Last updated on: 2/4/2014 | Author: ProCon.org

David Waisel, MD Biography

Title:
Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
Position:
Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
Reasoning:

“Physician participation in capital punishment does have associated harms. But the question is whether the harms outweigh the benefits. Because the potential benefits are sufficiently clear and the potential harms are poorly explicated, we should permit physician participation in capital punishment.“

“Physician Participation in Capital Punishment,” Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Jan. 2007
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
    Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
  • Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard School of Medicine
  • Member, Ethics Advisory Committee, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard School of Medicine
  • Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Harvard School of Medicine
  • Chairman, Fellow Selection Committee, Harvard School of Medicine
Education:
  • Degree in Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
  • MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1989
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. Should Physicians Participate in Executions?