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Robert D. Orr, MD, CM
Professor of Bioethics The Union Graduate College-Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bioethics Program Professor of Family Medicine University of Vermont College of Medicine Clinical Ethicist Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington, VT) Dr. Orr received his M.D.,C.M. from McGill University (1966). He did residency training in family medicine and practiced family medicine in Vermont for 18 years where he was named “Vermont Family Doctor of the Year” in 1989. He was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago (1989-1990). From 1990 to 2000 he was Director of Clinical Ethics and Professor of Family Medicine at Loma Linda University (California). From 2000-2004 he served as Director of Ethics at Fletcher Allen Health Care and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine where he continues as a clinical ethicist. He was honored by the AMA, in 1999, with the Isaac Hays & John Bell Award for Leadership in Medical Ethics and Professionalism. In 2006, he was selected as Scholar in Residence at The Kilns (the historic home of CS Lewis) in Oxford, UK. He has been on the Advisory Board of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity since its founding in 1994. He was a member of the Council on Ethical Affairs of the California Medical Association for 4 years, and chairman for 2 years. He has also served as Vice-President of the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities. Dr. Orr has lectured regionally, nationally, and internationally, and has contributed to the literature 5 books (2 as co-author and 3 as co-editor), 10 book chapters and over 100 articles about ethical issues, end-of-life medical care, and the ethics consultation process. Another book is in publication. Curriculum Vitae (word doc) > Recent Publications Orr RD. Pilgrimage and profession. HEC Forum 2003;15(4):352-61 Shaner M, Orr RD, Drought T, Siegel M. Really, Most SINCERELY Dead: Policy and procedure in the diagnosis of death by neurologic criteria. Neurology 2004;62:1683-6 Orr RD. Organizational ethics is not for sissies! Journal of Organizational Ethics 2004;1(2):123-30 Orr RD. Rules is Rules. Am J Bioethics (AJOB) 2006;6(3):40-1 Orr RD. Case Commentary. Hastings Center Report for May-June 2007 issue. Recent Activities Scholar in Residence at the Kilns (Oxford) 2006. Medical Grand Rounds at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Feb 8, 2006. “The Challenge of Preserving Patient Autonomy When Facing Death: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.” “A Debriefing of the Terry Schiavo Case.” Audio-conference to 40 hospitals for the Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute on July 27, 2006. |
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