Medical Humanities Community : USA : New Jersey

• Independent Scholars:
  • Victoria Brancoveanu, J.D. (Bioethics [end of life decision-making, human experimentation])
    43 St. Andrews Blvd, Apt C
    Clifton, NJ 07012
    (347) 453-2734
    Victoria1111@msn.com

  • David M. Price, M.Div., Ph.D.
    Clinical Ethicist
    Bayshore Community Hospital Holmdel N.J., and Palisades Medical Center, N Bergen N.J.
    234 Walnut St.
    Livingston N.J. 07039
    (973) 464-0986
    davidprice234@aol.com

• Drew University Caspersen School of Graduate Studies
  • Medical Humanities Program
    [The Medical Humanities program is offered on the Certificate, Masters and Doctorate levels.]

  • Phyllis S. DeJesse, D.M.H., R.N.
    Assistant Director, Medical Humanities Program
    (973) 408-3264
    pdejesse@drew.edu

• Rutgers University
  • Ann Jurecic, Ph.D. (Literature and Medicine, Pedagogy, Writing Studies)
    Department of English
    Rutgers University
    Murray Hall, College Avenue Campus
    510 George Street
    New Brunswick, NJ
    (732) 932-7371
    ann.jurecic@rutgers.edu
    [Undergraduate elective courses in literature and writing: Science, Medicine, and Society; Literature and Medicine; Narratives of Illness]

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -
  New Jersey Medical School
  • The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine
    Dorian J. Wilson, M.D., Director
    185 South Orange Avenue, MSB-C698
    Newark, NJ 07101-1709
    Program Administrator: Tanya Norment
    (973) 972-5041; FAX: (973) 972-0946
    normentm@umdnj.edu
    humanism@umdnj.edu

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -
  Robert Wood Johnson Medical School:
  • Carol A. Terregino, M.D. (Medical Education)
    Director, Clinical Skills Center
    Co-course Director, Patient Centered Medicine
    Associate Dean for Admissions
    UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    675 Hoes Lane
    Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635
    (732) 235-4577; FAX: (732) 235-5078
    terregca@umdnj.edu
    [Patient Centered Medicine incorporates previous courses of Medical Ethics and Medicine and the Law.]

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -
  School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Edmund L. Erde, Ph.D. (Medical Ethics, Medical Humanities)
    Academic Affairs, UMDNJ/SOM
    1 Medical Center Drive, Suite 210
    Stratford, NJ 08084-1350
    856-566-6246; FAX: 856-566-6341
    erdeel@umdnj.edu
    [Required: (a) Professionalism (16 hours including some history of medicine (Yr-1)
    (b) "Death and Dying" one day, eight-hour course (Yr 2)
    (c) "Pain Seminar" one and a half day 15 hour course (Yr 2)
    (d) Ethics classes woven into most third year rotations --geriatrics, pediatrics, ob/gyn, family medicine, psychiatry
    e) Each fourth year student must make a 30-45 minute presentation in humanities and social sciences in small groups throughout the year.]