Center Faculty and Staff

The Center for Health Law and Policy faculty includes Southern Illinois University School of Law faculty—many of whom are cross appointed in the Department of Medical Humanities in the School of Medicine—and School of Medicine faculty, who hold appointment on the School of Law faculty.

Center for Health Law and Policy Faculty
Cheryl Anderson, J.D., Associate Professor of Law
W. Eugene Basanta, J.D., L.L.M., Southern Illinois Healthcare Professor of Law/Professor of Medical Humanities
Marshall Kapp, J.D., M.P.H., Garwin Distinguished Professor of Law and Medicine, Professor of Medical Humanities
Michele Mekel, J.D., Assistant Professor of Law

Adjunct Faculty
Jeffrey Plesko, J.D., Adjunct Professor of Law
Marsha Ryan, J.D./M.D., Adjunct Professor of Law

Clinical Faculty
John Erbes, J.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Rebecca J. O’Neill, J.D., Clinical Professor of Law


Affiliated/Cross-Appointed Faculty
Alan Felthous, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
Theodore LeBlang, J.D., Chair and Professor of Medical Humanities/Professor of Medical Jurisprudence
Claudia Kachigian, J.D./M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Ross Silverman, J.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medical Humanities/Associate Professor of Medical Jurisprudence
Bethany Spielman, Ph.D., J.D., M.H.A., Associate Professor of Medical Humanities/ Associate Professor of Medical Jurisprudence

Visiting Faculty (current and past)
Martin Smith, S.T.D., Chief Clinical Ethics Service and Associate Professor, Clinical Care and The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Staff
Jane Angelis
Bonnie Miller