S. Van McCrary

Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine

Division of Medicine in Society, Department of Preventive Medicine

Senior Fellow

Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society

S. Van McCrary received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch, an M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University, a J.D. from the University of Tennessee, and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University. His previous academic experience includes appointments at Baylor College of Medicine, University of Houston Law Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and East Carolina University School of Medicine, as well as two years in the private practice of law in Houston, Texas.

Dr. McCrary teaches, researches, writes, and consults in a variety of areas including clinical biomedical ethics, ethical and legal aspects of the care of dying patients, medical decision making, health law and policy, palliative care, conflicts of interest in biomedical research, pediatric and neonatal care, and psychiatric issues in bioethics consultation. He has published widely in both medical and legal journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, and is a frequent invited speaker at national and international conferences. He also serves as a member of the International Advisory Board of the Centre for Ethics and Law, University of Copenhagen.