Bryn S. Esplin is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Education at TCOM where she teaches Medical Ethics and Jurisprudence. Dr. Esplin graduated cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Rhetoric before obtaining her law degree. During law school, she externed with both the Supreme Court of Nevada and the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health with an emphasis on Neuro-Psychiatric Ethics. She went on to complete a two-year Clinical Bioethics Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and a Visiting Scholar Residency at Yale University and The Hasting Center. She is certified in Healthcare Ethics Consultations (HEC-C), as well as a Patient Safety Specialist. (CPPS). Dr. Esplin 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.