Dr. Arthur Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Caplan is the author or editor of thirty-five books and over 865 papers in peer-reviewed journals.  Dr. Caplan is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the McGovern Medal of the American Medical Writers Association, a USA Today 2001 “Person of the Year” and was described as one of the ten most influential people in science by Discover magazine in 2008.