(Rev.) John F. Tuohey, Ph.D., is director of Providence Center for Health Care Ethics and holds the center's endowed chair in Applied Health Care Ethics. The center is part of Providence Health & Services and is located on the campus of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. His role as chair includes working with the Internal Medicine and Family Practice Residency Programs for ethics education, as well as providing clinical ethics consultation in PH&S - Oregon hospitals. The Ethics Center also provides education in ethics, in cultural competency in end-of-life care, and in palliative medicine for residents, physicians and health care staff.
Dr. Tuohey led the Oregon Medical Advisory Group of the Department of Health and Human Services in its development of an ethics decision-making matrix for use in a pandemic. This matrix has been recognized by the Center for Infectious Disease and Research Policy at the University of Minnesota as a "promising practice" in pandemic planning. Its publication has led to several invitations to Dr. Tuohey, including one from the American Health Lawyers Association in 2008 in Washington, D.C., and others from the World Research Group in New York and the Department of Health and Human Services in Missouri in 2009 to assist in ethical issues in pandemic planning.
His other 2008 activities include membership on the Oregon Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force Board, publishing such articles as "Screening for Aneuploidy: Two Theologians Explore the Ethical Issues" with Mark Repenshek, Ph.D., in Linacre Quarterly; speaking locally at the 35th Critical Care Symposium of the Greater Portland Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and at the 2008 National PACE Association Conference held in Portland.
Internationally, Dr. Tuohey lectures annually in the Applied Health Care Ethics program at Imperial College in London, UK, and in 2008, he presented papers at the 4th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation (ICCEC) and the 9th World Congress in Bioethics held concurrently in Rijeka, Croatia. In 2009 his manuscript, "The Role of the Decisionally Impaired Patient in Decision Making," co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey Young was accepted for publication in the Journal of Hospital Ethics. Also in 2009, he will give presentations at the 5th ICCEC and the 6th Congress of the International Society of Clinical Bioethics. In 2010, Dr. Tuohey and Providence Center for Health Care Ethics will host the 6th ICCEC in Portland.
Dr. Tuohey earned his Ph.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, writing his dissertation on the topic of palliative care. Detailed CV
Marian Hodges, M.D.
Marian Hodges, M.D., is director of Palliative Medicine Education. She studied medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, and completed postgraduate studies in theology and ethics at Wolfson College, Cambridge, England. She received a master's in public health degree with focus on medical ethics at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., and a certificate in Health Care Ethics from the University of Washington and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore. In November 2004, she received a certificate in Palliative Care from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and palliative medicine. Detailed CV
Barbara A. Segal, M.A.
Barbara Segal, director of programs, joined Providence Center for Health Care Ethics in November 2001. Prior to working at Providence, she served for eight years as director of International Student Services and Adult Programs at the University of Portland. She has worked internationally and in the U.S. for several faith-based advocacy and development organizations and has extensive program administration and cross-cultural experience. She was a 1986 Fulbright scholar in Mexico and received her master's degrees from UCLA.
Satya L. Jaech, M.A., L.P.C
As regional coordinator of Providence Palliative Care Program, Satya organizes end-of-life and palliative care education. She has served as a consultant and volunteer for Hospice Southwest in Vancouver, Wash., with 20 years of experience as a licensed counselor, teacher and spiritual director. Her administrative experience includes conference and event planning for the California Association of Ophthalmology, the Region I Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Interfaith Spiritual Center in Portland.
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Patty Goss
As coordinator of Ethics Services, Patty has a strong background in accounting, administrative support and working in a team environment. Her work history includes banking, church secretary, working in the judicial system for Multnomah County, and most recently, 10 years in the Offices of Campus Ministry and Residence Life at the University of Portland. She has been a member of our team since February 2003.
Eileen O'Reilly-Hoisington
Contracted administrative support
Jyothi Kalavar
Volunteer
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Margaret Allee, R.N., J.D.
Co-Chair, PSA Ethics Committee
Carolyn Winter
Chief Development Officer
Providence Health & Services, Oregon Region
Dick Clark
Executive Director
Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation
