Who owns my genes: you or me?

David H. Beyda, MD, is the Chair and Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Dr. Beyda is an accomplished Master Educator and critical care physician with more than 40 years of experience practicing pediatric critical care bedside ethics. He teaches the ethics curriculum throughout the four years of medical education. He engages in medical humanism through the lenses of medical ethics at the bedside, stressing “who” the patient (personhood) is while addressing “what” the patient (disease) is.