CONCORDIA BIOETHICS INSTITUTE
About the Institute

Concordia Bioethics Institute
12800 North Lake Shore Drive
Mequon, WI 53097-2402
E-mail: Kevin Voss
Phone: 262.243.4398 or toll free at 866.559.0002

Our Mission

The purpose of the Concordia Bioethics Institute is to serve Jesus Christ and humanity by bringing the power of the Gospel and guidance from God's Law to help people make decisions compatible with the Christian faith on issues in biology and health care. Our vision is to address ethical issues in health care and the life sciences from a distinctively Lutheran perspective and to facilitate Concordia University Wisconsin in accomplishing its Purpose Statement of ''exerting a Christian influence on the community, nation, and world'' by becoming an important Protestant bioethics teaching, service, and research center.

Who We Are

 Rev. Dr. Kevin E. Voss, M. Div., D.V.M.
Director, Concordia Bioethics Institute
Concordia University Wisconsin
E-mail: Kevin Voss

Dr. Kevin E. Voss joined the Concordia Bioethics Institute in August 2003, following the retirement of Dr. Richard Eyer the previous year. He has received training and experience in theology, ethics, reproductive technology, public heath, health care law, statistics, and research ethics.

From 1981 to 1995, Dr. Voss was in private practice in Northeast Wisconsin as a dairy veterinarian, with a concentration in reproductive medicine. The Lord then led him to begin ministerial studies at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. Dr. Voss is currently completing his Ph.D. in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He has given many presentations on bioethics topics to churches and hospitals. He is certified in, and has assisted with, teaching research ethics at Saint Louis University and was a full-board member of the Human Studies Committee (IRB) of Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis.

Dr. Voss currently sits on the Institutional Review Boards of Columbia St. Mary's Hospital System (CSM) and Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW). He also serves on the CSM-Ozaukee Campus Ethics Committee.

Dr. Voss is a native of Brillion, Wisconsin. In 1982, he married his wife, Kaye. They have two children, Rachel and Ryan. Rachel is a student at Washington University in St. Louis, and Ryan attends CUW. Both are interested in pre-medical studies.

Rev. Dr. Richard C. Eyer, D.Min.
Director Emeritus, Concordia Bioethics Institute
Concordia University Wisconsin
E-mail Richard Eyer

Born in 1939 and raised in New Jersey, Pastor Eyer graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and was ordained to the ministry in 1965. He served as pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Cass City, Michigan, from 1965 to 1969 and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Taylor, Michigan, from 1970 to 1974. He was in Clinical Training for hospital ministry at Harper Hospital in Detroit in 1974-5. After two years as Director of Pastoral Care at Grace Hospital, Detroit, 1975-6 he served in the same capacity at Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1976-1994. He received his D.Min. in Bioethics in 1998 from Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois.

Since 1995 Dr. Eyer has served as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University Wisconsin, Director of Counseling, and Director of the Concordia Bioethics Institute. In 1990 he received the Dominus Vitae Award from Lutherans for Life.

Dr. Eyer is the author of Devotions of Hope, CSS 1983; Pastoral Care Under the Cross: God In the Midst of Suffering, CPH 1995; and Holy People Holy Lives; Law and Gospel in Bioethics, CPH 2000, and many articles and book reviews.

He is the husband of Susan, a Deaconess, and the father of John and Mary.

Advisory Board Members

Dr. James Burhop, M.D., Health Professions
Dr. William Cario, Administration
Atty. Ken Fleck, Legal
Rev. Dr. Nathan Jastram, Theology
Dr. Don Korte, Natural Sciences and Institutional Review Board
Dr. Carol Lueders-Bolwerk, Health Services
Ms. Suzanne Miller, Administrative Assistant
Rev. Randolph Raasch, Pastoral
Mr. Mark Repenshek, Ph.D.(c), Health Systems
Dr. Linda Samuel, Health Services
Rev. Dr. Kevin Voss, Director