The Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics (PCCB) provides university-based ethics resources for individuals that shape and give health care. We are committed to the dynamic interplay between theory and practice, experience, and reflection. Center scholars bring expertise in theology, philosophy, basic science, and clinical practice to today's ethical challenges. We seek to promote serious ethical reflection and discourse in pursuit of a just society and health care that affirms the dignity and social nature of all persons. PCCB was established over two decades ago in order to create a center of excellence, filling a unique need for bioethics that is directly oriented towards clinical medicine and strongly rooted in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition. In its situation at Georgetown University, it complements the activity and interests of the renowned Kennedy Institute of Ethics, the Philosophy Department and Law Center. The faculty of PCCB have appointments in the Medical School, Nursing School, and Graduate School. They teach, conduct research, and participate in patient care. They are responsible for bioethics education at Georgetown Medical School and in the residency programs at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, as well as graduate medical programs locally. In addition, the PCCB provides the ethics consultation service for the hospital. The PCCB faculty are actively engaged in a wide variety of research projects, and offer further education and training through our visiting scholars program. PCCB faculty serve as consultants, volunteers, public speakers, and panelists for organizations and agencies, both private and governmental.