Our team
Ben A. Rich, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor and School of Medicine
Alumni Association Endowed Chair of Bioethics
Associate Faculty
Scott Christensen, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Hematology and Oncology
Medical Director, UC Davis Cancer Care Network
Medical Director, Inpatient Oncology Unit
Jorge Garcia, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
Calvin Hirsch, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine
Lisa Ikemoto, J.D.
Professor of Law
Alexander A. Kon, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care and
General Pediatrics, Associate Director, Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit
John MacMillan, M.D.
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine\
Jay Milstein, M.D.
Professor, Chief of Pediatric Neonatology
Roberta S. Loewy, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Bioethics,
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Debora Paterniti, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine
and Sociology
Robert Pretzlaff, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric
Critical Care Medicine, Medical Director - Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit
Jerrold Tannenbaum, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine
Adjunct Professor, School of Law
Emeritated Faculty
Erich H. Loewy, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor of Internal Medicine Emeritus
Associate Faculty, Department of Philosophy
External Advisory Board
Beth Abad
UC Davis Alumni and Development Officer
Mike Carl, M.D.
Associate Professor, Assistant Physician in Chief
Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Kaiser Permanente
Medical Center, Sacramento
Jamie Cobb, M.D.
Sports Medicine Department of Orthopedics
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento
Honorable Rodney Davis
Associate Justice California Court of Appeal (Retired)
3rd Appellate District
David F. Dozier, Jr., M.D.
Sutter Neuroscience Medical Group, (Retired)
Marge Ginsburg
Executive Director, Sacramento Healthcare Decisions
The Rev. Kathleen Kelly, J.D., M. Div.
Canon, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Charity Kenyon, J.D.
Attorney at Law, Kenyon Yeates Law Firm
Honorable Fred K. Morrison
Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, (Retired)
3rd Appellate District
Shirley Plant
Past Chair, UC Davis Health System Leadership Council
Praveen Prasad, M.D.
Adult Neurosurgery, Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Timothy Takagi, M.D.
Associate Director, Family Practice Residency Program
Mercy General and Methodist Hospitals

