Joseph J. Fins, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P. Owner verified
435 East 70th Street 4-J New York, NY, 10021About
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Joseph J. Fins, MD, MACP, FRCP is the E. William Davis, Jr. MD Professor of Medical Ethics and Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine, where he is a tenured Professor of Medicine, with additional professorial appointments in Psychiatry, Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, and Health Care Policy and Research. He is an Attending Physician and Director of Medical Ethics at NewYork‑Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the founding Chair of its Ethics Committee. Dr. Fins is also Senior Attending Physician at Rockefeller University Hospital, an Adjunct Faculty member at Rockefeller University, and Co‑Director of the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury (CASBI). He holds visiting appointments at Yale University, Yale Law School, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and directs CASBI@YLS. Dr. Fins is an elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Academico de Honor of Spain’s Royal National Academy of Medicine. He has received numerous national honors, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award, the American College of Physicians Laureate Award, and the Patricia Price Browne Prize in Biomedical Ethics. Appointed by President Clinton to a White House commission, he currently serves on the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. A board‑certified internist and graduate of Wesleyan University and Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Fins is the author of over 500 scholarly publications and several books, including Rights Come to Mind. His research focuses on neuroethics, brain injury and disorders of consciousness, disability and civil rights, palliative care, and research ethics. He is President of the International Neuroethics Society and serves on multiple editorial boards in bioethics and clinical medicine.