Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Mark T. Hughes
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Mark Hughes is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a core faculty member in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. He is faculty member in general internal medicine and in palliative medicine.
Dr. Hughes received his undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He earned his medical degree from SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Rochester. He performed a fellowship in primary care research with a concentration in bioethics at Georgetown University, where he also completed a master’s degree in philosophy (bioethics). He joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 1997.
His research interests include research ethics, clinical bioethics, ambulatory care, philosophy of medicine, end of life decision making, palliative care, and ethics education.
Dr. Hughes serves as the co-chair of The Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Committee and Consultation Service and coordinates its monthly Ethics for Lunch sessions for the hospital community. Since 2002, he has been the director of a mandatory course on research ethics for all faculty principal investigators and fellows conducting human-subjects research in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He also directs a course on the responsible conduct of research for graduate students int he School of Medicine. He is director of Ethics in Clinical Practice Project, delivering clinical ethics education to several residency programs at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is co-developer and associate editor of the Physician Education and Assessment Center, a web-based curriculum utilized by medical residency programs across the nation. He is co-editor of the book Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach, now in its fourth edition.
Centers and Institutes
- Berman Institute for Bioethics
- Palliative Medicine Program
Research Interests
Ambulatory care, Clinical and research ethics, Clinical bioethics, Palliative care, Philosophy of medicine
Lab Website
Mark Hughes Lab
- Research in the Mark Hughes Lab focuses on clinical and research ethics as well as clinical bioethics, ambulatory care, philosophy of medicine and palliative care.
Selected Publications
Carrese JA, McDonald EL, Moon M, Taylor HA, Khaira K, Catherine Beach M, Hughes MT. Everyday ethics in internal medicine resident clinic: an opportunity to teach. Med Educ. 2011 Jul;45(7):712-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03931.x. PMID: 21649704
Haywood C Jr, Lanzkron S, Hughes MT, Brown R, Massa M, Ratanawongsa N, Beach MC. A video-intervention to improve clinician attitudes toward patients with sickle cell disease: the results of a randomized experiment. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 May;26(5):518-23. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1605-5. Epub 2010 Dec 23. PMID: 21181560
Hughes MT, Smith TJ. “The growth of palliative care in the United States.” Annu Rev Public Health. 2014;35:459-75. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182406.
Hughes MT. Meeting patients where they are. Virtual Mentor. 2013 Apr 1;15(4):293-8. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.4.ecas2-1304. No abstract available. PMID: 23566777
Moon MR, Hughes MT, Chen JY, Khaira K, Lipsett P, Carrese JA. “Ethics skills laboratory experience for surgery interns.” J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec;71(6):829-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.03.010. Epub 2014 Jul 8.
Sisson SD, Rastegar DA, Hughes MT, Bertram AK, Yeh HC. Learner feedback and educational outcomes with an internet-based ambulatory curriculum: a qualitative and quantitative analysis. BMC Med Educ. 2012 Jul 12;12:55. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-55. PMID: 22788677
Honors
Blaustein Scholarship in the Ethics of Clinical Practice, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, 1/1/05
Graduate Program Affiliations
Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Professional Activities
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Committee, Co-chair
- Physician Education and Assessment Center (PEAC), Associate Editor
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-0670
- fax: 410-367-2185
Expertise
Education
MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center
Fellowship, 1997University of Rochester Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1995SUNY School of Medicine at Stony Brook
Medical Education, MD, 1992Board Certifications
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2012Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995Insurance
- 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)
Ratings & Reviews
5 out of 5
30 ratings, 15 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/25/2025
Dr Mark Hughes is the best doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/11/2025
Dr. Hughes was extremely knowledgeable, kind, attentive and patient and spent a lot of time answering all of my questions. I felt like I was in excellent hands and really appreciate his care. I am a physician myself and know how valuable good care really is.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/4/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/7/2025
Dr. Hughes has been my primary care doctor for many years. He listens and works with me to maintain my health,
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/17/2024
Excellent!!!!!! Very pleased
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/6/2024
Dr. Hughes is wonderful and very patient.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/19/2024
Good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/12/2024
Dr. Hughes has been our family physician for twenty years or more. He never fails to return my calls within a few hours or less.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/8/2024
My doctor is very patience and thorough with me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/1/2024
Dr Hughes our favorite both my husband and I have the same Dr. We trust him he is more like family.wonderful bedside Manner's great mangreat
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/13/2024
Dr Hughes is the best
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/13/2024
Excellent as usual
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/6/2024
Visit went well.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/7/2024
Dr. Hughes is very efficient, caring and an excellent care giver.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/7/2024
Dr Hughes has been my primary care physician for several years. He is extremely thorough and ensures that all my questions are answered and makes sure I understand the instructions and have shared any medical question before the visit ends. I travel from Prince Georges County to meet with Dr. Hughes. My visits are always thorough.