Cavan K. Doyle JD, LLM

Cavan Doyle, JD, LL.M is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics at the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago. Ms. Doyle received her JD and Certificate in Health Law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2007. Prior to joining the Neiswanger Institute, Ms. Doyle practiced health care law in Chicago for several years, representing a broad spectrum of clinical providers and health facility clients in regulatory and compliance matters. Ms. Doyle currently serves as outside regulatory counsel for a health care technology company, advising on matters pertaining to employee assistance and behavioral health services.

Ms. Doyle recently completed a Fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the MacLean Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she received formal training in principles of clinical ethics and clinical ethics consultation. She also received her LL.M in Medical Ethics at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England, where her thesis examined ethical conflicts arising out of disclosure of patients' HIV status. Her current research examines issues at the intersection of clinical ethics and law with a particular emphasis on the state legal mechanisms governing surrogate decision making for incapacitated patients.