Course Directors
Lisa S. Parker, PhD
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Professor of Bioethics
Director, Center for Bioethics & Health Law
University of Pittsburgh
Valerie Satkoske, PhD, MSW
VP of Mission Effectiveness, Spiritual Care, & Ethics / UPMC Mercy
VP of Ethics UPMC
Conference Planning Committee
Mary Crossley, JD
Interim Dean, Professor of Law, John A. Murray Faculty Scholar
University of Pittsburgh
Stephanie Eckstrom, MSW
MSW Regional Program
Director, Pitt-Bradford MSW Program
University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Fuller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pam Kusserow, LCSW
Director Clinical Care Coordination
Maria Felton Lowry, PharmD
Assistant Professor Pharmacy
University of Pittsburgh
Richard Morycz, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Social Work
University of Pittsburgh
Marci Lee Nilsen, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor of Acute & Tertiary Care
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
Anthony R. Savannah
President & CEO
Passavant Hospital Foundation
Candace Skibba, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies
Carnegie Mellon University
Dan Sullivan, MD
Clinical Physician
Anesthesiology, UPMC Passavant
Sandy Treser, MSN, RN
Programmatic Nurse Specialist CV services
UPMC Passavant
Daniel Wilkenfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor of Acute & Tertiary Care
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh