Former Fellows
Former Fellows for Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics
Class of 2022-2023
Jeffrey Pannekoek, PhD
2023-Assistant Staff, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
PhD, Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee, 2022
Graduate Program, Philosophy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2016
BA, Philosophy, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, 2014
Class of 2021-2023
Devora Shapiro, PhD
2023-Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Ohio ?University Heritage College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
PhD, Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009
MA, Medical Ethics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2022
BA, Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998
Class of 2020-2022
Stephanie Larson, PhD
PhD, English, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2020
Certificate in Bioethics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2020
BS, Psychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2013
BA, English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2013
Class of 2018-2020
Sharon Feldman, LLB
2021-PhD candidate, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
MS, Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2019
MHlth&MedLaw, Health and Medical Law, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2015
LLB, Law, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2012
Class of 2018-2020
Kelly Kent, MPH, DBE [CFAB]
2021-Manager of Clinical Ethics, St. Luke's Health System, Boise, ID
DBE, Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2017
MPH, Health Law and Bioethics Concentration, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002
BA, Public Policy Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1999
Class of 2018-2019
Rev. Elyse Berry, D.Min [Metro-CFAB] (Participated)
D. MIN, Spirituality, Fordham University Graduate School of Religion, Bronx, New York, 2018
MA, Pastoral Ministry, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011
BA, Political Science and International Studies, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008
Class of 2017-2019
Jordan Potter, PhD
2019 - Clinical Ethicist, WellStar Medical System, Atlanta, GA
PhD, Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2017
MA, Philosophy, University of Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri, 2014
BA, Philosophy, Greenville College: Greenville, Illinois, 2012
Class of 2016-2018
Robert Michael Guerin, PhD
2018 - Clinical Ethicist, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland OH
2018 - Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland, OH
PhD, Philosophy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Visiting PhD, Philosophy, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
BA, Philosophy, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, PA
Hilary Mabel, JD
2020-Clinical Ethicist, WellStar Medical System, Atlanta, GA
2018 – Assistant Staff Ethicist, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
JD, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
BA, Religion and English, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Class of 2015-2016
Johan Bester, MB, ChB
2017 - Director of Bioethics and Assistant Professor, UNLV School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2016 - Assistant Staff, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland
MBChB, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
M.Phil, Applied Ethics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
PhD, Applied Ethics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Class of 2014-2016
Bryn Esplin, JD
2016 -Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Department of Humanities in Medicine, Texas A&M University College of Medicine; Secondary Appointments - Co-Director, Neuroethics and Health Law Education
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health; Volunteer Faculty, Department of Psychiatry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Lecturer, Department of Bioethics Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
JD, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, Nevada
BA, Rhetoric & Philosophy of Mind, University of California, Berkeley
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Department of Humanities in Medicine
Texas A&M University College of Medicine
1359 TAMU
Bryan, TX 77807
979.436.0517
esplin@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Secondary Appointments
Co-Director, Neuroethics and Health Law Education
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
888 W Bonneville Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89106
Volunteer Faculty, Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390
Lecturer, Department of Bioethics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
10900 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106-4976
Bryan Kibbe, PhD
2016 - Clinical Ethicist, WellStar Health System, Atlanta, GA
PhD, Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
BA, Media Production and Philosophy, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Class of 2013-2015
Laurel Hyle, JD, MPH
2017 - Chief, Ethics, Texas Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
2014 - Associate General Counsel, Tulane University Medical Center
JD, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX
BS, Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, TX
(Participated)
Patricia Mayer, MD, MS
2019 - Director, Clinical Ethics, Banner Gateway Medical Center Health, Phoenix, AZ
2016 - Palliative Care Physician and Clinical Ethics System Consultant, Banner Baywood & Banner Heart Hospitals, Phoenix, AZ
2015 - Director of Clinical Ethics, Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital, Florida
Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Bioethics Med Humanism and Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Faculty, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Faculty, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Bioethics
Faculty, Clarkson University Bioethics Master of Science Program
MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
MS, Bioethics, Union College/Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
BS, Biology, University of Illinois, Campaign-Urbana, IL
Class of 2012-2014
Cristie Cole Horburgh, JD
2021-Associate Director, Clinical Ethics Immersion Program
2020-Associate Director, Nursing Ethics Program, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2019-Co-Director, Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2014 - Cleveland Clinic Health System Regional Bioethicist, Staff, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
JD, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, AZ
BA, Biology and Society (Health and Society Theme), Law and Society Concentration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Lauren Flicker, JD, MBE
2019 - Associate Professor, Department ;of Epidemiology, Division of Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
2013 -Associate Director, Einstein-Cardozo Master's program in Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA
MBE, Bioethics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BA, Law & Society, Theater, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
(Participated)
Class of 2011-2013
Jalayne Arias, JD - CV and Biosketch
2016 - Assistant Adjunct Professor at UCSF
2013 - Associate Staff, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic Associate Director, Neuro Ethics Program
JD, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
BA, International Studies (Political Science Emphasis), Pepperdine University, Seaver College, Malibu, CA
Danielle Wenner, PhD
2015 - Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Associate Director, Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
PhD, Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, TX
MA, Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
BA, Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Class of 2010-2012
Joshua Crites, PhD
2019-Co-Director, Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics
2015 - Cleveland Clinic Health System Regional Bioethicist (West)
2012 - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
PhD, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
MA, Philosophy, Kent State University, Kent, OH
BA, Philosophy, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Thomas Harter, PhD
2016 - Director of the Center for Bioethics, Humanities and Advance Care Planning, Gundersen Medical Foundation
2012 - Associate Clinical Ethicist, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation,La Crosse, WI
PhD, Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
MA, Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
BA, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Radford University, Radford, VA
Olubukunola Dwyer, JD, MA
2015 - Clinical Ethicist, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2012 - Staff Clinical Ethicist at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC
JD, St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO
Health Care Ethics Certificate, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
BA, History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
JD, St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO Health Care Ethics Certificate, St. Louis University, St. Louis,
MOBA, History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Class of 2009-2011
Valarie Blake, JD
2015 - Associate Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law, Fall 2015, Morgantown, WV
2013 - Assistant Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 - Senior Research Associate in Ethics Standards, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
JD, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
BS, Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Laura Buccini, DrPh, MPH
2017 - Executive Director, Cleveland Clinic Office of Research Development
2012 - Director, Research Development, Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute
2010 - Program Officer, Health Policy Scientist, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health
DrPH, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Graduate Certificate of Bioethics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
MPH, Behavioral Health Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
BA, Psychology, Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
(Participated)
E. Charlisse Caga-Anan, JD
2013 – Program Director, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
2011 – Fellow, Center for Genetic Research Ethics & Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2013 – Health Sciences Specialist, Host Susceptibility Factors Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Services, National Cancer Institute
2011 – Fellow, Ctr. for Genetic Research Ethics & Law, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
JD, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
MA, Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
BA, English, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Class of 2008-2010
Courtenay Bruce, JD
2012 - Director of the Methodist Hospital Ethics Program at the Texas Medical Center
2011 - Assistant Professor Center for Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
MA, Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
JD, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
BA, Political Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Barbara Chubak, MD
2018 - Assistant Professor of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
2016 - Fellow in Sexual and Voiding Dysfunction, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
2010 - Resident in Urology at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
MA, Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
MA, Johns Hopkins Institute for the History of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
BA, History, Columbia University, New York, NY
Monica Gerrek, PhD
2016 - Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School Medicine, Cleveland OH
2016 - Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System, Cleveland OH
2015 - Co-Director, Institute of Burn Ethics, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
2013 - Clinical Bioethicist/Educator, Summa Health System, Akron, OH
2011 - Director of Ethics Education and Co-Director of Institute of Burn Ethics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Senior Research Associate, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
PhD, Philosophy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
MA, Philosophy, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
BS, Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Class of 2007-2009
Hafzah Mueenuddin, JD
MA, Master of Arts in Bioethics
JD, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, OH
BS, Biology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Margot Eves, JD
2015 - Director, Clinical Ethics Immersion Program, Staff, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2012- Director of Regional Clinical Ethics Program (West), Associate Staff, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2011 - Cleveland Clinic Health System Regional Bioethicist (West), Associate Staff, Dept. of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2009 - Fellow, Clinical Ethics, Southern & Central Illinois Advisory Group for Ethics, Memorial Medical Center
MA, Master of Arts in Bioethics
JD, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ
MA, Health Advocacy - Sarah Lawrence College
BA, Health and Exercise Science - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Jason Gatliff, PhD
2009 - Integrated Ethics Program Officer, Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2009 - Director of Ethics Consultation, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
PhD, Applied Philosophy, Bowling Green State University
MA, Philosophy, Texas A&M University
MA, History, Boise State University
BA, Philosophy, Boise State University
Former Fellows for Transplant Ethics Fellowship
Mahwish Ahmad, MD,MPH
2018 - Staff, Clinical and Transplant Ethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 - Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
MD, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Pakistan
MPH, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York
David Shafran, MD
BA, Greek Classical Literature, University of Michigan
MA, Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
MD, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
Jed Adam Gross, JD
2017 - Bioethicist (Transplant Program), University Health Network, Toronto, ON
2017 - Member, Clinical, Organizational and Research Ethics (CORE) Network, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
BA, History and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
MA, History of Science & Medicine, Yale University
JD, Yale Law School MPhil, History, Yale University
Former Fellow in Nurse Ethics Fellowship Program
Georgina Morley, PhD, MSc, RN
2020-Nurse Ethicist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 2020
PhD, Bioethics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2018
MSc, Nursing , King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, 2014
BA, Philosophy, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, 2010
Former Fellow in NeuroEthics Fellowship Program
Lauren Sankary, JD, MA
2020-NeuroEthicist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 2020
JD, Health Law Concentration, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2017
MA, Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2017
BA, Rhetoric, University of California, Berkley, Berkley, California, 2012