Faculty & Advisors

Robert Klitzman, M.D.

Program Director, Bioethics; Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

David N. Hoffman, J.D.

Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Columbia University

Barbra Bluestone Rothschild, M.D.

Lecturer, Bioethics

Karla Childers, MSJ, MSBE

Lecturer, Bioethics MS Program, Columbia University; Senior Director of Strategic Projects in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at Johnson & Johnson

Jonathan Engel, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Health Policy & Management, Mailman School of Public Health; Lecturer in Bioethics MS Program, Columbia University

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics, Columbia University Medical Center; Director of the Program in Women and Children’s Bioethics; Director of Pediatric Clinical Ethics, Center for Bioethics

Joanne Mantell, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Bioethics; Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University

Llew Keltner, M.D., Ph.D

Lecturer, Bioethics; Chief Executive Officer, EPISTAT

Elizabeth Reis, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Bioethics; Professor, Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York

Susan Regan

Former Associate General Counsel of Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSHealth); Lecturer on Law and Bioethics, Bioethics Program, Columbia University

Robert N. Swidler, M.A., J.D.

Lecturer, Bioethics

Joel Roselin, B.A., M.T.S.

Lecturer, Bioethics; Co-director of the Bioethics Center at Hofstra University

Harriet Washington, M.A.

Lecturer, Bioethics

From the School of Professional Studies

Anne Zimmerman, J.D., M.S., CIPP/US, CEET

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Editor-in-Chief, Voices in Bioethics; Founder and Chair, Innovative Bioethics Forum / Modern Bioethics; Chair, New York City Bar Association Bioethical Issues Committee

From the College of Physicians and Surgeons

Paul Appelbaum, M.D.; Advisory Board Member

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law; Director, Division of Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Craig D. Blinderman, M.D.; Faculty Affiliate

Chief, Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D.; Advisory Board Member

Director, Clinical Genetics Program

Lydia Dugdale, M.D., MAR; Advisory Board Member

Silberberg Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University

Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D.

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ruth Fischbach, Ph.D., Faculty Affiliate

Professor, Bioethics (in Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry), New York Presbyterian Hospital at the Columbia University Medical Center

Jill Goldman, MS, MPHIL

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Genetic Counselor, Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease, The Taub Institute, Columbia University Medical Center

Nancy Green, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate and Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University

George Hardart, M.D

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics, Columbia University Medical Center; Director of the Program in Women and Children’s Bioethics; Director of Pediatric Clinical Ethics, Center for Bioethics

Allen Hyman, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Richard Kessin, Ph.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Cell Biology

Donald Kornfeld, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and Special Lecturer

Jon Levenson, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center

John Loike, Ph.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Co-Director for Graduate Studies, Department of Physiology Cellular Biophysics; Director of Special Programs in the Center for Bioethics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ruth Ottman, Ph.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health; Deputy Director for Research, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center

Constance Park, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Director, Clinical Practice IV, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Jaime Rubin, Ph.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Vice Chair for Investigator Development, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center

Samuel Silverstein, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Emeritus John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, and Professor of Medicine

Jeremy Simon, M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Assistant Clinical Professor of Clinical Medicine; Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Bioethics

David Strauss, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center

John Truman, M.D., M.P.H.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics and Special Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics

From The Joseph Mailman School of Public Health

Ronald Bayer, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Sociomedical Sciences, Special Lecturer in Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Ernie Drucker; Faculty Affiliate

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Jonathan Engel, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Health Policy & Management, Mailman School of Public Health; Lecturer in Bioethics MS Program, Columbia University

Robert E. Fullilove, EdD

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health

Miriam J. Laugesen, PhD

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Department of Health Policy and Management

David Rosner, PhD, MPH

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Professor of History; Co-Director, Center for the History of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health

From the Columbia University Medical Center

Kenneth Prager, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor of Medicine/Director of Medical Ethics/Chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee, Columbia University Medical Center

David S. Seres, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate and Advisory Board Member; Director of Medical Nutrition and Professor of Medicine in the Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center

From the Columbia Law School

Harold Edgar, J.D.

Advisory Board Member; Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology, Columbia Law School

Jeffrey Fagan, J.D.

Faculty Affiliate; Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

Carol Liebman, J.D.

Faculty Affiliate and Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Carol Sanger, J.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Elizabeth Scott, J.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Harold R. Medina Professor Emerita of Law, Columbia Law School

From the Columbia School of Nursing

Nancy Reame, PhD, RN, FAAN, NCMP

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Mary Dickey Lindsay Professor Emerita of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Faculty of Nursing

Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, FAAN, CIC

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Therapeutic and Pharmaceutical Research, Columbia’s School of Nursing

From the Columbia School of Dentistry

John Zimmerman, PhD

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics

From the School of International and Public Affairs

Yasmin Ergas, J.D.

Faculty Affiliate and Advisory Board Member, Professor of International and Public Affairs; Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights

From the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research

Joel Roselin, B.A., M.T.S.

Lecturer, Bioethics; Co-director of the Bioethics Center at Hofstra University

From the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Peter Bearman, PhD

Advisory Board Member; Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovation Theories and Empirics (INCITE)

Philip Kitcher, PhD

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; John Dewey Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Columbia University

From the Columbia School of Journalism

Marguerite Holloway, B.A., M.S.

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Assistant Professor and Director, Science and Environmental Journalism

From the Business School

Frank Lichtenberg, PhD

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business, Columbia Graduate School of Business; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

From the Earth Institute

Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD

Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management.

From the Jewish Theological Seminary

Rabbi Leonard Scharzer, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate; Associate Director for Bioethics, The Finkelstein Institute of Religious and Social Studies

From St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital

Richard Pierson, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

From Cleveland Clinic

Hassan Khouli, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

From Mount Sinai

Ilene Wilets, PhD

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics

From the Gold Foundation

Sandra Gold, M.S., EdD

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Co-Founder, Arnold P. Gold Foundation

From the National Center for Ethics in Health Care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Kenneth A. Berkowitz, M.D., FCCP; Faculty Affiliate

Chief, Ethics Consultation, National Center for Ethics in Health Care

From Cornell University

Joseph J. Fins, M.D., MACP, FRCP; Faculty Affiliate

The E. William Davis, Jr. M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medical College

From Rutgers University

Mark V. Sauer, M.D.

Faculty Affiliate, Bioethics; Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School