Tia Powell
Encyclopedia
Tia Powell is an American psychiatrist
and bioethicist
. She is Director of the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics (http://www.montefiore.org/prof/bioethics/)and a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York. Previously, she was executive director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law and director of Clinical Ethics at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
Powell graduated from Harvard University
and Yale Medical School.
In 2007, she chaired a workgroup that developed New York State guidelines to allocate ventilators during a flu pandemic. She has served on a number of committees for the Institute of Medicine, especially focusing on ethical issues in the management of public health disasters.
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
and bioethicist
Bioethics
Bioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy....
. She is Director of the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics (http://www.montefiore.org/prof/bioethics/)and a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York. Previously, she was executive director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law and director of Clinical Ethics at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
Powell graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Yale Medical School.
In 2007, she chaired a workgroup that developed New York State guidelines to allocate ventilators during a flu pandemic. She has served on a number of committees for the Institute of Medicine, especially focusing on ethical issues in the management of public health disasters.
External links
- Allocation of Ventilators in an Influenza Pandemic, Report of New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, 2007.
- Guidelines for Epidemics, The New York Times, March 26, 2008
- The Coming Ethical Crisis: Oxygen Rationing