Faculty
Rosario Isasi, JD, MPH
Director, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy
Rosario Isasi is Director of the Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at the University of Miami and Associate Professor in the John T. Macdonald Department of Human Genetics at the Miller School of Medicine. She is affiliated with the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute and serves as Adjunct Professor at the UM School of Law. Read Full Bio »
Amanda Alladin, MD, MA, HEC-C
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Chair of the University of Miami/Holtz Children's Hospital Pediatric Bioethics Committee at Jackson Memorial Hospital; Vice Chair of Jackson Health System Adult Bioethics Committee
Amanda Alladin, MD, MA, HEC-C, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami and Chair of the University of Miami/Holtz Children’s Hospital Pediatric Bioethics Committee at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Jackson Health System Adult Bioethics Committee. Read Full Bio »
Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Population Health Ethics, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Brosco is a pediatrician and historian who teaches and practices general pediatrics and developmental-behavioral pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Read Full Bio »
Michael Huber, MD, MS, HEC-C
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine; Medical Director of Institute of Bioethics and Health Policy; Medical Director of Ambulatory Palliative Medicine
Michael Huber, MD, MS, HEC-C is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee at UHealth. Read Full Bio »
Alisha Kshetry, MD
Associate Medical Director of Palliative Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital; Associate Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Alisha Kshetry, MD, is Associate Medical Director of Palliative Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital and Associate Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Miami. She also serves as a clinical ethics consultant for Jackson Health System. Read Full Bio »
Sergio Litewka, MD, MPH
Director, Global Bioethics
Dr. Litewka completed his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires and his master’s in public health at the University of El Salvador, also in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a faculty member in the UM Department of Surgery and the director of global bioethics at the University of Miami Institute of Bioethics, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Ethics and Health Policies. Read Full Bio »
Faculty Affiliates
Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE
Director Emeritus, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy; Director Emeritus, UM Ethics Programs
Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE, is founder and director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy and director of the university’s Ethics Programs. The Institute has been designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Ethics and Global Health Policy, one of 13 in the world and the only one in the United States. Read Full Bio »
Thomas Champney, PhD
Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Thomas H. Champney earned his PhD in Biomedical Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1984. His research investigated the role of the pineal gland and its hormone melatonin on integrative physiology. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Delaware and then accepted a faculty position at Texas A&M University’s College of Medicine. Read Full Bio »
WayWay M. Hlaing, MBBS, MS, PhD, FACE
Professor, Educator; Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
WayWay M. Hlaing, MBBS, MS, PhD, FACE, is a Professor of Epidemiology in the division of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences in the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) at the Miller School of Medicine (MSOM) with appointment as a faculty affiliate in the Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy. Read Full Bio »
Douglas Houghton, DNP, APRN, ACNPC, CCRN, NEA-BC, FAANP
Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Advanced Practice Providers, UHealth System
Dr. Houghton is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Advanced Practice Providers for the UHealth system, where he has leadership of more than 600 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse anesthetists. He was a member of the Jackson Health System Ethics Service for close to 20 years prior to joining UHealth in 2023. Read Full Bio »
Cathy Lively, JD, D Bioethics
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Dr. Cathy Purvis Lively’s professional and educational background combines healthcare, law, and ethics. She has experience as a critical care nurse, case manager, program director, and as an attorney in family law and mediation. Read Full Bio »
Pasquale Patrizio, MD, MBE, HCLD, FACOG
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Chief, Division Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Pasquale Patrizio is a board-certified specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Andrology. He holds a Master in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania (2003). Read Full Bio »
Frances Rodriguez Ramos, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Frances Rodriguez Ramos, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami. She is an attending physician in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and practices primarily in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Read Full Bio »
Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, MD, EMBA, FAPA, FACHE
Physician Executive, Digital Strategist, Cyber-Ethics Architect Driving Trusted, Future-Ready Healthcare Ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes’s professional experience and expertise span a multitude of disciplines and sectors. An alumna of Columbia University, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Miami, Herbert Business School, she has leveraged her elite educational background to drive significant advancements in her field. Read Full Bio »
