Laurence B. Mccullough PhD

Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., is Adjunct Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Medical Ethics in Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. He is also a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Hastings Center.

At Weill Cornell, Dr. McCullough engages in collaborative scholarship and teaches with Frank A. Chervenak, M.D., Given Foundation Professor and Chairmen of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. They have been academic partners for more than 33 years, producing two books, more than 200 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, and more than 100 chapters in textbooks of obstetrics and gynecology, perinatal medicine, and maternal-fetal medicine and surgery.

In July 2016, after 28 years on the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, Dr. McCullough became Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Baylor’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, where he was the inaugural holder of the Dalton Tomlin Chair in Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, and a Faculty Associate of both the Huffington Center on Aging and the Center for Reproductive Medicine. He held medical staff appointments at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Texas Children’s Hospital. He was also Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Rice University.

Dr. McCullough received three major awards for his contributions to the education of Baylor’s medical students, residents, and fellows. In 2012 Dr. McCullough’s received the peer-reviewed Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award and membership in Baylor’s Academy of Distinguished Educators. In 2013 Dr. McCullough was one of the two recipients of Baylor’s highest teaching award, the Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., Presidential Award for Excellence in Education. In 2014 he received the Baylor Pediatric Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Non-Pediatric Faculty Member from Baylor’s Department of Pediatrics.