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Dr. Sabha Ganai is a surgical oncologist with a background in minimally invasive surgeries, and was the first to perform the hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy procedure in central and southern Illinois. Dr. Sabha Ganai is a senior ethics fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.
The MacLean Center aims to improve patient care by promoting medical ethics research and educating physicians and healthcare professionals on medical ethics. In 2015, the MacLean Center, in partnership with the American College of Surgeons, launched a specialized program tailored for surgical practitioners interested in receiving training on surgical ethics.
The MacLean Center’s surgical ethics program aims to prepare surgeons for professional practices that prioritize surgical ethics. It is a full-year fellowship that includes training on clinical ethics research and consultations.
It starts with a five-week introduction running from July to August. This summer introduction is an intense full-time program. Afterward, fellows meet once a week from September to June for a structured ethics curriculum. Among the topics covered are introduction to moral philosophy, clinical ethics, surgical ethics, and law and ethics. On top of curriculum training, the program features bi-monthly surgical ethics case references and mentored research opportunities in surgical ethics.
Dr. Sabha Ganai 