Associate Professor
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, United States
Debjani Mukherjee, PhD, HEC-C is a clinical psychologist and clinical ethicist and Associate Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine and Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and a Senior Clinical Ethicist at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Mukherjee has over 30 years of clinical experience working in 9 hospital settings in Buffalo, Boston, Urbana, Chicago, Paris, Kolkata (Calcutta), and New York City - in a number of roles: psychometrist, Clinical Neuropsychology intern, brain injury support group facilitator, psychotherapist, Chargée de Mission, Fulbright scholar, Researcher, Ethics consultant and Director of an Ethics program. Her scholarly interests are in the ethical dilemmas posed by neurological impairments, the emotional impact of medical decisions, the practice of clinical ethics consultation, and ethical concerns in rehabilitation medicine.
Dr. Mukherjee has lectured and published on topics ranging from the dignity of risk to moral distress in rehabilitation professionals. She is the Ethical-Legal feature editor for the journal PM&R, the official scientific journal of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is on the editorial board of the multidisciplinary journal, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM