Faculty and Staff

The Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, led by Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD, Director, and Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, Director of Education, is the first bioethics center in the country to focus on pediatric issues and serves as a national resource for addressing the complex bioethical issues affecting families, healthcare institutions and society.

Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioethics and Humanities
Director, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics

Dr. Benjamin S. Wilfond is director of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics. He is co-director of the Regulatory Support and Bioethics Core for the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and coordinates the ITHS Research Bioethics Consult Service. He conducts research on ethical and policy issues related to genetic testing, genetic research and pediatrics research. He has recently worked on issues related to newborn screening, disclosure of genetic research results pediatric biobanks and children with disabilities. He is the president of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors and the chair of the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation Working Group of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program.

Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics

Dr. Douglas S. Diekema is director of education at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics. He is past chair of the Committee on Bioethics of the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves on the Ethics Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics. His research interests include pediatric bioethics and pediatric wilderness medicine.

In 2011, Dr. Diekema authored Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Textbook. The book fills a gap in bioethics literature by providing a comprehensive introduction to the ethical issues that arise in pediatric practice.

Core Faculty

• Ross Hays, MD  
• Maureen Kelley, PhD  
• Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH  
• Holly K. Tabor, PhD  
• David E. Woodrum, MD  

Affiliate Faculty

• Jonna Derbenwick Clark, MD, MA 
• Denise Dudzinski, PhD, MTS 
• Douglass Jackson, DMD, MS, PhD
• Mithya Lewis-Newby, MD 
• Paul C. Mann, MD 
• Anna Mastroianni, JD, MPH 
• Abby Rosenberg, MD 
• Helene Starks, PhD, MPH 

Fellows

• Jennifer Kett, MD
• Jessica Turnbull, MD
• Aaron Wightman, MD

Research Staff

• Tracy Brazg, MSW, MPH
• Julia Crouch, MPH
• Ellen Kuwana, MS
• Victoria Nguyen, BS

Administration

• Kathy Fennell, RN, MPH, MBA, Manager
• Kate Landry, Senior Administrative Assistant