Thomas Bushlack, Ph.D., serves as senior director at the Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health. He most recently served St. Louis-based Mercy as vice president of mission and formation. Before that, Bushlack was regional director of mission integration at SSM Health, where he coordinated and chaired ethics committees. During this time, he served on CHA’s Theology and Ethics Committee.
Bushlack began his career in academia as a professor of ethics at the Aquinas Institute of Theology and the University of St. Thomas. He earned a Ph.D. in moral theology from the University of Notre Dame, where he wrote his dissertation under the direction of renowned Thomist theologian Jean Porter.
Bushlack has an extensive publishing record, including his 2015 monograph, “Politics for a Pilgrim Church: A Thomistic Theory of Civic Virtue.” His writings have been published in journals such as Theological Studies, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality and Health Progress.