Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., serves as Director of the Center for Bioethics and Trustee Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. In addition, he is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Professor of Philosophy, and Chief of the Division of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Dr. Caplan has published numerous books and articles, including The Ethics of Organ Transplants: The Current Debate (coedited with Daniel Coelho; Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 1999); Am I My Brother's Keeper? (Indiana University Press, 1998); Due Consideration: Controversy in the Age of Medical Miracles (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997); and Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995). Currently, Dr. Caplan serves as Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Food and Drug Administration on Blood Safety and Availability. He is a member of the Boards of Celera Genomics, Medscape, the National Center for Policy Research for Women and Families, and the National Disease Research Interchange. Dr. Caplan has received much recognition for his work, including being named as the First President of the American Association of Bioethics. He served as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993-95) and of the New York Academy of Medicine (1997), as well as at The Hastings Center in Garrison, NY, and The College of Physicians in Philadelphia. He has won the Brandeis University Alumni Achievement Award (1995) and the McGovern Medal from the American Medical Writers Association (1998).