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Dr. Joseph J. Fins ’82

Dr. Joseph J. Fins ’82, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. IOM membership is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. It recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. Fins, the author of more than 200 publications in medical ethics and health policy, wrote A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at Life’s End (Jones and Bartlett, 2006). He is a co-author of the 2007 Nature paper describing the first use of deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state. President-elect of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, he is also a Governor of the American College of Physicians. The past-chair of the Wesleyan Alumni Association, he has served as a trustee of the University. At Wesleyan, he majored in the College of Letters.
Dr. Joseph J. Fins ’82, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. IOM membership is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. It recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. Fins, the author of more than 200 publications in medical ethics and health policy, wrote A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at Life’s End (Jones and Bartlett, 2006). He is a co-author of the 2007 Nature paper describing the first use of deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state. President-elect of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, he is also a Governor of the American College of Physicians. The past-chair of the Wesleyan Alumni Association, he has served as a trustee of the University. At Wesleyan, he majored in the College of Letters.