One of the nation's most prominent bioethicists -- who happens to be the brother of the Chicago mayor -- is joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Ivy League institution in Philadelphia announced Friday that Ezekiel Emanuel will hold dual posts in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School for business.
Emanuel is an oncologist who once led the clinical bioethics department at the National Institutes of Health.
At Penn, he'll be the inaugural chairman of Perelman's new Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Emanuel will also teach in Wharton's Department of Health Care Management.
Emanuel is the brother of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, the inspiration for the character Ari Gold on HBO's "Entourage."
Penn Hires Ezekiel Emanuel for Bioethics Post
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