Graduates from the Saint Louis University Center for Health Care Ethics have an exceptional job placement rate. Nearly all of our SLU graduates seeking full-time work in an ethics-related field have actually discovered positions within months of graduation, and doctoral prospects are well-prepared for positionings in academic community.

Recent visits consist of academic, medical and business positions, such as:

- Tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy
- Tenure-track assistant teacher of health services
- Director of a university bioethics institute
- Clinical principles postdoctoral fellowships
- Vice president of ethics in health care systems
- Director of principles or mission in health care systems

Academia and Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran, M.D., Ph.D. (Grad '20).
Visiting assistant teacher at the Department of Philosophy at Villanova University

Emily Anderson, Ph.D. (Grad '07).
Assistant professor of bioethics at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Alec Arnold, Ph.D. (Grad '21).
Director of ministry development at Bon Secours Mercy Health

Lauren Baker, Ph.D.( Grad '22) Instructor of medicine and co-investigator for the Healthcare, Values, and the Spiritual Life Program at Washington University

Abram L. Brummett Ph.D. (Grad '19).
Clinical principles fellow of the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College

Kelly Dineen, R.N., J.D., Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Assistant professor and co-director of the Bander Center at the Albert Gnaegi Center for Healthcare Ethics

Martin Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (Grad '22) Assistant teacher at Ohio State University in the Division of Bioethics

Brandy Fox, Ph.D. (Grad '22).
Research fellow at Stanford Training Program in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics (CIRGE)

Annie Friedrich, Ph.D. (Grad '21).
Fellowship personnel scientist at Washington University Bioethics Research Center

Tyler Gibb, J.D., Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Assistant teacher at the University Western Michigan School of Medicine

Amanda Hine, Ph.D. (Grad '16).
Assistant professor at Regis University

Erika Ann Jeschke, Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Post-doctoral research study fellow at the Uniformed Services University of Health Services

Jaime Konerman-Sease, M.A. (Grad '22).
Clinical principles adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics

Kayla Kostelecky, J.D, Ph.D. (Grad '20).
Affiliate professors, Health Services Education at Regis University

D. Robert MacDougall, M.Div., Ph.D. (Grad '12).
Assistant teacher of philosophy in New york city City College of Technology at CUNY

Reverend Jarosław. L. Mikuczewski S.J, M.A., M.Sc., M.Div., Ph.D. (Grad '22).
Research Fellow at Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University

Jordan Mason, M.Div., HEC-C, Ph.D. (Grad '23) Assistant teacher of faith and bioethics at Belmont University

Ruaim Muaygil, MBBS, MBE, Ph.D. (Grad '18).
Healthcare ethics professors at King Saud University

Gina Noia, Ph.D. (Grad '18).
Assistant professor of faith at Ave Maria University

Benjamin Parks, Ph.D. (Grad '20).
Assistant teacher of religious research studies and medical ethics at Mercy College of Ohio

Kathryn Pham, Ph.D. (Grad '22) Director at EAB Global, Inc. in the Student Success department.

Andrew Plunk, MPH, Ph.D. (Grad '11).
Assistant professor of pediatric community health research study at Eastern Virginia Medical School

Erica Salter, Ph.D. (Grad '11).
Assistant professor and director of the Ph.D. program at the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics

Jerome Schmelzer, Ph.D. (Grad '09).
River University (NH) and West Essex

Devan Stahl, M.Div., Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Assistant professor at Michigan State University's Center for Ethics and Humanities in Life Sciences

Bradley Thornock, MPH, Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Assistant teacher at Saginaw Valley State University

Kevin Valadares, MHA, Ph.D. (Grad '03).
Chair of health administration and associate teacher at University of Southern Indiana

Rebecca Volpe, Ph.D. (Grad '11).
Assistant teacher of bioethics at the Hershey Medical Center

Kevin Voss, D.V.M., Ph.D. (Grad '12).
Associate teacher of viewpoint and director of the Concordia Center for Bioethics

Clinical Ethics and Medical Practice

Michelle Bach, Ph.D. (Grad '20).
M.D. student

Nathaniel Brown, M.D., Ph.D. (Grad '10).
Adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellow at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Jacquelyn Harootunian-Cutts (Ph.D. Candidate )Clinical Ethicist at Providence

Christine Gorka, Ph.D. (Grad '10).
Director of the Clinical Ethics Center at Memorial Medical Center

Barbara Hinze, Ph.D. (Grad '14).
Clinical ethicist at Memorial Medical Center

James Hynds, Ph.D. (Grad '05).
Senior clinical ethicist and fellowship director at UCLA Ethics Center, and checking out professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine

Elena Kraus, M.D., Ph.D. (Grad '13).
Resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Saint Louis University

Kyle Karches, M.D., Ph.D. (Grad '22).
Practicing Physician & Associate Professor Internal Medicine and Health Care Ethics

Jay R. Malone, M.D., Ph.D. (Grad '19).
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine & Section Leader for Ethics and Health Policy at Washington University.
Medical Director of Ethics at St. Louis Children's Hospital Services

Anji Wall, M.D., Ph.D. (Grad '09).
Clinical instructor of basic surgery and abdominal transplant at Stanford Children's Hospital

Healthcare Systems Ethics Executives

Rachelle Barina, MTS, Ph.D. (Grad '16).
System director of ethics and development at SSM Health

Elliott Bedford, M.A., Ph.D. (Grad '14).
Systems director of principles integration at St. Vincent Health

David Belde, Ph.D. (Grad '05).
Senior vice president of objective services at Bon Secours Richmond Health System

Amanda Berg, M.A. (Ph.D. Candidate )Director of Mission at Bon Secours Mercy Health

John Brehany, Ph.D. (Grad '03).
Director of institutional relations at the National Catholic Bioethics Center

Kirsten Dempsey, M.A. (Ph.D. Candidate )Manager of Mission Integration at SSM Health

Samuel Deter, M.A. (Ph.D. Candidate )System supervisor of Formation at SSM Health

Nathaniel Blanton Hibner, PhD (Grad '19).
Ethics director at the Catholic Health Association of the United States

Sarah Hill, Ph.D. (Grad '16).
Systems director for palliative care initiatives at Ascension Health

Ryan Holmes, Ph.D. (Grad '18).
Bioethicist in Program of Medicine and Human Values at Sutter Health

John Robert Becket Gremmels, Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Systems director of principles at Christus Health

Birgitta Sujdak Mackiewicz, Ph.D. (Grad '15).
Director of ethics at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Illinois

Daniel O'Brien, Ph.D. (Grad '00).
Senior vice president of principles, discernment and church relations at Ascension Health

Michael Panicola, Ph.D. (Grad '00).
Senior vice president of objective, legal and federal government affairs at SSM Health Care

Mark Repenshek, Ph.D. (Grad '05).
Senior director of ethics integration and education at Ascension Health

Alan Sanders, M.A., Ph.D. (Grad '08).
Vice president of ethics combination and strategy at Trinity Health

Sarah Sawicki, M.A. (Grad '23).
Ethicist at the UAB Hospital Clinical Ethics Program

Kristen Senetar, M.A., MSPH (Ph.D.
Candidate ). Director of Ethics at Mercy Oklahoma City

Kaitey Sheldon, M.A. (Ph.D.
Candidate). Ethicist at OSF Healthcare St. Francis Medical Center

John Paul Slosar, M.A., Ph.D. (Grad '03).
Vice president of ethics combination and education at Ascension Health

Ann Suziedelis, Ph.D. (Grad '04).
Vice president of spiritual care and ethics at Holy Cross Hospital

Private Practice (Bioethics Consulting)

Heather Danesh, Ph.D. (Grad '10).
Attorney at law and specialist

Craig Paterson, Ph.D. (Grad '10).
Director and specialist at BioEthics World

Jill Van Derven, Ph.D. (Grad '06).
Bioethics Consultants of Florida

Religious Orders and Clergy

Thomas Knoblach, Ph.D. (Grad '03).
Pastor for St. Cantius Church in the St. Cloud Diocese

Louise Lears, Ph.D. (Grad '01).
Teaching accessory for the Sisters of Charity (Ohio)

Research Oversight and Government Policy

Holly Bante, Ph.D., MPH (Grad '12).
Director of research affairs at the University of Cincinnati

Kathrine Bendtsen, M.A., Ph.D. (Grad '23) IRB Analyst at Saint Louis University

Aaliyah Eaves, J.D., Ph.D. (Grad '19).
Healthcare Resolutions Specialist for the U.S.