Editorial Board

Mark Kuczewski, PhD, (Editor-in-Chief) is The Fr. Michael I. English, S.J., Professor of Medical Ethics and Chair of the Ralph P. Leischner, Jr., M.D., Department of Medical Education at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He also directs the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy

Therese Jones, PhD, is Associate Director at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities Director, Arts and Humanities in Healthcare Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

David C. Leach MD, was trained and practiced as an endocrinologist.  He served as the Executive Director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) from 1997 – 2007.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Mercy Health.

Janet Malek, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.  She also serves as the Director of the Houston Methodist System Biomedical Ethics Program.

Suzanne Minor, MD, FAAP, is the Director of Clinical Faculty Development, a family physician, and an Associate Professor at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Karen Spear-Ellinwood, PhD, JD, EdS, is Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director of Faculty Instructional Development at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and an education specialist in language and culture in education and bilingual education methodology.

Efrain Talamantes, MD, is an Associate Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the UC David School of Medicine.  He is an Internal Medicine physician and the co-founder of MiMentor.org, a national online mentoring community for aspiring healthcare professionals.

Hedy S. Wald, PhD is Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director, Resident Resilience & Wellbeing, Residency Programs in Child Neurology & Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Boston Children’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School.  She presents internationally on interactive reflective writing-enhanced reflection & promoting resilience and wellbeing in healthcare professions education and practice.

Shoshana B. Weiner, BS, is a fourth-year student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she conducts research in pediatric hematology-oncology.  She has written for Current Oncology, American Medical Student Research Journal, KevinMD, and The Doctor’s Tablet.