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Johan Bester, MD,PHD,HEC-C

Associate Dean for Pre-Clerkship Curriculum
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri

Name: Johan C Bester, MBChB, PhD, MPhil
Title: Associate Dean for Pre-clerkship Curriculum; Professor, Family and Community Medicine; Professor, Healthcare Ethics
Institution: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Johan C Bester is the Associate Dean for Pre-clerkship Curriculum at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He is also a Professor in Family and Community Medicine, and Professor in Healthcare Ethics. Dr. Bester provides leadership and oversight to the pre-clerkship curriculum, supervises course directors, faculty, and staff, and guides curricular philosophy, integration, and practice. Dr. Bester also co-directs and teaches in the healthcare ethics course in the medical school and serves as the leader for the evidence-based medicine thread.
Dr. Bester is an experienced bioethicist and medical educator with a prior background as physician. He completed medical training in South Africa, and practiced in family medicine and emergency medicine settings for 12 years in many different places, including in South Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He then transitioned to a professional focus on bioethics and medical education, which included completing a Master’s degree and a PhD in Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch, and Clinical Ethics Fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic. Prior to joining SLU, he served as Director of Bioethics and Assistant Dean for Biomedical Science Education at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.
Dr. Bester engages in scholarship in pediatric ethics, vaccination ethics, and theories of justice. He has published extensively in the areas of childhood vaccination, medical decision-making for children, and medical ethics. His work has been published in notable journals such as American Journal of Bioethics, JAMA Pediatrics, Bioethical Inquiry, and Journal of Medical Ethics. In addition, he has published a book examining the moral foundations and limits of parental authority, and co-edited an international textbook in pediatric ethics.

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