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Leon R. Kass, M.D.

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Dr. Kass researches bioethics, ethics, philosophy, marriage, family, and social mores. He is a former chairman and member of the President's Council on Bioethics, which has released Human Cloning and Human Dignity (2002) and Beyond Therapy (2003).

Professional Experience
-Member, President's Council on Bioethics, 2005-2007; Chairman, President's Council on Bioethics, 2002-2005
-W. H. Brady, Jr., Distinguished Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1991-1992, 1998-1999
-Senior fellow, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, 1991-2001
-Senior fellow and associate director, John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, The University of Chicago, 1986-2001
-Member, vice-chairman, and committee chairman, National Council on the Humanities/National Endowment for the Humanities, 1984-1991
-Professor, The College and the Committee on Social Thought, The University of Chicago, 1976-2001
-Research professor in bioethics, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, 1974-1976
-Tutor, St. John's College, 1972-1976
-Executive secretary, Committee on the Life Sciences and Social Policy, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, 1970-1972
-Staff fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1967-1970
-Surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1967-1969
-Intern, Beth Israel Hospital, 1962-1963

Education
Ph.D, biochemistry, Harvard University
M.D., honors, University of Chicago
B.S., biology, honors, University of Chicago

Articles and Short Publications

For the Love of the Game

Defending Life and Dignity

Brave New Future

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Books

Reproduction and Responsibility

The Beginning of Wisdom

Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity

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Events

Defending Human Dignity

Religion and the American Future

Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Speaking Engagements

Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society

Keeping Life Human

Defending Human Dignity

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