Conference on Brain Death (Los Angeles)

If you are in the Los Angeles area, join us for "Brain Death: Facilitating Family/Hospital Dialogue about Death by Neurological Criteria."  



This is a half-day conference for healthcare professionals, bioethics scholars, policymakers, and the public.  It is on January 18, 2015 from 8:00 am to 12:45 pm, in the Ahmanson Auditorium at Loyola Marymount University.



8:30-8:45 am      

Welcome and Introduction



8:45-9:15 am      

Rabbi Jason Weiner, BCC

The Jewish view of defining death and brain death



9:15-9:45 am      

Andy Lampkin, Ph.D.

Dialoguing with the African American community on the subject of death by neurological criteria



10:00-10:30 am  

Neil Wenger, M.D., M.H.P.

Is there a best-practices approach to dialogue about DDNC



10:30-11:30 am  

Thaddeus Pope, Ph.D., J.D.

Legal duties of California healthcare providers to accommodate objections to determination of death by neurological criteria



11:30-12:45 pm  

Panel Discussion

Moderated by Malcom Shaner, panelists include the above presenters as well as Roberto Dell'Oro, Ph.D.