David F. Essi, MA
**** *********** *****, *-***, Cleveland, OH 44109
Mobile: 440-***-**** Email: acb6oi@r.postjobfree.com
October 2013
Current Employment:
Ethics Liaison, The Center for Biomedical Ethics
August 2012
Case Western Reserve University & MetroHealth Medical System, Cleveland, OH
Assist lead clinical ethicists with administration, ethics education and clinical consultation. Responsible for
maintaining ethics presence at interdisciplinary rounds for Trauma Service, BICU, PICU, MICU. Co-preceptor for
bioethics masters students completing clinical observations at MetroHealth Medical Center.
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)
Previous Work Experience:
Bioethics Intern
September 2010 – May 2011
University Hospitals & Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Certified Pharmacy Technician (5101-0701-0089-454 exp. March 2014)
April 2010 – February 2012
University Hospitals Inpatient Pharmacy & Cleveland Clinic Outpatient Pharmacy, Cleveland, OH
Research Assistant – Organometallic chemical synthesis & engineering
May 2009 – August 2010
John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
Presentations:
“Conscience Clauses & Contraception,” Foundations in Bioethics I, CWRU SOM, October 2013
“Conflicts of Interest,” Intensive Course in Medical Ethics, Boundaries & Professionalism, CWRU SOM, September 2013
“Conscientious Refusal,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, September 2013
“DNR-CC & DNR-CCA,” IQ+ Team Based Learning, CWRU SOM, September 2013, August 2013, October 2012, April 2011
“Conscience Clauses & Contraception,” Bioethics @ Noon, MHMS, July 2013
“PhRMA & The Health Care Professional,” Clinical Ethics: Theory & Practice, CWRU SOM, March 2013
“PhRMA & The Health Care Professional,” Bioethics @ Noon, MHMS, March 2013
“Patient Access to Unapproved Drugs,” Bioethics Distance Learning, CCF OCEI, March 2013
“What Are You Being Prescribed – And Why?,” Bioethics Distance Learning, CCF OCEI, March 2013
“Public Health Ethics & Pharmacy,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, NEOMED, January 2012 & February 2013
“Issues of Conscience,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, NEOMED, January 2012 & 2013
“Social Justice & Pharmacy,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, NEOMED, January 2013
“Conscience Clauses & Contraception,” Foundations in Bioethics II, CWRU SOM, January 2013
“Introduction to Bioethics,” Bioethics Distance Learning, CCF OCEI, January 2013
“Animal Ethics,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, December 2012
“Justice & Health Disparities,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, November 2012
“Medical Decision Making,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, September 2012
“New-Born Blood Spots,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, April 2012
“Reproductive Health, Contraception & Ethics,” Foundations in Bioethics II, CWRU CAS, March 2012
“PhRMA & Physicians,” Clinical Ethics: Theory & Practice, CWRU SOM, February 2012
“Pharmacogenomics,” Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Ethics, NEOMED, February 2012
“Confidentiality & Duty to Warn,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, February 2011
“Palliative Care,” Bioethics: Dilemmas, CWRU CAS, October 2010 & March 2011
CWRU SOM = Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
CWRU CAS = Case Western Reserve University College of Arts & Sciences
CCF OCEI = Cleveland Clinic Foundation Office of Civic Education Initiatives
NEOMED = Northeast Ohio Medical University
MHMS = MetroHealth Medical System
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
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)
Publications:
Synthesis and thermophysical properties of ionic
liquids: cyclopropyl moieties versus olefins as Tm-
reducing elements in lipid-inspired ionic liquids.
Tetrahedron Letters 54 (2013) 12–14.