Macey Henderson, JD

Macey L. Henderson is a health services and policy researcher, focused on business and leadership development for consultant team members at the Health Education Research and Outreach Network (HERO), which she co-founded. She is an implementation scientist working on health system transformation and innovation medical education curriculum as well as patient-centered outcomes research proposal development and administration with various academic medical centers.
During the 2012-2013 academic year, Macey was as a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. While in residence at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Macey trained under the auspice of distinguished scholars of philosophy, theology, and ethics, while pursuing scholarly projects in the law, policy, and ethics of organ transplants and regenerative medicine. It was a great honor to learn about the historical foundations and cross cultural theories of medical ethics from her faculty mentor, Dr. Robert Veatch–one of the founders of modern era bioethics who served as the ethics consultant for landmark legal decisions, including the highly public Karen Ann Quinlan right to die case in the 1970′s and In re Baby “K,” (16 F.3d 590 (4th Cir.), a case which illustrates the legal ramifications of futile care.
As a regulatory consultant with expertise of organ transplantation (OPTN/UNOS) policies, Macey knows how to navigate complex healthcare systems and provide expert guidance. Her specialty involves the ethics, marketing, and regulatory compliance of of kidney transplant programs in the United States. One of her favorite projects involved consulting with post-doctoral science policy fellows at the National Academies of Science on identifying the most imminent policy issues facing the U.S. healthcare system in performing organ transplants.Macey has been coaching and mentoring for over 10 years, and has found a great passion in fostering leadership development in the next generation of leaders. With a focus on interdisciplinary ethics education, Macey served as the Bioethics Bowl Coordinator to the Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society as the student organization hosted the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference in the spring of 2013. She is also the Founding Advisor for Bioethics Career Connection, a student-run professional development & mentorship program for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in bioethics and medical humanities. As an early career scholar in applied healthcare ethics, Macey has significant exposure national to the National Public Health Service, and was an invited participant to the Joint Bioethics Colloquium co-sponsored by John’s Hopkins University at the NIH Department of Clinical Bioethics in Bethesda, Maryland for the 2012-2013 academic year.
With both personal experience, and logistical knowledge of the transplant process, Macey is able to provide a fresh and unique perspective on many aspects of the transplant system, including living kidney donor program requirements. In addition, Macey has specialized expertise to assist with the development and implementation of innovative and dynamic research studies, evaluations, and community programming in public health, and is widely recognized for her ability to engage audiences of all kinds in lectures and presentations which involve legal, ethical, and public health issues.
Currently Macey is a Ph.D. student in Health Policy, Management & Bioethics at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, and is a Research Assistant at Regenstrief Institute and the IU Center for Aging Research working on CMS and AHRQ funded quality improvement projects. Macey is a member of the Public Health Law Network, the National Kidney Foundation’s Living Donor Council & Take Action Committee and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities where she is also a member of the Presidential Social Media Task Force. Macey earned her J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, where she focused on healthcare, biotechnology, and intellectual property law, and holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Medical Humanities.
In 2012, Macey was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWFJ) 40 under 40 nominee, which honors innovation and dedication to public health, and has been published in The Huffington Post, the Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy and the Journal of Clinical Ethics. As a living kidney donor, Macey is a champion for organ and tissue donation, sharing her time as a designated speaker and volunteer with Gift of Life Michigan, and a region 10 member of the United Network for Organ Sharing. She has recently been appointed to a 2 year term to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's Living Donor Committee to begin July 2014. Macey is the the Series Editor of SpringerBriefs in Public Health Ethics. where she is proud to help engage students in public health issues that affect a global healthcare economy.
During the 2012-2013 academic year, Macey was as a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. While in residence at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Macey trained under the auspice of distinguished scholars of philosophy, theology, and ethics, while pursuing scholarly projects in the law, policy, and ethics of organ transplants and regenerative medicine. It was a great honor to learn about the historical foundations and cross cultural theories of medical ethics from her faculty mentor, Dr. Robert Veatch–one of the founders of modern era bioethics who served as the ethics consultant for landmark legal decisions, including the highly public Karen Ann Quinlan right to die case in the 1970′s and In re Baby “K,” (16 F.3d 590 (4th Cir.), a case which illustrates the legal ramifications of futile care.
As a regulatory consultant with expertise of organ transplantation (OPTN/UNOS) policies, Macey knows how to navigate complex healthcare systems and provide expert guidance. Her specialty involves the ethics, marketing, and regulatory compliance of of kidney transplant programs in the United States. One of her favorite projects involved consulting with post-doctoral science policy fellows at the National Academies of Science on identifying the most imminent policy issues facing the U.S. healthcare system in performing organ transplants.Macey has been coaching and mentoring for over 10 years, and has found a great passion in fostering leadership development in the next generation of leaders. With a focus on interdisciplinary ethics education, Macey served as the Bioethics Bowl Coordinator to the Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society as the student organization hosted the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference in the spring of 2013. She is also the Founding Advisor for Bioethics Career Connection, a student-run professional development & mentorship program for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in bioethics and medical humanities. As an early career scholar in applied healthcare ethics, Macey has significant exposure national to the National Public Health Service, and was an invited participant to the Joint Bioethics Colloquium co-sponsored by John’s Hopkins University at the NIH Department of Clinical Bioethics in Bethesda, Maryland for the 2012-2013 academic year.
With both personal experience, and logistical knowledge of the transplant process, Macey is able to provide a fresh and unique perspective on many aspects of the transplant system, including living kidney donor program requirements. In addition, Macey has specialized expertise to assist with the development and implementation of innovative and dynamic research studies, evaluations, and community programming in public health, and is widely recognized for her ability to engage audiences of all kinds in lectures and presentations which involve legal, ethical, and public health issues.
Currently Macey is a Ph.D. student in Health Policy, Management & Bioethics at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, and is a Research Assistant at Regenstrief Institute and the IU Center for Aging Research working on CMS and AHRQ funded quality improvement projects. Macey is a member of the Public Health Law Network, the National Kidney Foundation’s Living Donor Council & Take Action Committee and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities where she is also a member of the Presidential Social Media Task Force. Macey earned her J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, where she focused on healthcare, biotechnology, and intellectual property law, and holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Medical Humanities.
In 2012, Macey was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWFJ) 40 under 40 nominee, which honors innovation and dedication to public health, and has been published in The Huffington Post, the Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy and the Journal of Clinical Ethics. As a living kidney donor, Macey is a champion for organ and tissue donation, sharing her time as a designated speaker and volunteer with Gift of Life Michigan, and a region 10 member of the United Network for Organ Sharing. She has recently been appointed to a 2 year term to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's Living Donor Committee to begin July 2014. Macey is the the Series Editor of SpringerBriefs in Public Health Ethics. where she is proud to help engage students in public health issues that affect a global healthcare economy.
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