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Robyn M. Axel-Adams, MS, M.Div, BCC, HEC-C

Administrator; Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics

Robyn Axel-Adams is the administrator for the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics.  Before taking this position, she worked at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital as a Staff Chaplain.  She is an ordained United Methodist clergy person.  She completed the Fairbanks Fellowship in Clinical Ethics in 2011-2012, where she focused on developing a curriculum for teaching internal medical residents about medicine and spirituality.   Her current work is in Advance Care Planning, serving as a resource for IU Health and an educator for Advance care Planning facilitators. She is a fierce LGBTQ ally, an NPR nerd, and loves to be outside.  She is married, has two children, and two cats.

Education

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  • University of Evansville, B.A. History, Minors: International Studies, Anthropology
  • Emory University, M.Div
  • University of Evansville, M.S. in Leadership

Publications

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  • Torke AM, Maiko S, Watson BN... Axel-Adams, R, et al. The Chaplain Family Project: Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of an Intervention to Improve Spiritual Care of Family Surrogates. J Health Care Chaplain. 2019;25(4):147-170. doi:10.1080/08854726.2019.1580979
  • West RS, Axel-Adams RM, Wocial LD. Embedding Nursing Ethics Within Teaching Strategies in Nurse Residency Programs. J Nurses Prof Dev. 2024May-Jun 01;40(3):167-171. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000001055. PMID: 38687712.  
  • Miller K, Fields M, Espinal K, Holmes E, Axel-Adams R, Martin AS. Review of Adult Ethics Consultations at a Statewide Health System in 2023. HEC Forum. 2025 Dec 7. doi: 10.1007/s10730-025-09573-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41353688.