Secondary faculty appointments are for faculty who actively participate and contribute to the center's core areas. This active involvement over a sustained period of time can be in our Clinical Ethics Program, Health Policy Program, teaching activities, or research projects. Secondary faculty members also participate in center activities such as journal clubs and faculty retreats.
The complete listing of secondary faculty appointments is listed below:
Stacey L. Berg, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology
Research Interests: Pharmacology; new drug development; hospice and palliative care; clinical trial design; biomedical ethics; the incorporation of palliative care principles into pediatric oncology practice
Mary Brandt, M.D., MDiv
Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine; Attending Surgeon, Pediatric Surgery Service, Texas Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Identifying and correcting systemic issues in medicine and the importance of meaning to heal those who heal others
Ursula Braun, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine - Geriatrics
Research Interests: Improving quality of end-of-life care; surrogate decision-making; racial and ethnic disparities in end-of-life care; dementia
Robert James Carpenter Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Clinical management of diabetic and hypertensive patients; ongoing evaluation of prenatal diagnosis methods
Ryan Coleman, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests: Pediatric ECMO; Severe pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure; Pediatric bioethics
John H. Coverdale, M.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Medical education; ethics and professionalism; media depictions; human trafficking; the interface of obstetrics, gynecology, and psychiatry
Katherine Erdman, M.P.A.S., PA-C
Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Program
Research Interests: Ethics education; PA education; clinical care
Carl Emil Fasser, B.A., P.A.
Professor, Physician Assistant Program
Research Interests: Professionalism; shared decision making; professional identify formation
Joslyn W. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine - General Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital
Research Interests: Women's health; intimate partner violence and sexual assault; medical education
Joan A. Friedland, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine - General Medicine, V.A. Medicine Center
Research Interests: Education regarding professional behavior; medical error; burnout
Ellen M. Friedman, , M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P
Director, Office of the Provost, Center for Professionalism
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Research Interests: Professionalism, Quality and Safety
Ernest D. Frugé, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology
Research Interests: Educational and organizational strategies; reflective practice; effective communication; cultural competence; teamwork
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Newborn
Research Interests: Safety and quality improvement in the many clinical management processes in the neonatal ICU; fluid management of neonatal ECMO patients
Anne C. Gill, Dr.P.H., M.S., R.N.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Academic General
Research Interests: Interprofessional training; medical education; professionalism
Harvey L. Gordon, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Department of Urology
Research Interests: Jewish bioethics; end-of-life issues
Alison Haddock, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health for ED patients; representation of women in depictions of physicians; member of Harris Health Ethics Committee
Joseph Shimon Kass, M.D., J.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
Research Interests: Behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry; neuro-HIV; neurohospitalism; vascular neurology; medical education; Alzheimer’s disease
Curtis Edward Kennedy, M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Critical Care
Research Interests: Decision support; prediction modeling; healthcare analytics; quality improvement; patient safety
Larry E. Laufman, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine - General Medicine
Research Interests: Pulmonary medicine; intensive care; pulmonary complications of neuromuscular diseases
Laura L. Loftis, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Critical Care
Research Interests: Decision making, particularly within the critical care unit; ethics education
Michelle Ann Lopez, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Hospital Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Inpatient resource utilization; patient communication; cultural competency; health disparities; social determinants of health
David Mann, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Research Interests: Fetal therapy; organ transplant; informed consent
Mona L. McPherson, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Critical Care
Research Interests: Technology dependent children; transport medicine; end of life decision making
Ricardo Ernesto Nuila, M.D., B.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine - General Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital
Research Interests: Health disparities; patient-physician communication; narrative medicine
Frank Xavier Placencia, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Newborn
Research Interests: Parental decision-making at the end-of-life in the NICU; the Best Interests Standard
Susan Patricia Raine, M.D., J.D., L.L.M.
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Medical education; faculty development; global health; general obstetrics and gynecology; uterine leiomyomata; minimally invasive surgery, including robotics and in-office surgery
Jean Leclerc Raphael, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Academic General
Research Interests: Health disparities; minority health policy; patient-centered medical homes
John R. Rodgers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology
Research Interests: Theory and practice of mentoring; scientist development; under-represented groups; praxis and theory of ethics relating to problems of mentoring, scientist development, and science as a problem-seeking and problem-solving enterprise
Heidi Voelker Russell, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Hema & Oncology
Research Interests: Behavioral economics; economic analysis; the growth of health care
James William Scheurich, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine - General Medicine, V.A. Medical Center
Research Interests: Ethics; resident physician education; quality of patient care/patient safety
Michael E. Speer, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Newborn
Research Interests: Infectious disease of the newborn; measurement of quality of care
C. Patrick Turley, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate General Counsel
Research Interests: Intellectual property
Simon Whitney, M.D., J.D.
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine - Research Program
Research Interests: Regulation of research
