In 1995, John Gallin, the head of the clinical center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), decided the nation’s premier medical research facility should have a vibrant bioethics program. He embarked on a lengthy search, soliciting dozens of resumes and interviewing several candidates, before settling on a Harvard-trained M.D./Ph.D. named Ezekiel Emanuel to lead it. Emanuel, who goes by Zeke, was young (not yet 40) and relatively unknown outside the field of medical ethics. But, with his energy and a combination of clinical and scholarly credentials, he seemed uniquely suited to the task Gallin had set: Building the country’s top bioethics department on a shoestring budget.  <<<To read full article, click here.>>>