Hospital Ethics Committee Membership
Co-Chairs and Directors
Arlene Davis, JD
Co-Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee
Director, Clinical Ethics Service
Associate Professor, Social Medicine
Gary J. Gala, MD, FACS
Co-Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Psychiatry
Benny Joyner, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee
Associate Director, Clinical Ethics Service
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, and Social Medicine
Coordinators
Bex Forcier
Data and Service Coordinator
Members
Oscar Aylor, LFACHE
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public Health
Community Member
Ashley Benefield, MSW, LCSW
Social Worker, Beacon Program
Courtney Berry, MA, BSN, RN, OCN
Oncology Nurse Navigator, NC Cancer Hospital
Thomas Bice, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Amy Bryant, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lizzy Burch, MSW, LCSW
Social Worker, Obstetrics and Newborn Nursery
Jean Cadigan, PhD
Associate Professor, Social Medicine
Bruce Cairns, MD
Professor, Surgery
Cordelia Carter, MS
Patient Experience Advisor, Patient Relations
Carl Clark, MDiv, ACPE
Associate Director, Clinical Pastoral Education
Sarah Connolly, RN, BSN, CHPN
Patient Services Manager, Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing
Crista Creedle, RN, BSN, OCN
Nurse Manager, Inpatient Oncology/Hematology
Michelle Curl, RN, BSN, BA, CCTC
Pediatric Diabetes Coordinator, Pediatric Endocrinology
J. Stuart Harrell, MDiv, BCC, ACPE
Associate Director, Clinical Pastoral Education
Laura House, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Carol Hubbard, MSN, PNP
Nurse Practitioner, Newborn Critical Care Center
Jason Huckaby, MS
Patient & Family Advisory Council Liaison, NC Cancer Hospital
Community Member
Deborah Love, JD, MBA, MA
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Medicine
Douglas MacKay, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Policy
Jennifer McEntee, MD, MPH, MAEd
Assistant Professor, Hospitalist Medicine
Dan Moseley, PhD
Research Instructor, Psychiatry
Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Hospitalist Medicine
Paul Ossman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Hospitalist Medicine
Mary Beth Prieur, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Neil Ryan, BSRT, MHA
Clinical Manager, Respiratory Therapy
Bill Scheidler, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Matt Scholer, MD, PhD, FACEP
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Adam Smith, MSN, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist
Tina M. Vassar, RN, MSN
Community Member
Margaret Waltz, PhD
Research Associate, Social Medicine
Louise Winstanly, LLB, MSB
Chair, UNC Institutional Review Board
Gary Winzelberg, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor, Geriatric Medicine
Associate Director, Palliative Care Program
Graduate Education Members
Chris Iskander, MD, MPH
Resident, Pediatrics
Diya Jost, MD
Resident, Medicine and Pediatrics
Sara Scarlet, MD, MPH
Fellow, Surgical Critical Care
Students
Izzy Brassfield, PhD
MD Candidate, School of Medicine
Maureen Gleason
JD Candidate, School of Law
Austin Hopkins
MD Candidate, School of Medicine
MA Candidate, English
Sara Meyers
MD Candidate, School of Medicine
Lisa Michelson, MPhys, MA
MD Candidate, School of Medicine
Ex Officios
Ian Buchanan, MD, MPH
President, Ambulatory and Post-Acute Care
Sarah Fotheringham, JD
Associate General Counsel, Legal Department
Thomas Ivester, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Medical Affairs
Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Eric Juengst, PhD
Director, Center for Bioethics
Professor, Department of Social Medicine
Tony Lindsey, MD
System Chief Medical Officer
Chair, Quality Improvement Oversight Committee
Shane Rogers
Director, Patient Relations
Marcia Van Riper, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing and Carolina Center for Genome Studies
Marie Watras, RN, BSN, ACM, MBA
Director, Care Management
