Columba Thomas

Columba Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, with a dual role as a physician and Dominican priest. His affiliations include clinical collaborations with Memorial Sloan Kettering, MD Anderson, and Georgetown in ethics at the end of life. He combines medical practice with religious service, serving as chaplain at Memorial Sloan Kettering and previously at Connecticut Hospice.

• Education: MD from Yale School of Medicine, residency/chief residency in Yale Primary Care Program, and a Master's in Catholic Clinical Ethics from Georgetown University and the Catholic University of America

Fr. Columba's research focuses on bioethics, particularly end-of-life care and prognosis, informed by his clinical experience in geriatrics and hospice medicine. His work bridges medical practice with theological perspectives, exemplified by his 2021 annotated translation of the Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying").

He engages in hospital ethics consultations, teaching, and primary care at Georgetown, while maintaining clinical roles in hospice settings. His current work involves leading a multi-site research collaboration on end-of-life ethics.