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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

Fabrice Jotterand, PhD, MA

Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Director, Graduate Program in Bioethics

fjotterand@mcw.edu

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

cmaurana@mcw.edu

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

rspellecy@mcw.edu

Annie Friedrich, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities

afriedrich@mcw.edu

Garson Leder, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Staff

Grace Murphy

Program Coordinator II

mgmurphy@mcw.edu

Alexandra Skeeter, MD

Program Coordinator II

askeeter@mcw.edu

Kristen Tym, MA

Program Manager

Faculty Associates

Melissa Atwood, DO, MA

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

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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

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Bruce Campbell, MD

Professor Emeritus, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

Carlyle H. Chan, MD

Professor; Vice Chair, Professional Development and Educational Outreach

K Jane Lee, MD

Interim Chief, Professor

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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

Assistant 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

Christopher Stawski, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Senior Program Director and Senior Fellow at the Kern Family Foundation

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