Kenneth Prager

Kenneth Prager (b. January 3 1943) is an American physician. He is Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Director, Clinical Ethics and Chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee at the Columbia University Medical Center.

Prager is a 1964 graduate of Columbia College and a 1968 graduate of Harvard Medical School.

Prager is the brother of radio commentator Dennis Prager and the father of Wall Street Journal reporter Joshua Prager.

Prager has occasionally written newspaper op-eds on medical ethics. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/opinion/opinionspecial/02LImorrison.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&position=&oref=slogin The New York Times > Opinion > N.Y. Region Opinions > Op-Ed Contributors: When the Patient Is Silent ] ] [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/healthscience/stories/DN-cprdog_15nat.ART.State.Bulldog.3e145b6.html Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Science, Health and Medicine | Dallas Morning News ] ] [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1997/09/23/1997-09-23_aids_docs_to_put_their_lives.html Aids Docs To Put Their Lives On The Line ] ]

Honors and Awards

* Rafael Award for Medicine, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel, 1984

* Fellow, American College of Physicians

* The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, May 2006

* Alfred Markowitz Service Award, Society of Practitioners, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, June, 2006

* Ewig Clinical Education Award, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 2007-08

Outside sources

http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/pulmonary/3Faculty%20Pages/Prager/Prager%20Page.htm

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