Farr Curlin
Farr A. Curlin, MD
Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
Co-Director, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke University Divinity School
farr.curlin@duke.edu
Farr Curlin, MD practices hospice and palliative medicine, and works with colleagues at Duke and across academic medicine to develop opportunities for learning and scholarship at the intersection of medicine, ethics, and theology. He co-directs the Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, which brings in-depth theological training to current and future clinicians. He is co-author, with Christopher Tollefsen, of The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession (Notre Dame University Press, 2021), as well as more than 150 articles and book chapters addressing the moral and spiritual dimensions of medical practice.