Ryan Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM
- Hagop S. Mekhjian, MD, Chair in Medical Ethics and Professionalism
Director, Center for Bioethics
Director and Associate Professor with Tenure, Division of Bioethics
The Center for Bioethics serves as a forum for collaborative research, education, and clinical consultation. Our members have deep and varied expertise in multiple disciplines and areas, including law, policy, medicine, religion, public and global health, medical humanities, research, and philosophy.
To request one of our members as a speaker or to inquire about future collaborations, please complete our form below or email bioethics@osumc.edu.
Division of Bioethics
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD
- Associate Director, Center of Bioethics
Director, Professionalism Competency
Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Martin Fitzgerald, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Abraham Graber, PhD
- Associate Professor, Division of Bioethics
Assistant Director, Bioethics Undergraduate Minor
Dana Howard, PhD
- Director, Bioethics Undergraduate Programs
Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
CARE Coordinator, Center for Ethics and Human Values
Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP
- Director, Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service
Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Naomi Scheinerman, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Faculty profile
Nicole Shirilla, MD, MA, MEd
- Director, Clinical Bioethics Fellowship
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics and Palliative Medicine
Courtney Thiele, JD, MA
- Director, Bioethics Graduate Programs
Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Biomedical Education & Anatomy
Shameka Poetry Thomas, PhD
- Instructor, Division of Bioethics
Provost's Fellow in Bioethics, Race, and Health Equity
Matthew Vest, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Assistant Director of Education Programs
Center for Bioethics Affiliated Faculty
Jordan Brown, MA, MS, LGC
- Assistant Professor, Division of Human Genetics
Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Associate Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
Janet Childerhose, PhD
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Alan Litsky, MD, ScD
- Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Orthopaedic BioMaterials Laboratory
E. Haavi Morreim, PhD, JD
- Lecturer, Division of Bioethics
Professor, Department of Human Values and Ethics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee
Karen O. Moss, PhD, RN, CNL, FNAP
- Assistant Professor
Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar
Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, College of Nursing
Dónal O’Mathúna, B.Sc.(Pharm), MA, PhD
- Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Associate Director of Research, Center for Bioethics
Efthimios Parasidis, JD, MBE
- Professor of Law and Public Health
Eric Singer, MD, MA, FACP, FASCO
- Division Chief, Urologic Oncology
Professor of Urology and Bioethics
Dawne Stefanik, DDS, MA
- Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry
Sheria Wilson, MD, MA
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, OSU College of Medicine
Attending Neonatologist, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD
- Dean, College of Optometry
Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, MBA, RHIA, CTR, CPHQ, CCS, FAHIMA
- Director and Associate Professor
Health Information Management & Systems Division
School of Health and Rehabilitation Science
Administrative Staff
Kelly Bolt
- Executive Assistant
Amanda Goff
- Division Administrator, Biomedical Education and Anatomy
Susan Potter, MA, MA
- Program Manager for Education
Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service
Edmund Folefac, MB/CHB
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology
Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP
- Director, Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service
Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Ryan Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM
- Hagop S. Mekhjian, MD, Chair in Medical Ethics and Professionalism
Director, Center for Bioethics
Director and Associate Professor with Tenure, Division of Bioethics
Nicole Shirilla, MD, MA, MEd
- Director, Clinical Bioethics Fellowship
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics and Palliative Medicine
Eric Singer, MD, MA, FACP, FASCO
- Division Chief, Urologic Oncology
Professor of Urology and Bioethics