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DEPARTMENT OF BIOETHICS

 

FACULTY

Stuart J. Youngner, M.D.
Chair, Department of Bioethics

Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Psychiatry
End-of-Life Decision Making; Organ Transplantation; Clinical Ethics Consultation; Definition of Death; Malpractice

Mark P. Aulisio, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics at MetroHealth

Director, Bioethics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Bioethics
Intersection of Political Philosophy and Bioethics; Ethics Consultation; Principle of Double Effect; Organ Donation

Jessica Wilen Berg, J.D.
Professor of Law and Bioethics
Bioethics and Law; Informed Consent and Advance Directives; End-of-Life Decision Making; Reproductive Law and Ethics; Research Law and Ethics; E-Medicine

Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Aging, Health and Society, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Sociology
Aging and Public Policy; Health Policy

Christopher Burant, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Bioethics

Barbara J. Daly, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N
Associate Professor of Bioethics, Associate Professor of Nursing, Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical Ethics Consultation; Treatment Withdrawal; Healthcare Allocation Issues

Dena Davis , J.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Bioethics
Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Genetics; Reproductive Technology; End-of-Life Decisions; Research Ethics

Jennifer R. Fishman, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioethics
Empirical bioethics; Social studies of biomedical technologies; Ethics of clinical drug trials; Gender, health, and medicine

Atwood D. Gaines, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Nursing
Culture, Health and Ethics; Professional Medicine; Ethnopsychiatry

Nahida H. Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor of Nursing, Professor of Bioethics
Survival Analysis Methodologies; Relationship among race/ethnicity, social class, and survival after primary breast cancer diagnosis

Peter J. Greco, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advance Directives; Autonomy

Sharona Hoffman, J .D., L.L.M.
Professor of Bioethics
Professor of Law
Research Ethics ; Disability Rights; Race in Law and Medicine; Health Care Coverage; Emergency Preparedness; Health Information Technology

Insoo Hyun, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Bioethics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Bioethics
Stem Cell Research Ethics and Public Policy; Medical Decision Making; Allocation of Scarce Health Resources

Deborah Jacobson, Ph.D., L.I.S.W.
Assistant Professor and Director of the Advanced Standing Program
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Assistant Professor of Bioethics Women's health issues & suupport group interventions

Eric T. Juengst, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioethics
Director, Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law
Ethical Issues of Human Genetics; Concepts of Health and Disease; History and Philosophy of Biology

Nicholas B. King, Ph.D
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioethics

Eric D. Kodish, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Pediatric Ethics; Clinical Research; Informed Consent; Oncology and Transplantation

Michael Lederman , M.D.
Professor of Bioethics
Professor of Infectious Disease
Ethics of Clinical Research and Clinical Care; Ethics of Research and Care in the Developing World

Sana Loue, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Professor of International Health
HIV and AIDS; Bioethics and Research; Cross-Cultural Issues

Patricia A. Marshall, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioethics
Director, Bioethics Ph.D. Program
HIV and AIDS; Bioethics and Research; Cross-Cultural Issues

Maxwell Mehlman, J.D.
Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Law
Patient-physician relationship; rights of patients; genetics, ethics, and law; biomedical enhancement; quality assurance and malpractice; rationing; health reform

Elizabeth E. O'Toole, M.D.
Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Medicine
End-of-Life Decision Making; Ethical Issues in Aging; Ethics in Long-Term Care; Clinical Ethics Consultation

Elizabeth Ford Pitorak , M.S.N., R.N., C.R.N.H.
Clinical Instructor in Bioethics
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of the Hospice Institute, Hospice of the Western Reserve
End-of-Life Decision Making; Treatment Withdrawal

Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioethics, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Religion
History of Bioethics; Geriatrics; Dementia; Religion and Health Care; compassion and altruism

Julia H. Rose, Ph..D., M.A.
Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Bioethics
Cancer and Aging; Coping and Communication in Chronic Disease; End-of-Life Decision Making

Ashwini Sehgal, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kidney Transplantation; Advance Directives; Mental Impairment

Christian Simon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioethics
Medical informed consent; International bioethics; Community health

Susan J. Stagno, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Bioethics
Ethical issues in the care of cancer patients; psycho-oncology; ethical issues in psychiatric practice; Ethics consultation

Kathryn Weise , M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioethics
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Research Ethics; Ethics in Pediatrics; Professional Ethics

Staff


Sherri Broder
Research Associate, CGREAL
368-5364
e-mail: sherri.broder@case.edu

Michelle Champoir
Director of International Education Programs
368-5377
e-mail: mln10@case.edu

Michael Flatt
Research Assistant, CGREAL/Anti-Aging
368-0724
e-mail: michael.flatt@case.edu

Nancy Gerson
Research Assistant, CGREAL
368-0881
e-mail: nancy.gerson@case.edu

Gail Hughley
Research Assistant, Informed Consent project
368-8772
e-mail: gail.hughley@case.edu

Barb Juknialis
Administrative Director
368-3309
e-mail: barbara.juknialis@case.edu

Marcie Lambrix
Project Manager, Anti-Aging Study
368-8753
e-mail: Marcie Lambrix@case.edu

Jan Liber
Department Assistant
368-0635
e-mail: jxc44@case.edu

Jessica Moore
Research Associate, Center for Biomedical Ethics at Metro
778-8497
e-mail: jessica.moore1@case.edu

Marie Norris
Graduate Studies Coordinator
368-8718
e-mail: marie.norris@case.edu

Roselle Ponsaran
Project Coordinator, CGREAL
368-4612
e-mail: roselle.ponsaran@case.edu

Patricia Powers
Postdoctoral Scholar, CGREAL
368-8729
e-mail: patricia.powers@case.edu

Beth Sanders-blevans
Department Assistant
368-6196
e-mail: beth.sanders-blevans@case.edu

Sarah Schramm
Research Assistant, Dr. Simon's project
368-5384
e-mail: sarah.hegedus@case.edu

Dawn Alpaugh Smith
Specialist in Clinical Ethics
778-8497
e-mail: dawn.a.smith@case.edu

Tiffanee Wright
Research Assistant, Dr. Marshall's project
368-8708
e-mail: tiffanee.wright@case.edu