Patrick Maher

Dr. Daniel Patrick Maher is a retired General Surgeon who received his B.S. from Regis College ‘77 and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Colorado in 1982. He completed his training in General Surgery at the Naval Hospital San Diego. He worked for Kaiser Permanente Colorado and at Saint Joseph Hospital for 23+ years after serving in the US Navy for 10+ years, where he had duty assignments with First Marine Division Camp Pendleton, Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington, USS Independence (CV64), and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California.

While at Kaiser and Saint Joseph Hospital, he was active in the General Surgery Training Program and held various administrative duties as Regional Department Head for Kaiser General Surgery, Director of Surgical Subspecialties at Saint Joseph Hospital, membership and chair on various hospital committees, and on the Medical Executive Committee. He began providing consults in health care ethics, after becoming a member of the Saint Joseph Hospital Ethics Committee, in 2012.

Since retiring from surgical practice, he has continued to be active in the area of health care ethics; teaching Applied Ethics in Health Care at Regis University, remaining on the ethics committees at Saint Joseph Hospital and Donor Alliance, giving presentations to medical staff on health care ethical issues and consulting on legal issues involving health care ethics. He is a member of the Regis University Advisory Board and chair of the Donor Alliance Ethics Committee.