Faculty
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 »
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Chair of the University of Miami/Holtz Children's Hospital Pediatric Bioethics Committee at Jackson Memorial Hospital
Dr. Alladin is an attending physician in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and practices primarily in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. She previously served as an attending physician in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics (2013). Pediatric Critical Care (2016), and Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2020). Read Full Bio »
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 »
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 / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Read Full Bio »
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 »
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) on Ethics and Health Policies. Read Full Bio »
Faculty Affiliates
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. Dr. Goodman is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami with appointments Read Full Bio »
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 investigating reproductive physiology and then accepted a faculty position at Texas A&M University’s College of Medicine. He spent 18 years at Texas A&M Read Full Bio »
Health Policy Advocate (Retired)
Dr. Ann-Lynn Denker is a nurse educator, researcher, nursing consultant and health policy expert. Dr. Denker has extensive experience in clinical practice, education and research including roles of pediatric clinical nurse specialist, director of research, (IRB) human subjects, privacy and clinical electronic systems. She currently teaches graduate students at the Barry University School of Nursing. She has served as the director of the Florida Action Coalition (Future of Nursing) statewide Read Full Bio »
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. Dr. Hlaing is an educator, researcher... Read Full Bio»
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 »
Vice President Research and Innovation, Ontario Tech University
Les Jacobs, PhD, FRSC, is the Vice-President, Research and Innovation at Ontario Tech University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), the highest honor for a Canadian academic researcher, appointed in 2017 in recognition of being one of the world's leading experts on innovative large scale projects on human rights, equality and access to justice involving data science... Read Full Bio»
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Dr. Cathy Purvis Lively’s professional and educational background combines healthcare, law, and ethics. In healthcare she has experience as a critical care nurse in adult and neonatal intensive care, case management, and as a program director. As an attorney her practice has been in family law and mediation. She is a member of bar committees, including the Florida Bar Journal/News Editorial Board... Read Full Bio»
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). He is currently Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Chief, Division Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Miami, Miller School of Read Full Bio »
Psychiatrist, ethicist, author, corporate leader and digital health expert
Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatry Association. She has a longstanding interest in bioethics. She holds bioethics certifications from Harvard University and the National Institute f Health, is an Advisory Partner at Virtue Consultants, Read Full Bio»
