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.
| IRVING S. LEBOVICS, DDS Co-Director Division of Dentistry-Department of Surgery | STUART G. FINDER, PhD Director Center for Healthcare Ethics |
Administration:
David Blake, PhD, JD, Chief Compliance Officer
Johanna Klohn, Esq., Risk Management
Sharon Mass, Ph.D./LCSW, Director, Case Management
Ancillary Care Staff:
Catherine "Kate" Jonas, LMFT, BCETS, SEASONS GIOP
Yuri Ogawa, RN, MSN, Patient Relations & Gerontologist
Carol Thaler, Sr Respiratory Therapist/Pulmonary
The Center for Healthcare Ethics:
Kenneth Leeds, MD
Leon Morgenstern, MD
Community:
Caron Broidy
Debra L. Greenfield
Tom Weinberger
Medical Staff:
David E. Aftergood, MD, Endocrinology
Victor Amira, MD, Family Practice
Soledad Austin, MD, Neonatology
Parag Bharadwaj, MD, Palliative Care
Michael Bush, MD, Endocrinology
Harvey Crystal, MD, Gastroenterology
Alan D. Dauer, MD, Internal Medicine / Nephrology
Alice Dick, MD, General Internal Medicine
Rena Falk, MD, Pediatrics-Medical Genetics
Pamela Fenton, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Daniel J. Fink, MD, General Internal Medicine
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
Keith Kimble, MD, Anesthesiology/Pediatrics
Larry Maldonado, MD, General Internal Medicine (Critical Care)
Zab Mosenifar, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Jeffrey Pomerance, MD, MPH (retired, Neonatology)
Michael Van Scoy-Mosher, MD, Hematology/Oncology
Robert Taub, MD, Palliative Care
Reed S. Wilson, MD, Cardiology
Nursing (Clinical):
Donna Bias, RN, Telemedicine & International Health
Rita Hand, RN, Palliative Care
Keith Hoshal, RN, Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Janet Kimble, CCRN, Pediatrics Pulmonary
Nursing (Administration/Education/Management):
Ellen Mack, RNC, MN, Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, NICU
Linda Gorman, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care
Marie "Bernie" Mendiondo, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Service Line Manager CICU
Laurie Paletz, RN, Program Coordinator, Stroke & M.S.
Anne Rosenblatt, RN, MSN, Nurse Manager, Acute Dialysis 4 SE & 4 SW
Les Sampson, RN, MSN, Director, Critical Care Services
Marilyn Shirk, RN, MN, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Pastoral Care:
Father Lester Avestruz
Denise LaChance, M.Div.
