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Steering Committee
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SJE Bioethics Steering Committee
Jeffrey Burack, MD, MPP
Attending Physician, East Bay AIDS Center, Oakland
Associate Clinical Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities,
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
burackj@sutterhealth.org
Jonathan K. Crane, Rabbi, PhD
Raymond F. Schinazi Junior Scholar of Bioethics and Jewish Thought,
Center For Ethics, Emory University, Atlanta
jonathan.k.crane@emory.edu
William Cutter, Rabbi, PhD
Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations
Founding Director, Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
wcutter@huc.edu
Elliot Dorff, Rabbi, PhD
Rector, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
Sol and Anne Dorff Professor of Philosophy, and Chair of Bioethics
American Jewish University
edorff@aju.edu
Alyssa Henning
Northwestern Uniiversity
alyssa.henning@gmail.com
Sander H. Mendelson, MD [Immediate Past Chair]
Bioethics Consultant, Center for Ethics
Senior Attending Cardiologist
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
shm@themendelsons.net
Michal Raucher, PhD [Chair]
Assistant Professor, The Department of Judaic Studies
University of Cincinnati
michal.raucher@uc.edu
Leonard Sharzer, Rabbi, MD
Associate Director for Bioethics. Finkelstein Institute of Religious and Social Studies
The Jewish Theological Seminary
lesharzer@jtsa.edu
David Teutsch, Rabbi, PhD [Senior Advisor]
Louis and Myra Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization
Chair, Department of Contemporary Jewish Civilization
Director, Center for Jewish Ethics
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
dteutsch@rrc.edu
Paul Root Wolpe, PhD
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics
Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Sociology
Director, Center for Ethics, Emory University
pwolpe@emory.edu
Noam Zohar, Rabbi, PhD
Senior Fellow
Director, Center for the Study of Medicine, Ethics, and Halakha Shalom Hartman Institute
Associate Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Bar Ilan University, Jerusalem
nzohar@mail.biu.ac.il
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Jeffrey Burack, MD, MPP
Attending Physician, East Bay AIDS Center, Oakland
Associate Clinical Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities,
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
burackj@sutterhealth.org
Jonathan K. Crane, Rabbi, PhD
Raymond F. Schinazi Junior Scholar of Bioethics and Jewish Thought,
Center For Ethics, Emory University, Atlanta
jonathan.k.crane@emory.edu
William Cutter, Rabbi, PhD
Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations
Founding Director, Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
wcutter@huc.edu
Elliot Dorff, Rabbi, PhD
Rector, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
Sol and Anne Dorff Professor of Philosophy, and Chair of Bioethics
American Jewish University
edorff@aju.edu
Alyssa Henning
Northwestern Uniiversity
alyssa.henning@gmail.com
Sander H. Mendelson, MD [Immediate Past Chair]
Bioethics Consultant, Center for Ethics
Senior Attending Cardiologist
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
shm@themendelsons.net
Michal Raucher, PhD [Chair]
Assistant Professor, The Department of Judaic Studies
University of Cincinnati
michal.raucher@uc.edu
Leonard Sharzer, Rabbi, MD
Associate Director for Bioethics. Finkelstein Institute of Religious and Social Studies
The Jewish Theological Seminary
lesharzer@jtsa.edu
David Teutsch, Rabbi, PhD [Senior Advisor]
Louis and Myra Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization
Chair, Department of Contemporary Jewish Civilization
Director, Center for Jewish Ethics
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
dteutsch@rrc.edu
Paul Root Wolpe, PhD
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics
Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Sociology
Director, Center for Ethics, Emory University
pwolpe@emory.edu
Noam Zohar, Rabbi, PhD
Senior Fellow
Director, Center for the Study of Medicine, Ethics, and Halakha Shalom Hartman Institute
Associate Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Bar Ilan University, Jerusalem
nzohar@mail.biu.ac.il