Alumni
Alumni
Bioethics & Healthcare Mission Leadership Graduate Alumni at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
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.
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Doctorate Degree in Bioethics Michael Aref |
Master's of Art in Bioethics
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