Kenneth A. De Ville, Ph.D., J.D. Dr. De Ville holds a doctorate from Rice University (1989) and a law degree from the University of Texas (1992). He is licensed to practice law in the state of North Carolina and is certified in Superior Court Mediation. He has served as “of counsel” for health law firms in North Carolina. De Ville serves as the university ethics liaison to the North Carolina State Ethics Commission and is an adjunct member of the Department of Public Health. He has served as administrative director of the university and medical center institutional review board. De Ville is Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) by the Healthcare Compliance Association (HCCA) and a Certified Institutional Review Board Professional (CIP).
His interests include:
- Medical ethics & law
- Public health ethics & law
- Research ethics & regulation
- Health care policy
- Medical regulation & compliance
De Ville has authored numerous peer-reviewed & non-peer reviewed articles, book chapters and professional publications. He is author of the book Medical Malpractice in Nineteenth Century America: Origins and Legacy (NYU Press, 1990) and is co-editor of The Debate over Physician-Assisted Suicide and Its Meaning for End-of-Life Care (2001). He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Legal Medicine, the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice,and Accountability in Research.
His articles have appeared in journals such as:
- Law, Medicine, and Ethics
- Journal of Legal Medicine
- Defense Counsel Journal
- American Journal of Public Health
- Journal of Public Health Management & Practice
- Journal of Healthcare Compliance
- Accountability in Research
- The Missouri Law Review
- CambridgeQuarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
- The Journal of Clinical Ethics
- American Journal of Bioethics
- Trends in Health Care, Law, and Ethics
- HEC Forum
- Social Justice in Context
- Pediatrics
- Current Surgery
- Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Mount SinaiMedical Journal
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
- Academic Medicine
- Western Journal of Medicine
- North CarolinaMedical Journal
- The Historian
e-mail: devillek@ecu.edu
