Dr. Aasim Padela is an internationally recognized thought and research leader in the fields of Muslim health disparities and Islamic Bioethics. In addition to leading the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, he maintains an active clinical, research, and clinical ethics practice at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Padela holds an MD from Weill Cornell Medical College and received an MSc in Healthcare Research from the University of Michigan. theology and law in seminary and academic settings nationally and abroad.

He completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Rochester and clinical medical ethics training at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and Classical Arabic from the University of Rochester and has studied Islamic theology and law in seminary and academic settings nationally and abroad.

As a scholar and thought-leader, he has authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and books on Islam and Biomedicine and Ethics. He has also delivered dozens of keynote lectures and seminars across the globe and has consulted with religious and health authorities on topics related to policy and ethics. As a service to the profession, he holds editorial positions for the Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics, the American Journal of Bioethics, BMC Medical Ethics, Global Bioethics, the International Journal of Islam, BETIM Journal of Medical Humanities, and TAHFIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World.