Dr. Silverman is Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School
of Medicine. He is a faculty member of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Division
in the Department of Medicine. In addition to his clinical career, Dr. Silverman
has forged a career in the field of medical ethics and education. He received
his Master of Arts Degree in Bioethics from Georgetown University in 1995.
He is chairperson of the Ethics Committee at the University of Maryland Medical
System (from 1990). His teaching efforts include:
- Director of the Program in Clinical Ethics at the University of Maryland
Medical Center, where he is responsible for the ethics education program for
the hospital staff (lectures, arrangement of a monthly seminar series, and
publication of a quarterly newsletter)
- Director of the Ethics Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
- Director of the required Medicine & Literature Course for the 1st year
medical students
Dr. Silverman also lectures on research ethics (e.g. informed consent, history
of research ethics) on the UMB campus. He is a co-investigator on a NIH-funded
Hospice Education Program for the School of Medicine. His teaching efforts have
been recognized by several teaching awards, including the Senior Resident's
Award for Teaching (1988) and the Senior Medical Student's Award for Humanism
in Medicine (2001).
Dr. Silverman's research efforts are in the area of critical care (PI on the
NIH-funded Clinical Trials Network for the Treatment of Adult Respiratory Distress
Syndrome) and medical ethics, specifically in the fields of end-of-life issues
and research ethics. He has published papers in peer-review journals on the
topics of ethics committees, end-of-life issues, and research ethics. He recently
published an investigation on the degree of variability among institutional
review boards on approved research practices and informed consent in the context
of a multi-center clinical trial.
His research ethics efforts includes: ad hoc ethics advisor for the UMB IRB,
Chair of the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee for the NIH Center for Alternative
Medicine Research of Arthritis at UMB, and chair of the Research Ethics Committee
for the NIH-sponsored Clinical Trials Network for the Treatment of Adult Respiratory
Distress Syndrome.
Current Positions:
- Chair, Ethics Committee, University of Maryland Medical Center
- Head, Program in Clinical Ethics, University of Maryland Medical Center
- Program Director, Research Ethics Training Program
in Egypt
Henry
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Silverman, M.D., M.A. 