Alumni

Bioethics & Healthcare Mission Leadership Graduate Alumni at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

FEATURED ALUMNI

Kristine Ehlert, DBE, MDiv, MSW

has accepted the position of System Director, Mission & Ethics at Hospital Sisters Health System. She completed the Doctorate in Bioethics (2025) at Loyola.

Vladyslava Kachkovska, MD, PhD, DBE

has been named an Inaugural SNF Global Bioethics Scholar at The Hastings Center. She completed the Master's in Bioethics (2022) and Doctorate in Bioethics (2023) at Loyola.

Donald Carter, III, DBE, MBA, M.Div,

is returning for a special opportunity as a 2025-26 Sadler Scholar for a project-focused mentorship at The Hastings Center. He completed the Doctorate (2023) in Bioethics at Loyola.

Angela M Trejo, MSN, BSN, RN, DBe

has received the 2025-2026 Siegler Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics from the University of Chicago. She completed the Doctorate of Bioethics (2025) program at Loyola.

Helen Craigie, MA, DBE

has accepted a position in Research Ethics at Wayne State University. She completed the Doctorate in Bioethics (2025) at Loyola.

Esther Berkowitz, MD, MA

has accepted the position Director of Ethics at Advocate Health in Illinois and Wisconsin. She completed the MA in Bioethics (2015) at Loyola.

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Recent Student/Alumni Publications

Robert R Harrison, Trombetta A. From Decision Supporter to Informed Surrogate: An Improved Approach to Enrolling Cognitively Impared Subjects in Clinical Research. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2025.10197.

Khan FA, Khan MS, Ryan Pferdehirt. Code Status Decisions for End-Stage Cancer - Resolving the Ethical Dissonance. JAMA Oncology January 29, 2026.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.6100

Donald Carter III, Simpson K. Reaves III AL. The Morning: Constructing Moral Space from the African American Experience in Bioethics. Canadian Journal of Bioethics 2026; 9: 17-20.

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Congratulations to our 2025 graduates!

The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Healthcare Leadership proudly announces the graduates of 2025.

Doctorate Degree in Bioethics

Miglisa Capo
Samuel Caraballo
Helen Craigie
Patrick Crooks
Kristine Ehlert
Abigail Ellinghausen
Julia Gorecki
Marissa Leick
Elizabeth McClain
Karen Pierce-Munroe
Yaryna Pikulytska
Constantine Psimopoulos
Angela Rossetti
Sibil Shibu
Haley Thompson
Angela Trejo
Pageen Small

Doctorate in Healthcare Mission Leadership

Megan Mayeux
Stephen Spickenreuther
Heidi Summers

Master's of Art in Bioethics

Amanda Alladin
Brandon Ambrosino
Lauren Jennings
Khadija Khan
Annette Oeser
Dorelia Rivera
Robert Svatek
Olesya Vynnyk
Thomas Williams
Keyana Williams-Broadrick
Kaili Yap