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WHO WE ARE

Moral Injury of Healthcare, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, was founded in 2018, after a thought experiment about occupational distress reimagined as moral injury, published inSTATNews, went viral. Health workers immediately resonated with the concept, as did other professionals: veterinarians, public defenders, educators, and many others.

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As clinicians, leaders, patients, and family members, we have experienced healthcare from every perspective. We know it shouldn’t be this hard for anyone.

Co-founders

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Wendy Dean, MD

Wendy Dean was a practicing psychiatrist, Department of Defense medical innovation lead, and SVP of operations for a $500M international non-profit before cofounding MIHC. Her work has been published in three of the most well-respected peer-reviewed medical journals, and is recognized as a thought leader by mainstream media.She is the coauthor of, If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury In Medicine and Why It’s So Hard For Clinicians to Put Patients First, and cohost of the Moral Matters and 43cc podcasts.

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Simon Talbot, MD

Simon G. Talbot is a hand surgeon and microsurgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is Director of BWH’s Upper Extremity Transplant Program with research focused on nerve repair and the psychosocial aspects of hand and arm amputation and transplantation.

Dr. Talbot is widely published, is active in several professional societies, and is a Board member of the American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation. He is the physician representative to several committees at BWH and will be a member of the MIHC board in 2024.

Our Values

MIHC’s work is divided among the four pillars of nonprofit work - Awareness, Education, Research and Advocacy. These four pillars are aligned with our five core values, below.

Connecting stories, data, big picture assessments, and recommendations into processes, policy, legislation, and regulations drives change.

Curiosity

Courage

Community

Change

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Culture

Meet The Board

  • Tricia Brady

    Tricia Brady is a board certified anesthesiologist. Dr. Brady’s role is at the intersection of corporate healthcare and front-line clinicians, at a time of significant staffing scarcity. She has visibility into the challenges on both sides of healthcare delivery and is a steadfast clinician champion.

  • Chris Macedonia

    Chris Macedonia spent three decades in government service as a soldier, doctor, professor, explorer, and scientist. Through service in three wars and numerous other missions on 6 continents Chris saw the full range of challenges facing humanity. He now serves as a maternal fetal medicine specialist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and as a US government consultant. Helping families in need through the most complicated of medical and surgical issues, developing the next generation of cancer cures through computational biology and analytics, and fighting within the system for health equity are Chris’s missions that he pursues with joy and purpose.

  • Deborah Morris

    Deborah Morris is the Director for the Centre for Developmental andComplex Trauma (CDCT), Academic Centre & a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She has led the CDCT since 2020. The CDCT engages in research, conference and Higher Education activities relating those who present with complex trauma experiences. Dr. Morris is a senior lecturer and carries a small clinical caseload of male and trans females in the criminal justice system who present with complex trauma needs.

  • Matt Ramsey

    Matt Ramsey is a shoulder and elbow surgeon at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Sidney Kimmel MedicalCollege at Thomas Jefferson University, and cohost of the 43cc podcast. Dr.Ramsey has held multiple leadership positions as a board member, chief of service, Vice Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and in subspecialty organizations and journals. He is passionate about preserving private practice and physician leadership in healthcare.