Background
Pellegrino, Edmund Daniel was born on June 22, 1920 in Newark. Son of Michael J. and Marie (Catone) Pellegrino.
Pellegrino, Edmund Daniel was born on June 22, 1920 in Newark. Son of Michael J. and Marie (Catone) Pellegrino.
Bachelor of Science, St. John's University, 1941. Doctor of Science (honorary), St. John's University, 1971. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1944.
39 honorary degrees.
Intern Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1944—1945, assistant resident medicine, 1948—1949. Resident medicine Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1945—1946. Fellow medicine New York University, 1949—1950.
Supervising Tuberculosis physician Homer Folks Hospital, Oneonta, New York, 1950—1953. Director internal medicine Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey, 1953—1959, medical director, 1955—1959. Professor, chairman department medicine University Kentucky Medical Center, 1959—1966.
Professor medicine State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1966—1972, vice president for health science, director Health Sciences Center, 1968—1973, dean School Medicine, 1968—1972. Vice president health affairs University Tennessee System. Chancellor University Tennessee Medical Units, Memphis, 1973—1975.
Professor medical Yale University, New Haven, 1975—1978. President Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1975—1978, Catholic University American, Washington, 1978—1982, professor philosophy and biology, 1978—1982. John Carroll professor medicine and medical ethics Georgetown University, Washington, since 1982.
Director Kennedy Institute Ethics, 1983—1988. Director Center for Advanced Study Ethics Georgetown University, 1988—1994, director Center for Clinical Bioethics, since 1991, acting chief Division General Internal Medicine, 1993—1994, chief General Internal Medicine, 1995. With United States Air Force, 1946-1948.
Two books and some 350 research papers in learned journals.
Chairman President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, since 2005. Master: American College of Physicians. Fellow: New York Academy Medicine.
Member: Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, American Medical Association, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Association American Physicians (chairman president council since 2005).
Music, cooking, reading.
Married Clementine Coakley, November 17, 1944. Children: Thomas, Virginia, Michael, Andrea, Alice, Leah.