2008 (Jan-June) Events Archive
June 2008
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Harvard Bioethics Course
Wednesday - Friday, June 11 - 13
Harvard Medical School
MEC Amphitheater
260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MAThis 3 day course is designed for members of ethics committees and others interested in ethical aspects of clinical practice, including ethicists, physicians, nurses, chaplains, social workers, health care administrators, respiratory and other therapists, patients’ rights officers and representatives, psychologists, risk managers, moral philosophers, hospital attorneys and trustees. The combination of lectures, case discussions and panels cover core information about ethical theories, principles, and methods, key bioethics cases from US courts, evolving standards for ethics consultation, and areas of clinical ethical controversy and consensus. Faculty for the course are drawn from the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School and from the Harvard-affiliated hospitals and institutions.
May 2008
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The Ackerman Lecture on Medicine & Culture — Self & Non-Self:
A Transplant Surgeon and the Medical HumanitiesThursday, May 1
5:00 PM
Harvard Medical School
MEC Amphitheater
260 Longwood Avenue, BostonPauline W. Chen, MD, author, Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality. RSVP to Ackerman@hms.harvard.edu.
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The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar — Ethical Problems Specific to Academic Medicine - Who Is the Doctor? Diffusion of Responsibility in Teaching Hospitals
Friday, May 16
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Countway Library
Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, BostonRalph I. Horwitz, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
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The Ruth C. Brufsky Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics — Informed Consent: What Works and What Doesn’t
Monday, May 19
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana 1620
44 Binney Street, BostonEric Kodish, MD, F. J. O’Neill Professor and Chairman, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic Professor of Pediatrics, Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Ethics Grand Rounds. For information, Nicole Santangelo.
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The Medical Ethics Forum — Patients with Passports: Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism
Wednesday, May 21
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Harvard Medical School
MEC Amphitheater, 2nd floor
260 Longwood Avenue, BostonDavid Boucher, MPH, FACHE, Assistant Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and Managing Director, Companion Global Healthcare;
I. Glenn Cohen, JD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Law School and Academic Fellow and Lecturer on Law, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School;
Maggi Grace, Author, State of the Heart: A Medical Tourist’s True Story of Lifesaving Surgery in India and Consultant, who testified before the U.S. Congress on medical travel;
Josef Woodman, global consumer healthcare advocate; President, Healthy Travel Company; and Author, Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism; and
Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD, Associate Clinical Professor of Social Medicine, Medical Ethics and Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, moderator.Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
April 2008
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BWH Center for Bioethics Rounds — The Ethics of Withdrawing Ventilatory Support in a Patient with High Quadriplegia
Friday, April 4
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Anesthesia Conference Room, CWN-L1
75 Francis Street, BostonRichard Martinez, MD, MH, Director, Program in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; and Director, Psychiatric Emergency and Forensic Services, Denver Health Medical Center. Sponsored by the Brigham & Women’s Hospital Center for Bioethics. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:45am. Pre-register here. Contact Pamela Galowitz with questions, 617-732-8590.
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The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar — Ethical Problems Specific to Academic Medicine - Work Hour Limitations: Benefits and Harms
Friday, April 18
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Countway Library
Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, BostonHasan Bazari, MD, Associate Chief of Medicine and Program Director of Medical Services, MGH. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
March 2008
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The Wiese Lecture in Medical Humanities — Should Medicine Make Us “Better than Well”? Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
Wednesday, March 5
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Bornstein Family Amphitheater
2nd Floor (Pike) at BWH
near the 45 Francis Street entranceMichael J. Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University. Sponsored by the BWH Center for Bioethics. Pre-register here. Contact Pamela Galowitz with questions 617-732-8590.
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The 2008 George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics — Individualized Medicine and Universal Health Care
Thursday, March 13
4:00 PM
Harvard Medical School
MEC Amphitheater
260 Longwood Avenue, BostonHarvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
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The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar — Ethical Problems Specific to Academic Medicine - Ethics of Hospital Care by Medical Trainees
Friday, March 21
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Countway Library
Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, BostonMarshall A. Wolf, MD, Vice Chair for Medical Education, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
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BWH Center for Bioethics Rounds — Ethics, Disparities and Cross-Cultural Care: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges
Tuesday, March 25
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Anesthesia Conference Room, CWN-L1
75 Francis Street, BostonJoseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH, Director, The Disparities Solutions Center;
Senior Scientist, The Institute for Health Policy; and Director of Multicultural Education, MGH. Sponsored by the Brigham & Women’s Hospital Center for Bioethics. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:45am. Pre-register here. Contact Pamela Galowitz with questions, 617-732-8590.
February 2008
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MGH Ethics Forum — Jewish Law and End of Life Decision Making - A Case Study
Friday, February 8
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Massachusetts General Hospital
Sweet Conference Room, GRB 4
55 Fruit Street, BostonPresentation and Discussion with Guest Speaker, Craig D. Blinderman, MD, MA, Attending Physician, Palliative Care Services, MGH; and Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Panel discussion lead by Rabbi Ben Lanckton. Sponsored by the MGH Ethics Task Force. No pre-registration required. For more information, acist@partners.org.
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Markets for Kidneys? The Ethics of the Organ Bazaar — A Symposium on Current Controversies in International Health
Friday, February 8
1:30 - 5:00 PM
Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge - G2
677 Huntington Avenue, BostonTopics and Speakers:
- The World Health Organization and the International Organ Trade
Dr. Luc Noel - WHO - Curbing the Sale of Organs
Dr. Francis L. Delmonico, The Transplantation Society and New England Organ Bank - A Workable, Defensible Market for Organs
Professor Julio J. Elias, Economist - SUNY - Payment for Kidneys: The Most Fundamental Concern?
Professor Nir Eyal, Division of Medical Ethics and Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health - Is Organ-Selling Inherently Wrong? ‘Kantian’ Objections
Professor Samuel Kerstein, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health
Symposium Chairperson: Professor Daniel Wikler, HSPH and The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health. Co-sponsored by The Harvard University Program in Ethics & Health and The Department of Population and International Health, HSPH.
Free and open to the public. RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950. - The World Health Organization and the International Organ Trade
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The Medical Ethics Forum — Medically Intervening on Behalf of the Fetus: The State of the Science, Ethics and Law
Wednesday, February 13
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Harvard Medical School
MEC 227
260 Longwood Avenue, BostonRussell Jennings, MD, Director, Advanced Fetal Care Center, Children’s Hospital Boston and Associate Professor of Surgery, HMS;
R. Alta Charo, JD, Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison;
Dan Wikler, PhD, Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, HSPH; and
Sadath A. Sayeed, JD, MD, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Social Medicine, HMS and Attending Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, moderator.Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
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The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar — Ethical Problems Specific to Academic Medicine - Mentors and Tormentors: Ethical Issues in Faculty Conduct
Friday, February 15
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Countway Library
Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, BostonEdward M. Hundert, MD, Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics, HMS, former President, Case Western Reserve University. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
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The 2008 Lawrence Lader Lecture on Family Planning and Reproductive Rights — The Baby Business: What’s Wrong with the Current Market for Reproductive Medicine and How to Make it Better
Tuesday, February 26
4:00 PM
Harvard Medical School
MEC Amphitheater
260 Longwood Avenue, BostonDebora L. Spar, PhD, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
January 2008
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MGH Ethics Forum — Ethics, Disparities and Cross-Cultural Care: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges
Friday, January 11
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Massachusetts General Hospital
Yawkey 2-210
55 Fruit Street, BostonPresentation and Discussion with Guest Speaker, Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH, Director, The Disparities Solutions Center; Senior Scientist, MGH Institute for Health Policy; and Faculty, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Sponsored by the MGH Ethics Task Force. No pre-registration required. For more information, acist@partners.org.
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The Medical Ethics Faculty Seminar — Ethical Problems Specific to Academic Medicine - Industry Sponsorship of Continuing Medical Education
Friday, January 18
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Countway Library
Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, BostonMartin A. Samuels, MD, Neurologist-in-Chief and Chair, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
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The BWH Center for Bioethics Ethics Rounds — Allowing the Dying to Donate: A Call for Change in the Ethics of Organ Donation
Tuesday, January 29
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Anesthesia Conference Room
Level L-1 of the Center for Women and Newborns (Connors Center)
75 Francis Street, BostonThos Cochrane, MD, MBA, Staff Neurologist, BWH and Instructor in Neurology, HMS. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:45am. Please pre-register for this event here. Contact Pamela Galowitz with questions, (617) 732-8590.
