Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics
The Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics was established at the School of Medicine in 1992 with the goal of expanding opportunities to provide humanities courses for both premedical students and students in UMKC's six-year BA/MD program.
It was initially funded and coordinated by Marjorie and William Sirridge, M.D.s, who were founding physician-docents when the School of Medicine opened in 1971. The school received a grant in 1995 from the Culpeper Foundation to plan and develop an undergraduate medical humanities curriculum for students in both the Medical School program and in undergraduate programs at UMKC.
In 2008 the Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities was renamed to reflect its mission of infusing medical humanities and bioethics throughout the six-year curriculum. The first Sirridge Missouri Endowed Professor in Medical Humanities and Bioethics was also appointed. The Sirridge Office is located on the fourth floor of the Medical School in CO3d/e.
Faculty and Staff Members:
Lynda Payne, Ph.D., RN
Sirridge Missouri Endowed Professor in Medical Humanities
and Bioethics
e-mail: paynel@umkc.edu
816 235-5882/5239 Fax 816 235-5277
Students not in the six-year program who are interested in medical humanities courses can contact the office at the numbers above.
Marilyn Pesto, JD, RN
Director
e-mail: pestom@umkc.edu
Marjorie S. Sirridge, M.D.
235-5883
e-mail: sirridgem@umkc.edu