Dr Karel-Bart Celie

Dr Karel-Bart Celie received his B.A. in Philosophy from Boston College and his M.D. from Columbia University, after which he went on to train in reconstructive plastic surgery. He is currently completing a Global Surgery Fellowship with Operation Smile while also studying for the Masters in Practical Ethics. Broadly, his interests include healthcare inequity and a wide range of ethical challenges in global surgery. He plans to examine the philosophical underpinnings of DALY/QALY as used by the Global Burden of Disease study, and investigate their implications in the delivery of global surgical care.

Email: karel-bart.celie@pmb.ox.ac.uk

Select bioethics publications:

Celie KB, Mocharnuk JS, Ulrick KS, Ayala R, Banu T, Lakhoo K. The importance of global bioethics to paediatric health care, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Volume 8, Issue 5, 2024, Pages 379-384, ISSN 2352-4642, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00317-6. (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(23)00317-6/abstract)

Celie KB, Auslander A, Kuschner S. Communicating conviction: A pilot study of patient perspectives on guidance during medical decision-making in the United States. Clinical Ethics. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/14777509231210770 (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14777509231210770)

Celie KB, Paris JJ. Bearing the mark of pain: mystery in medicine. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2023 May 19;18(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s13010-023-00134-8. PMID: 37202811 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10197454/)

Celie KB. House staff unionization in the United States and our duties to each other. Blog of the Journal of Medical Ethics. Feb. 8, 2023. (https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/02/08/housestaff-unionization-in-the-united-states-and-our-duties-to-each-other/)