Email

chorner@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

BCM-Jewish Institute for Research (Office)

Room: BCMD-310DI
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

BA from Franciscan University of Steubenville

06/2008 - Steubenville, Ohio United States

MA from University of Pittsburgh School of Arts & Sciences

06/2011 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States

JD from University of Pittsburgh School of Law

06/2011 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States

Clinical Fellowship at Albany Medical College

06/2017 - Albany, New York United States

Professional Interests

• Gestational Surrogacy
• Ethical & legal issues in reproductive technologies
• Catholic health care ethics
• Clinical ethics consultation

Professional Statement

Claire Horner is an Associate Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine and directs the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. She also serves as the Ethics Thread director for UME education and co-directs the Ethics course in the Orthotics & Prosthetics Program at BCM.

She earned her law degree and masters in Bioethics from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed a two-year clinical ethics fellowship at the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College. Her research interests include legal and ethical issues in reproductive ethics, particularly issues arising in embryo donation and gestational surrogacy, as well as Catholic health care ethics and clinical ethics consultation.

Selected Publications

• Horner C, Burcher P "A surrogate’s secrets are(n’t) safe with me: patient confidentiality in the care of a gestational surrogate." J Med Eth. 2018; Pubmed PMID: 29899014
• Milleson VM, Horner CI "Assuring Quality for the Future.." Am J Bioeth.. 2016;16(3):54-55. Pubmed PMID: 26913667
• Claire Horner, Andrew Childress, Sophia Fantus & Janet Malek "What the HEC-C? An Analysis of the Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified Program: One Year in." AJOB. 2020 Feb 27;20(3):9-18. Pubmed PMID: 32105205
• Claire Horner, Lisa Campo-Engelstein "Dueling Definitions of Abortifacient: How Cultural, Political, and Religious Values Affect Language in the Contraception Debate." Hastings Cent Rep.. 2020 Jul 17;50(4):14-19. Pubmed PMID: 33448401