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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American Society of Clinical Oncology Road to Recovery Report: Learning From the COVID-19 Experience to Improve Clinical Research and Cancer Care.
Authors: Authors: Pennell NA, Dillmon M, Levit LA, Moushey EA, Alva AS, Blau S, Cannon TL, Dickson NR, Diehn M, Gonen M, Gonzalez MM, Hensold JO, Hinyard LJ, King T, Lindsey SC, Magnuson A, Marron J, McAneny BL, McDonnell TM, Mileham KF, Nasso SF, Nowakowski GS, Oettel KR, Patel MI, Patt DA, Perlmutter J, Pickard TA, Rodriguez G, Rosenberg AR, Russo B, Szczepanek C, Smith CB, Srivastava P, Teplinsky E, Thota R, Traina TA, Zon R, Bourbeau B, Bruinooge SS, Foster S, Grubbs S, Hagerty K, Hurley P, Kamin D, Phillips J, Schenkel C, Schilsky RL, Burris HA.
J Clin Oncol
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Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Oncology Care and Clinical Trials.
Authors: Authors: Benedetti DJ, Marron JM.
Recent Results Cancer Res
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Informed consent for genetic testing in hematology.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM.
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program
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Waging War on War Metaphors in Cancer and COVID-19.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM, Dizon DS, Symington B, Thompson MA, Rosenberg AR.
JCO Oncol Pract
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How should we approach parental refusals of opioids on behalf of children in the perioperative setting? A practical approach based on ethical theory.
Authors: Authors: Moreno-Galvan A, Marron JM, Marsiglio AM.
Paediatr Anaesth
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Ethics and Resource Scarcity: ASCO Recommendations for the Oncology Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM, Joffe S, Jagsi R, Spence RA, Hlubocky FJ.
J Clin Oncol
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A Call to Action: Ethics Committee Roundtable Recommendations for Addressing Burnout and Moral Distress in Oncology.
Authors: Authors: Hlubocky FJ, Taylor LP, Marron JM, Spence RA, McGinnis MM, Brown RF, McFarland DC, Tetzlaff ED, Gallagher CM, Rosenberg AR, Popp B, Dragnev K, Bosserman LD, Dudzinski DM, Smith S, Chatwal M, Patel MI, Markham MJ, Levit K, Bruera E, Epstein RM, Brown M, Back AL, Shanafelt TD, Kamal AH.
JCO Oncol Pract
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Medical Decision-Making in Oncology for Patients Lacking Capacity.
Authors: Authors: Marron JM, Kyi K, Appelbaum PS, Magnuson A.
Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book
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Ethical Framework for Including Research Biopsies in Oncology Clinical Trials: American Society of Clinical Oncology Research Statement.
Authors: Authors: Levit LA, Peppercorn JM, Tam AL, Marron JM, Mathews DJH, Levit K, Roach N, Ratain MJ.
J Clin Oncol
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Stopping Leukemia in Its Tracks: Should Preemptive Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation be Offered to Patients at Increased Genetic Risk for Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
Authors: Authors: Hamilton KV, Maese L, Marron JM, Pulsipher MA, Porter CC, Nichols KE.
J Clin Oncol
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