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The Program in Medical Ethics & Human Values Faculty


David J. Doukas, MD
Executive Director, Master of Science in Bioethics & Medical Humanities
James A. Knight Chair of Humanities and Ethics in Medicine

Mary Brandt, MD

Mary L. Brandt, MD
Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Chayan Chakraborti

Chayan Chakraborti, MD, FACP, FHM
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Medical Education & Academic Affairs

Richard Culbertson, PhD

Richard Culbertson, PhD
Professor & Director, Health Policy & Systems Management, LSU, New Orleans
Adjunct Professor, Family & Community Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine

Mary Dell, MD, MTS, ThM, DMin

Mary L. Dell, MD, MTS,ThM, DMin
Medical Director, Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Instructor, Pediatrics, Tulane University

Edwin Dennard, MD, JD

Edwin W. Dennard, MD, JD
Chairman, Family & Community Medicine
Stephen Hanson, PhD

Stephen Hanson, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor


Valerie Holliday, PhD, MA
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Baton Rouge Community College
Adjunct Instructor

Elma LeDoux, MD

Elma I. LeDoux MD, FACP, FACC
Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs
Cathy Lazarus, MD

Cathy Lazarus, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Records & Professor of Medicine, LSUHSC
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine

Kathryn Montgomery, PhD

Kathryn Montgomery, PhD
Professor Emerita, Northwestern University

Tzofit Ofengenden, PhD
Benjamin Saxton

Benjamin T. Saxton, PhD
Adjunct Instructor

Nathan P. Stout, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
Clinical Ethicist, New Orleans VA Medical Center

John W. Thompson, MD

John W. Thompson, MD
Chair and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director of Forensic Neuropsychiatry

Karen Weissbecker, LMSW, PhD

Karen Weissbecker, LMSW, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Director of Graduate Studies