Kiarash Aramesh M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, Earth, and Environmental Sciences at the College of Science, Technology, and Business, at the University of Western Pennsylvania (PennWest) in Edinboro, PA, where he's also the Director of The James F. Drane Bioethics Institute. He received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, a specialty in Community Medicine from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, and his Ph.D. in Healthcare Ethics from the Center for Healthcare Ethics from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Previously, he was an Associate Professor and Vice-President for Research at the Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.