Erin Egan is an Assistant Professor of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy and the Department of Internal Medicine at Loyola University of Chicago.  Dr. Egan earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology at the University of Denver.  She then conducted clinical pharmaceutical research in allergy and asthma for one year. Thereafter, Dr. Egan went to medical school at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, and graduated in 1997.  While in medical school she completed a Masters of Jurisprudence in Health Law at Loyola University School of Law. Subsequently Dr. Egan returned to law school at Loyola University School of Law and graduated from the J.D. program in 2002.  Dr. Egan completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Loyola in 2004; prior, Dr. Egan completed two years of residency in Family Practice.  She completed a fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago in 2001.  Dr. Egan joined the Neiswanger Institute in June 2001.

Dr. Egan is currently practices as a hospitalist. Clinically she is interested in patient safety and assessing and improving quality of care, and she participates in several patient safety activities at Loyola.  She promotes the Institute’s commitment to social justice by providing care to the underserved, including urban settings and rural settings including Reservations in North and South Dakota.  She is the Law and Bioethics Affinity Group co-leader for the American Society for Bioethics and Health Policy, and is on the Ethics Committee of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Egan's research interests are in professional ethics, physician duty, and medical legal issues. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Editorial Experience
Journal of Opioid Management, Editorial Board   2004-present
Virtual Mentor, Theme Issue Editor                    2003-2004
Seminars in Medical Practice, Peer Reviewer     2002- present
Annals of Health Law, Articles Editor                 2000-2001

Publications

Egan, EA. Who Should Regulate the Practice of Medicine? Journal of Opioid Management, 1:1, 11-12 (January, February 2005).

Egan, EA. Preoperative Screening: Medical or Legal Guidelines? Virtual Mentor.  December 2004. Available at:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14280.html

Egan, EA. From the editor. Patient safety and medical error: a constant focus in medical ethics. Virtual Mentor. March 2004. Available at: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12046.html

Egan, EA. Op-ed. Lessons from the worst case scenario. Virtual Mentor. March 2004. Available at: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12049.html

Egan, EA, Parsi, K, Ramirez, C., Comparing ethics education in medicine and law: combining the best of both worlds. Ann Health Law, 13:1, 303-25 (Winter 2004).

Egan, EA.  Professionalism in Perspective- Residents Reflect on Professionalism, ACGME Bulletin, Special Issue, 12-23, (February, 2004)

Egan, EA.  The Role of Ethics and Ethics Services in Patient Safety, in The Patient Safety Handbook, BJ Youngberg and MJ Hatlie (eds.) (2004)

Egan, EA.  Organizational Ethics in Residency Training: Moral Conflict With Supervising Physicians. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 12, 119-123 (2003)

Egan, EA.  “Ethics Training in Graduate Medical Education,” Accepted for Publication, American Journal of Bioethics 2:4, 26 (Fall, 2002)

Parsi, K., Egan, EA. “Patents: The Public Interest v. the Private Privilege,” American Journal of Bioethics, 2:3, 45-46 Summer 2002.

Egan, EA. “Clinical Ethics Commentary: An Impaired Resident,” Virtual Mentor (www.virtualmentor.org). September 2002. Available at: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8763.html

Egan, EA, Parsi, K. “Clinical Ethics Commentary: Turning Off the Pacemaker,” Virtual Mentor (www.virtualmentor.org). June 2002. Available at: http://www.amaassn.org/ama/pub/category7993.html

Lemon, M, Egan, EA, “Doc, Just One More Thing…” Seminars in Medical Practice 5(2): 13-21, September 2002.

Silvers, WS, Stevenson, L, Hutcheson- Tipton, DQ, Egan, EA, Laronn, C.
Experience of a Clinical Nutritionist in a Private Allergy Practice. (abstract) International Symposium on Food Allergies, Denver, Colo., July 1993.

Silvers, WS, Egan, EA, Marsh, L., Wiener, MB. Taste Evaluation of Azmacort®, Aerobid®, and Aerobid-M® (abstract). American College of Allergy and Immunology, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1993.