Richard I. Whyte, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics
Richard I. Whyte, MD, MBA, is the vice chair of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Richard received his BS in chemistry, his MD from the University of Pittsburgh, and MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in bioethical issues pertaining to the field of surgery—particularly cardiothoracic surgery. Richard is on the ethics committees of two national surgical organizations, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (chair) and the American College of Surgeons.