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    The Extraordinary Career and Impact of M.S. in Bioethics Advisory Board Member Dr. Kenneth Prager

    … his career at Columbia in 1968 as an intern, his journey in medicine took him from training in internal medicine to … to sit in on the New York Presbyterian Hospital’s Clinical Ethics Committee meetings, which he chairs. Students have also “shadowed” him and other clinical ethicists on the board. Through his involvement …
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    Sabrina Anastasio: Narrative Medicine in the International Year of the Nurse

    … Sabrina Anastasio: Narrative Medicine in the International Year of the Nurse As a nurse … COVID-19. She uses Narrative Medicine skills to help. As a clinical nurse at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in … with quantifiable, empirical data in order to show its clinical value, as well. But with the pandemic still very …
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    Dr. Gayatri Devi: Neurologist and Alumna of Narrative Medicine

    … Dr. Gayatri Devi: Neurologist and Alumna of Narrative Medicine Dr. Devi (’14SPS, Narrative Medicine) tells us how her experience at the School of … Physician at Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health and Clinical Professor of Neurology at Downstate Medical Center, …
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    Health & Human Rights in the Era of COVID-19: What are the Ethical Issues?

    … of the 20th Century"). Kenneth Prager, MD, Director of Clinical Ethics and Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee, Columbia University Medical Center David Wohl, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at UNC, …
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    Narrative Medicine Ignites Creativity for Students in Careers Beyond Healthcare

    … Narrative Medicine Ignites Creativity for Students in Careers Beyond Healthcare Narrative Medicine faculty and alumni reflect on how the program's … how the lessons of the program can be applied outside the clinical space. Nellie Hermann, M.F.A. Faculty Affiliate, …
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    Michael Menconi: Dual-Degree Bioethics/ Public Health Alumnus Aspires to Make Sound, Ethical Sense of New and Longstanding Dilemmas in Healthcare

    … brought on by new, sometimes controversial advances in medicine and biotechnology as well as longstanding … linked. My work on hospital ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation services has frequently … Bioethics experience. Dr. Rothchild’s Introduction to Clinical Ethics course provided me with the conceptual …
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    “People Treat People, Not Machines”

    … “People Treat People, Not Machines” Q&A: Narrative Medicine alum Cherie Henderson on discovering the program, … with Sayantani DasGupta and Self and Other in the Clinical Encounter with Craig Irvine. Both of them blew me … the relationship between narrative medicine and traditional clinical practice? A century ago, when the science was not …
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    Arjun Mann: Building a Strong Foundation For Medical School

    … to his courses in the Philosophy of Bioethics and Clinical Ethics at Columbia.  What brought you to apply to … Dr. Barbara Rothschild’s fantastic Introduction to Clinical Ethics course allowed us to sit in on clinical … in the future. One of my goals is now to not only practice medicine, but to be a part of one of these ethics committees …
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    Anna Vargo: A Recent Bioethics Alumna Reflects on Her Degree and Future Endeavors

    … was the same age and had similar career aspirations (medicine or research), but I quickly learned how beneficial … College? I am most excited about finally getting practical clinical experience by applying what I've learned from this bioethics program. We always talk about hypothetical clinical cases in class and how to respond, so I know that I …
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    Katrina Hui Applies Bioethics in Medical School and Beyond

    … School and Beyond Katrina Hui explored the intersection of medicine and philosophy with a focus in neuroethics as a … “A lot of the questions that we talked about come up in clinical practice.” She says that, as a result of studying … was working in California at a medical device company as a clinical analyst. I had always known that I wanted to go to …