Cathleen Acres received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Nursing from what was then 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 at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Administrative Director of the Division of Medical Ethics. She also serves as a Research Subject Advocate for the Medical Center's General Clinical Research Center.
Ms. Acres's research interests include end-of-life decision-making, ethics case consultation, and medical ethics education. Other areas of interest are research ethics and patient advocacy.
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