Dr. Mark Aulisio holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University. He is the Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at MetroHealth Medical Center and Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee and serves on the Center’s Institutional Review Board.  He is the Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Director of Clinical and Educational Programs in Bioethics at Case Western Research University. He also served as Research Ethics Consultant for the Mercy Regional Medical Center IRB for ten years.