Dominic A. Sisti

Dominic A. Sisti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, with secondary appointments in Psychiatry and Philosophy. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University, an MBE from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS from Villanova University. As director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health Care, he leads research on mental healthcare ethics, correctional mental health, and personality disorder classification.

His research examines ethical challenges in behavioral healthcare systems, including long-term psychiatric care for severe mental illness and ethical frameworks for correctional mental health. Dr. Sisti teaches graduate seminars on behavioral healthcare ethics and organizes the ethics track for the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting.

His scholarly work appears in JAMA, Psychiatric Services, and the Journal of Medical Ethics, alongside contributions to the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer. He has co-edited three books addressing conceptual medicine, end-of-life ethics, and mental healthcare ethics.

• Education:
  • PhD in Philosophy (Michigan State University)
  • Master of Bioethics (University of Pennsylvania)
  • BS in Biology (Villanova University)
• Research Funding: Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation, Greenwall Foundation, Leonard Davis Institute, Dana Foundation