K. Krishnamurthy, M.D., M.B.E

Kaarkuzhali Babu Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, is a 2016 graduate of the Master’s of Bioethics program.  She is System Director of Epilepsy and EEG at Steward Healthcare, a national and international network of over 40 hospitals.  The care of women with epilepsy is her primary area of clinical and research interest, and her multidisciplinary program has helped hundreds of women have healthy babies.  She now has a system role as an ethicist, working directly with the network Chief Medical Officer on organizational ethics issues, while serving as Ethics Committee Chair at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, the network’s flagship hospital.  She works on programs to develop and sustain ethics activities in organizations, identifying ways to integrate and strengthen initiatives in collaboration with hospital and network leadership.