Polo Camacho, PhD
As a Bioethicist at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), I leverage my expertise in clinical and biomedical ethics to address complex ethical challenges in cancer care. I collaborate with ASCO colleagues and cancer care professionals, providing support for ethics-related projects and programs across the organization. My recent work includes co-authoring ethical guidance on chemotherapy drug shortages, the ethics of ctDNA and patient-clinician boundaries, all of which were developed with oncologists and cancer care professionals.
In addition to oncology ethics, my research interests include decolonial philosophy and applied bioethics. I earned my Ph.D. in 2021 under Dr. Armin Schulz, with a dissertation that reappraised the bioethical, epistemological, and practical implications of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. Key chapters from this work have been published in Philosophy, Theory and Practice in Biology, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, and Biosemiotics.
Prior to ASCO, my work involved assisting healthcare workers in end-of-life settings with educational offerings in bioethics, ethics committee support, and advance care planning.
For an up-to-date list of my publications, my CV is available upon request.
For an up-to-date list of my publications, my CV is available upon request.
I’m a proud, first-generation Mexican American (he/they) from El Paso, Texas who enjoys print-making, making music, and reading comic strips from the early twentieth century. Click on the brick above to learn more about ‘Krazy Kat’, one of my all time favorite comics by George Herriman.
Feel free to contact me at mpolocamacho@gmail.com or through LinkedIn.