Pediatric Bioethics Seminars
Pediatric bioethics seminars are held each Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Metropolitan Park West, Room 871, and are open to Seattle Children’s and University of Washington faculty, staff and students.
Seminars include invited guest speakers, works in progress, journal club and book discussions. For guest speakers the location may change to accommodate larger groups.
Please contact our administrative office at 206-884-8355 to be placed on our mailing list or to receive the schedule.
There are no upcoming events scheduled.
Past Seminars
Ethical Issues in Research With Children
July 2, 2009
Alan Fleischman, MD
March of Dimes
Ethics, Emotional Management, and Medical Decisionmaking
May 14, 2009
Chris Feudtner, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The limits of medical science: exploring the historical epidemiology of intellectual disability
January 8, 2009
Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD
University of Miami School of Medicine
Performance-enhancing drugs in sports
October 2, 2008
Norman Fost, MD, MPH
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Designer babies: choosing our children's genes?
August 14, 2008
Bonnie Steinbock, PhD
University at Albany, SUNY
Mediation in ethics consultation
June 18, 2008
Nancy Dubler, LLB
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Organ donation after cardiac death in pediatrics: not ready for prime-time?
June 5, 2008
Joel Frader, MD
Children’s Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University
Harm and uncertainty in newborn intensive care
May 23, 2008
Ken Kipnis, PhD
Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Genetic testing and screening in pediatrics: what are the limits? And who defines the limits?
February 13, 2008
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD
Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Ethics; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine and Ethics; Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago
Fetal medicine: the next big thing?
December 19, 2007
John Lantos, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Three conundrums about the value of life: disability, maintenance of hope and the significance of short lives
November 8, 2007
Paul Menzel, PhD
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Pacific Lutheran University
Physician aid in dying and the Groningen Protocol
October 3, 2007
Alex Kon, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics, University of California, Davis
Consultants and committees: models of bedside and institutional ethics
September 6, 2007
Kathy Weise, MD
Department of Pediatric Critical Care, The Cleveland Clinic
Groningen Protocol for euthanasia in severely ill newborns
June 14, 2007
David Woodrum, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; Ethics consultant, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
Ethical issues in international research
June 7, 2007
Christine Grady, RN, PhD
Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Parental permission and research using residual newborn screening blood spots
March 1, 2007
Jeff Botkin, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics, Associate Vice President for Research, University of Utah