Fredrick Abrams

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Fredrick R. Abrams is a United States author and OB/GYN best known for his work in medical ethics.

A 1954 graduate of Cornell University Medical School, Abrams served as chief of OB/GYN at the U.S. Army Hospital in Munich, attaining the rank of major, before going into private practice in Denver, Colorado. In 1983 he founded the Center for Applied Biomedical Ethics at Rose Medical Center, the first such ethical center in a hospital setting. He has been commissioner on the Colorado Governor’s Commission on Life and the Law and was appointed in 1997 and 1998 to the National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction.

Abrams was a frequent lecturer on medical ethics for audiences of medical, nursing, and legal professionals, and has taught medical clergy at the Iliff School of Theology. He remains a volunteer faculty member in ethics and humanities at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Topics he has covered include physician-assisted suicide, stem cell research, and the maternal-fetal conflict inherent in abortion.

Dr. Abrams currently serves on the ethics committee at Rose Medical Center and as an ethics consultant to Denver Health Medical Center. His recent book Doctors on the Edge tells the stories of doctors faced with wrenching medical dilemmas, maneuvering through the medical, legal, and personal aspects of medical ethics.