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Bander Center Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Katherine Mathews

Katherine J. Mathews, M.D., M.P.H., MBA
Director of Education

Katherine Mathews is an OB/GYN physician with a background in health equity, public health and health care administration. She is developing a medical student curriculum in medical business ethics.


Staff

Valerie De Wandel

Valerie De Wandel, J.D.
Graduate Assistant

Valerie De Wandel is a Saint Louis University J.D/Ph.D student finishing her Ph.D. in health care ethics. In law school, she served as a lead editor of the Saint Louis University Journal for Health Law and Policy and as a legal intern. She is a licensed attorney in the state of Missouri. Her passion resides in bioethics, with her research interests focusing on the overlap between law and bioethics. She has a primary focus on psychiatric patient rights and care.


Executive Board

Steven J. Bander, M.D.
Medical Director, Vascular Access Center
St. Luke's Hospital

Harold Braswell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics
Saint Louis University

Michael J. Costello, J.D., L.L.M.
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Missouri–St. Louis

Li Ern Chen, M.D., MSCS, FACS
Chief, Hospital and Community Care
ChenMed

James DuBois, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Steven J. Bander Professor of Medical Ethics and Professionalism
Director, Center for Clinical and Research Ethics
Washington University School of Medicine

Jason D. Keune, M.D., MBA, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery and Health Care Ethics
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Katherine Mathews, M.D., MBA
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Elizabeth Pendo, J.D.
Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law
Saint Louis University School of Law

Richard Roth
Strategy Leader

John Paul Slosar, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Ethics
Ascension Health