University of Virginia Health System

Program for Humanities

Robert Pursley, Programs Administrator

Charlene Kaufman, Programs Assistant

Core Faculty

Daniel M. Becker, M.D., M.P.H., M.F.A.

Julia E. Connelly, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine

Leslie J. Blackhall, M.D., M.T.S., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Education

Hunter Groninger, M.D., M.A., Assistant Professor of Medical Education

Joan Echtenkamp Klein, M.S.L.S., Assistant Director, Historical Collections and Services,Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
and Assistant Professor of Medical Education

Margaret E. Mohrmann , M.D., Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities,Director, Programs in Biomedical Ethics, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Associate Professor of Medical Education

Instructional Faculty
with courses taught

Daniel M. Becker, M.D., M.P.H., M.F.A.
House Calls
Death in America
Independent Research in Humanities

Ruth Gaare Bernheim, J.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences
Associate Director, Institute for Practical Ethics
Head, Division of Public Health Sciences and Practice,
Department of Public Health Sciences
Public and Environmental Health and Medicine
Interprofessional Seminar in Ethical Values & Professional Life

Leslie J. Blackhall, M.D., M.T.S.
Death in America

Larry D. Bouchard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Images of Medicine

James F. Childress, Ph.D.
John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics
Professor of Medical Education, and Director, Institute for Practical Ethics
Religious Traditions and Medicine
Ethics, Society & Human Biology

Marcia Day Childress, Ph.D.
Literature and Medicine
Death in America
Interprofessional Seminar in Ethical Values & Professional Life
Independent Research in Humanities
Clinical Reflection

Julia E. Connelly, M.D.
The Healer's Art
Mindful Practice/Mindful Life
Independent Research in Humanities

Roberta Culbertson, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Violence

Luke Demaitre, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Medical Education
Emeritus Professor of History, Pace University
History of Medicine

Gertrude Fraser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Culture and Medicine

Hunter Groninger, M.D., M.A.
House Calls
Death in America
Images of Medicine

Sharon Hostler, M.D.
Birdsong Professor of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement
Culture and Medicine

Pedro José (Pello) Huesa Otegui, Ph.D.
Instructor in Medical Education
Elementary Medical Spanish – Language and Culture
Medical Spanish – Language and Culture

Ann Kellams, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Healer's Art

Bryce Kellams, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
The Healer's Art

Joan Echtenkamp Klein, M.S.L.S.
  History of Medicine

Farhat Moazam, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Education
Director, Centre for Bioethics, Sind Institute of Transplantation,
Karachi, Pakistan
Religious Traditions and Medicine

Margaret E. Mohrmann, M.D. Ph.D.
Suffering, Medicine and Faith
Clinical Reflection

David B. Morris, Ph.D.
Literature and Medicine

M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A.
Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Public Health Sciences
and Anthropology
Associate Dean for Diversity
Culture and Medicine
Public and Environmental Health and Medicine

Christine M. Peterson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Dean of Medical Education
Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society

John B. Schorling, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Internal Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Director, Physician Wellness Program

Rafael Triana, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Medicine
Elementary Medical Spanish – Language and Culture
Medical Spanish – Language and Culture