Robin Fiore, PhD

Dr. Robin Fiore joined the University of Miami Ethics Programs in 2010 and went on voluntary status in 2015. Formerly, she was Adelaide R. Snyder Professor of Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. While at FAU, she served as Senior Assistant Vice President for Research Ethics (2006-2008) and as Special Assistant to the Dean of Arts and Letters for Ethics Initiatives (2004-2008) and as Director of FAU’s Ethics, Law & Society Certificate Program and the Environmental Studies Graduate Certificate Program.

Dr. Fiore earned Doctoral and Masters Degrees in Philosophy from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and also studied religion and ethics at Drew University Graduate and Theological School, Madison, New Jersey. In 1997/1998, Dr. Fiore was Frances Elvidge Post-Doctoral Fellow in Ethics at the Ethics Center, University of South Florida.


Timothy L. Pruett, M.D.

Dr. Pruett received his medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine, General Surgery and Transplantation training at the University of Minnesota and Internal Medicine residency at the University of Michigan. He has his Boards from the ABS in General Surgery and Critical Care and from the ABIM in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
 
Dr. Pruett began his clinical career at the University of Virginia rising from Assistant Professor of Surgery (1987) to Professor of Surgery and Division Chief of Transplantation Surgery by 1996. He was appointed the Strickler Family Professor of Transplantation in 1997. He was the Program Director of the transplantation training program at University of Virginia.  As an intensivist, he was co-director of the surgical ICU and established and was Program Director of the Critical Care Training program. In 2009, he moved to the University of Minnesota as Professor of Surgery and Internal Medicine, Chief of Transplantation and the John S. Najarian Surgical Chair in Clinical Transplantation.
 
Dr. Pruett was President of United Network for Organ Sharing (2008-2009); Chair of the Membership and Professional Standards Committee (2007-2008) and has represented UNOS in multiple international initiatives.  Dr. Pruett served as Treasurer of American Society of Transplant Surgeons’ council (2012-2015) and is currently President-elect of the Society.  He chairs the ASTS/AST joint committee for Biovigilance and has spoken broadly on legal and system issues that impact to organ transplantation within global healthcare systems.
 
Dr. Pruett’s research interests have included organ transplantation in patients with chronic viral diseases, the ethics and practice of live organ donation, transmissible diseases through organs and infections after organ transplantation. He also has education and infection interests as they pertain to the care of the critically ill.
 

W. Daniel Traetow, MD

Dr. W. Dan Traetow is an anesthesiologist in Columbus, Ohio and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute and Ohio State University Hospital. He received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and has been in practice for 37 years.