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Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH is Professor in the Department of Surgery, and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Dr. Gordon is a medical anthropologist, and trained in clinical medical ethics and in Community Health. Her scholarship focuses on transplant ethics, health disparities, and treatment decision-making. Dr. Gordon is the Principal Investigator for federally-funded research to develop, implement, and evaluate culturally targeted, multi-level, educational, and digital health interventions to reduce health disparities and improve informed consent. She is Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and of the American Society of Transplantation.

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Research and Clinical Ethics Considerations for Xenotransplantation Research and Clinical Ethics Considerations for Xenotransplantation
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Examines ethical and policy issues about xenotransplantation.

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Xenotransplants under the FDA’s Expanded Access/Compassionate Use Pathway Xenotransplants under the FDA’s Expanded Access/Compassionate Use Pathway
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Focuses on ethical and policy challenges for performing xenotransplants under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Expanded Access/Compassionate Use program.

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