CSMC Ethics Committee
The Role of Bioethics Committees
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center's Bioethics Committee is a standing committee of the Cedar-Sinai Medical Staff. Its membership, however, is multidisciplinary, drawing individuals from all elements of healthcare services within the medical center, including, but not limited to, representatives from the faculty and voluntary medical staffs, nursing services, social services, administration, chaplaincy, various ancillary care staffs, and faculty of the Center for Healthcare Ethics. In addition, the committee includes representatives from the lay public.
The function of the Bioethics Committee is to advise on matters consistent with the Medical Center's Administrative Policy and Procedures Manuel listed in Article XIX of the Rules & Regulations Regulation Specific duties of the Committee include:
- Advise in the formulation of Medical Staff Rules and Regulation and Policy & Procedures documents pertaining to ethical considerations within the Medical Center.
- Provide a forum for discussion of ethical considerations associated with the Medical Center's clinical, educational, and research mission
- Foster awareness of ethical issues and concerns within the Medical Center by assisting in the creation and implementation of educational and informational programs and activities.
In special instances, the Bioethics Committee may serve as a resource for the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service, which is the clinical service arm of the Center for Healthcare Ethics.
The Bioethics Committee is led by a Chairman who is appointed in accordance to Medical Staff Rules and Regulation. The Director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics serves as the committee's Co-Chair.
Current Officers
| IRVING S. LEBOVICS, DDS Co-Director Division of Dentistry-Department of Surgery | STUART G. FINDER, PhD Director Center for Healthcare Ethics |
Current Members
Administration:
David Blake, PhD, JD, Chief Compliance Officer
Johanna Klohn, Esq., Risk Management
Ancillary Care Staff:
Catherine "Kate" Jonas, LMFT, BCETS, SEASONS GIOP
The Center for Healthcare Ethics:
Kenneth Leeds, MD, Associate Director
Leon Morgenstern, MD, Senior Advisor
Community:
Caron Broidy
Tom Weinberger
Medical Staff:
Victor Amira, MD, Family Practice
Soledad Austin, MD, Neonatology
Parag Bharadwaj, MD, Palliative Care
Jason Cohen, MD, Surgical Oncology, Cancer Center
Harvey Crystal, MD, Gastroenterology
Alice Dick, MD, General Internal Medicine
Rena Falk, MD, Pediatrics-Medical Genetics
Andrew Freedman, MD,Director, Pediatric Urology, Endourology Institute
Pamela Fenton, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Daniel J. Fink, MD, General Internal Medicine
Ramin Gabbai, MD, Nephrology
Joel Geiderman, MD, Co-Director, Emergency Medicine
Howard S. Goldberg, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Peter B. Gruenberg, MD, Psychiatry & Psychoanalysis
Carol H. Hurvitz, MD, Pediatrics
Carole Jordan-Harris, MD, MS, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Larry Maldonado, MD, General Internal Medicine
Adam Mamelak, MD, Neurosurgical Institute
Cynthia Mathis, MD, Post Acute Services
Zab Mosenifar, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Jeffrey Pomerance, MD, MPH
Michael Soffer, MD, Internal/Pulmonologist
Robert Taub, MD, Palliative Care
Michael Van Scoy-Mosher, MD, Hematology/Oncology
Nursing:
Harmik Abrahamian, RN, CNIV, CNOR, OR/Anes.
Linda Gorman, RN, Palliative Care/Hospice
Rita Hand, GNP, Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care
Janet Kimble, CCRN, Pediatrics Pulmonary
Ellen Mack, RNC
Yuri Ogawa, MSN, RN, Patient Relations
Joanne Pileggi, MSN, RN Service Line Manager, Patient Care Services / Nursing Resources
Anne Rosenblatt, MSN, RN
Naomi Tashman, RN
Pastoral Care:
Father Lester Avestruz
Denise LaChance, M.Div.
