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Pediatric Bioethics Conference

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Note: The schedule is subject to change. Please check back regularly for updates.

Cases That Keep Us Awake at Night: Challenges in Pediatric Bioethics

Friday, July 19, 2013

8 a.m.

Sign-in and continental breakfast

Morning Session

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction
Benjamin Wilfond, MD

8:45 a.m.

The Hermit, the Mongol, the Swimmer, Bucky and the Dwarfs: Cases That Changed Me
Norman Fost, MD, MPH

9:30 a.m.

Siblings and Bone Marrow Donation: Can a Parent Protect the Interests of Both the Donor and the Recipient?
Douglas Opel, MD, MPH
Paula Goodman-Crews, MSW, LCSW
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD

10:30 a.m.

Break

11 a.m.

A Conversation About Challenging Cases in Clinical Ethics
Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, Moderator
Norman Fost, MD, MPH
Kellie Lang, JD, RN
John Lantos, MD
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD
Paula Goodman-Crews, MSW, LCSW
Micah Hester, PhD
Sara Rosenthal, PhD

12 p.m.

Panel and Questions
Norman Fost, MD, MPH
Kellie Lang, JD, RN
John Lantos, MD
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD
Paula Goodman-Crews, MSW, LCSW
Micah Hester, PhD
Sara Rosenthal, PhD

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:30 p.m.

An Adolescent with Leukemia Refuses a Blood Transfusion
David Woodrum, MD
Micah Hester, PhD
Marlena Dietzway, BA

2:30 p.m.

Break

3 p.m.

When the Results of Genetic Screening Affect Fifty Not-So-Cooperative Individuals
Sara Rosenthal, PhD
Kellie Lang, JD, RN
Holly Tabor, PhD

4 p.m.

Reflections of an Ethics Consultant: The Outsider/Insider Dilemma
Denise Dudzinski, PhD, MTS

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

Saturday, July 20, 2013

7:45 a.m.

Sign-in and continental breakfast

8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction
Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH

8:30 a.m.

On the Tragic Nature of Ethics Consultation
Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH

9 a.m.

Should Dialysis Be Compelled for a Child with Chronic Renal Failure?
Aaron Wightman, MD
Paula Goodman-Crews, MSW, LCSW
John Lantos, MD

10 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions: Presentation and Discussion of Submitted Cases 

  • Clinical Ethics in the Outpatient Setting – hosted by Douglas Opel, MD, MPH
  • Clinical Ethics in the Inpatient Setting – hosted by Maureen Kelley, PhD
  • Ethics in the Research Arena – hosted by Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD

11:30 a.m.

Break

11:45 a.m.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ethics
John Lantos, MD

12:30 p.m.

Concluding comments and adjourn