In Memoriam: Kathy Powderly

by Craig Klugman, PhD Kathleen (Kathy) Ellen Powderly was a medical educator, clinical ethicist, medical historian, nurse-midwife, avid knitter, cat mom to Casey, mentor, and friend.  She was an Associate Professor and Director of the John Conley Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, where she began working in 1989. She held cross appointments in the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing as well as serving as clinical ethics consultant at University Hospital of Brooklyn and Kings County Hospital Center. She was Vice-Chair of the NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation Ethics Committee and a senator in the SUNY University Faculty Senate.…
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