Lydia S. Dugdale
Lydia S. Dugdale, MD is an accomplished physician and medical ethicist specializing in internal medicine.
She serves as Associate Director for the Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine and has co-founded the Program for Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion at Yale.
Drawing on her extensive clinical experience, she bridges the worlds of medicine, humanities, and theology.
Her work focuses on ethical questions surrounding death, dying, and patient care, making her uniquely positioned to challenge modern medicine's often impersonal approach to end-of-life treatment and advocate for more meaningful, community-centered dying practices.
