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Issues in Law and Medicine A Journal of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (ILM JAHM: ISSN 2377-6463 ) is a peer reviewed biomedical, ethical and legal professional journal dedicated to exploring issues at the intersection of health care, ethics and law which affect the most vulnerable human beings in our communities. See History.
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ILM JAHM publishes biomedical empirical research, scholarly in depth legal analysis, legal case synopses, and in depth scholarly ethical analysis after double anonymized peer review.
ILM JAHM accepts contributions from authors working in or across disciplines on topics including – but not limited to- :
Issues in Law and Medicine A Journal of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (ILM JAHM) is the official journal of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. As such, ILM JAHM also publishes guidelines from AHM member organizations which have undergone open peer review through the various member organizational committees. These manuscripts are published under the section “Open Peer Review”.
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Associate Editor
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Dr. Sandler received his training at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard Medical School and MIT. He has 196 publications, including 47 as first author and 69 as senior author, and 12 issued US patents. Dr. Sandler currently serves as a Professor in the College of Medicine, and as Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida, and as an officer of the American College of Pediatricians. He has three grown sons, two grandchildren, and celebrates 40 years of marriage this year.
Dr. Donna Harrison is a physician, board- certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She is currently serving as Director of Research for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the largest non-sectarian pro-life physician organization in the world, with over 8,000 members across the United States, and associate members worldwide. Under her leadership as past CEO, AAPLOG doubled membership, launched the annual Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference, developed an up-to-date website and social media presence, and launched systematic outreaches to the medical, legal and policy communities to discuss the effects of abortion on women. Dr. Harrison also serves as Chair of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.
Dr. Harrison’s research interests include Selective Progesterone Receptor Modulators, Endometrial Contraception, Maternal mortality, and Abortion Mortality and Morbidity. She has authored peer reviewed papers on the approval of RU-486 and on Ulipristal (Ella) as well as on the embryocidal potential of hormonal contraception. Dr. Harrison is a Continuing Medical Education Speaker in the United States and internationally on topics of Medical Abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol, Adverse Events associated with Mifepristone and Misoprostol, Emergency Contraception with Ulipristal, Maternal Mortality, and Abortion Morbidity.
She served for many years as an Adjunct Professor at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL, teaching post graduate seminars at the annual Center for Bio Ethics and Human Dignity summer workshops. She served as Associate Editor for 10 years and is now serving as Administrative Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed medical journal Issues in Law and Medicine A Journal of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. (ILM JAHM)
Dr. Harrison is married to Dr. Mark Harrison M.D., and is the mother of 5 children and 16 grandchildren.
John G. Pierce Jr., MD, is the Vice President of Missions and Medical Education at Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA) and is Professor / Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology / Women’s Health at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM). Dr. Pierce received his B.S and M.D degrees from the University of Florida, completed his residencies in Internal Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center and ObGyn at University of Florida Shands Jacksonville. He served on the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University for 16 years where he was the Clerkship Director and then the Residency Program Director for the Department of ObGyn before moving to LUCOM to be part of the inaugural faculty and teaching faculty for the last 11 years. He loves clinical care, education of students and residents, and medical missions. Dr. Pierce loves spending time with his wife Nicole and his 4 children.
Jeffrey J. Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics), is an obstetrician/gynecologist, author, educator, medical ethicist, and speaker. He dedicated 15 years of his career to fighting human trafficking within the intersection of trafficking and healthcare. In 2008, Dr. Barrows founded Gracehaven, an organization assisting victims of domestic minor sex trafficking in Ohio. In 2019, Dr. Barrows published a novel entitled “Finding Freedom,” which realistically portrays child sex trafficking in the United States. Dr. Barrows served as Senior Vice President of Bioethics and Public Policy for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations from 2020 to 2025, overseeing their advocacy efforts. He has been married to Kathy for 47 years and has three grown children and four grandchildren.
David A. Prentice, Ph.D. is President and Founding Board Member of the Science Alliance for Life and Technology (SALT) with almost 50 years’ experience as a scientific researcher, professor, academic leader and policy advisor. He is the former Advisory Board Chair and a Founding Member for the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center, a unique comprehensive adult stem cell center in Kansas that he was instrumental in creating. Dr. Prentice established Stem Cell Research Facts, an educational website about adult stem cells, and is an advisory board member for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. He earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Kansas. His previous service includes at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Professor of Life Sciences as well as Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Indiana State University, Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Molecular Genetics at the John Paul II Institute at The Catholic University of America, Senior Fellow and Director for Life Sciences at the Family Research Council, and Vice President and Research Director at the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
Dr. Prentice is an internationally-recognized expert on stem cell research, cell biology and bioethics. He has received numerous awards including the Walter C. Randall Award in Biomedical Ethics from the American Physiological Society, given for promoting the honor and integrity of biomedical science through example and mentoring in the classroom and laboratory, and he was honored with selection for the 31st A. Kurt Weiss Lectureship on Biomedical Ethics, Oklahoma University Health Science Center. He has provided scientific lectures, policy briefings, and legislative testimonies in 40 states and 21 countries, including before the U.S. House and Senate and numerous state legislatures, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. President’s Council on Bioethics, European Parliament, British Parliament, Canadian Parliament, Australian Parliament, German Bundestag, French Senate, Swedish Parliament, the United Nations, and the Vatican. In 2020, he was appointed by the Secretary of HHS to the federal Human Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board.
Dr. Prentice has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific and bioethics articles, including a review of stem cell science and adult stem cell treatments, has reviewed for various professional publications and been interviewed in virtually all major media outlets. He has also published many public commentaries and op-eds, and travels nationally and internationally to give invited lectures and advise professionals, policymakers and the public regarding stem cell research, fetal tissue research, gene editing, cloning, embryology, cell, molecular and developmental biology, cell culture and vaccines, biochemistry, biotechnology, bioethics, and science policy.
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
A board-certified Otolaryngologist, Dr. Marzouk has been with St. Joseph Health Hospital since 2022 and has been faculty at SUNY Upstate Medical Center since 2015. She has been a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngologic Allergy since 2018 and currently secretary. Dr. Marzouk is also currently chair of the joint operations committee for surgical services at St. Joseph Health. She completed her residency training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY in 2011. She completed her MBA from University of Delaware with a concentration in healthcare management in 2020. During her career, Dr. Marzouk has received numerous honors and awards including outstanding surgical research, performance as a resident, faculty who make a difference, teaching awards, and was a member of the Academy of Upstate Educators. Dr. Marzouk has founded an otolaryngologic allergy practice within her department and has integrated it into resident education with a formal curriculum. She also participates in the education of the medical community working with and teaching students, residents, and interdisciplinary teams. She brings a gentle smile, heart-felt compassion, and excellent surgical skill to every patient interaction. As a native New Yorker, she is passionate about setting a standard of excellent medical and surgical care for her home community.
Dr. Jeremy Bannon, MD, MA, CCFP, is a Canadian physician and bioethicist with scholarly interests in clinical ethics, Catholic moral theology, beginning and end-of-life decision-making, transplant ethics, and the ethical evaluation of emerging medical technologies. He has published in both peer-reviewed academic journals and the public intellectual journal First Things on a range of bioethical topics.
He is a Hospitalist at Hotel Dieu Shaver Rehabilitation Hospital in St. Catharines, Ontario, and an Assistant Clinical Professor (Part Time) at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Niagara Regional Campus. Dr. Bannon completed his Honours Bachelor of Science at Brock University, earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alberta, and completed family medicine residency training at McMaster University. He holds Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada and earned a Master of Arts in Catholic Clinical Ethics from Georgetown University.
In addition to his clinical and academic roles, Dr. Bannon serves as a board member of Canadian Physicians for Life. His work integrates medicine, bioethics, and theology, with sustained attention to normative analysis in contemporary clinical practice.
David L. Larson, MD, FACS, is a board-certified plastic surgeon who most recently served as Chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Larson joined the Medical College in 1986 as Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery, and assumed the role of Chair when the division became a department in 2001. In 2007, he was named the George J. Korkos Professor in Plastic Surgery, the Department’s first endowed chair. During the twenty-seven years he directed the department, he served as program director for 20 years, specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery for patients with injuries from trauma, cosmetic surgery, wounds, and cancer-related problems. He was previously the only plastic surgeon at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, from 1979 to 1985. Since his retirement in 2012, his encore career has been as an Accreditation Field Representative for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Dr. Larson is board-certified in otolaryngology (1976) and plastic surgery(1980). He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans. He completed a residency in otolaryngology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and a residency in plastic surgery at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Larson also served on active duty for two years as a general medical officer (Okinawa, US Naval Hospital in San Diego) with the US Navy and in the US Navy Reserve for 11 years, retiring in 2003 as a Captain in the Medical Corps.
He lives in Elm Grove, WI, a suburb of Milwaukee. He and his wife, Sherry, have three children and seven grandchildren.
Doctor Williams is a graduate of MIT and Tufts Medical and is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology. He was on faculty at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1988 – 1998 where he was head of rheumatology research. He worked at SmithKline Beecham/GlaxoSmithKline from 1998 – 2005 including being VP of Experimental Medicine. From 2005 – 2016 he was VP of Exploratory Development at Incyte Corporation. Since 2016 he has been President and CEO of BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. From 2008 – 2016 he served as Editor-in-Chief, The Linacre Quarterly, the official journal of the Catholic Medical Association. Dr. Williams has been responsible for dozens of investigational new drug applications and 11 successful new drug applications to the FDA and to other regulatory agencies. He was ordained a deacon in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2013 where he serves at Sacred Heart Parish in Havertown, PA.
