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Medical Humanities Community : USA : Pennsylvania

  • Independent Arts Consultant:

    • Mara Zepeda (Visual Arts and Humanities in Medicine)
      2403 Catharine Street
      Philadelphia, PA 19146
      (617) 459-5617; FAX: (866) 759-6899
      mz@marazepeda.com

  • Independent Scholars:

    • Judy Schaefer, R.N.C., M.A. (Literature and Nursing, Poetry and Nursing)
      P.O. BOX 90153
      Harrisburg, PA 17109
      Tel. (717) 651-0519
      jschaefer@mindspring.com
      http://www.judyschaefer.biz

    • Rhonda Soricelli, M.D. (Medicine and the Arts, Literature and Medicine)
      310 Crum Creek Road
      Media, PA 19063
      (610) 892-7942
      RLSoricelli@comcast.net
      [Elective courses, Drexel University College of Medicine: Experience of Illness; Family Caregiving; Alzheimer's Disease; Physician in Art & Literature; Death and Dying; Gender Issues in Patient-Physician Relationships; Experience of Dissection]

  • College Misericordia

    • Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz, Ph.D. (History, Medical History)
      Department of History
      College Misericordia
      Dallas, PA 18612
      (570) 674-6405
      mpuskar@misericordia.edu

  • The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
    http://www.collphyphil.org

    • Jack Truten, RN, Ph.D. (Medicine and the Arts, Literature and Medicine, Narrative Medicine, Ethics and Professionalism)
      Chair, Section on Medicine and the Arts
      717 Moore Avenue
      Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
      (610) 581-0112
      trutenj@comcast.net

  • Drexel University

    • Janet Fleetwood, Ph.D.
      Chief, Division of Medical Humanities
      Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
      Drexel University College of Medicine
      2900 Queen Lane
      Philadelphia, PA 19129-1096
      (215) 991-8468; FAX: (215)843-6028
      janet.fleetwood@drexelmed.edu
      [Required: Bioethics (Yr 1,2); Humanities Electives]

    • David H. Flood, Ph.D. (Literature and Medicine, Medicine and the Arts)
      Drexel University, Hahnemann Center City Campus
      1505 Race Street, Mail Stop 503
      Philadelphia, PA 19102
      (215)762-3699
      david.flood@drexel.edu

    • Constance Perry, Ph.D ((Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Philosophy)
      Health and Society Programs
      College of Nursing and Health Professions Drexel University
      1505 Race Street, Mail Stop 1030
      Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192
      (215) 762-7857
      constance.perry@drexel.edu
      http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cp28/(includes course syllabi)
      [Required: Introduction to Health care Ethics or Advanced Health Care Ethics (cardiovascular perfusion students, BSN students);Ethics in Animal Care & Research (Master's in Laboratory Animal Sciences Students); Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care (MSN Students)
      Elective: Introduction to Health care Ethics, Advanced Health Care Ethics, Health Technology and Ethical Responsibility, Public Health Ethics, The Ethics of Human Enhancement, Ethics in Health Care Research, Ethical Issues in Reproduction] Values and the Health Professions (upper level), Social Philosophy, Intro to Philosophy, Context of Democracy, Critical Thinking, Philosophical Reflections on Human Nature, Women and the Health Professions (undergraduates), Ethics and Health Care (graduate)]

  • Lafayette College

    • Lisa DeTora., Ph.D. (Medical/scientific Representations)
      Asst Director of the College Writing Program
      Department of English
      College Avenue
      Easton, PA 18042
      (732) 668 5136
      detoral@lafayette.edu

    • Stephen E. Lammers, Ph.D. (Medical Ethics, Technology and Society)
      Coordinator, Healthcare and Society Minor
      Department of Religious Studies
      (610) 330-5180; FAX: (610) 330-5585
      lammerss@lafayette.edu

    • Thomas Yuster, Ph.D. (Science, Medicine, and Society)
      Coordinator, Values and Science/Technology (VAST) Program
      Department of Mathematics
      (610) 330-5278
      yustert@lafayette.edu
      VASTsite includes course syllabi

  • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park

    • Michael Bérubé, Ph.D. (DIsability Studies)
      Co-Director, The Rock Ethics Institute Disability Studies Program
      230 Burrowes Building
      University Park, PA 16802
      814-863-5742
      mfb12@psu.edu
      http://english.la.psu.edu/facultystaff/Bio_berube.htm

    • Susan Squier, Ph.D.(Medical Humanities)
      Departments of Women's Studies, English, and Science, Technology and Society
      PSU University Park
      University Park, PA 16802
      (814)863-7285
      sxs62@psu.edu

  • Robert Morris University

    • Sylvia A. Pamboukian, Ph.D. (Literature and Medicine, Cultural Studies, Victorian Studies)
      Department of Communication and English Studies
      6001 University Blvd.
      Moon Township, PA 15108-1189
      (412) 262-8200
      Pamboukian@rmu.edu

  • University of Pennsylvania

    • Carol Schilling, Ph.D. (Representational Practices, Literature and Science, Illness Narrative, Narrative Ethics)
      Visiting Scholar, Center for Bioethics
      (also Haverford College, Writing Program)
      3401 Market Street, Suite 320
      Philadelphia, PA 19104-3319
      (215) 898 -7136
      caschill@sas.upenn.edu
      [Literature, Medicine,and Ethics; Medical Humanities; Literature and Science]

  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

    • Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D. (Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Medicine)
      Director, Center for Bioethics
      University of Pennsylvania Health System
      3401 Market Street Suite 320
      Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308
      (215) 898-7136; FAX: (215) 573-3035
      caplan@mail.med.upenn.edu
      [Required: Medical Ethics (Yrs 1, 2), Clinical Ethics (Yrs 3,4); Elective: (Yr 4); M.A. program in Bioethics

  • University of Pittsburgh

    • Alan Meisel, J.D. (Bioethics, Law and Medicine)
      Director, Center for Bioethics and Health Law
      University of Pittsburgh
      3900 Fifth Avenue
      Pittsburgh, PA 15260
      (412) 648-7120; FAX: (412) 648-2648
      meisel@pitt.edu
      [Masters Degree in Bioethics; Joint Masters in Bioethics and PhD in Philosophy; Joint Masters in Bioethics and PhD in History and Philosophy of Science; Joint Masters in Bioethics and Medicine; Joint Masters in Bioethics and Law; Fourth Year Elective in Medical Ethics in School of Medicine]

    • Robert Arnold, M.D.(Medical Ethics)
      Center for Bioethics and Health Law
      Department of Medicine
      University of Pittsburgh
      Montefiore University hospital
      200 Lothrop St, Suite 9 West
      Pittsburgh, PA 15213
      (412) 692-4888; FAX: (412) 383-8939
      bma@med.pitt.edu

    • Carey D. Balaban, Ph.D. ( Intellectual History of Neuroscience, Intellectual History of Medicine, Ancient Medicine)
      Director, Center for National Preparedness
      Mail to: 107 Eye & Ear Institute
      203 Lothrop Street
      Pittsburgh, PA 15213
      (412) 647-2298; FAX: (412) 647-0108
      cbalaban@pitt.edu
      [Intellectual History of Biomedical Sciences 1 and 2 (Honors College); History of Medicine and Health Care; Intellectual History of Neuroscience (Graduate course)]

    • David Barnard (Medical Humanities)
      Center for Bioethics and Health Law
      University of Pittsburgh
      3708 Fifth Avenue, Suite 300
      Pittsburgh, PA 15213
      (412)-647-5701 or (412)-647-5832

    • Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D. (History of Medicine)
      200 Scaife Hall
      University of Pittsburgh
      Pittsburgh, PA 15261
      (412) 648-8927; FAX: (412) 648-9020
      erlen@pitt.edu
      [Elective for undergraduate and graduate students; Yr 4 elective, School of Medicine]
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