Academic and Administrative Appointments
Chair of the Medical Humanities Interest Group
Education
BA, Brandeis University
MA, Tufts University
PhD, The Graduate Center-The City University of New York
Scholarly Interests
Health care ethics: procreative autonomy, end-stage care, patient rights
Philosophy of science: theoretical reasoning, nature of explanation, empiricism
Peer-Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters
"Antidepressants and the FDA’s Black-Box Warning: Determining a Rational Public Policy in the Absence of Sufficient Evidence," Virtual Mentor—American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, June 2012, vol 14(6): 483-488
"Providing Optimal Care with Dirty Hands, "The American Journal of Bioethics, 2010, vol 10(2): pp. 16-17
"When Good Organs Go to Bad People," Bioethics, 2008, vol 22(2): pp. 77-83
"Farewell to Empiricism," Images of Empiricism: Essay on Science and Stances, with a Reply from Bas van Fraassen, edited by Brad Monton, Oxford University Press, 2007: pp. 319-334
"Ectogenesis and the Limits of Medicine," Ectogenesis: The Artificial Womb and the Future of Human Reproduction, edited by Scott Gelfand and John Shook, Rodopi Press, 2006: pp. 139-147
"Anthropic Reasoning Does Not Conflict with Observation," (with Brad Monton) Analysis, January 2005: pp. 42-45
"Explaining Human Actions Epistemically," The Explanation of Human Interpretation, edited by João Sàágua, Edições Colibri, 2005: pp. 327-334
Personal Interests
Photography
Art
Traveling