Yoram Unguru earned his MD valedictorian at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (the Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine), where he was awarded the Faculty of Medicine President's Award for superior achievement in clinical rotations. His MA summa cum laude and BA cum laude in historical studies were granted at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Dr. Unguru also received a master of science in interdisciplinary studies in biological and physical science at Touro College / Barry Z. Levine School of Health Sciences, where he graduated as valedictorian and was recognized as the most outstanding student in the biomedical program. He completed his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital at Sinai, where he received the Harry Gordon Pediatric Resident Scholarly Activity Award for his work on ethical dilemmas surrounding the care of newborns with trisomy 18 and 13. During his pediatric residency, Dr. Unguru served on the hospital ethics committee and was a founding member of the pediatric committee on death and dying. Currently, Dr. Unguru is a pediatric hematology/oncology fellow at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC and is a member of the hospital's Institutional Ethics Forum. Dr. Unguru intends to pursue a career as a physician-ethicist in pediatric hematology/oncology. As a graduate student, he focused on informed consent and codes of medical conduct as they pertain to vulnerable populations – particularly children. He seeks to build on this earlier work by exploring surrogate decision-making and the role of children and providers in facilitating shared decision-making among all relevant parties - moral issues that frequently arise in the context of pediatric hematology/oncology. |
