Dr. Carol Gerson practiced pediatric otolaryngology for 26 years. She left clinical medicine in 2008 and became a mohelet practicing in Chicago and New Orleans. Also in 2008, she began her formal studies in bioethics. She received a master's degree and subsequently, in 2014, completed a doctorate in bioethics from Loyola University Chicago, and she now teaches bioethics to medical students at Tulane University and Northwestern University. Her primary clinical interest is in ethics consultation, and her primary theoretical interest is in new technologies and their ethical implications.