Meet the Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities Team
Core Faculty
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP
Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine
Cheryl A. Maurana, PhD
Interim Provost; Stephen and Shelagh Roell Endowed Chair for the Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education; Senior Vice President for Strategic Academic Partnerships; Professor of Population Health; Founding Director Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine
Ryan Spellecy, PhD
Assistant Provost and Director, MCW Human Research Protection Program, Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Staff
Faculty Associates
Melissa Atwood, DO, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
Marshall A. Beckman, MD
Professor
Ellen Blank, MD, MA
Adjunct Associate Professor
Paul Brodwin, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bruce Campbell, MD
Professor Emeritus, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
Carlyle H. Chan, MD
Professor; Vice Chair, Professional Development and Educational Outreach
Steven Leuthner, MD, MA
Professor, Section of Neonatology, and Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Ian B. K. Martin, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM
Eminent Scholar, Professor with Tenure and System Chair; Interim Senior Associate Dean & Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Julie Owen, MD
Associate Professor
Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP
Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship
Ashley Pavlic, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Institute for Health & Humanity, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Course Director, The Good Doctor, Character and Professional Development Thread; Co-Director, Bioethics and Medical Humanities Pathway; Education Lead, Division of Global and Population Health
Kathryn Schroeter, PhD, MA, RN, CNE, CNOR
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Associate Professor of Nursing, Marquette University
