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Mark Mercurio, MD, MA

Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)
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Director, Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale School of Medicine

Director, Yale Pediatrics Ethics Program

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Titles

Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)

Director, Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Yale Pediatrics Ethics Program

Biography

Mark Mercurio is Professor of Pediatrics, Founding Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Yale Pediatric Ethics Program at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. He was, for many years, Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Yale, having stepped down from that role in 2022. He received his undergraduate degree in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University, an M.D. from Columbia University, and completed Pediatrics Residency and Neonatology Fellowship at Yale. After fellowship, he served for many years as an attending neonatologist at Yale and Founding Director of the Newborn ICU at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, CT, and earned an M.A. in Philosophy from Brown University, before returning to Yale full time. Dr. Mercurio has for many years been active in neonatology and medical ethics education for residents, fellows, nurses, attending physicians, PA students, medical students, and others. He has been a member of the medical faculty for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) since 2010, is a former Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Bioethics, and an original co-editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Curriculum in Bioethics. He is a Fellow of the Hastings Center, and member of the American Pediatric Society. Dr. Mercurio is widely published, and has been an invited speaker on medical ethics in over a dozen countries and most US states. In 2023, he received the William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence from the American Academy of Pediatrics. He and his wife Anna live in Branford, Connecticut, and have three grown children.

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Education & Training

MA
Brown University (2004)
MD
Columbia University (1982)
BA
Princeton University, Biochemical Sciences (1978)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Latest Certification Date
    2011
    Original Certification Date
    1989
  • Pediatrics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Original Certification Date
    1987

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Education, Medical; Ethics, Medical; Health Care; Humanities; Neonatology; Pediatrics

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Mark Mercurio's research output by year.

Publications

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2023

2014

2013

2012

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence

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    Gerald Merentsein Lecturer for 2020

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    The Leah M. Lowenstein Award for excellence in the promotion of humane and egalitarian medical education.

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    Didactic Teaching Award for excellence in formal lectures

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    Research Award, New England Perinatal Society, for best presentation of research at the annual meeting

Get In Touch

Contacts

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Administrative Support

Locations

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Offices

    Academic Office

    Seamco Building

    464 Congress Avenue, Wing 430 Congress Ave, Fl 1st floor, Rm 172

    New Haven, CT 06519

    Business Office

    203.737.4723

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