Biography
Cathleen Acres received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Nursing from The New York Hospital-Cornell University School of Nursing. She later received an M.A. in Nursing Administration from Columbia University Teacher's College. Ms. Acres spent her years as a nurse in the New York Hospital Burn Center- the last five years as Nurse Manager. She went on to become a Patient Representative at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Center where she specialized in ethics case consultation and end-of-life decision-making.
Ms. Acres is a Lecturer in Public Health and Administrative Director of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University . She also serves as a Research Subject Advocate for the Medical Center's Clinical and Translational Science Center.
Ms. Acres's research interests include end-of-life decision-making, ethics case consultation, clinical research ethics and medical ethics education.
