Susan B. Rubin, Ph.D.
Susan Rubin is a nationally recognized, seasoned healthcare professional with extensive experience providing ethics consultation, mediation, facilitation, coaching, education, and support to clinicians and leaders in a variety of settings. Excel in creating an environment of sense of trust and safety in which strategic priorities can be efficiently and creatively advanced, divergent perspectives can be respectfully heard, and seemingly intractable conflicts can be thoughtfully resolved. Keen eye for identifying issues and patterns of concern that may lend themselves to opportunities for systems improvement, patient safety optimization, and care experience enhancement. Demonstrated skill and ease collaborating with both leadership and front-line clinicians. Exceptional communication skills and emotional intelligence. Quick grasp of big picture priorities and concerns. Appreciation of ethical complexity, diversity, and ambiguity. Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness.
Dr. Rubin received her B.A. in political philosophy and socioeconomic policy problems from James Madison College at Michigan State University and her M.A. and Ph.D., both in philosophy and bioethics, from The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University.
Dr. Rubin received her B.A. in political philosophy and socioeconomic policy problems from James Madison College at Michigan State University and her M.A. and Ph.D., both in philosophy and bioethics, from The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University.
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Dr. Rubin is an active contributor to the national discourse on bioethics. She is author of the book When Doctors Say No: The Battleground of Medical Futility, co-editor of the book Margin of Error: The Ethics of Mistakes in The Practice of Medicine, and author of numerous articles. As co-chair of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Clinical Ethics Task Force, she led a multi-year effort that culminated in the publication of Improving Competence in Clinical Ethics Consultation: An Education Guide. She has testified by invitation at The President's Council on Bioethics, and as an expert witness in health care litigation.
Select Professional Service, Awards, And Memberships * Invited Expert Testimony on Medical Futility to The President’s Council on Bioethics * Distinguished Service Award, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities * Co-Chair, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Clinical Ethics Task Force * Invited Presenter, Annual Clinical Ethics Preconference, Annual American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Meetings * Elected Member, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Nominating Committee * Member, ASBH Task Force on Ethics Consultation Liability * Member, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Program Committee * Member, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Publication Task Force * Continuous member of The Hastings Center, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities |
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