KENNEDY INSTITUTE OF ETHICS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PELLEGRINO CENTER FOR CLINICAL BIOETHICS
June 3-5, 2024
Georgetown University Main Campus
Monday 3 June
9:00-9:45 am Registration and Coffee: Bioethics Research Library
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 Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
11:00 Break
11:30: SMALL GROUPS
12:30: Lunch
2:00 pm: “Beneficence”
Karen Stohr, PhD Ryan Family Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy Senior Research Scholar Kennedy Institute of Ethics
2:45 pm: “Disability & the Definition of Health”
Sean Aas, PhD Assistant Professor of Philosophy Senior Research Scholar Kennedy Institute of Ethics
3:30 pm: Break
4:00 pm: SMALL GROUPS
5:00 – 6:30 pm: Opening Reception
Tuesday 4 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”
“The Process of Consultation” — Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine Chief, Ethics Consultation Service Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
“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
“Complicated Neuroethics Consultation” — 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 Core Faculty, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, School of Continuing Studies
3:30pm: Break
4:00 pm: SMALL GROUPS
Wednesday 5 June
9:00 am: “Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons from COVID-19”
Anthony Fauci, MD Distinguished University Professor Georgetown University School of Medicine and the McCourt School of Public Policy
10:30 am: “Addressing Ethical Vulnerability: A Method for Supporting Clinical & Public Healthcare Deciding and Doing”
William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair in Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
11:30 am Break
11:45 am: SMALL GROUPS
12.45 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm: “Quality of Life”
Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies 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
