Patricia Mayer is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Bioethics, completed a two-year Clinical Ethics Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, and founded the Clinical Ethics Service at Cleveland Clinic Florida. She served as medical director of the Hospice of Northern Colorado and holds faculty positions at the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Case Western University, Clarkson University and the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. Mayer currently serves as the Director of Clinical Ethics for Banner Health, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.