Aaron G Wightman, MD, MA
Bioethics Consultation Service, Fetal Care and Treatment Center, Apheresis
On staff since October 2015
Children's Title: Co-Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care
Academic Title: Associate Professor, Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care
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The Wightman Lab focuses on research on medical decision-making for children with complex, chronic medical conditions.
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Dr. Aaron Wightman recently spent time with our teenage daughter for providing a second opinion and guidance on a serious issue. We traveled several hours to get back to Seattle, because we know Seattle Children's is the best around and we could not get knowledgeable pediatric care where we live. Both my daughter and I recommend Dr. Wightman without reservation for any issue - for any child in need of nephrology care. He is extremely knowledgeable on matters of kidney health and came to the appointment thoroughly versed on our daughter's medical history as though he had committed every page to memory. Dr. Wightman is relateable to children as well as parents, and provided us with a positive, do-able plan of action whereby we left Seattle Children's Hospital Nephrology Clinic feeling a huge weight had been lifted. In today's world of healthcare, and in the world of technology, information overload and uncertainty, it is extremely comforting to find a practitioner who not only took the time to become very familiar with our child's background, current health, and answered all our questions, but instantly developed a lifelong relationship with us. He took his time (another rarity), and we never, ever once felt rushed, or felt like no one really cared. Our nurse, Cathy Watt was awesome too! Thank you Dr. Wightman. Seattle Children's is lucky to have you on their team!
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Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date Residency Peer Teaching Award University of Washington Pediatric Residency Program 2011 Paul Young Award for Outstanding Research American Pediatric Association 2011 -
Other Publications
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Wightman A, Diekema DShould an Undocumented Immigrant Receive a Heart Transplant?
26496053 AMA journal of ethics, 2015 Oct 1 : 17(10)909-13 -
Wightman A, Kett JHas neonatal dialysis become morally obligatory? Lessons from Baby Doe.
25982939 Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 2015 Aug. : 104(8)748-50 -
Wightman A, Smith J, Diekema DNeurodevelopmental status as a criterion for solid organ transplant eligibility
Pediatric Transplantation Ethics, 2015 -
Wightman A, Opel DJ, Marcuse EK, Taylor JAWashington State pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedules.
22123877 Pediatrics, 2011 Dec. : 128(6)1094-9 PMCID:PMC3387893
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Presentations Title Event Location Date Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Dialysis Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2015 The boundaries of parental decision-making: the role of parental interests University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 2015 Current ESRD Access-to-Treatment Dilemmas: a Historical Context National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings Las Vegas, NV 2014 A trial of dialysis American Society of Pediatric Nephrology annual meeting Vancouver, BC 2014 Ethics of Neonatal Dialysis Northwest Kidney Center Seattle, WA 2013 Could you, should you dialyze that baby? National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting Orlando, FL 2013
Overview
- Board Certification(s)
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Pediatrics
Pediatric Nephrology
- Medical/Professional School
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Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Residency
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University of Washington School of Medicine GME, Seattle, WA
- Fellowship
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Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
- Clinical Interests
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Dialysis and renal transplantation
- Research Description
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My research interest focuses on decision-making in children with complex, chronic illnesses.