Ethics Consultant
VNSNY Hospice & Palliative Care
History and Philosophy
94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd, RM AC-3D08
Jamaica
NYUSA
11451
Biographical Sketch: Tim Kirk is currently ethics consultant for VNSNY Hospice & Palliative Care and assistant professor of philosophy at the City University of New York-York College in New York, NY, USA, where he specializes in philosophy of nursing and healthcare ethics with an emphasis on hospice and palliative care. In addition to his appointment at CUNY, he serves as chair of the hospice and palliative care affinity group of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, on the executive board of the International Philosophy of Nursing Society, and as vice chair of the ethics committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Dr. Kirk completed a PhD in philosophy at Villanova University in 2004, and is also completing an MPH at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. He lives in New York City with his dog, Lillie.