Pediatric Bioethics Debate Series

Check out this fantastic Pediatric Bioethics Debate Series at Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center.  I am delighted to be a part of it.



Tuesday, October 2, 2012 

Is Neonatal Euthanasia ever Morally Defensible?

Eduard Verhagen, JD, MD

Neonatologist and Clinical Director of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

Brian Carter, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Bioethics Center and Section of Neonatology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics



Tuesday, November 27, 2012 

Is Expanded Newborn Screening Good for Children?

Duane Alexander, MD

Senior Scientific Advisor, Global Maternal and Child Health Research, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD

Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Medical Ethics; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery; Co-Director, Institute for Translational Medicine; Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago



Thursday, November 29, 2012 

Are Slow Codes Sometimes Preferable to Unilateral DNR Orders?

Annie Janvier, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal; Neonatologist and Clinical Researcher, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CHU-Sainte Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada

William Meadow, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics; Co-Section Chief, Neonatology; Director, Neonatology Fellowship Program, University of Chicago



Tuesday, February 5, 2013 

Does the Concept of ‘Medical Futility’ Help Clinicians?

Robert D. Truog, MD

Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology, and Pediatrics and Director of Clinical Ethics, Harvard Medical School; Executive Director of Institute for Professionalism & Ethical Practice and Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Boston

Robert L. Fine, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Clinical Director, Office of Clinical Ethics and Palliative Care, Baylor Health Care System

Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD

Director of Health Law Institute and Professor of Law, Hamline University



Friday, March 15, 2013 

Should Parents be Permitted to Test Children for Adult-Onset Conditions?

Kelly Ormond, MD, CGC

Associate Professor and Director, MS in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling, Stanford University

Rosamond Rhodes, PhD

Professor of Medical Education and Director of Bioethics Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Professor of Philosophy, The Graduate Center, City University of New York; Professor of Bioethics and Associate Director, Union-Mount Sinai Bioethics Program