Margaret R. Moon, MD
Pediatrics
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Margaret R. Moon
Professional Titles
- Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Background
Dr. Margaret Moon is an associate professor of general pediatrics and adolescent medicine at the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include ethics in clinical practice, ethics education, ethics in research and urgent care pediatrics. Dr. Moon spends her clinical time in the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Emergency Department, where she teaches residents in the urgent care setting.
Dr. Moon received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. She earned her M.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. She completed a fellowship in clinical medical ethics at the McLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics of the University of Chicago and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Chicago.
Her research interests include empirical evaluation of ethics in everyday pediatric practice, teaching and evaluating housestaff education in ethics, and the ethics of community-based research. Dr. Moon is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, where she is supported as the Freeman Scholar in Clinical Ethics. She serves as an ethics member of the Hopkins IRB. She is also an editor of the newly developed Harriet Lane Continuity Clinic Internet Curriculum.
Centers and Institutes
- Berman Institute for Bioethics
- Child & Community Health Research (CCHR), Center for
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Drug treatments for transgender kids pose difficult choices for parents, doctors, The Washington Post, May 19, 2012
Children added to adult lung transplant list amid outcry a dilemma for doctors, CBS News, July 8, 2013
Research Interests
Ethics Education, Ethics in Clinical Practice, Ethics in Research, Urgent Care Pediatrics
Research Summary
Dr. Moon's research interests include empirical evaluation of ethics in everyday pediatric practice, teaching and evaluating housestaff education in ethics, and the ethics of community-based research.
Selected Publications
Carrese JA, McDonald EL, Moon M, Taylor HA, Khaira K, Catherine Beach M, and Hughes MT. “Everyday ethics in internal medicine resident clinic: an opportunity to teach.” Medical Education. 2011 July;45(7), 712-721.
Kirsch TD, and Moon MR. “A piece of my mind. The line.” JAMA. 2010 Mar 10;303(10), 921-922.
Moon MR. “Transforming Distress.” Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2008 Mar-Apr;8(2), 85.
Rinke ML, Moon M, Clark JS, Mudd S, and Miller MR. “Prescribing errors in a pediatric emergency department.” Pediatric Emerg Care. 2008 Jan; 24(1), 1-8.
Simpson E, Moon M, and Lantos JD. “When parents refuse a septic workup for a newborn.” Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5), 966-969.
Taylor HA, McDonald EL, Moon M, Hughes MT, and Carrese JA. “Teaching ethics to paediatrics residents: the centrality of the therapeutic alliance.” Medical Education. 2009 Oct;43(10), 952-959.
Professional Activities
- Harriet Lane Continuity Clinical Internet Curriculum, Editor
- Johns Hopkins IRB, Ethics member
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship, 1997Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics, 1993Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1990Board Certifications
Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 1993Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)