Jonathan Marron

Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH, HEC-C

Director of Clinical Ethics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH, HEC-C, is a pediatric oncologist, bioethicist, health services researcher, and educator at Boston Children's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He received his MD at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Pediatrics at Stanford University, after which he completed fellowships in Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago's MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at BCH/DFCI, and in Pediatric Health Services Research at BCH/HMS. He also received a Master's Degree in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and served as a Post-doctoral Research Scholar at the HMS Center for Bioethics. In addition to his clinical and research work, Jon teaches ethics courses in the HMS medical school curriculum and the HMS Master's in Bioethics graduate program (“Introduction to Clinical Ethics” and “Pediatric Bioethics”). Dr. Marron's research focuses on the intersection of ethics and decision-making, with a particular interest in pediatric cancer genomic sequencing and other advanced and emerging technologies. His bioethical areas of interest include pediatric ethics, ethical issues in genomics, informed consent, healthcare disparities, and research ethics. Dr. Marron has received funding from such groups as the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences) and has published in such journals as JAMA Pediatrics, the American Journal of Bioethics, JAMA Oncology, the Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Pediatrics.

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Ethical Issues Considered When Establishing a Pediatrics Gender Surgery Center.
Authors: Authors: Boskey ER, Johnson JA, Harrison C, Marron JM, Abecassis L, Scobie-Carroll A, Willard J, Diamond DA, Taghinia AH, Ganor O.
Pediatrics
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Prognostication and Communication in Oncology.
Authors: Authors: LeBlanc TW, Marron JM, Ganai S, McGinnis MM, Spence RA, Tenner L, Tap WD, Hlubocky FJ.
J Oncol Pract
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Identification Before Prescription: Necessary Changes for the Support of Transgender Youth.
Authors: Authors: Boskey ER, Marron JM.
Am J Bioeth
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Duality of purpose: Participant and parent understanding of the purpose of genomic tumor profiling research among children and young adults with solid tumors.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM, Cronin AM, DuBois SG, Glade-Bender J, Kim A, Crompton BD, Meyer SC, Janeway KA, Mack JW.
JCO Precis Oncol
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Let's Talk About Those Herbs You Are Taking: Ethical Considerations for Communication With Patients With Cancer About Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Authors: Authors: Tenner L, Hlubocky FJ, Blanke CD, LeBlanc TW, Marron JM, McGinnis MM, Spence RA, Taylor LP.
J Oncol Pract
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Justice in CRISPR/Cas9 Research and Clinical Applications.
Authors: Authors: Hildebrandt CC, Marron JM.
AMA J Ethics
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Not All Disagreements Are Treatment Refusals: The Need for New Paradigms for Considering Parental Treatment Requests.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM.
Am J Bioeth
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Counterpoint: Provider moral distress in end-of-life oncology care is a moral crutch.
Authors: Authors: Statham EE, Marron JM.
Psychooncology
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Intended and unintended consequences: Ethics, communication, and prognostic disclosure in pediatric oncology.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM, Cronin AM, Kang TI, Mack JW.
Cancer
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Is There Ever a Role for the Unilateral Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Order in Pediatric Care?
Authors: Authors: Marron JM, Jones E, Wolfe J.
J Pain Symptom Manage
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