Gia Merlo, MD, MBA, MEd is clinical professor of psychiatry and NYU Grossman School of Medicine and clinical professor of nursing, and senior advisor on wellness at New York University. Prior to joining NYU, she was associate dean of health professions and founding director of the Medical Professionalism Program at Rice University. She has been involved in clinical care and medical education for nearly 30 years and is an expert in professional development and mental health, particularly of physicians and other healthcare professionals.
Thomas D. Harter, PhD is the Director of the Department of Bioethics and Humanities with the Gundersen Medical Foundation and Director of Clinical Ethics Consultation with Gundersen Health System. He earned his PhD in 2010 in philosophy from the University of Tennessee, specializing in medical ethics and business ethics, and was a fellow with the Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics at Cleveland Clinic from 2010-2012.