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Marjorie Shaw, J.D., Ph.D.

Marjorie Shaw, J.D., Ph.D.

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Professional Background

Marjorie Hodges Shaw, J.D., Ph.D., HEC-C is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Director of Clinical Bioethics at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Shaw teaches on the intersection of law and health care, medical judgment and decision-making...
Marjorie Hodges Shaw, J.D., Ph.D., HEC-C is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Director of Clinical Bioethics at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Shaw teaches on the intersection of law and health care, medical judgment and decision-making, and bioethics. She serves as a chair of the Strong Memorial Hospital Ethics Committee. Her dissertation explored coaching as a form of instruction and as a component of medical ethics education. Her current research interest include issues in clinical ethics consultation, law and ethics in clinical education, and applied ethical decision-making in health care.

Previously, she served as Judicial Administrator for Cornell University. She co-founded (with Steve Worona) and served as Director of the Cornell University Computer Policy and Law Program, (now the Cornell University Institute for Internet Culture, Policy, and Law).

Dr. Shaw received her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University (1987), where she was inducted as a member of the Golden Chain Senior Honor Society. She received her J.D. from Cornell University Law School (1991), her MA in Philosophy from the University of Rochester (2004) and her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Rochester (2011). She completed her Fellowship in Clinical Ethics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2012 and her ASBH Healthcare Ethics Certification in 2018.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Clinical Ethics Fellow, University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital 2010 - 2012

Education

PhD | University of Rochester. Education. 2011

MA | University of Rochester. Philosophy. 2004

Mediator | Harvard University. Harvard Negotiation. 1993

JD | Cornell Law School. Law. 1991

BA | N Carolina St Univ at Raleigh. Political Science. 1987

Awards

AOA Faculty Inductee. 2023

Faculty Marshall. 2022 - 2022

Editor's Choice, Exemplary Publication Resource. 2020

Susan B. Anthony Center, International Travel Award. 2019

The University of Rochester Educational IT Innovation Grant Award. 2019

Paul M. Schyve Center for Bioethics, International Travel Award. 2018 - 2019

Innovation in Medical Education Award. 2016

Publications

Journal Articles

Forum theatre for training residents to be allies.

O'Connor A.B.; Gorgone M.; Rizk N.; Gaughf C.; Gracey C.F.; Shaw M.H., Morgan, A.

Clin Teach. 2023; e13565.

Almagest Again? An Epistemological Critique of Nielsen Busch and Mjaaland.

Shaw, M. H., Nabaozny M.; Kaufman, D.

The American Journal of Bioethics. 2023; 23(2): 33-35.

Who Makes the Choice: Ethical Considerations Regarding Instituting Breastfeeding in a Mother Who Has Compromised Mental Capacity.

Narang C, Rosen-Carole C, Miller RK, Perez-D'Gregorio R, Shaw MH, Schaffer S, Jee SH

Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.. 2021 April 19 Epub 04/19/2021.

Will you give my kidney back? Organ restitution in living-related kidney transplantation: ethical analyses.

Nakazawa E, Yamamoto K, Akabayashi A, Shaw MH, Demme RA, Akabayashi A

Journal of medical ethics.. 2020 February 46 (2):144-150. Epub 09/19/2019.

Managing the Patient's Request to Exclude Providers Based on Gender, Race, or Ethnicity: Discussion, Clinical Case Study, and Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation

Folch T.-A., Beatriz M.; Morgan, A.L.; Castle, K.A.; and Shaw M.H.

Peri-FACTS. 2020; .

The Legacy of Cruzan: Balancing the Moral Agency of Surrogates and the State.

Shaw M.H.; Quill T.; and Sussman B.L.

SMU Law Review. 2020; 179.

Management of the Patient with a Lethal Fetal Condition: Discussion, Clinical Case Study, and Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation

Huttler A.; Chiafery M.; and Shaw M.H.

Peri-FACTS. 2019; .

Reuse of cardiac organs in transplantation: an ethical analysis.

Nakazawa E, Maeda S, Yamamoto K, Akabayashi A, Uetake Y, Shaw MH, Demme RA, Akabayashi A

BMC medical ethics.. 2018 August 1719 (1):77. Epub 08/17/2018.

Legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of crowdsourcing among healthcare providers

Sims, Max; Shaw, Margie Hodges; Gilbertson, Seth; Storch, Joseph; and Halterman, Marc W.

Health Informatics Journal. 2018; .

The Medical Humanities Effect: A Pilot Study of Pre-Health Professions Students at the University of Rochester

Baker, Clayton J; Shaw, Margie Hodges; Mooney, Christopher; Daiss, Susan Dodge-Peters; Clark, Stephanie Brown.

Journal of Medical Humanities. 2017; .

Personal, Professional, and Practice: A Framework for Ethics Education

Shaw, M.H.; D'Angio, C.T.; and Dadiz, R.

NeoReviews. 2016; 17(2).

Maternal Request for Premature Delivery: A Case Presentation and Ethical Analyses Case

Shaw M.H.; Sussman B.L.

Peri-FACTS. 2014; .

Commentaries on Good Reasons?

Chiafery, M.; Shaw M. H.

Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education. 2013; 19(2): 28-33.

Nursing Ethics Huddles to Decrease Distress Among Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit

Chiafery, Marianne C.; Hopkins, Patrick; Norton, Sally A.; and Shaw, Margie Hodges.

The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 29(3).

Books

The Reflector (2021)

Authors: Battaglia J.; Shaw M.H.; Daiss S.D.P.; Gdowski M.

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Inc. 2021

The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine. (2020)

Chapter: Traditional and Applied Clinical Ethics: Contemporary and Evolving Challenges

Authors: Shaw M.H. Chiafery M. and Kaufman, D.C.

Publisher: Springer Nature, Switzerland 2020

Adult Critical Care Medicine: A Casebook (2019)

Chapter: Brain Death

Authors: Shaw, Margie Hodges and David Kaufman C.

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland 2019

Guidelines for Geriatric Rehabilitation: From Bedside to Curbside (2017)

Chapter: Ethical Issues in Older Adults

Authors: Demme, R., Sussman, B.L., and Shaw, M.H.

Publisher: CRC Press, Rica Raton, Florida 2017

The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care (2017)

Chapter: Moral, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Patient Care

Authors: Shaw, M.H

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing, Ashland, Ohio 2017