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John La Puma
John J. La Puma[1] is an Italian-American internist, chef, and author.
Early life and education
La Puma was born in New York City around 1960–1961, one of six children.[2] His family relocated to Santa Barbara, California in 1967, where La Puma attended elementary school through San Marcos High School.[2][3] He enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies and received a B.A.
in Creative Studies, Biology in 1978.[2][3][4][5]
He earned his MD from Baylor College of Medicine in 1982.[1][6] He trained in internal medicine at UCLA's West Los Angeles VA.
He completed the first U.S. postgraduate fellowship for physicians in clinical ethics and general internal medicine at the University of Chicago, became a Clinical Associate Professor there and founded the Lutheran General Center for Clinical Ethics, pioneering hospital clinic