Joshua Crites, PhD
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Joshua Crites, PhD joined the professional staff in the Department of Bioethics in Fall 2015 as a Regional Ethicist for Cleveland Clinic Westside hospitals. Prior to coming back to the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Crites was an Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine. He completed the Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics in 2012 after a post-doctoral position with the Center for Management Research in Healthcare at Vanderbilt University and then at Oregon Health and Science University. He holds a PhD in philosophy, which he received from Vanderbilt University in 2007. In his current position, Dr. Crites manages the clinical ethics consultation services, coordinates clinical ethics programming and co-chairs ethics committees at four Cleveland Clinic hospitals. Additional efforts include leading a quality improvement project focusing on the Ethics Consultation Service across the enterprise, and is co-leading a subcommittee of the Center for End of Life Care tasked with standardization family meetings in the clinical setting. His current work and scholarship center around ethics consultation, ethics education for healthcare professionals and trainees, and ethical issues related to respecting autonomy in cases of traumatic injury. Previous scholarship includes institutional trust amongst participants in biobank-based research and ethical issues related to informed consent in oncology clinical trials.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2015
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Bioethics
Cleveland,
OH
2012
Medical Education - Vanderbilt University
Philosophy
Nashville,
TN
2007
Graduate School - Kent State University
Philosophy
Kent,
OH
2001
Undergraduate - Kent State University
Philosophy
Kent,
OH
1999
Specialty Interests
Quality improvement in clinical ethics consultation and ethics/professionalism education for medical students. Previous scholarship includes ethical issues related to respecting autonomy in cases of traumatic injury, institutional trust amongst participants in biobank-based research, and ethical issues related to informed con- sent in oncology clinical trials.
Research & Publications
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As of 8/2/2024, Dr. Crites has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.
Public Health Service-Reportable Financial Conflicts of Interest. Cleveland Clinic scientists and physicians engage in basic, translational and clinical research activities, working to solve health problems, enhance patient care and improve quality of life for patients. Interactions with industry are essential to bringing the researchers' discoveries to the public, but can present the potential for conflicts of interest related to their research activities. Click here to view a listing of instances where Cleveland Clinic has identified a Public Health Service (PHS)-Reportable Financial Conflict of Interest and has put measures in place to ensure that, to the extent possible, the design, conduct and reporting of the research is free from bias.
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