Ryan Pferdehirt is the Vice President of Ethics Services at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioethics at Kansas City University. He supports healthcare organizations in the development of ethics committees and departments and works to grow competencies of member ethics committees, individual consultants, and the general public. Pferdehirt works with hospitals, hospices, and clinical associations nationwide providing workshops and ethics consultation services. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, his master’s degree from Creighton University, and his doctorate from Loyola University Chicago, and is a Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified (HEC-C).