Ubel, Peter A. 1962(?)-

PERSONAL:

Born c. 1962; children: two sons. Education: Carleton College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1984; University of Minnesota, M.D., 1988; Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, internal medicine residency, 1991. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, wrestling with his sons, piano, and spicy food.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Ann Arbor, MI. Office—School of Medicine, University of Michigan, North Ingalls Building, 300 North Ingalls, Rm. 7C27, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0429.

CAREER:

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, assistant professor of medicine, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, senior fellow, center for bioethics, faculty, 1994-2000, assistant professor of epidemiology, 1995-2000; University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, associate professor of medicine, 2000-04, professor, 2004—adjunct professor of psychology, school of literature, science, and art, 2002-04, professor, 2004—.

MEMBER:

Phi Beta Kappa, Society of General Internal Medicine, Society for Medical Decision Making, Hastings Center (fellow, AACR Task Force on Behavioral Science and Cancer, American College of Physicians (member of Ethics and Human Rights Committee, 2006-07).

AWARDS, HONORS:

University of Chicago Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, fellowship in general medicine, 1991-92; University of Pittsburgh, fellowship in general medicine, 1992-94; Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2000.

WRITINGS:

Pricing Life: Why It's Time for Health Care Rationing, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 1999.

You're Stronger Than You Think: Tapping into the Secrets of Emotionally Resilient People, McGraw-Hill (New York, NY), 2006.

Contributor of scholarly articles to numerous journals, including American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Annals of Internal Medicine, Bioethics, Health Affairs, Health Policy, Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Journal of Clinical Ethics, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Pediatrics, Patient Education and Counseling, Risk Analysis, Social Sciences and Medicine, and Transplantation.

SIDELIGHTS:

Peter A. Ubel is a doctor and professor who works primarily with patients who have multiple chronic illnesses, and also has training in bioethics. His book Pricing Life: Why It's Time for Health Care Rationing addresses the structure of the American health care system and ways in which health care dollars are assigned to patients based on severity of illness, ability to improve quality of life, and ways in which medical treatments can be made cost-effective. Robert M. Veatch, in a review for Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, concluded: "Ubel's case for rationing of health care is overwhelming and beautifully presented." Soren Holm, in a review for the Journal of Medical Ethics, found Ubel's effort to be "an extremely timely and stimulating book."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Journal of Medical Ethics, October, 2001, Soren Holm, review of Pricing Life: Why It's Time for Health Care Rationing, p. 356.

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, winter, 2001, Richard M. Veatch, review of Pricing Life, p. 108.

ONLINE

CBDSM Web site,http://www.cbdsm.org/ (November 14, 2006), faculty biography.

Science and Theology News Online,http://nkls22.securesites.net/Research-765.htm/ (November 14, 2006), Frederica Taylor, author interview.*