Mark T. Hughes, M.D., M.A., is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his B.A. at the University of Virginia with a major in philosophy and a minor in biology. He received his M..D. from SUNY at Stony Brook. He received his Masters Degree in Philosophy (Bioethics) at Georgetown University; his master's thesis explored the notion of comfort the healing relationship. Dr. Hughes came to Johns Hopkins after completing a fellowship in Primary Care Research with a concentration in Bioethics at Georgetown University. His research interests include advance care planning, end of life decision-making, professionalism, and research ethics. He co-developed a course on research ethics for post-graduate fellows in the Department of Medicine and is current Director of the Course on Research Ethics (CORE), a mandatory course for faculty and fellows conducting human subjects research in the School of Medicine. Dr. Hughes serves on the Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Service and is chair of the sub-committee on ethics consultation standards. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and is coordinator of the End of Life Interest Group for the Society of General Internal Medicine. He is co-developer and Associate Editor of the Program for Ambulatory Care Education, an Internet-based curriculum that is utilized by medical residency programs across the nation. As a clinician-educator, he teaches medicine and ethics to medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty in the School of Medicine. |
