Michael J Redinger, MD, MA

Michael Redinger, MD, MA
  • Co-Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law
  • Associate Professor, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law
  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
    • Primary Address
    • Business
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Dr. Michael Redinger is an Associate Professor at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed).  He is dually appointed in the Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, for which he serves as Co-Chair, and the Department of Psychiatry, for which he previously served as Interim Chair.  He also serves as a member of the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA), and Chair of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) Committee on State Legislation and Regulations.  He previously served as an Alternate Delegate from Michigan to the American Medical Association and as the Young Physician Section representative on the Michigan State Medical Society Board of Directors.

His myriad research interests include clinical ethics, psychiatric ethics, religion and medicine, and medical professionalism.  He has been published in numerous scholarly journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, CHEST, The American Journal of Bioethics, AJOB: Neuroscience, The Journal of Clinical Ethics, The Hastings Center Report, The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 

Prior to joining the faculty at WMed, Dr. Redinger served as the Chief Resident in WMed’s Department of Psychiatry. Prior to arriving at WMed, he completed a dual MD/MA in Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics. 

Education

  • Residency 2015, Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
  • MA 2011, Bioethics and Health Policy, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University-Chicago
  • MD 2011, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University-Chicago
  • MA 2011, Bioethics and Health Policy, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University-Chicago
  • MD 2011, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University-Chicago
  • BS 2007, Biological Sciencies, University of Notre Dame
  • BS 2007, Biological Sciencies, University of Notre Dame

Board/Specialty

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry)