Dear OHSU community,

I’m pleased to announce Fabrice Jotterand, Ph.D., M.A., as the Director for the Center for Ethics in Health Care, effective July 1, 2025.

Dr. Jotterand most recently served as professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities and as director of the Graduate Program in Bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He also holds an appointment as senior researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics - Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Educated in Switzerland, Canada and the United States, he brings an international, multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective on issues pertaining to medicine and health care delivery.

Dr. Jotterand has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters. His scholarship and research interests focus on issues including neuroethics, Artificial Intelligence in health care, the use of neurotechnologies in psychiatry, the philosophy of medicine, and medical professionalism, as well as neurotechnologies and human identity.

Dr. Jotterand has an extensive background in medical ethics, and I look forward to his leadership at OHSU.

I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to Dr. Katie Stowers for her work as interim director, which will continue until Dr. Jotterand’s arrival in July. We are grateful for her leadership during this transition and I personally have enjoyed working with Dr. Stowers, Ronald W. Naito Director in Serious Illness Education, and getting to know the Center members more. I would also like to thank the search committee, the members of the Center for Ethics in Health Care, and others who support the Center’s work.

Sincerely,

Marie Chisholm-Burns, Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., FCCP, FASHP, FAST, FNAP, FACHE 
Executive Vice President and Provost 
J.S. Reinschmidt Endowed Professor