George Annas

George Annas is the Edward R. Utley Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public Health, and Professor in the Boston University School of Medicine, and School of Law. He is the cofounder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational professional association of lawyers and physicians working together to promote human rights and health. He has degrees from Harvard College (AB, economics '67), Harvard Law School (JD '70) and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH '72).

Professor Annas is the author or editor of twelve books on health law and bioethics, including The Rights of Patients (1975, 1989, 2004), Judging Medicine (Humana Press 1988), and Standard of Care (Oxford University Press 1993), Some Choice (Oxford University Press 1998) and a play entitled Shelley's Brain, that has been presented to bioethics audiences across the U.S. and in Australia. In 2003 he was ranked as the nationçs most cited law professor in the field of health law. He wrote a regular feature on "law and bioethics" for the Hastings Center Report from 1976 to 1991, and a regular feature on "Public Health and the Law" in the American Journal of Public Health from 1982 to 1992 and since 1991 has written a regular feature on "Legal Issues in Medicine" for the New England Journal of Medicine.

He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine, cochair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Health Rights and Bioethics (Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section). He has also held a variety of government regulatory posts, including Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Chair of the Massachusetts Health Facilities Appeals Board, and Chair of the Massachusetts Organ Transplant Task Force.

George Annas - Extended Bio