Personal Statement:
Provision of the highest quality health care for the members of our society requires that we continually make careful decisions about new medical technologies, treatments, and tests.  CTAF provides what is arguably the most creative, agile, and publicly accountable process in our culture for helping to make evidence-based decisions. 

Current Occupation:
Professor of Ethics, Loma Linda University
Vice President for Mission and Culture, Loma Linda University Medical Center

Education:
Ph.D. in Social Ethics, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Professional Affiliations:
Member and Past President, American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities
American Society for Dental Ethics
Advisory Board, Center for Vulnerable Population Research, UCLA

Related Activities:
Research and writing in biomedical ethics related to the allocation of health care resources