Former OMB health policy adviser tapped to lead Penn medical ethics department

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a bioethicist, will join the University of Pennsylvania faculty Sept. 1.

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Rahm Emanuel's Brother Named To Faculty At Penn
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a well-known bioethicist who has worked at the National Institutes of Health and until recently was special health-policy adviser to the White House Office of Management and Budget's director, will join the University of Pennsylvania faculty on Sept. 1. Emanuel will have a slew of titles. Among them: Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy university professor, vice provost for global initiatives, and chair of the new department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine. He will also have an appointment to the Department of Health Care Management in the Wharton School (Burling, 8/7).

Bloomberg: Ezekiel Emanuel Tapped To Lead Penn Medical Ethics Department
Ezekiel Emanuel, the former White House health-policy adviser who is the older brother of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, agreed to run an ethics department at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. Emanuel will start Sept. 1 as chair of the newly created Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, the Philadelphia- based school said today in an e-mailed statement. He was also named vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor (Tracer, 8/5).