Igel holds degrees in clinical exercise physiology and counseling, and took his doctorate in

industrial/organizational psychology. Building on his work in hospitals and rehabilitation

centers, he spent four years in the player development department of a professional

baseball team before returning to health care as a program adviser at one the most

respected facilities in New York City. Igel began his teaching career soon thereafter when he

joined the faculty at New York University, where he is currently an assistant professor based

in the sports management department.

At NYU, Professor Igel teaches about management concerns in the business, political, and

social sectors. He extends these discussions on a broader level in his being selected as the

Faculty Affiliate for NYU's Ideas Into Action: Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum

program.

Beyond the NYU campus, Igel is a contributor to various publications and forums as a writer

and speaker on human affairs. He participated as a panelist on Sports in America: A Series

of Discussions Moderated by Arthur R. Miller and has presented to a wide range of groups,

including the American Psychological Association, the American Political Science

Association, the International Institute of Forecasters, the Pennsylvania Hospital History of

Women’s Health Conference, and the Sixth Quality Colloquium on the campus of Harvard

University. Igel also heads the Peter F. Drucker Society of New York City, a group that

advances the ideas of “The Father of Modern Management.”

Born in Boston, Caplan did his undergraduate work at Brandeis University, and did his graduate work at Columbia University where he received a Ph.D in the history and philosophy of science in 1979.

Caplan is the author or editor of twenty-nine books and over 500 papers in refereed journals of medicine, science, philosophy, bioethics and health policy.  His most recent book is Smart Mice Not So Smart People (Rowman Littlefield, 2006).

He has served on a number of national and international committees including as the Chair National Cancer Institute Biobanking Ethics Working Group, the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on Human Cloning, the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Department of Health and Human Services on Blood Safety and Availability, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses, the special advisory committee to the International Olympic Committee on genetics and gene therapy, the ethics committee of the American Society of Gene Therapy, and the special advisory panel to the National Institutes of Mental Health on human experimentation on vulnerable subjects.  He has consulted with many corporations, not for profit organizations and consumer organizations. 

He is a member of the board of directors of The Keystone Center, Tengion, the National Center for Policy Research on Women and Families, Octagon, Iron Disorders Foundation and the National Disease Research Interchange.  He chairs the advisory committee on bioethics at Glaxo.  He is on the board of visitors of the Columbia University School of Nursing.  He is the Co-Director of the Joint Council of Europe/United Nations Study on Trafficking in Organs and Body Parts.

He writes a regular column on bioethics for MSNBC.com.  He is a frequent guest and commentator on various media outlets.

Caplan is the recipient of many awards and honors including the McGovern

Medal of the American Medical Writers Association and the Franklin Award from the City of Philadelphia.  He was a person of the Year-2001 from USA Today, one of the fifty most influential people in American health care by Modern Health Care magazine, one of the ten most influential people in America in biotechnology by the National Journal and one of the ten most influential people in the ethics of biotechnology by the editors of Nature Biotechnology.  He holds seven honorary degrees from colleges and medical schools.  He is a fellow of the Hastings Center, the NY Academy of Medicine, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Currently, the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Prior to coming to Penn in 1994, Caplan taught at the University of Minnesota, the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia University.  He was the Associate Director of the Hastings Center from 1984-1987.

Arthur Leonard Caplan Ph.D

Lee H. Igel Ph.D

Karl Kapp Ph.D

Lee H. Igel is a teacher and adviser who applies his understanding of human and organizational behavior to the interests of society and the continuity and change in its institutions. This work has taken him throughout the United States to meetings, interaction, and consultation with decision-makers across business, government, and society.

Dr. Kapp helps entities transition into learning organizations through the effective use of technology.  He understands how people learn and is an authority on Instructional Design, which focuses on the systematic design, delivery and evaluation of instruction in a corporate environment.

Prior to her association with the firm, Ms. Nesbitt was a law clerk for the Honorable Jillyn K. Schulze, United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Ms. Nesbitt is a member of the executive board of the Maryland Defense Counsel and serves as co-chair of its Legislative Committee. She is also actively involved in the Defense Research Institute, a national organization of defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel, as a member of its Lawyers Professionalism and Ethics Committee.

Through her work in medical malpractice and complex commercial litigation, Ms. Nesbitt has developed a strong interest in the legal implications associated with medical documentation.  She regularly gives lectures to newly-admitted health practitioners on the importance of proper charting and has also given presentations on the new trends concerning discovery of electronic medical records in malpractice cases.

Nikki Nesbitt