Keith Meador Archives

May 5, 2026

Susannah Rose to direct the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

Rose, associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Health Policy, will succeed Keith Meador, MD, ThM, MPH, the Anne Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, who has directed the center since 2012.

By Bill Snyder

May 5, 2026

Keith Meador, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, to retire July 1

Meador has integrated ethics into the daily life of clinical departments at Vanderbilt Health. Under his direction, the center expanded its reach across specialties, establishing programs in surgical ethics, pediatric ethics and maternal-child health.

By Danny Bonvissuto

April 13, 2022

Study compares moral injury in health care workers and veterans

A study comparing 618 military veterans who deployed to a combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001, and 2,099 health care workers (HCWs) working during the COVID-19 pandemic found similar levels of potential moral injury (PMI), with 46.1% of veterans and 50.7% of HCWs reporting PMI.

By Emily Stembridge

October 28, 2021

Patricia Townsend Meador Lecture

Seattle Children’s Research Institute’s Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, was at Vanderbilt last week to deliver the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society’s Patricia Townsend Meador Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications

January 5, 2012

Meador to direct Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society