Robert Klitz­man, MD, is a Pro­fes­sor of Psy­chi­a­try in the Col­lege of Physi­cians and Sur­geons and the Mail­man School of Pub­lic Health and the Direc­tor of the Mas­ters of Bioethics Pro­gram at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty. His pre­vi­ous books include Am I My Genes? When Doc­tors Become Patients, The Ethics Police?, and Mor­tal Secrets. He has received sev­er­al awards includ­ing a Guggen­heim Fel­low­ship and is a guber­na­to­r­i­al appointee to the NY State Stem Cell Com­mis­sion and a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to the New York Times.