
Division of Medical Ethics Faculty & Staff
Faculty and staff in the Division of Medical Ethics come from departments across NYU Langone and NYU, as well as from other institutions. Together, we work to address moral and practical issues in all aspects of healthcare and biotechnology to ensure that patients are treated justly and humanely.
Division Faculty and Staff
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Division Director
The Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics, Department of Population Health
arthur.caplan@nyulangone.org
Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
alison.bateman-house@nyulangone.org
Carolyn R. Chapman, PhD, MS
Faculty Member, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Akira Akabayashi, MD, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Population Health
Professor, Department of Biomedical Ethics, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
Laura L. Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE
Assistant Professor, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery and Department of Population Health
Kellie N. Owens, PhD
Assistant Professor, Deparment of Population Health
kellie.owens@nyulangone.org
Brendan Parent, JD
Director, Transplant Ethics and Policy Research
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Surgery
brendan.parent@nyulangone.org
Lauren Taylor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
lauren.taylor@nyulangone.org
Alen Agaronov, ScD
Postdoctoral Fellow
alen.agaronov@nyulangone.org
Kyle E. Ferguson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
kyle.ferguson@nyulangone.org
Tamar Schiff, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
tamar.schiff2@nyulangone.org
Lisa Kearns, MS, MA
Senior Research Associate
lisa.kearns@nyulangone.org
Jessica Wico
Program Manager
jessica.wico@nyulangone.org
John Massarelli
Program Coordinator, Working Group on Compassionate Use and Preapproval Access
john.massarelli@nyulangone.org
Cara Hunt, MA
Research Data Associate
cara.hunt@nyulangone.org
Ayden Eilmus
Project Associate
ayden.eilmus@nyulangone.org
Amanda Zink, JD, MBE
Research Associate
amanda.zink@nyulangone.org
Lena Milam
Administrative Coordinator
lena.mattingly@nyulangone.org
Affiliates, Appointed Faculty, and Associates
David J. Alfandre, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health
Jeffrey T. Berger, MD
Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine and Director of Clinical Ethics, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
Kenneth A. Berkowitz, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health
Moshe M. Cohn, MD, HEC-C
Faculty Affiliate, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health
Catherine Constable, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Nancy N. Dubler, LLB
Affiliated Professor, Department of Population Health
Cansu Yuksel Elgin, MD
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Ophthalmology
Steven P. Field, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Linda Granowetter, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Loren Wissner Greene, MD, MA
Clinical Professor, Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cláudia Hirawat
Owner and Executive Chair, VOZ Advisors
Lee Igel, PhD, EdM
Clinical Professor, NYU Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport
Dale Jamieson, PhD, MA
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
Affiliated Professor of Medical Ethics
Director, Center for Environmental and Animal Protection
Athmeya Jayaram, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Timothy W. Kirk, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Aisha Langford, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Stephen R. Latham, PhD, JD
Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Senior Lecturer, Political Science and Management, Yale University School of Management
Barron H. Lerner, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health
Herb Leventer, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Yeshiva University
Ariane K. Lewis, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
S. Matthew Liao, DPhil
Director of the Center for Bioethics and Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics, NYU College of Global Public Health
Donald W. Light, PhD, MA
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Sociology, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Joseph Lowy, MD
Director, Palliative Care, NYU Langone Health
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Jennifer E. Miller, PhD
Founder, Bioethics International
Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Kenneth I. Moch, MBA
Senior Advisor to the Chairman
Center for Global Health Innovation and the Global Health Crisis Coordination Center
Carolyn P. Neuhaus, PhD
Research Scholar, The Hastings Center
Anna Nolan, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Ivan Oransky, MD
Distinguished Writer in Residence, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
David M. Oshinsky, PhD
Director, Division of Medical Humanities
Professor, Department of Medicine
Peter Pitts
Visiting Scholar
Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD
The Livia S. Wan, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor, Department of Population Health
Barbara Redman, PhD, MBE
Associate, Department of Population Health
Jane L. Rosenthal, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Population Health
William Ruddick, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Departments of Philosophy and Bioethics, NYU
Michael E. Schatman, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
Jeff Sebo, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, NYU Arts and Science
Charles Seife, MS
Professor, NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
Lesha D. Shah, MD
Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joanne Waldstreicher, MD
Former Chief Medical Officer, Johnson & Johnson