Faculty & Staff

  • Megan Allyse, PhD

    Megan Allyse, PhD

    Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: megan.allyse@case.edu

  • Eileen Anderson

    Eileen Anderson, EdD

    Anne Templeton Zimmerman MD Professor in Bioethics, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Inamori Professor in Ethics
    Director, Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
    Director of Education, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, School of Medicine
    Director, Medicine, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

    Email: epa5@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2259

  • Mark Aulisio

    Mark Aulisio, PhD

    Susan E. Watson Professor and Chair, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Professor, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: mark.aulisio@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0724

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    Nicole M. Deming, JD, MA

    Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: Nicole.Deming@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3870

  • Lynette Hammond Gerido

    Lynette Hammond Gerido, PhD, MPH, MBA

    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: LHGerido@case.edu

  • Monica Gerrek

    Monica Gerrek, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System
    Co-Director, Institute of Burn Ethics, MetroHealth System

    Email: mlg86@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.7290

  • Aaron Goldenberg

    Aaron Goldenberg, PhD

    Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Director of Research, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine

    Email: aaron.goldenberg@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.8729

  • Lindsey Grubbs

    Lindsey Grubbs, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Undergraduate Bioethics Program, School of Medicine

    Email: lindsey.grubbs@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0840

  • Julia Knopes

    Julia Knopes, PhD

    Instructor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: jcb193@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5947

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    Erin Gentry Lamb, PhD

    Faculty Lead, Humanities Pathway, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Undergraduate Bioethics Program, School of Medicine
    Carl F. Asseff MD, MBA, JD, Designated Professor in Medical Humanities, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: erin.lamb@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6788

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    Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MPH, MSSA

    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    Secondary Faculty, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Member, Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine

    Email: sana.loue@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3743

  • Patricia Marshall

    Patricia A. Marshall, PhD

    Professor Emeritus, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: pam20@case.edu

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    Marsha Michie, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Associate Director, Department of Bioethics, Bioethics Center for Community Health ANd Genomic Equity (CHANGE), School of Medicine
    Co-Director, PhD in Bioethics Program, School of Medicine
    Director, Department of Bioethics, Research Ethics Concentration, MA Program, School of Medicine

    Email: Marsha.Michie@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5914

  • Oliver Schirokauer

    Oliver Schirokauer, PhD, MD

    Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Director of Medical Facilitation, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System
    Director, Medical Student Bioethics Education, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Foundations of Clinical Medicine Seminars, School of Medicine

    Email: oas12@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.8985

  • Ben Schwan

    Ben Schwan, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethicist, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System

    Email: ben.schwan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.8497

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    Stuart J. Youngner, MD

    Professor Emeritus, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: sxy2@case.edu


Secondary Faculty

  • Elvera Baron

    Elvera L. Baron, MD, PhD, CHSE, FASA, FASE

    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, Anesthesia Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
    Medical Director, Simulation Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Email: elvera.baron@va.gov

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    Esther I. Bernhofer, PhD, MA, RN, PMGT-BC

    Associate Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: Esther.Bernhofer@case.edu

  • Kathleen Fagan

    Kathleen Fagan, MD, MPH

    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Medicine
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: kathleen.fagan@case.edu

  • Travis Gullett, MD

    Travis Gullett, MD

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
    Staff Physician, Emergency Services Institute, CCF
    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: gullett@ccf.org

  • Sharona Hoffman

    Sharona Hoffman, JD, LLM, SJD

    Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, Law-Medicine Center, School of Law
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, The Law-Medicine Center, School of Law

    Email: sharona.hoffman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3860

  • Michael Kelly

    Michael Kelly, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: mlk123@case.edu

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    Eric D. Kodish, MD

    Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: kodishe@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.444.3850

  • Cynthia Kubu

    Cynthia Kubu, PhD

    Professor, Department of Neurology, CCLCM, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: kubuc@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.368.3870

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    Maxwell J. Mehlman, JD

    Distinguished University Professor
    Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, School of Law
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Law-Medicine Center, School of Law

    Email: maxwell.mehlman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3983

  • Kathryn Miller

    Kathryn Miller, MD, MA

    Interim Associate Dean for Curriculum, School of Medicine
    Assistant Dean for Longitudinal Clinical Education, School of Medicine
    Director, Sciences and Art of Medicine Integrated, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: kathryn.miller2@case.edu

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    Jonathan Sadowsky, PhD

    Theodore J. Castele Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    Associate Director, Medicine Society and Culture Concentration, School of Medicine

    Email: jonathan.sadowsky@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2622

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    Deepak Sarma, PhD

    Professor, Department of Religious Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: deepak.sarma@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4790

  • Ashwini Sehgal

    Ashwini Sehgal, MD

    Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine
    Director and Duncan Neuhauser Professor of Community Health Improvement, Center for Reducing Health Disparities
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: axs81@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.7728

  • Jamie Watson

    Jamie Watson, PhD, HEC-C

    Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

    Email: watsonj18@ccf.org


Adjunct Faculty


Clinical Faculty

  • Mahwish Ahmad

    Mahwish U. Ahmad, MBBS, MPH

    Staff Ethicist, Clinical and Transplant Ethics, Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: ahmadm3@ccf.org

  • Robert Guerin

    Robert Guerin, PhD

    Clinical Ethicist, Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: robert.guerin@uhhospitals.org

  • Laura Guidry-Grimes

    Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

    Email: lkg42@case.edu

  • Nathan Stout

    Nathan Stout, PhD

    Clinical Ethicist, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: nathan.stout@uhhospitals.org


Senior Research Associates

  • Leah Jeunnette

    Leah Jeunnette, PhD

    Associate Director of Education, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Department of Bioethics
    Director, MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities Program, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Senior Research Associate 2, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Adjunct Instructor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: lsj11@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5377

  • Marcie Lambrix

    Marcie Lambrix, MA

    Senior Research Associate, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Adjunct Instructor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Bioethics Research Supervisor, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System
    Clinical Ethicist, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth System

    Email: Marcie.lambrix@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.1263

  • Roselle Ponsaran

    Roselle Ponsaran, MA

    Senior Research Associate, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Assistant Research Director, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
    Assistant Director, Department of Bioethics, Bioethics Center for Community Health ANd Genomic Equity (CHANGE), School of Medicine
    Adjunct Instructor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine

    Email: roselle.ponsaran@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4612


Research Associates


Staff