Consortium Ethics Program |
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About the CEP The Consortium Ethics Program (CEP) is the regional health care ethics network in Western Pennsylvania. This premier network educates nurses, physicians, social workers, and others from participating health care institutions in the language, methods, and literature of health care ethics. These staff members, known as CEP representatives, become on-site resource personnel who receive direct support from the CEP to meet the ethics needs of their institutions. Member institutions form a network, which is instrumental in sharing ethics resources and experiences in a cost-effective manner. Because of the collaborative and cooperative nature of the CEP, membership crosses all lines of affiliation in the ever-changing health care environment.
History of the CEP The CEP began as a pilot program for 12 acute-care hospitals in 1990 with a generous grant from the Vira I. Heinz Endowment. Since 1996, it has been self-sufficient, supported by member institutions and co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law. Current membership consists of 25 institutions, including acute-care, long-term and home-care, and one of the area’s largest health plan, UPMC Health Plan. For over 23 years, the CEP has provided high quality ethics education and kept up-to-date on the continually evolving field of health care ethics
Goals of the CEP The CEP provides a cost-effective approach to assist health care professionals, their institutions, and the local health care community in developing and sustaining awareness and expertise in clinical health care ethics. This awareness and expertise ensures that present and emerging ethics needs are met.
The CEP carries out this goal by:
Experience has shown that as these goals are met, institutions are able to:
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CEP In the News Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News "Facing Conflict with mediation Skills in Health Care" Western Pennsylvania Hosptial News Western Pennsylvania Hospital News "Is You Ethics Committee Ready for the 'Next Generation?'" Western Pennsylvania Hospital News "Consortium Ethics Program: Educating Leaders in Health Care" Western Pennsylvania Hospital News, September 2009 “Consortium Ethics Program: A Jumpstart to Clinical Ethics Education” Western Pennsylvania Hospital News, August 2009 |
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Robert Arnold, MD Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh |
Aviva Katz, MD Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC |
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Judith Black, MD, MHA Medical Director of Senior Products Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield |
David Korman, JD Program Manager, Special Projects Pennsylvania/MidAtlantic AIDS Education Training Center University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
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Bruce Bryce, BA, MDiv, DMin Retired Pastor Private Practice |
Sister Thea Krause, MSN, PhD Ethicist/Nurse Practitioner James E. Van Zandt Medical Center
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Elizabeth Chaitin, MSW, MA, DHCE Director of Hospital Based Palliative Care Services UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute |
Kathryn Jackson Lanz, DPN Director of Education and Professional Development UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute
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Mary Therese Connors, RN, BA, MA, DHCE Adjunct Faculty Duquesne University |
Alex John London, PhD Director, The Center for Ethics and Policy Carnegie Mellon University
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Ellen DeBenedetti, MEd Mediator/Trainer Ellen DeBenedetti Mediations |
Martha Mannix, JD Clinical Associate Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh
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Gregory Dober, MA Healthcare Ethics Advocate Private Practice |
Cynthia McCarthy, DHCE Independent Consultant Consortium Ethics Program
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Justin Engleka, MSN, CRNP, MBA, ACHPN Hospice and Palliative Care Manager WPAHS Allegheny General Hospital |
Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine UPMC Hamot
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Stephen Farrelly-Jackson, PhD Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies Allegheny College |
David Orenstein, MD Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Professor of Cystic Fibrosis Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
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Maryanne Fello, RN, BSN, MEd Director WPAHS Forbes Hospice |
Sydelle Pearl, MLS Author, Storyteller, Songwriter Private Practice
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Gary Fischer, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh |
Rosa Lynn Pinkus, PhD Professor of Medicine/Neurosurgery Associate Director, Center for Bioethics and Health Law Director, Consortium Ethics Program University of Pittsburgh
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Lucy Fischer, PhD Professor of English and Film Studies University of Pittsburgh |
Valerie Satkoske, MSW, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine University of Pittsburgh
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A. Michael Gianantonio, Esq. Attorney Archinaco Bracken LLC |
Stella Smetanka, JD Clinical Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh
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Peter D. Giglione, Esq Attorney Wilkes & McHugh, PA |
Denise Stahl, RN, MSN, BC-PCM Executive Director UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute
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Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc Assistant Professor of Surgery UPMC Presbyterian |
Alan Steinberg, JD Partner Horty, Springer & Mattern, PC
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Rhonda Gay Hartman, JD Professor Duquesne University Law School |
Chaton Turner, Esq Associate Counsel UPMC |
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Randy Hebert, MD, MPH Medical Director WPAHS Forbes Hospice |
Jyotsna Vasudev, PhD Psychologist Heritage Valley Health System
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Claire Horner, Esq Attorney Horner Law Firm, PC |
Douglas White, MD, MAS Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Medicine University of Pittsburgh
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Mark Wicclair, PhD Adjunct Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh |
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© 2009 Consortium Ethics Program. No portion may be reproduced without permission. Last updated: April 12, 2013 |
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