Program Schedule
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 am: Break
11:30 am: SMALL GROUPS
12:30 pm: 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
3:30 pm: 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
3:30pm: Break
4:00 pm: SMALL GROUPS
5:00 – 6:00 pm: Closing Reception
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by MedStar Health and The Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics. MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 17.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Nurses: This activity is approved for 17.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physicians: MedStar Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For additional information, please contact us at kennedyinstitute@georgetown.edu