Email

Adam.Pena@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

M.A. from Case Western Reserve Medical School

05/2013 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

M.A. from St. Thomas Graduate School of Theology

08/2011 - Houston, Texas United States

B.A. from University of Dallas

05/2008 - Irving, Texas United States

Professional Interests

• Critical care ethics
• Empathy
• Biomedical ethics in oncology
• Ethics Consultation

Professional Statement

Adam Pena, MA, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine and a Clinical Ethicist at Houston Methodist Hospital. He received his BA in philosophy from the University of Dallas, a MA in theological studies from University of St. Thomas, and a MA in Bioethics, with distinction, from Case Western Reserve University. He also participated in the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency program at Houston Methodist Hospital. His areas of focus are critical care ethics and ethics in oncology. He also remains interested in the intersection of biomedical ethics and spirituality.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Adam Peña "A Critique of the (Aspirational) Code of Ethics.”." Am J Bioeth.2015;15(1):62-63. Pubmed PMID: 25970398
• Adam M Peña "Preventing the Preventable." Am J Bioeth.2015;15(1):72-74. Pubmed PMID: 25562243
• Adam M. Peña "The Side-Effect of the Facebook Effect [forthcoming]." JCE.2015;25(1):65-67. Pubmed PMID: 24779320
• Bruce CR, Eves MM, Allen NG, Smith ML, Peña AM, Cheney JR, Majumder MA. ""Systematizing" ethics consultation services." HEC Forum.2015/March;25(1):35-45. Pubmed PMID: 25274503