John Song, M.D., M.P.H., M.A.T.

John Song, MD, MPH, MAT
Assistant Professor,
Center for Bioethics

Founder and Medical Director, Phillips Neighborhood Clinic

Biography
John Song is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Bioethics and in the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School. He received his undergraduate degree in English and a Master’s degree in teaching from Brown University. He earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Following his residency, he completed a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Greenwall Fellowship in Ethics and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. While at Johns Hopkins, he completed a Master’s degree in Public Health. Dr. Song’s clinical interest has always been underserved and disadvantaged populations.

During his time in Baltimore, he worked at the Baltimore Health Care for the Homeless, where he focused his care on homeless persons living with HIV/AIDS and conducted a weekly therapeutic workshop centered on healing through oral and written expression. While at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Song, along with several colleagues, devised and instituted a curriculum for teaching students and residents about health care for homeless persons. As a fellow, he coordinated an effort by the Bureau of Primary Health Care and the HIV/AIDS Bureau to publish clinical and policy recommendations for care of this population, which culminated in a national conference on this issue. His publication has been distributed to all federally-funded Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) and Ryan White Care Act (RWCA) projects.

His current clinical activities for the Department of Medicine include maintaining a practice at the Community University Health Care Clinic (CUHCC) in South Minneapolis.  He also founded and serves as medical director for The Phillips Neighborhood Clinic, a free health clinic staffed by volunteers and students with a dual mission of serving those without insurance and professional education.

He is also committed to bioethics education which he taught as a medical student and as a fellow. At Minnesota, he teaches bioethics in the Medical School and develops programs for students and residents. Dr. Song also has a curricular and research interest in bioethics education, especially in defining the objectives and goals of bioethics and professionalism education for medical students.

He serves as a Principal Investigator on two research efforts - a project focusing on the end of life concerns of homeless persons funded by the National Institutes of Health and the development of a curriculum in professionalism funded by the American Medical Association.

Honors, Awards, Organizations
- Board Certification in Internal Medicine
- Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University
- CIBA Award for outstanding community service, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1991
- Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society, Johns Hopkins, 1997
- Arnold Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Minnesota, 2004
- University Community Service Award, University of Minnesota, 2004
- Society of General Internal Medicine
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- Community University Partnership in Education and Service (CUPES), 2000 – 2002
- Urban Coalition Health Advisory Board, 2000 – 2002
- Minnesota Asian American Health Coalition, Board Member, 2000 - Present

Recent Publications
1. Sorenson TD, Song J, Biebighauser S. The Limitations of Good Intentions: Providing Affordable Medications to the Uninsured. Accepted for publication: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

2. Song JY, Bartels D, Ratner E. Homelessness and End of Life Care. In Submission.

3. Safaeian M, Song J, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, Nelson K, Celentano DD. Correlates of Homelessness in Injection Drug Users In Baltimore: A Longitudinal Perspective.  In Submission.

4. Ratner ER, Song J. Ethics of Dying at home.  Home Health Mgt.  Accepted for publication

5. Song, J.  Homelessness and Clinical Ethics. Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum 2002;14:209-216.

6. Miles SH, Song J. Behavioural Assessment for HIV Prevention: a model programme design. Inter J of STD & AIDS (2001); 12:d531.1-7

7. Song JY, Safaiaen M, Strathdee S, Celentano D. Homelessness Among Drug Users And Persons With HIV/AIDS: A Longitudinal Description From The Alive Study. J of Urban Health, 77(2000):678-687.

8. Terry PB, Vettese M, Song J, Forman J, Haller KB, Miller DJ, Stallings, R, and Sulmasy, DP. End of Life Decision-Making: When Patients and Surrogates Disagree.  J Clin Ethics, Winter (1999): 286-293.

9. Song J and Terry, PB. The Pedophilic Pediatrician: The Conflicting Obligations.  J Clin Ethics, Summer (1999): 142-150.

Clinic
Community University Health Care Center, Minneapolis, MN
Phillips Neighborhood Clinic – Founder and Medical Director, Minneapolis, MN

Contact Info
Center for Bioethics
Suite N504 Boynton
410 Church Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone (612) 624-8936
Fax (612) 624-9108
E-mail:  songx006@tc.umn.edu