Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD, MA

Ethics Consultation Practice

Prof Katrina Bramstedt founded AskTheEthicist in 2002.

Ethical dilemmas arrive in all shapes and sizes, and can affect many domains: health/medicine, research, business, career, finance, and family.  

Ethicists work with clients to offer proactive steps to avoid ethical conflict, and also to solve active dilemmas.

Beginning in 2002 and formerly on staff at The Cleveland Clinic, Professor Bramstedt has performed 1500+ consults across biotech, pharma, medical device companies, patients, family members, medical teams, sports matters, NGOs, IRBs/RECs, OPOs, the FDA, TV/film, and health law/expert witness services.  For 13+ years she was Transplant Ethicist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA). Additionally, she has authored 120+ articles in peer-reviewed medical and ethics journals, and lectured nationally and internationally.

She has worked in inpatient and outpatient clinical settings, as well as industry (e.g., R&D, Quality, Risk Management, Privacy, Compliance, Corporate Training) and has been active in medical student and doctoral education including curriculum development, teaching, and assessment, as well as research supervision, and misconduct investigations.  Currently, she is a Professor (adjunct) at Bond University School of Medicine as well as Global Head of Bioethics at Roche.  She is the former Chief Executive of the Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity and former Sr Ethics Officer at Philips.