Ryan Felder, PhD
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Ryan Marshall Felder, Ph.D HEC-C joined the Center for Bioethics as Assistant Staff Bioethicist in October 2024. Prior to this, he held Clinical Ethics Fellow positions at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics. Dr. Felder earned a Ph.D from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, an MA from Binghamton University, and a BA from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, all in philosophy. As a graduate student, he held advanced teaching positions at New York University's Masters in Bioethics program and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he gained extensive experience supporting medical student ethics education. He taught philosophy and bioethics courses as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Lehman College, City University of New York.
Dr. Felder's scholarly interests include topics in clinical ethics such as epistemic injustice in clinical ethics and health care settings, ethics of care for unrepresented patients, and issues in the philosophy of clinical ethics. He approaches his research from a pragmatist perspective, and has published on the role of pragmatist philosophy in clinical ethics consultation. Dr. Felder is also interested in the ethics of artificial intelligence, and holds a position on Cleveland Clinic's AI Task Force, with a goal of promoting fairness, anti-bias, and equity in AI applications at the Cleveland Clinic. His writing can be found in journals such as American Journal of Bioethics, American Journal of Medicine, Nature Machine Intelligence, Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy, Hastings Center Report, and Journal of Applied Philosophy.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2024
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Montefiore Medical Center
Clincial Ethics
Bronx,
NY United States
2022
Graduate School - The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Philosophy
New York,
NY
2021
Graduate School - Binghamton University
Philosophy
Binghamton,
NY
2015
Undergraduate - Rutgers University
Philosophy
New Brunswick,
NJ United States
2012
Fellowship - Stanford School of Medicine
Clincial Ethics
Stanford,
CA
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