer
Leibniz Society of America
1977 - 1981
Secretary
Leibniz Society of America
Baylor College of Medicine Service
2004-
Member, Selection Committee for Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism
1999-
Member and Chair, Committee on Professional Conduct
Department of Medicine
1992-
Member, Committee on Continuing Medical Education
1993-2000
Member, Aging Oversight Committee, Huffington Center on Aging
1992-1993
Member, Committee on the Status of Women, Department of Medicine
1999-2000
Member, Educational Strategic Planning Committee
Ethics Committee Service
1990-
Member, Ethics Committee
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1999-
Member, Ethics Committee
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
1999-
Member, Ethics Committee
The Methodist Hospital
2001-
Member, Bioethics Committee
Texas Children’s Hospital
1994-2003
Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Community Service in Houston, Texas
1990 - 1996
Museum Guild Docent
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2000-2006
Secretary
Braeswood Democrats
2006-
Treasurer
Braeswood Democrats
Teaching Responsibilities
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Student Teaching:
Required First-Year Course in Medical Ethics:
Co-Director with H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Ph.D., M.D., 1997
Director, 1998-2001
Co-Director with Rosemary Quigley, J.D., 2002
Lecturer (5 lectures) and Small Group Leader (1997-2002)
Lecturer (2 lectures) and Back-up Small Group Leader, 2003-
Monthly clinical conferences for medical students on core Medicine rotation, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center(MEDVAMC, a Baylor College of Medicine Primary Affiliated Hospital)
Bi-weekly clinical conferences for medical students on core Surgery rotation, MEDAMC (1995-2003)
Monthly clinical conference for medical students on core Surgery rotation, MEDVAMC, 2003-2005
Monthly clinical case conference in Geropsychiatry Service (students on core Psychiatry rotation) MEDVAMC (1995-2002)
Monthly clinical ethics conference for students on core Pediatric rotation (1996-2004)
Introduction to Clinical Medical Ethics (third-year elective of four-year ethics track, four weeks each year):
Director, 2002-
Research in Clinical Medical Ethics, mentor for fourth-year medical student independent research elective (Capstone course of four-year ethics track):
Director, 1992-2003
1992-1993: 4 students
1993-1994: 3 students
1994-1995: 9 students
1995-1996: 7 students
1996-1997: 10 students
1997-1998: 9 students
1998-1999: 3 students
2000-2001: 10 students
2001-2002: 3 students
2002-2003: 5 students
Co-Director with Richard Sharp, Ph.D.
2003-2004: 9 students
Resident and Fellow Teaching:
Core Competencies Lecture Series for all Residents (2002-2004)
Principles and Practice of Medical Ethics
Brain Death and Organ Procurement
Department of Medicine
Monthly Lecture for Medicine residents, MEDVAMC (1988-present)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology:
Monthly attendance for Maternal-Fetal Medicine case conference for attending physicians, fellows, and residents, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1990-2005)
Attendance at Morbidity and Mortality conference for residents (November, 2006-present)
Department of Pediatrics:
Bi-weekly clinical conferences for Pediatrics residents, Progressive Care Unit, Critical Care Section, Texas Children's Hospital (a Baylor College of Medicine Primary Affiliated Hospital). (1988-present)
Bi-weekly clinical conferences for Pediatrics residents, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Texas Children's Hospital (1988-2004)
Department of Psychiatry:
Three seminars each year for first-year Psychiatry residents, co-taught with John Coverdale, M.D. (1990-present)
Four Seminars each year for second-year Psychiatry residents, co-taught with John Coverdale, M.D. (1990-present)
Twelve seminars each year for third-year Psychiatry residents, co-taught with John Coverdale, M.D. (1990-present)
Monthly clinical case conference (for second-year residents and medical students), Geropsychiatry Service, HVAMC (1995-2002)
Department of Family Medicine:
Monthly conference for residents and students, Department of Family Medicine, co-taught with Warren Holleman, Ph.D. (1988-1998)
Department of Surgery
Monthly conference for residents in Surgery, MEDVAMC, 2003-2005
Core ethics lectures for residents, September, 2006-present
Texas Children’s Fetal Center
Attendance at bi-weekly case conference for attending physicians, fellows, nurses, and residents in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Surgery (2006-present)
Mentor in Ethics and Aging for Fellows in Geriatrics, Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine
1992-1993
Rebecca B. Reilly, M.D., "The Correlation of Values and Preferences in Advance Directive Decision Making"
1993-1994
Rebecca B. Reilly, M.D., "The Values History as a Clinical Tool"
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Clinical case conference on obstetric ethics for third year medical students on Obstetrics/Gynecology rotation, seven times yearly, co-taught with Frank A. Chervenak, M.D. (1987-present)
Clinical case conference on ethics in maternal-fetal medicine for residents in Obstetrics/Gynecology and fellows in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, seven times yearly, co-taught with Frank A. Chervenak, M.D. (1987-present)
Mentor in Ethics in Maternal-Fetal Medicine with Frank A. Chervenak, M.D., for Fellows in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
1993-1994
Keith Lascale, M.D., "The Incidence and Prevention of Maternal-Fetal Conflict"
Daniel Skupski, M.D., "Criteria for Fetal Distress Indicating Cesarean Delivery"
1994-1995
Izuka Udom-Rice, M.D., "Informational Needs of Pregnant Teenagers"
2002-2004
Geeta Sharma, M.D., “Ethics of Nuchal Translucency Screening”
Robin Kalish, M.D., “Ethics of Elective Cesarean Delivery”
2005-2007
Nathan Fox, M.D., “Patients’ Attitudes toward Umbilical Cord Blood Banking”
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1996-1998)
Addressing Ethics Issues in the Management of MEDVAMC:
Monthly seminar for Leadership Council on ethical issues in management with goal of producing and implementing management ethics pathways for introducing ethics into management decisions
Rice University
Philosophy 105, Historical Introduction to Philosophy (Spring, 1990)
Philosophy 202, History of Modern Philosophy, (Spring, 1991, 1992, and 1993)
Philosophy 206, The Nature and Limits of Professionalism in Medicine (Fall, 2006)
American College of Physician Executives
Ethical Challenges of Physician Executives (half-day course in Physician in Management II Seminar, 1992-1999)
Ethical Challenges of Physician Executives (two day course, co-taught with Richard Stubbs, M.D., 1993- 2002)
Ethical Challenges of Physician Executives (on-line, three-week course, 2000- )
Union College and Union University (1996-present)
Health and Human Values Seminar: one-week course for Union College students transitioning to Albany Medical College (1996-present) and (2001-present) graduate students in Masters in Bioethics program of Union College
Service to Academic Community
World Association of Perinatalogy
1999-
Member, Ethics Committee
American Society for Cytopathology
2000-
Member, Ethics Committee
Society for Health and Human Values
1994-1998
Member, Professional Affairs Committee
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
1998-
Member, Committee on History and Archives
Editorial Positions
2003-
Editorial Advisory Board (Ethics)
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1995-
Editorial Board (Ethics)
Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
1994-
Editorial Board
Early Pregnancy: Biology and Medicine
1991 -
Editorial Board
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
1985 - 1987
Editor, Special Articles Section
Theoretical Medicine
1984 - 1988
Editorial Board
Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Care
1983 - 1985
Contributing Editor (Bioethics)
The New Physician
1981 - 1991
Editorial Advisory Board
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
1981 - 1988
Editorial Board
Theoretical Medicine
1975 - 1976
Special Reviewer
The Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Peer Reviewer for Journals
American Family Physician
American Journal of Bioethics
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Archives of Family Medicine
Archives on Internal Medicine
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Critical Care Medicine
Early Pregnancy: Biology and Medicine
The Hastings Center Report
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Clinical Ethics
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of the History of Philosophy
Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
Medical Care
Medical Humanities Review
New England Journal of Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics
Social Science and Medicine
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Peer Reviewer for University Presses
Cambridge University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Oxford University Press
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Data and Safety Monitoring Committees
Management of Kawasaki's Disease (completed)
Trials of Hypertension Prevention (ToHP) (completed)
Myocardial Infarction Triage Intervention (MITI) (completed)
Trials of Mild Hypertension Studies (completed)
Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) (completed)
Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Trial (completed)
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (2004-present)
Protocol Review Committees
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (2004-present)
American Philosophical Association
Member, Committee on Medicine and Philosophy, 1997-2000
Bibliography
Books
Authored or Co-Authored:
1.Beauchamp TL, McCullough LB. Medical Ethics: The Moral Responsibilities of Physicians. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984.
Translated into Spanish: Etica Medica: Las Responsabilidades Morales de los Medicos. Translation by Enrique Pareja Rodriguez. Barcelona: Editorial Labor, S.A., 1987.
Translated into Japanese: Iryou Rinrigaku-Ishi no Rinriketi Sekinin. Translation by Tsunetsugu Munakata and Kumiki Yamazaki. Tokyo: Ishiyaku Publishing Company, 1992.
Portions of chapter six reprinted in Beauchamp TL, Walters L, eds. Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 3rd. ed., as: Third-party interests. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1989: 348-357; 4th ed., 1991: 75-84; 5th ed., 1994: 75-84.
2.McCullough LB, Chervenak FA. Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
3.McCullough LB. Leibniz on Individuals and Individuation: The Persistence of Premodern Ideas in Modern Philosophy. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.
4.McCullough LB. John Gregory and the Invention of Professional Medical Ethics and the Profession of Medicine. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
5.Brody BA, Rothstein MA, McCullough LB, Bobinski MA. Medical Ethics: Analysis of the Issues Raised by the Codes, Opinions, and Statements. Washington, DC: BNA Books, 2001.
6.McCullough LB, Chervenak FA. Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, in preparation, to appear 2008.
Edited or Co-Edited:
1.McCullough LB, Morris JP, eds. Implications of History and Ethics to Medicine -- Veterinary and Human. Centennial Academic Assembly, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1978.
2.McCullough LB, Wilson NL, eds. Long-Term Care Decisions: Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
3.McCullough LB, Jones JW, Brody BA, eds. Surgical Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
4.McCullough LB. John Gregory's Writings on Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
5.Brody BA, Rothstein MA, McCullough LB, Bobinski MA, eds. Medical Ethics: Codes, Opinions, and Statements. Washington, DC: BNA Books, 2000.
6.Baker RB, McCullough LB, eds. A History of Medical Ethics. Cambridge, England and New York: Cambridge University Press, in preparation, to appear 2008.
7.Baker RB, McCullough LB, eds. The Cambridge Dictionary of Bioethics. Cambridge, England and New York: Cambridge University Press, in preparation, to appear 2009.
Editorial Advisory Board: Bioethics Yearbook Series
1.Lustig BA(senior editor), Brody BA , Engelhardt, Jr. HT, McCullough LB, eds. Bioethics Yearbook, Volume I: Theological Developments in Bioethics 1988-1990. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.
2.Lustig BA(senior editor), Brody BA , Engelhardt, Jr. HT, McCullough LB, eds. Bioethics Yearbook, Volume II: Regional Developments in Bioethics 1989-1991. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.
3.Lustig BA(senior editor), Brody BA , Engelhardt, Jr. HT, McCullough LB, eds. Bioethics Yearbook, Volume III: Theological Developments in Bioethics 1990-1992. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.
4.Lustig BA(senior editor), Brody BA , Engelhardt, Jr. HT, McCullough LB, eds. Bioethics Yearbook, Volume IV: Regional Developments in Bioethics 1991-1993. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.