Andrew M. Flescher

Andrew M. Flescher is a Professor of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine (Core Faculty in Public Health) and Professor of English at Stony Brook University. He specializes in medical ethics, transplantation ethics, biomedical ethics, and comparative religious ethics. Currently, he serves as Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) and chairs the ethics committee of the New York State Transplant Council. His research focuses on organ donation ethics, healthcare justice, and the intersection of religion with public health and medical practice.

Education: Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Contemporary Religious Thought) from Brown University (2000), M.A. in Religious Studies from Brown (1995), and B.A. in Medieval and Renaissance Studies and History from Duke University (1991).

Research interests include medical humanities, bioethics, organ transplantation policy, health care equity, and the ethical dimensions of literature and film. He has authored five books, including Moral Evil (2013) and The Organ Shortage Crisis in America (2018), and co-authored articles in leading journals such as American Journal of Transplantation and Journal of Medical Ethics.

Service and Administration: He chairs multiple ethics committees, serves on the NY State Transplant Council, and leads Stony Brook’s living donor advocate program. His roles include University Senate representative, member of the Academic Judiciary Committee, and board member of the Humanities Institute.

• Key Awards: Choice Award (2009), Prose Award (2013).
• Grants and Funding: Extensive involvement in public health policy initiatives and transplant ethics research.

Labs/Teams: Directs the Master’s Program in Medical Humanities and Bioethics. Engages in interdisciplinary collaborations through the Program in Public Health and the Humanities Institute.