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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.  

Patrick Crooks, MS, DBE

has been selected as a Patient Experience Fellow, Journal of Patient Experience. He completed the Doctorate in Bioethics (2025) at Loyola. 

Lori Bruce, DBE, HEC-C

has been named the new Director of the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. She completed the Doctorate in Bioethics (2024) 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

James F. Smith, Jr. Commentary: Love's Labor Lost and Maternal Mortality, 30 Years Later. Birth 2026: https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70094

Brandon Ambrosino. Physician or Provider? What's in a Name? Hastings Bioethics Forum 2026, June 15. 

Jenna Speckart. Prayer Service - Healing that Remains. Health Progress 2026, Summer. 

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Congratulations to our 2026 graduates!

The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Healthcare Leadership proudly announces the graduates of 2026.

Doctorate Degree in Bioethics

Michael Aref
Christiane Baker
Liubov Hasiuk
Gerald Jones
Deborah Kenny
Shana Moore-Pierre
Patricia Nebel
Frank Placencia
Amal Sawarimuthu
Jaci Shuit-Grey
Benjamin Slabaugh
Iryna Stelmakh
Season Voelker
Yelena Zatulovsky

Master's of Art in Bioethics    

Jennifer Hollendonner
Theresa Jasion
Anna Liu
Amanda Swanson