Our mission is to serve our patients and their families by providing a forum for the analysis, discussion, and resolution of ethical issues that may arise during care.
Ethics Consultants
We provide on-call consultative services when a request is made by a patient, family member, or the healthcare team for assistance in resolving an ethical question or problem.
Yesne Alici, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Liz Blackler, MBE, LCSW-R, HEC-C
Program Manager, Ethics Committee
Martin Chin, MD, HEC-C
Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Michelle Colletti, PA, HEC-C
Physician Assistant, Colorectal Surgery
Danielle Novetsky Friedman, MD, MS, HEC-C
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics
Maryanne Giuliante, DNP, MBA, RN, GNP, ANP-C, NEA-BC, HEC-C
Advanced Practice Provider Manager, MSK Westchester
Margot Hedlin, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Monique C. James, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jacqueline LaGrassa, LCSW
Manager, Patient Representative Department
Jamie Riches, DO
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Amy Scharf, MBE
Project Coordinator, Office of the Physician-in-Chief
Deborah Stein BSN, MSN, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine Service
Lisa M. Wall, PhD, RN, HEC-C
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ambulatory GI Surgery
Louis Voigt, MD, MBE, HEC-C
Chair, Ethics Committee
Attending Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain & Critical Care Medicine
Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee conducts case reviews, serves as an advisory body to MSK’s Medical Board, and offers ongoing ethics-related educational programs to all clinical staff as well as a comprehensive educational series in bioethics.
Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, MBA
Attending Physician, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Yesne Alici, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Liz Blackler, MBE, LCSW-R
Program Manager, Ethics Committee
Alan Carver, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology
Amelia Chan, PharmD, MBA
Manager, Drug Policy Management and Quality & Safety, Department of Pharmacy
Sanjay Chawla, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Service
Martin Chin, MD
Clinical Member and Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Michelle Colletti, PA
Physician Assistant, Colorectal Surgery
Susan Concannon, MSN, RN, ONC
Manager, Quality & Safety, Division of Quality & Safety
Nessa Coyle, RN, NP, PhD
Consultant, Department of Neurology
Pamela Drullinsky, MD
Attending Physician, Regional Care Network Medical Site Director, MSK Nassau
Danielle Novetsky Friedman, MD, MS
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics
Maria A. Friedlander MPA, CT(ASCP)CM
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Maryanne Giuliante, DNP, MBA, RN, GNP, ANP-C, NEA-BC, HEC-C
Advanced Practice Provider Manager, MSKCC Regional Network, Westchester
Tracy Gosselin, PhD, RN, AOCN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Executive
Emily S. Hahn, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Pediatric Palliative Care, Department of Pediatrics
Kelly Haviland, PhD, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Supportive Care Medicine Service
Margot Hedlin, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Afsheen Iqbal, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Melanoma Service, Basking Ridge
Jennifer James
PFACQ Member
Monique C. James, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Molly Klima, PA
Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery
Jacqueline LaGrassa, LCSW
Manager, Patient Representative Department
Sheron Latcha, MD, FASN
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Program Director, Renal and Onco-Nephrology Fellowship
Laura Liberman, MD
Director, Faculty Development, Office of Physician-in-Chief
Konstantina (Dina) Matsoukas, MLIS
Research Informationist, Information Systems, MSK Library
Maryeliza McEachen, RN
Clinical Nurse, Department of Pediatrics
Nita McNeil, RN, MA, CPHQ
Manager, Quality & Safety, Department of Surgery
Molly O’Neil Frank, M Div, BCC
Staff Chaplain, Spiritual Care
Elizabeth Peabody, LMSW
Nina J. Pickett, MPS
Senior Director, Department of Pediatrics
Isabel Preeshagul, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology Service, Bergen
Stephanie Puccia, LSW, LMSW, ACM-SW
Director, Case Management
Julia Ramirez, MA
Director, Patient Relations, Patient Representative Department
Jamie C. Riches, DO
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Paul Romesser, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology
Amy Scharf, MBE
Project Coordinator, Office of Physician-in-Chief
Johanna Schoen
PFACQ Member
Marina Shcherba, DO
Assistant Attending Physician, Solid Tumor GI Service, Monmouth
Rosanna Silber, DNP, CPNP, RN
Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Team, Department of Pediatrics
Stacy Stabler, MD, PhD
Associate Attending Physician, Supportive Care Service
Daniel Stein, MD, PhD
Associate CIO, Tech Incubation, DigITs
Deborah Stein BSN, MSN, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine Service
Alexandre Troullioud Lucas, MD
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellow, Department of Pediatrics
Louis Voigt, MD, MBE
Chair, Ethics Committee
Attending Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain & Critical Care Medicine
Lisa M. Wall, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCNS, HEC-C
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ambulatory GI Surgery
Christine Wilkins, PhD, LCSW
Director, Department of Social Work
Hooman Yarmohammadi, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Director of Research, Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Oncology
Divya Yerramilli, MD, MBE
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology
The Rev’d Paul Yoon, BCC
Program Coordinator, Spiritual Care
Judy Yudenfriend
PFACQ member
Counsel to the Ethics Committee
Our counsel provides legal advice to our ethics consultants and the Ethics Committee.
Elizabeth D’Elia, JD
Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel