Gil Siegal

GIL SIEGAL, MD, LLB SJD is a surgeon and a health law professor, chairs the Center for Health Law and Bioethics at Ono College, Israel. In addition, Dr. Siegal serves as a Member of the National ("Helsinki") Committee for Genetic Research in Humans (authorizing all genetic research involving humans in Israel), and is a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Genetic Information. His areas of expertise are biotechnology, patients rights and comparative medical ethics. He received his medical and law degrees from Tel Aviv University, Israel, his PhD in law at the University of Virginia, and completed an otolaryngology residency at Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. In 2003, he was a fellow in health policy and ethics at the Law School and the Institute for Practical Ethics, University of Virginia, USA, teaching the courses "Genetics and the Law" and "Comparative Health Law". In 2004 he was a research fellow at Harvard University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Specialties: BIOTECH ETHICS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY