David M. Kozishek

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PhD Candidate, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Institute for the Medical Humanities
MA 1989 University of Louvain - Belgium
BA 1984 St. Ambrose University

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Kozishek’s research interests include: integrating the medical humanities into health care professions education; the role that meaning, emotion, and interpretation play in the practice of medicine; spirituality in health care; and mind-body medicine. He has also done extensive research on the historical roots and evolution of The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, and on ethical and humanistic questions in aerospace medicine and space exploration.

• Clinical Humanism: A Re-interpretation of the Humanist Tradition for 21st Century Clinical Ethics Practice. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, forthcoming 2009.
• Kozishek D, Bogdan-Lovis EA. Beliefs, Boundaries, and Self-Knowledge in Professional Practice. J Clin Ethics. 2008;19(1):26-30.
• Traveling Bodies and Renaissance Anatomical Theater. Medical Humanities Report. 2008;29(3):4,8.

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Program for Excellence in Science
John D. and Mary Ann Stobo Award in Oslerian Medicine
Chester R. Burns Institute for the Medical Humanities Alumni Award