Rosamond Rhodes

Biography

Rosamond Rhodes Ph.D., is Professor of Medical Education and Director of Bioethics Education at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and Professor of Bioethics and Associate Director of the Clarkson University-Mount Sinai Bioethics Program. She has published 225 articles and chapters on a broad array of issues in bioethics including: research ethics, genetics, transplantation, death and dying, conscientious objection, abortion, ethics education and the distinctive ethics of medicine.  She is co-editor of The Human Microbiome: Ethical, Legal and Social Concerns (Oxford University Press, 2013), The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics (Blackwell, 2007), Medicine and Social Justice: Essays on the Distribution of Health Care (Oxford University Press, first edition 2002; second edition 2012), Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate (Routledge, 1998).  Her forthcoming book is The Trusted Doctor: Medical Ethics and Professionalism, which is to be released in March 2020 by Oxford University Press.  Professor Rhodes has collaborated on numerous studies and she has been the Primary Investigator for five NIH grants. She is also the recipient of a number of awards including the Special Recognition Award for Achievement in Medical Education (ISMMS), the Innovation in Resident Education Award (NEGEA), The Alexander Richman Award for Humanism in Medicine (ISMMS), and her paper, “Rethinking Research Ethics,” was named Most Controversial Article in 10 Years (AJOB).  Professor Rhodes is a Fellow of the Hastings Center and a Certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant (HCEC).

Education Background

Philosophy BA - The City College, CUNY
Philosophy MA - Lehman College
Philosophy Ph.D. - The Graduate Center, CUNY

Experience

Professor of Bioethics Program and Associate Director Clarkson University, January 2016-Present
Professor and Associate Director Union Graduate College, Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership, January 2007-2015
Professor The Graduate Center, CUNY, PhD Program in Philosoph, January 2003-Present
Assistant Professor Loyola University of Chicago, Philosophy Department, Spring 1993
Professor Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Medical Education, January 2003-Present
Assistant Professor Loyola University of Chicago, Philosophy Department, Spring 1993

Courses Taught

• BIE535 - Medicine and Social Justice
• BIE610 - Clinical Ethics Practicum

Research Interests

• Abortion
• Conscientious objection
• Death and dying
• Distinctive ethics of medicine
• Ethics education
• Genetics
• Research ethics
• Transplantation

Awards

• NEH Summer Seminar Fellowship, "The Nature and Value of Autonomy", director, Gerald Dworkin, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1990
• NEH/NSF Institute Fellowship, "The Scientific, Ethical, and Social Challenges of Contemporary Genetic Technology," director, David Magnus, The University of Puget Sound, July 1996
• Special Recognition Award for Achievement in Medical Education, The Mount Sinai Alumni, March 11, 2005
• Innovation in Resident Education Award, Northeast Group on Educational Affairs in Medical Education (NEGEA) Annual Educational Retreat, Stony Brook, New York, June 9, 2007
• Best-Abstract Award, Dilemmas and Struggles in Transplantation Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 5, 2008
• The Alexander Richman Award for Humanism in Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, April 29, 2010
• Most Controversial Article in AJOB’s 10 year history. Rhodes R.  Rethinking Research Ethics, October, 2010
• NEH Summer Seminar Fellowship, "Liberty, Equality, and Justice", directors, Andrew Altman and Christopher Wellman, Washington University of St. Louis, 2012

Publications

Books

• Rhodes R, The Trusted Doctor, Medical Ethics and Professionalism, Oxford University Press: New York (2020). ISBN-13: 978-0190859909; ISBN-10: 0190859903
• Rhodes R, Gligorov N, and Schwab A, editors, The Human Microbiome:  Ethical, Legal, and Social Concerns, Oxford
• Rhodes R, Silvers A, and Battin MP, editors, Medicine and Social Justice: Essays on the Distribution of Health Care, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press: New York (2012). ISBN-13: 978-0199744206; ISBN-10: 0199744203
• Rhodes R, Francis LP, and Silvers A, editors, The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics, Blackwell Publishing: MA (2007). ISBN-13: 978-1405125840; ISBN-10: 1405125845
• Rhodes R, Battin MP, and Silvers A, editors, Medicine and Social Justice: Essays on the Distribution of Health Care, Oxford University Press: New York (2002). ISBN-13: 978-0195143546; ISBN-10: 019514354X
• Battin, MP, Rhodes R, and Silvers A, editors, Physician Assisted Suicide:  Expanding the Debate, Routledge: New York (1998). ISBN-13: 978-0415920032; ISBN-10: 0415920035

Recent Peer Reviewed Articles

• Rhodes, Rosamond (2020). Medical Ethics: Common or Uncommon Morality? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 29 (3):404-420.
• Rhodes, Rosamond (2019). A Defence of medical ethics as uncommon morality. Journal of Medical Ethics 45 (12):792-793.
• Rhodes, Rosamond (2019). Conscience, conscientious objections, and medicine. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 40 (6):487-506.
• Rhodes, Rosamond (2019). To Act or Not to Act, That Is the Question. American Journal of Bioethics 19 (3):39-41.
• Rhodes, Rosamond (2019). Why not common morality? Journal of Medical Ethics 45 (12):770-777.
• Sacks, Henry S. & Rhodes, Rosamond (2019). Innovation in a Learning Healthcare System. American Journal of Bioethics 19 (6):19-21.
• Goldstein, Zil ; Ting, Jess & Rhodes, Rosamond (2018). Faces Matter. American Journal of Bioethics 18 (12):10-12.
• Rhodes, Rosamond (2018). Medicine and Contextual Justice. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 27 (2):228-249.
• Rhodes, Rosamond (2018). The goodness of ethics in research ethics review. Journal of Medical Ethics 44 (7):489-490.
• Rhodes, Rosamond & Danziger, Michael (2018). Being a Doctor and Being a Hospital. American Journal of Bioethics 18 (7):51-53.
• Rhodes, Rosamond & Danziger, Michael (2018). To Pay or Not to Pay? Withholding Payment From Research Participants. American Journal of Bioethics 18 (4):88-90.
• Rhodes, Rosamond & Strain, James J. (2018). Ideology and Palliative Care: Moral Hazards at the Bedside. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 27 (1):137-144.