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About Henry Silverman

Henry J. Silverman, M.D., M.A. is Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Silverman completed his medical education at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, followed by an internship and residency at Baltimore City Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and a masters degree in bioethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Silverman is the chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He teaches in the Master of Public Health Program at the School of Medicine. He currently holds a grant from the National Institutes of Health under which he directs a training program in research ethics for individuals from the Middle East. His major research interests include investigating the attitudes and perspectives of investigators and patients regarding clinical trials. His major educational interest consists of developing distance learning programs in medical ethics and research ethics.