People
Faculty
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Jeffrey P. Brosco., M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Pediatrics Program
Dr. Brosco, a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, completed an M.D. as well as a Ph.D. in the history of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as chief resident after training in pediatrics at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, and he is board-certified in Pediatrics and in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics.
He completed his tenure as a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Faculty Scholar in 2003,…
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Donald M. Buckner, M.D.
Director, Residency Education Program
Dr. Buckner spent 33 years as a pediatric surgeon at the University of Miami. Among his many interests were and remain the ethical issues surrounding impaired newborns. This interest was spurred and supported by weekly rounds with an ethicist over several years during the early part of his career.
The interest never waned and as he has absented himself from clinical practice and surgery he has increased his commitment to the teaching of ethical concepts and professional behavior…
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Anita Cava, J.D.
Director, Business Ethics Program; Co-Director, UM Ethics Programs
Anita Cava is Professor of Business Law in the UM School of Business. Professor Cava’s research interests are the legal and ethical aspects of health administration as well as corporate/community engagement and business ethics. As part of the Legal, Ethical and Social Implications (ELSI) Workgroup at UM, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Project Health Design, she addressed conundrums being generated by electronic health information. Her article, Health Privacy…
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Reid Cushman, Ph.D.
Director, RCR Program; Co-Director, Research Ethics Consultation Service
Reid Cushman directs the UM training program in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). With Robin Fiore, he co-directs the Research Ethics Consultation Service. He is a consultant to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program at the University of Miami.
Dr. Cushman received his training in economics, political science and public policy at the University of Virginia. Prior to coming to UM, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation postdoctoral…
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Raul de Velasco, M.D., FACP
Director, Clinical Ethics Program
Dr. de Velasco, Voluntary Associate Professor of Medicine, received his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. After his medical internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital he joined the Indian Division of the Public Health Service where he served as a medical officer in the Zuni and Navajo reservations for two years. Returning to Miami, he completed his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at the Jackson Memorial/Veterans Administrations programs with…
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Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D.
Director, Special Ethics Initiatives; Co-Director, Research Ethics Consultation Service
Dr. Robin Fiore joined the University of Miami Ethics Programs in 2010. Formerly, she was Adelaide R. Snyder Professor of Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. While at FAU, she served as Senior Assistant Vice President for Research Ethics (2006-2008) and as Special Assistant to the Dean of Arts and Letters for Ethics Initiatives (2004-2008) and as Director of FAU’s Ethics, Law & Society Certificate Program and the Environmental…
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Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., FACMI
Director, Bioethics Program; Co-Director, UM Ethics Programs
Kenneth W. Goodman is founder and director of the University of Miami Bioethics Program and its Pan American Bioethics Initiative and co-director of the university’s Ethics Programs, including its Business Ethics Program. The Ethics Programs have been designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Ethics and Global Health Policy, one of six in the world.
Dr. Goodman is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami with appointments in the Department of Philosophy,…
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Sergio Litewka, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, International Program
Dr. Sergio Litewka, M.D., M.P.H., is Director of International Operations for the UM Ethics Programs.
A faculty member in the UM Department of Surgery, he is project director for the Pan American Bioethics Initiative (PABI), a project funded by an NIH-Fogarty International Center grant. During the course of the PABI grant, Dr. Litewka received an honorary appointment in the Department… -
Mervin Needell, M.D., MA
Medical Director Emeritus
Mervin Needell, M.D., M.A. now holds emeritus faculty status in U.M.‘s Bioethics Program. From 1991-2001, he served as Medical Director and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. From 1991-2000 he also taught bioethics at Barry University and at Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Needell received his M.D. from Hahnemann (now Drexel) University School of Medicine, completed a residency in urology at the University of Buffalo, and practiced his specialty…
In Memoriam
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J. Phillip Pennell
J. Phillip Pennell, 68, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Medical Director at the University of Miami Dialysis unit, died September 27th, 2007, at home in Coconut Grove.
Dr. Pennell, while caring for dialysis patients, was a medical educator and researcher. Teaching was his passion and medical ethics his focus.
He was a leader in introducing ethics into medical school curricula in Florida. He created and directed UM Medical School’s former Health and Human Values Program.… -
Julienne Prineas
April 16, 1939 - January 30, 2010
Dr. Julienne Prineas, a longstanding friend of and collaborator with the UM Ethics Programs, has died in Winston-Salem, NC.
Dr. Prineas was the elder daughter of Mr. Winsleigh Swynny and Gladys (June) Swynny (nee Johns). She is survived by her beloved sister, Yolande Oakley of Malacoota, Australia; a brother, Phillip Swynny of Sydney, Australia; her husband of 49 years, Dr. Ronald Prineas, Professor Emeritus at Wake Forest University School of Medicine…
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Bruce J. Winick
Bruce J. Winick was a Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The co-founder of the school of social enquiry known as therapeutic jurisprudence, Winick was Director of the University of Miami School of Law Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center. He was the first the recipient of the Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professorship during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Winick authored, co-authored,…