Dr. Amy McGuire elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Amy McGuire has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Amy McGuire, professor and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine along with 90 regular members and 10 international members.
Election to the Academy is a high honor in the health and medical fields and recognizes those with outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
“I am tremendously honored to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine. At a time when advances in science and medicine are raising profound ethical and societal questions, I believe the work of bioethics has never been more important,” McGuire said. “I am grateful for the extraordinary colleagues, collaborators, students and trainees who have shaped my work and for Baylor College of Medicine’s commitment to advancing responsible innovation. I look forward to contributing to the Academy’s efforts to improve health and ensure that scientific progress is guided by the values of the communities it serves.”
McGuire is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Baylor and a national leader in bioethics. She also is the founding director of the Ethical Legal Implications of Psychedelics in Society (ELIPSIS) program, which conducts research to inform responsible policy translation for psychedelic medicines. Under her leadership, the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy received the 2026 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Cornerstone Award, the organization’s highest institutional honor, recognizing its enduring contributions to bioethics.
“Dr. McGuire’s election to the National Academy of Medicine is highly deserved. Her experience and dedication to bioethics have led to contributions to both ethical and policy issues related to technology and innovative therapeutics,” said Dr. Jakub Tolar, president, CEO and executive dean at Baylor. “We are fortunate to have her expertise and leadership at Baylor, and we look forward to her continued advancements in medicine.”
McGuire has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications on bioethics, genomics, neuroscience and health policy and has received numerous teaching awards at Baylor. She also has served as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research and subject matter expert for the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council. She is co-chair of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group, on the board of the Greenwall Foundation, is a Hastings Center for Bioethics fellow and an adviser to Geisinger Research and the Morgridge Institute for Research.
McGuire joins distinguished Baylor College of Medicine faculty in the National Academy of Medicine.
