Tomas J. Silber
Tomas J. Silber, MD, M.A.S.S., Director of the Office of Ethics, Children's National Medical Center, Professor of Pediatrics & Global Health, George Washington University, and Research Subject Advocate, GCRC
Dr. Silber is Director of the Children’s National Medical Center’s Office of Ethics in Washington, DC. He is also a professor of pediatrics and global health at George Washington University. He received his undergraduate degree in pre-medical studies from Colegio Acassuso in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and his M.D. from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina. He completed residency programs at the Hospital de Ninos de Buenos Aires and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and received a Master’s Degree in Bioethics from George Washington University. Dr. Silber is the author of250 peer-reviewed publications.
Postgraduate Education:
1983 - Visiting Scholar, Kennedy Center for Bioethics.
1996 - Ethics Consultation, West Virginia University Health Sciences,Morgantown,WVa
1998 - Advanced Bioethics Workshop: The Americans with Disabilities Act. MSU, East Lansing, MI
1998 Inclusion of Children in Medical Research. National Institute of Health, Bethesda,MD
2000 - Institutional Ethics Forum Educational Program, Department of Bioethics,Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
2001 - Ethics Oversight at the Frontiers of Biomedical Research,University of Chicago, IL
2001 - Urban Bioethics.The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
2001 - Institutional Review Board Course/ Exam on Protection of Human Subjects
2001 - End of Life, EPEC,D.C. Hospital Association
2002 - Research Subject Advocate workshops at the GCRC annual meeting, Baltimore,MD
2003 - Certified Completion, IRB Course,examination(PRIM&R,OHRP).
2003 - Human Subject Protection: the changing landscape. Office of Health Research, Compliance and Technology Transfer. GWU
2003 - Research Subject Advocate workshops at the GCRC annual meeting, Baltimore,MD
2003 - Fostering a Culture of Compliance, National Institute of Health Education and Outreach Seminar,GWU,Washington, DC
2004 - Research Subject Advocate Workshops,GCRC annual meeting,Chicago, IL
2004 - Therapeutic misconception and other Mechanisms of Coercion. Office of Health Research,Compliance and Technoilogy Transfer.
2005 - Research Subject Advocate workshops, GCRC Annual meeting, Washington, DC
2006 - Research Subject Advocate workshops, GCRC annual meeting, Washington, DC
2006 - Advanced Research Ethics, INH Institute at the annual meeting of PRM&R, Washington, DC
2007 - Certified completion CITI examination.
Positions and Employment:
1966-1969 - Pediatric Residency, "Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez", Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1969-1970 - Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital, Washington, DC
1970/1973 - Pediatric Residency, Community Tract Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
1973-1975 - Instructor, Pediatrics, George Washington University/Children's Hospital, DC
1975-1980 - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, GWU/Children's National Medical Center
1980-1985 - AssociateProfessor,Pediatrics, GWU/CNMC
1973-1992 - AssociateDirector, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship, CNMC
1985-present - Tenured Professor of Pediatrics
1985-present - Medical Director, Donald Delaney, Eating Disorders Program, CNMC
1992-present - Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship, CNMC
1996-present - Director, Office of Ethics, CNMC
1996-present - Professor of Prevention and Community Health, GWU School of Public Health
1998-present - Professor of International Public Health, GWU School of Public Health
2001-present - Research Subject Advocate, General Clinical Research Center, CNMC
Other Experience and Professional Membership:
1979-1981 - President, Chesapeake Chapter, Society for Adolescent Medicine
1982-present - Health Advisor, Adolescent Program, Pan American Health Organization
1984-1985 - Member, Majors Blue Ribbon Panel on Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Washington, DC
1986-1987 - Chairman, Adolescent Health Committee, Washington, DC Medical Society
1989 - Adolescent Health Advisor, World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland
1990-1992 - Advisory board, Hispanic Children's Foundation of America
1991-94 - Board of Directors, Society for Adolescent Medicine
1997 - Member, The American Pediatric Society
1999 - Co-President, International Association for Adolescent Health/Pan-American Health Organization meeting, Adolescent Resiliency, 2000.
2000-2007 - Executive Committee, Section on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics
2003-2007 - Chairman, Section on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics
2002-2004 - Prince Scholar, Care at the End of Life
2006 - Ethicist, HEW 407 Panel.
2005-present - Ethicist, on Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Intervention
Honors and Awards:
1993 - 7th Scientific Forum, CNMC,1st place award.
1997 - Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Public Health Program, GWU
2002 - Prince Scholar Award
2002 - Adele D. Hoffman Award, Section on Adolescent Health, American Academy of Pediatrics
2006 - Outstanding Achievement in Adolescent Medicine Award, Society for Adolescent Medicine
1987 - Invited Guest Editor, Perinatology, Ethical and Legal Issues
1981 - Invited Guest Editor, Pediatric Annals, Ethical Issues, Part 1
1982 - Invited Guest Editor, Pediatric Annals, Ethical Issues, Part 2
2005 - Invited Guest Editor, Pediatric Annals, Pediatric Ethics
Editorial Boards:
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health.
International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health
Editor: Pediatric Ethiscope.