{{short description|American physician}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=September 2019}} {{COI|date=October 2020}} }} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox scientist | birth_name = Mark Siegler | image = Mark Siegler (2018).png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Siegler in 2018 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|6|20}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | fields = [[Medicine]], [[medical ethics]] | workplaces = [[University of Chicago]] | alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]]<br />[[Princeton University]] | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | religion = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}
'''Mark Siegler''' (born June 20, 1941) is an American [[physician]] who specializes in [[internal medicine]]. He is the Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A $42 Million Gift Aims at Improving Bedside Manner |first=Dirk|last=Johnson |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 22, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/university-of-chicago-gets-42-million-gift-for-bucksbaum-institute.html}}</ref> He is the Founding Director of Chicago's [[MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mark Siegler, MD founder of the clinical medical ethics field, will step down from the MacLean Center – University of Chicago – Department of Medicine |url=https://medicine.uchicago.edu/mark-siegler-founder-of-the-clinical-medical-ethics-field-will-step-down-from-the-maclean-center/ |work=medicine.uchicago.edu}}</ref>
In 2011, the [[Matthew Bucksbaum|Matthew]] and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation presented an endowment of $42 million to the University of Chicago to create the [[Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence]]. Siegler was appointed the executive director of the institute.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Dirk |title=A $42 Million Gift Aims at Improving Bedside Manner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/university-of-chicago-gets-42-million-gift-for-bucksbaum-institute.html |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 2011}}</ref>
Siegler has published more than 215 journal articles, 65 book chapters and five books. His textbook, co-authored with Al Jonsen and [[William Winslade]], ''Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine'', 8th Edition (2015),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jonsen |first1=Albert |last2=Siegler |first2=Mark |last3=Winslade |first3=William |title=Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethics Decisions in Clinical Medicine |date=2015 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education |isbn=978-0-07-184506-9}}</ref> has been translated into eight languages and is widely used by physicians and health professionals around the world. One of his most recent books, co-edited with Laura Roberts, is ''Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD |date=2017 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-53875-4 |isbn=978-3-319-53873-0 |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319538730 |language=en|editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first=Laura Weiss |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=Siegler }}</ref> DSigler retired from practicing medicine in 2024.
==Research== [[File:Mark Siegler at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.jpg|thumb|Mark Siegler at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics]] He has developed a field called Clinical Medical Ethics,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Siegler |first1=M |title=Clinical Medical Ethics: Its History and Contributions to American Medicine. |journal=The Journal of Clinical Ethics |date=2019 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=17–26 |doi=10.1086/JCE2019301017 |pmid=30896440|s2cid=84843713 }}</ref> the main goal of which is improving the quality of patient care by identifying, analyzing, and contributing to the resolution of ethical problems that arise in the routine practice of clinical medicine.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Singer |first1=PA |last2=Pellegrino |first2=ED |last3=Siegler |first3=M |s2cid=17627582 |title=Clinical ethics revisited. |journal=BMC Medical Ethics |date=2001 |volume=2 |pages=E1 |doi=10.1186/1472-6939-2-1 |pmid=11346456|pmc=32193 |doi-access=free }}</ref> He also supervised the initiation of Consultations in Clinical Ethics as a hospital service<ref>{{cite journal | pmc=1307439 | year=1987 | last1=La Puma | first1=J. | title=Consultations in clinical ethics--issues and questions in 27 cases | journal=The Western Journal of Medicine | volume=146 | issue=5 | pages=633–637 | pmid=3590772 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fletcher |first1=JC |last2=Siegler |first2=M |title=What are the goals of ethics consultation? A consensus statement. |journal=The Journal of Clinical Ethics |date=1995 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=122–6 |doi=10.1086/JCE199607204 |pmid=8889887|s2cid=33935713 }}</ref> and developed the oldest and largest Clinical Medical Ethics fellowship in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://macleanethics.uchicago.edu/fellowship/|title = Fellowship | the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics}}</ref>
==Selected awards and honors== *2010 - [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mark Siegler to receive lifetime achievement award from national bioethics group |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/mark-siegler-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-national-bioethics-group |work=University of Chicago News |language=en}}</ref> *2013 - [[MacLean Center]] received the Cornerstone Award from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities<ref>{{cite news |title=MacLean Center wins prestigious Cornerstone Award |url=https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news/maclean-center-wins-prestigious-cornerstone-award |work=www.uchicagomedicine.org |language=en}}</ref> *2015 - Elected a Master of the [[American College of Physicians]] (MACP)<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/awards-masterships-and-competitions/acp-announces-new-masters-and-awardees-for-2014-2015|title=ACP Announces New Masters and Awardees for 2014-2015|website=American College of Physicians}}</ref> *2021 - Arthur Rubenstein Mentorship Award from the University of Chicago<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-15 |title=Mark Siegler, MD Receives Arthur Rubenstein Mentorship Award – University of Chicago – Department of Medicine |url=https://medicine.uchicago.edu/mark-sieglermd-receives-arthur-rubenstein-mentorship-award/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=medicine.uchicago.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> *2021 - Norman Maclean Faculty Award from the Alumni Board in recognition of his extraordinary contributions over 50 years to teaching at the University of Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-26 |title=Profs. Mark Siegler and Geoffrey Stone to receive Norman Maclean Faculty Award {{!}} University of Chicago News |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/profs-mark-siegler-and-geoffrey-stone-receive-norman-maclean-faculty-award |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=news.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> *2024 - Gold Key Award in recognition of outstanding and loyal service to the Division of the Biological Sciences and to the University of Chicago<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Key Award |url=http://mbsaa.uchicago.edu/gold-key-award/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=University of Chicago Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Selected books ==
* Jonsen AR, Siegler M, Winslade WJ. ''Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine''. 8th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2015. * Roberts L, Siegler M, eds. ''Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works and the Legacy of Mark Siegler, MD''. New York: Springer, 2017. * Rogers S, Siegler M ''Violence, Trauma, and Trauma Surgery: Ethical Issues, Interventions, and Innovations''. Springer, 2022
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==External links== *[http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/mark-siegler.html University of Chicago bio]
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