David Stevens, M.D., M.A. (Ethics)
Executive Director

David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) serves as Executive Director for the American Academy of Medical Ethics.

Dr. Stevens has conducted hundreds of media interviews on stem cell research, cloning and physician-assisted suicide, including NBC's Today Show, NBC Nightly News, BBC-World Television, Newsweek, JAMA, USA Today, CNN Sunday Morning, CNN News Web site and National Public Radio. He has also appeared on the FOX Family Channel, PAX-Television, Tech TV, The Odyssey Channel, America's Health Network and many other national outlets.

Dr. Stevens has guided emergency relief teams with leadership and medical expertise. In Somalia, Dr. Stevens led an emergency medical mission that treated 45,000 suffering Somalis in the midst of war. In the Sudan, medical teams under his leadership treated over 25,000 villagers to stop the spread of an epidemic.

From 1985 to 1991, Dr. Stevens served as executive officer and medical superintendent of Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya. At Tenwek, he directed a $4 million development plan, secured the installation of an $850,000 hydroelectric plant, oversaw the start of a nursing school and doubled the size of the hospital. The community health care and development programs he designed at Tenwek are currently reaching over 500,000 Kenyans and serve as an example of what medical outreach in the developing world can accomplish.

Dr. Stevens holds degrees from Asbury College and the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is board certified in family practice. He earned a master’s degree in bioethics from Trinity International University in 2002, graduating suma cum laude. Stevens also serves on the boards of GO International, Peeke School of Mission, Asbury College, and as a Fellow of the Biotechnology Policy Council of the Wilberforce Forum.

The American Academy of Medical Ethics is a non-profit organization that exists to educate individuals and organizations on such pressing bioethical issues of today as reproductive technology, cloning, genetics and end-of-life care. The mission of the American Academy of Medical Ethics is to promote the interests of medical educators, medical practitioners and scientists, and to protect and promote the historic values that have provided the long-standing foundation for western medical care.

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