Jacob M. Appel is a bioethcist and medical historian. He has taught most recently at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was honored with the Undergraduate Council of Students Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003, and at New York University. His essays on matters at the nexus of law, medicine and philosophy have appeared in TheNew York Times, TheChicago Tribune, TheProvidence Journal, TheTuscon Citizen, and many regional newspapers. He also contributes to the Journal of Medical Ethics, theJournal of Clinical Ethics, theHastings Center Report, theBulletin of the History of Medicine, and numerous other academic publications. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a member of the bar in New York State and Rhode Island.