MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics

ACS-MacLean Center Surgical Ethics Fellowship

The American College of Surgeons (ACS)-MacLean Center Fellowship explores ethical issues that arise in the practice of modern surgery. Sponsored by the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and the Department of Surgery, the program is designed for surgical residents, fellows, or attending surgeons from outside the University of Chicago who are interested in gaining training and experience in surgical ethics. The ACS-MacLean Center Fellowship builds on the MacLean Center's successful clinical medical ethics fellowship program. The goal of the surgical ethics program is to prepare surgeons for careers that combine clinical surgery with scholarly studies in surgical ethics. The fellowship includes training in research, teaching, and clinical Ethics Consultations in addition to monthly surgical ethics case conferences and the opportunity to participate in the surgical ethics curriculum and mentored research in surgical ethics. The program begins with a four-to-five-week, full-time Summer Intensive introduction in July-August, followed by a structured curriculum from September to June where fellows meet one day a week on Wednesdays.