Aaron Michelfelder, M.D.
Department of Family Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
2160 S. First Ave., Bldg. 54, Room 240
Maywood, IL 60153

Dr. Michelfelder’s interests in bioethics and health policy date to his days as an undergraduate at Northwestern University where he worked at the Northwestern Center for Health Services and Policy Research.  During medical school at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, his interests were cultivated by the bioethics curriculum and by his many bioethics mentors, including Dr. David Thomasma.  During his residency in Family Medicine at Lutheran General Hospital, Dr. Michelfelder served on the LGH ethics committee and participated in ethics consults, utilizing the training he obtained at Loyola.  Currently, Aaron Michelfelder, M.D. is the Director of Undergraduate Education and Vice Chair in the department of Family Medicine at the Stritch School of Medicine where he teaches in multiple courses and is also a faculty member of the Cook County-Loyola-Provident Family Practice Residency Program.   He has been on the Loyola University Medical Center Ethics Committee and has been an ethics consultant since 2000.

Dr. Michelfelder's special interests include bioethics as related to national and international health policies, especially concerning care of the underserved, as well as end-of-life care, alternative medicine, and humane medical education.