Faculty & Staff
Director
- Stephen G. Post, PhDProfessor and Center DirectorExpertise
History of Bioethics; Geriatrics; Dementia; Healthcare; Compassion and Altruism
Associate Director
- Maria A. Basile, MD, MBAClinical Assistant Professor and Center Associate DirectorExpertise
Human Values and Medicine; Literature and Medicine; Medical Professionalism; Medical Education; Leadership
Research & Teaching Faculty
- Michelle S. Ballan, PhDProfessor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Social WelfareProfessor, Department of Family, Population and Preventive MedicineExpertise
Bioethics and Disability Studies - Richard A. Bronson, MDProfessor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and PathologyExpertise
Reproductive Medicine; Poetry; Narrative in Medicine; Medical Education - Liam Butchart, MD, MAClinical InstructorExpertise
Medical Humanities, Bioethics, Narrative Medicine, Philosophy of science - John L. Coulehan, MD, MPH, FACPDirector EmeritusExpertise
Literature and Medicine, Empathy, Narrative, Clinical Ethics - Brooke Ellison, PhD, MPPAssociate ProfessorExpertise
Hope and Medical Ethics, Stem Cell Research, Sociology and Healthcare - Craig Malbon, PhD, MDiv, FAAAS, FRSMLeading Professor, School of MedicineDepartment of Pharmacology; Department of Family, Population & Preventive MedicineExpertise
Medical Ethics, Social Justice, End-of-Life Ethical Issues - Phyllis Migdal, MD, MAClinical Assistant ProfessorInstitutional Ethics CommitteeExpertise
Medical Ethics, Health Disparity, Implicit Bias - Brian Papszycki, MAClinical InstructorExpertise
LiveOnNY, Organ Donation and Transplantation - Adam Sepe, MA, MLS (ASCP)Clinical InstructorExpertise
- Caitlyn Tabor, JDClinical InstructorExpertise
Law and Medicine - Jeffrey Trilling, MDAssociate ProfessorExpertise
Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, Physician-Patient Relationship, Primary Care and Family Medicine - Michael Vetrano, PhDCourse Director, Medicine in Contemporary SocietyExpertise
Clinical Ethics and Decision Making, Doctor-Patient Communication, Spirituality and Health Care, Religion and Bioethics - Hsien-Yu Wang, MDiv, PhD, SOScResearch Assistant ProfessorExpertise
Medical Ethics, Social Justice
Administrative Staff
Compassion Research Committee
Krisha Mehta, MD
Founder of the Compassion Research Committee
Distinguished Visiting Scholar on Compassion Research and Practice
Distinguished Visiting Scholars
Jane M. Chun, PhD
Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Compassionate Communication
Program Director of Specialized Programs at the Compassion Institute
Vincent de Luise, MD
Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Medical Humanities, Art and Opthalmology
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University School Of Medicine
Matthew T. Lee, PhD
Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Health, Flourishing and Positive Psychology
Director of Empirical Research of the Human Flourishing Program at the Institute for
Quantitative Social Sceince at Harvard University
Senior Research Scientist in the Human Flourishing Program within the Institute for
Quantitative Social Science at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Sal Mangione, MD
Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Medical Humanities and History
Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Lester Paldy
Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Science, Research, and Ethics
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology and Department
of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University
Kevin Zacharoff, MD, FACIP, FACPE, FAAP
Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics
Faculty and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population and Preventive
Medicine
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University