Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D. is a Franciscan Friar who holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at St. Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan, and serves as a professor of medicine and director of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College. He received his A.B. and M.D. degrees from Cornell University and completed his residency, chief residency, and post-doctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1995. His books include The Healer's Calling and Methods in Medical Ethics. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.
David is a Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University. Hispublications include Taking Animals Seriously (Cambridge University Press, 1996)and Human Identity and Bioethics (Cambridge University Press, 2005). His research has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for theHumanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Institutesof Health.