David E. Woodrum, MD, is the clinical director of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Childrens Hospital. He is a professor of pediatrics and senior member of the Division of Neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, a faculty associate in the University of Washington Department of Bioethics and Humanities, and a consultant and member of the attending staff of Seattle Childrens Hospital.
Dr. Woodrums clinical and teaching activities are focused on convalescing premature infants (residents), prenatal diagnosis, consulting and management of high-risk pregnancies and pediatric biomedical ethics issues (residents, fellows and other healthcare providers). His research explores the determinative elements of parental decision-making. He is co-director of the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent, Washington, a nationally recognized program providing medically supervised care for drug-exposed infants.