Professor at Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center
Position:
Con to the question "Should euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide be legal?"
Reasoning:
"In many states it is now legal to euthanize disabled persons by starvation and dehydration without any evidence of their wishes based on the 'best interest' form of substituted judgement... In my view this is not only murder it is torturing a person to death. Why do state and Federal law allow this barbaric behaviour?"
Experts
MDs, JDs (Lawyers), PhDs and Religious Leaders with significant involvement in end-of-life issues. [Because end-of-life dilemmas require medical, ethical, legal, and in some case religious considerations, we view MDs, PhDs with a bio-ethical focus, and JDs/religious leaders with significant involvement as "experts" in the euthanasia debate.] [Note: Experts definition varies by site.]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Professor, Department of Neurology, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology, 1994-present
Co-founder and Executive Committee Member, Saint Louis University Brain Bank
Executive Committee Member, Planned Program Project on Alzheimer's Disease at Saint Louis University
Invited Reviewer, Journal of Neurosurgery
Invited Reviewer, Analytical Biochemistry
Invited Reviewer, Journal of the American Geriatric Society
Invited Reviewer, Biological Psychiatry
Invited Reviewer, Neuroscience Letters
Invited Reviewer, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Invited Reviewer, Brain Research
Invited Reviewer, Chemical Research in Toxicology
Invited Reviewer, Journal of Neural Transmission
Education:
Neurology Residency, Saint Louis University, 1972-1976
MD, School of Medicine at Saint Louis University, 1972
PhD, Biochemistry, School of Medicine at Saint Louis University, 1972
