Stephanie Van Slyke

Stephanie VanSlyke serves as the sole clinical ethicist for an 8-hospital healthcare system in northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan,, while also working part-time in the same capacity at the Center for Practical Bioethics. In addition, she functions as a case manager, coordinating care transitions for patients and navigating barriers such as insurance and financial issues. With a background as an ICU and hospice nurse, she is passionate about ensuring patients goals and values it elicited and guiding their care- particularly during times when they are unable to direct care themselves. She is a member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, the Healthcare Ethics Certification Commission, the Michigan End of Life Coalition, the Michigan Clinical Ethics Resource Network, and the American Case Managers Association, and an expert advisor for the Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (POST) medical order for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services . She frequently speaks at conferences on advance directives, surrogate decision making, and ethics at end-of-life.