Residential Faculty
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James J. Walter, Ph.D., is the Austin & Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics at Loyola Marymount University, and he is the Chairperson of The Bioethics Institute at LMU. He received his PhD from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and then he completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics at Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University of Chicago. Currently, he also serves weekly as a clinical bioethicist in the Intensive Care Unit and on the palliative care service at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, CA. |
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Nicholas J. Kockler, M.S., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University. He has experience working as an ethicist in Catholic health care where he provides service in clinical bioethics and organizational ethics. He holds a doctorate in Health Care Ethics from Duquesne University, a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Northwestern University, a Master of Arts in Health Care Ethics from Loyola University Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology also from Loyola University Chicago. |
Affiliate Faculty
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Richard W. Clark, M.D., M.A., is a Board Certified Otolaryngologist - Head & Neck surgeon in private practice and on the staff at Good Samaritan Hospital and St. Vincent Medical Center. He received his M.D. degree at UCLA and his residency training at L.A. County - USC. He is Chairman of the Bioethics Committee at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Los Angeles, and serves on the L.A. County Medical Association - L.A. County Bar Association Joint Committee on Bioethics. He earned his MA in Bioethics at LMU in 2007. |
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Miriam P. Cotler, Ph.D., received an MSPH and Ph.D. from UCLA School of Public Health. She is Adjunct Professor in The Bioethics Institute at LMU and Professor Emeritus at CSUN where she served as Department Chair and directed the Center for Healthcare Ethics and Policy. She is consultant to ethics programs at several hospitals and the California Medical Association Ethics Advisory Council; a member of several editorial boards, the UNESCO steering committee for teaching medical ethics, and has served as Co-chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Bioethics Committee. Dr. Cotler has over 55 publications and has presented invited papers throughout the world |
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Leslie Jenal, J.D., M.A., is a graduate of Harvard University, USC Law School, and The Bioethics Institute at LMU. She has published in the legal area as well as on clinical ethics in critical care. In addition to teaching in The Bioethics Institute's MA Program, she teaches bioethics in the nursing program at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles and serves on the bioethics committees at Glendale Adventist Hospital and California Hospital in Los Angeles. |
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Jennifer M. Shaw, Ph.D. (cand.), is Director of Theology and Ethics for the St. Joseph Health System in Orange, CA. Previously she served as Regional Ethicist for Providence Health & Services in Southern California and taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Mount St. Mary's College. She is a Doctoral Candidate in Health Care Ethics at Duquesne University, and holds both a Master of Arts degree and Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from Loyola Marymount University.
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Graduate Support Staff
Karen Pavic-Zabinski, RN, MSN, MBA, MA., Graduate Program Administrator
MaryAnne Walter, Administrative Assistant
Alexis Morvant & Lucas Mather, M.A., Graduate Assistants
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