Bryn S. Esplin, JD, HEC-C, CPPS

Bryn S. Esplin is an instructional associate professor in the Department of Humanities in Medicine. Esplin comes to the department from the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), where she directed the Medical Ethics and Professional Identity curriculum at TCOM since 2019, and oversaw interprofessional activities within the health science center, including UNTHSC’s College of Pharmacy, Physician Assistant Studies, and UT Arlington's School of Social Work. She also serves as an Advance Care Planning Consultant for the Cleveland Clinic, where she completed her Advanced Bioethics Fellowship in 2016 after obtaining her law degree.

Esplin’s scholarly and research interests are centered around clinical ethics, patient safety and health law, and her pedagogy emphasizes the social, legal and ethical aspects of medical decision-making, ensuring trainees are exposed to and embrace all stakeholder perspectives to maximize patient safety, health outcomes and access. She is a frequent speaker at both national and international conferences in bioethics, health law and medical humanities, and her scholarship has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Harvard’s Health and Human Rights Journal, The Psychiatric Times, and the American Journal of Bioethics, Neuroscience.