Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, is a practicing pediatrician, clinical investigator, and ethicist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and a Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Ethics, and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at CHOP and holds the David Cornfeld Endowed Chair in Pediatrics.
Feudtner founded the Department of Medical Ethics at CHOP and leads the EthicsLab@CHOP Research Affinity Group. He is also Director of Research for the Pediatric Advance Care Team and the Complex Care Service. Board-certified in hospice and palliative care medicine, his work focuses on improving the lives of children with complex chronic conditions and their families.
He has published two books and more than 400 articles on pediatric palliative care, epidemiology, health service use and quality, child outcomes, and medical ethics. His research has been supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, and several private foundations.