Leadership

Meet the Team

TIMOTHY W. KIRK

PRESIDENT
Timothy W. Kirk, Ph.D is a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York, York College specializing in healthcare ethics with an emphasis on hospice and palliative care. He has a secondary academic appointment in the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Kirk is also an ethics consultant in hospice care and courtesy faculty in the palliative care research institute of MJHS Health System. Together with Bruce Jennings, he is the editor of Hospice Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2014).

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TIMOTHY W. KIRK, Ph.D. HEC-C

PRESIDENT
Timothy W. Kirk, Ph.D. HEC-C is a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York, York College specializing in healthcare ethics with an emphasis on hospice and palliative care. He has a secondary academic appointment in the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Kirk is also an HCEC board-certified ethics consultant in hospice care and courtesy faculty in the palliative care research institute of MJHS Health System. Together with Bruce Jennings, he is the editor of Hospice Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2014).

RENEE MCLEOD-SORDJAN

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Renee McLeod-Sordjan, DNP, Ph.D. HEC-C is System Chair of the Division of Medical Ethics and Northwell Health. She also serves as Dean and Professor of the Hofstra-Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. She has a secondary academic appointment in the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. McLeod is also a board member of the American Bioethics Program Directors. As a board certified acute-care, family and palliative nurse practitioner her body of research entails advance care planning and clinical ethics curriculum development.
MARGIE HODGES SHAW

SECRETARY
Margie Hodges Shaw, JD, MA, PhD, HEC-C is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Humanities & Bioethics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Director of Clinical Ethics at Strong Memorial Hospital (SMH); and Chair of the SMH ethics committee. She serves as a clinical ethicist and teaches about clinical ethics, clinical judgment, and decision-making in clinical care.
NICK MERCADO

TREASURER
Nicholas R. Mercado, DrPH, MCHES, HEC-C is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Humanities & Bioethics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. His primary role is Director of the Bioethics Curriculum for the 4-year MD program while also serving as a clinical ethics consultant for the University of Rochester Medical Center. His primary research interest involves the clinical and public health ethical issues that impact family caregivers.