KENNEDY INSTITUTE OF ETHICS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PELLEGRINO CENTER FOR CLINICAL BIOETHICS
June 9-11, 2025
Georgetown University Main Campus
Monday 9 June
9:00-9:45 am Registration and Coffee
9:45 am: Introduction & Welcome
John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL IBC Course Director Rose F. Kennedy Professor in Christian Ethics Senior Research Scholar Kennedy Institute of Ethics
10:00 am: “Autonomy“
Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
11:00 Break
11:30: SMALL GROUPS
12:30: Lunch
2:00 pm: “Philosophy and Methodology in Bioethics”
Sean Aas, PhD Associate Professor of Philosophy Senior Research Scholar Kennedy Institute of Ethics
2:45 pm: “Quality of Life”
Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD, MA Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies Director, Disability Studies Program Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
3:30 pm: Break
4:00 pm: SMALL GROUPS
5:00 – 6:30 pm: Opening Reception
Tuesday 10 June
9:00 am: “The Internal Morality of Medicine: Vital Concept or Quaint Relic?”
Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD Director, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Professor of Medicine David Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics Georgetown University
10:00 am: “Healthcare Funding and Bioethics: Dr. Pellegrino’s Unfinished Legacy”
David G. Miller, PhD Associate Director for Academic Programs, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center
11:00 am Break
11:30 am: SMALL GROUPS
12.30 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm “Clinical Consultation in the Acute Care Hospital”
“Life Sustaining Treatment & ICU Consults” Allen H. Roberts, II, MD, MDiv, MA (Bioethics) Professor of Clinical Medicine Physician Executive Director for Inpatient Operations and Associate Medical Director, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
“The Process of Consultation” Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine Chief, Ethics Consultation Service Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
3:00 pm: “Neuroethics“
James J. Giordano, PhD, MPhil Chief, Neuroethics Studies Program, Scholar-in-Residence, Director of the Sub-Program in Military Medical Ethics, and Co-director of the O’Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; Professor, Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center and Core Faculty, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, School of Continuing Studies
3:30pm: Break
4:00 pm: SMALL GROUPS
7:00 pm: Bioethics Film and Discussion
Laura J. Bishop, PhD Associate Teaching Professor and Academic Program Director Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Wednesday 11 June
9:00 am: “Vulnerability and Trust: Why Virtue Matters”
Carol Taylor, MSN, RN, FAAN, PhD Professor of Medicine and Nursing, Georgetown University Senior Clinical Scholar Kennedy Institute of Ethics
10:00 am: “Love in Ethical Clinical and Public Healthcare Deciding and Acting”
William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair in Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
11:00 am Break
11:30 am: SMALL GROUPS
12.30 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm: “Medical Mistrust”
Alyssa Newman, PhD Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
2:45 pm: “Data Ethics & Health Informatics”
Margaret Little, PhD Francis J. McNamara, Jr. Chair of Philosophy Senior Research Scholar Director, Ethics Lab Kennedy Institute of Ethics
