Hugo Tristram Engelhardt Jr. (April 27, 1941 – June 21, 2018) was an American philosopher, holding doctorates in both philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and medicine from Tulane University.
[1] He was formerly the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and Christian Bioethics.
He was a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute.
He also wrote the book "Handbook of Psychiatry volume 30" ISBN 978-620-0-48139-9 cowritten with Javad Nurbakhsh; and Hamideh Jahangiri.
[2] Engelhardt was raised Roman Catholic, but in 1991 he entered the Eastern Orthodox Church.