David F. Essi, MA
2500 MetroHealth Drive R-301 Cleveland, OH 44109
Mobile: 440.315.5734             Email: dxe29@case.edu

December 2012

Current Employment:

Ethics Liaison, The Center for Biomedical Ethics
August 2012
Case Western Reserve University & MetroHealth Medical System, Cleveland, OH
Duties include assisting with ethics consultations, attending and coordinating ethics committee meetings, assisting with educational programs for hospital employees, observing delivery of care on rounds in MICU, PICU, SICU/Trauma, BICU.
 

Education:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
M.A. Bioethics (2011)

John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
B.S. Biology, Concentration: Italian Studies (2010)

Pontificia Universitá Urbaniana, Rome, Italy
Study Abroad (August – December 2008)
 

Skills:
Ethics Education & Course Development
(High School, Undergraduate and Graduate Level)


Planned curriculum, managed presenters and taught for Bioethics Distance Learning Program for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Office of Civic Education Initiatives


Co-taught & developed “Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics” course for Northeast Ohio Medical University’s Bioethics Certificate Program


Please find list of invited presenations below.
 

Previous Work Experience:
Bioethics Intern
September 2010 – May 2011
University Hospitals & Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Certified Pharmacy Technician (5101-0701-0089-454 exp. March 2014)
April 2010 – February 2012
University Hospitals Inpatient Pharmacy & Cleveland Clinic Outpatient Pharmacy
 

Invited Presentations:
“Patient Access to Unapproved Drugs,” Bioethics Distance Learning, March 2013


“What Are You Being Prescribed – And Why?,” Bioethics Distance Learning, March 2013


“Conscience Clauses,” Foundations in Bioethics II, January 2013


“Introduction to Bioethics,” Bioethics Distance Learning, January 2013


“DNR-CC & DNR-CCA,” IQ+ Team Based Learning, April 2011, October 2012, January 2013


“Animal Ethics,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, December 2012


“Justice & Health Disparities,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, November 2012


“Medical Decision Making,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, September 2012


“New-Born Blood Spots,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, April 2012


“Reproductive Health, Contraception & Ethics,” Foundations in Bioethics II, March 2012


“PhRMA & Physicians,” Clinical Ethics: Theory & Practice, February 2012


“Pharmacogenomics,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, February 2012


“Public Health Ethics & Pharmacy,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, January 2012


“Issues of Conscience,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, January 2012


“Confidentiality & Duty to Warn,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, February 2011


“Palliative Care,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, October 2010 & March 2011
 

Selected Honors/Awards:
Graduate Student Appreciation Award 
(2011)
Academic Achievement Award in Italian Language (2009)
Comcast Outstanding Service to Community Scholarship (2006)
 

Non-Degree Related Education:
Introduction to Biostatistics (2012)
Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology (2012)
Epidemiology & Population Health Summer Institute at Columbia
Department of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Clinical Bioethics Course (2010)
Division of Medical Ethics
Harvard Medical School
 

Language Proficiency:
            Italian (advanced conversational & reading)
Spanish (basic conversational & reading)
HTML, CSS (basic reading & writing)