Nicholas Mercado is a Medical Ethicist in the Division of Medical Ethics for Northwell Health, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Professions at Hofstra University, and acting Program Director for the M.S. in Health Informatics at Hofstra University. In his current position at Northwell Health, Mr. Mercado conducts clinical ethics consultations, sits on numerous hospital ethics committees, and participates in divisional research projects. He teaches in the medical school's ethics/professionalism, communications, and public health curricula, and is an assistant teacher in the Hofstra University Bioethics Certificate Course. Mr. Mercado graduated with his B.S. in Community Health Education at the State University of New York at Potsdam in 2012, his Master of Public Health from Hofstra University in 2015, and completed a certificate in Clinical Bioethics from the Hofstra University Bioethics Center. His research interests center on the ethical issues surrounding public health activities, specifically public health surveillance and its impact on personal autonomy in favor of public beneficence.

Undergraduate School

State University of New York at Potsdam

Undergraduate Major

Community Health Education

Graduate School(s)

Hofstra University

Focus Area/Interests

• Medical Ethics
• Health Informatics
• Clinical Bioethics
• Public Health Surveillance
• Personal Autonomy
• Public Beneficence

Current Position

• Medical Ethicist in the Division of Medical Ethics at Northwell Health
• Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Professions at Hofstra University
• Acting Program Director for the M.S. in Health Informatics at Hofstra University

Career Experience

• Conducts clinical ethics consultations
• Serves on hospital ethics committees
• Participates in medical ethics research
• Educates in ethics/professionalism, communications, and public health curricula
• Assistant teacher in Hofstra University Bioethics Certificate Course