Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds

2023-24

Spring 2024

• February 13: "The Opioid Epidemic in Healthcare: The Evolving Nature of Care and Empathy" by Shelby McCubbin, Jade Nicely, James Krauth, Madelin Rane, Miranda McCormick, Tyler Hall, and Joey Ampfer
• April 9: Dr. Keith Knapp, College of Public Health, title TBA 

Fall 2023

• September 12: "Here for a Long Time: Ethics in Caring for Patient with Nowhere to Go" by Caroline A. Buchanan, PhD, HEC-C, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine  
• November 14: "Transplant Ethics: Living Kidney Donors, Who Gives and Why" by Robert M. Guerin, PhD. Clinical Ethicist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Clinical Assistant Professor of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, and Director of Clinical Ethics Fellowship at University Hospitals

2022-23

Spring 2023 

• February 14: "From Pandemic to Endemic: An Investigation into the impacts of COVID-19 on UK Healthcare: 2022 - 2023" by Daniel Mink, Makayla Caudill, Madeline Blair, Olivia Davis, Stefani Deschner, and Colton Hartig. 
• March 14: "The Ethical Challenges of Xenotransplantation" by Arthur Caplan, PhD, Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City. 

• April 11:  "MAID Service in 2023: The Messy Status of Assisted Death" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, HEC-C, Professor and Director, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Behavioral Science and Pediatrics and Chair, UK Healthcare Ethics Committee

Fall 2022

• September 13: "What's Futile in the ICU?: Thinking about the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on End-of-Life Care" by Caroline A. Buchanan, PhD, HEC-C, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine  
• November 8: "The 72-Hour Hold: Clinical Ethics Considerations" by Johnathan Bilbro, MD, Instructor, University of Louisville 
• December 1: "Legacy of Tuskegee: Ongoing Challenges and Emerging Opportunities" by Patrick Smith, Ph.D, Director of Bioethics Program, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and the Hisotry of Medicine, Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics, Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, and Senior Fellow 

2021-22

Spring 2022

• February 8: "Determining Decision-Making Capacity: What Every Attending Practitioner Needs To Know" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, HEC-C, Professor and Director, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Behavioral Science and Pediatrics and Chair, UK Healthcare Ethics Committee
• March 8: "Summer 2021: Healthcare Providers' Perspective on the COVID-19 Pandemic before Delta and Omicron" by Kate Cox, Jerod Crockett, Krista Murphy, Chase Rawls, and Abbigayle Rawls, 2024 Students in the Scholarly Concentration in Bioethics 

• April 12: "Pregnancy Termination Rhetoric, Personhood, and the Texas Heartbeat Act (SB 8)" by Lisa Campo-Engelstein, PhD, Director, Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities, Harris L. Kempner Chair in the Humanities in Medicine, Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch

Fall 2021

• September 14: "Caring for the Incarcerated: Ethics Guidance and Challenges" by Caroline A. Buchanan, PhD, HEC-C, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Department of Internal Medicine  
• October 12: "Genetic Testing: Unpacking Informed Consent" by Hillary T. Rieger, MA, MS, LCGC, Senior Genetic Counselor, Department of Pediatrics
• November 9: "The Role of High Quality Communication in End of Life Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer: One Size Does Not Fit All" by Paul R. Helft, MD, Allan S. Manalan and Diane K. Werth Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine; Director, Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics; Vice President, Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, Indiana University Health

2020-21

Spring 2021

• February 9: "Then and Now: A COVID Presentation" by Aaron Adams, MS2; Richard Burd, MS2; Mark Sirianno, MS2; and Jeremiah Wayne, MS2; Inaugural Class of the Scholarly Concentration in Bioethics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
• March 9: "The Effect of Pandemics on Cancer Patients: Ethical Issues" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, HEC-C, Director and Professor, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.
• April 13: "Dying Prematurely: Discussing Death and Dying with African Americans" by Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity; Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs, Indiana University School of Medicine.

Fall 2020

• September 8: "Ethical Issues in Transplantation" by Richard A. Demme, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Bioethics, University of Rochester Medical Center.
• October 13: "Diagnostically Difficult Forensic Cases: Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples" by Gregory J. Davis, MD, FACP, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine; Former Associate Chief Medical Examiner, Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• November 10: "Natural Childbirth and Patient Autonomy" by Naomi Rendina, PhD, Lecturer, California State University, East Bay.

2019-20

Spring 2020

• February 11: "Suicidal: Ethical Issues in Caring for Patients at Risk of Self Harm" by Caroline Buchanan, PhD, HEC-C, Assistant Professor and Clinical Ethicist, UK Program for Bioethics.
• March 10: "Compounding Tragedy: The Dangerous Dynamics of Health Professional - Patient/Parent Communication in Hard Cases" by Mark Aulisio, PhD, Susan E. Watson Professor and Chair, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University.
• The April event in 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Fall 2019

• September 10: "Informed Consent 101" by Paula Holbrook, RN, BHS, JD, CPHRM, Associate General Counsel, University of Kentucky; Clinical Risk Manager; Associate Director, Risk Management, UK HealthCare.
• October 8: Co-Sponsored by the Markey Cancer Center Oncology Ethics Program "Death with Dignity: The Evolving Legal Status of Medical Aid in Dying" by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD, Director of the Health Law Institute; Professor of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
• November 12: "Dr. Death: How the Healthcare System Failed to Protect Patients from a Dangerous Doctor" by Kristy Deep, MD, MA, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

2018-19

Spring 2019

• February 12: "50 Years of On Death and Dying: How Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Changed Clinical Ethics" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.
• March 12: "Love in the Time of Antibiotic Resistance: How Altruism Might Be our Best Hope" by Dien Ho, PhD, Associate Professor, MCPHS University.
• April 9: "Brain Damage and Brain Death: Lessons from the Story of Jahi McMath" by Mark Mercurio, MD, MA, Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine; Director, Program for Biomedical Ethics.

Fall 2018

• September 11: "50 Years of Brain Death: Definitions, Cases and Continuing Challenges" by Rebecca B. Yarrison, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Nursing and Philosophy.
• October 9: "Post ICU Syndrome: Ethical Issues" by Ashley Montgomery-Yates, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
• November 13: "What to Do When There's 'Nothing We Can Do': Rethinking Ethical Obligations to Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms" by Jeremy Garrett, PhD, Research Associate, Children's Mercy Bioethics Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

2017-18

Spring 2018

• February 13: "Selective Adherence, Medical Coherence, and Limits to Patient Autonomy" by Rebecca B. Yarrison, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Nursing and Philosophy.
• March 13: "Health Law Issues to Watch in 2018" by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health.
• April 10: "Ethical Complexities in Assessing Patients' Insight" by Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Fall 2017

• September 12: "Ethical Issues in Refugee Healthcare" by Caroline A. Buchanan, PhD, Post-Doctoral Scholar, UK Program for Bioethics.
• October 10: "Lethal Injection Enters a Second Generation: New Drugs, Protocols, and Controversies" by Frank Romanelli, PharmD, MPH, Paul F. Parker Endowed Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science; Associate Dean, Educational Advancement, UK College of Pharmacy and Daniel R. Malcom, PharmD, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Clinical and Administrative Sciences, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy.
• November 14: "International Clinical Ethics Controversies 2017: What in the World...?" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.

2016-17

Spring 2017

• February 14: "Health Reform as Political Hot Potato: What's Next?" by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UK College of Law.
• March 14: "Transgender Patients: An Endocrinologist and Bioethicist Cover the Issues" by Lisa Tannock, MD, Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine; Associate Chair for Administration, Department of Internal Medicine and Rebecca B. Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Philosophy, and College of Nursing.
• April 11: "Ethical Considerations in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices" by Courtenay R. Bruce, JD, MA, Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Biomedical Ethics Program, Houston Methodist System.

Fall 2016

• September 13: "Ethical Issues with the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.
• October 11: "Parental Vaccine Refusal: What Should We Do?" by Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Hospital.
• November 15: "Zika Panel Discussion" with panelists Derek W. Forster, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor, UK College of Law; Grayson C. Brown, PhD, Public Health Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology; Lindsay B. Ragsdale, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director, Pediatric Advanced Care Team; Nancy W. Hendrix, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Moderated by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics.

2015-16

Spring 2016

• February 9: "Pregnancy and the Law" by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law, UK College of Law.
• March 8: "Decision Making for the Unrepresented Patient" by Rebecca Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Philosophy, and College of Nursing.
• April 12: "Setting Your Own Expiration Date: Challenges to the Death with Dignity Laws" by Joseph Verheijde, PhD, MBA, PT, Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Fall 2015

• September 8 – Panel Presentation: "10 Years after Hurricane Katrina: How Would We Handle Five Days at Memorial?" with panelists Rev. Dr. Cam Holzer, BCC, ACPE Supervisor, Clinical Pastoral Education, UK HealthCare; Paula Holbrook, RN, BHS, JD, CPHRM, Associate General Counsel, UK, Associate Director, Risk Management, UK HealthCare; and Colleen Swartz, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nurse Executive, UK HealthCare. Moderated by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.
• October 13: "Too Drugged to Talk: Impaired Surrogates and the Effect upon our Patients" by Marlene Huff, PhD, LCSW, Professor, UK Department of Pediatrics and Program for Bioethics.
• November 10: "Truthful Prognostication: How to Talk to Patients about Devastating Diagnoses and End of Life" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.

2014-15

Spring 2015

• February 10: "Healthcare Law and Immigration Status" by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, H. Wendell Cherry Professor of Law, UK College of Law.
• March 10: "When Good Organs Go to Bad People" by Dien Ho, PhD, Associate Professor, MCPHS University.
• April 14: "Shift Work, Supervision, and Professionalism: Does Patient Safety Threaten Medical Education?" by Kristy Deep, MD, MA, FACP, Enterprise Quality Director, UK HealthCare; Internal Medicine Residency Program Director; and Associate Professor, UK College of Medicine.

Fall 2014 

• September 9: "Not Quite Reality TV: Media Representation and Decision Making About CPR" by Rebecca Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and College of Nursing.
• October 14: "Promise Not to Tell?: Confidentiality in Adolescent Care" by Marlene Huff, PhD, LCSW, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and UK Program for Bioethics.
• November 11: "International Clinical Ethics Controversies 2014: What in the World...?" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor and Founding Director, UK Program for Bioethics; Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.

2013-14

Spring 2014 

• February 11: "Health Law in the ICU: Critical Information Providers Need to Know" by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, H. Wendell Cherry Professor of Law, UK College of Law.
• March 11: "Food for Thought: Ethical Dilemmas in Dysphagia Management" by Tammy Wigginton, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S.
• April 8: "You Want to Do the Right Thing ─ But Can't: Understanding Moral Distress" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Professor of Bioethics; Director, Program for Bioethics; and Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee.

Fall 2013 

• September 10: “Tales from Cuba: Health Care in an Embargoed State” by Rebecca B. Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Nursing, UK Program for Bioethics.
• October 8: “Clinical Ethics in Urology” by Jon S. Demos, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, UK Division of Urology.
• November 19: “Fertility Preservation in the Pediatric Setting: Addressing the Ethical Issues” by Randi Zlotnick Shaul, JD, LLM, PhD, Director of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Assistant Professor, Joint Centre for Bioethics and Departments of Paediatrics and Surgery, University of Toronto.

2012-13

Spring 2013 

• February 19 – Panel Presentation: “Mental Illness and Public Safety: Clinical Ethics Issues” with panelists: William G. Elder, Jr, PhD, Professor and Director of Behavioral Medicine, UK Department of Family and Community Medicine; Marlene B Huff, PhD, LCSW I, Professor, UK Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; Karen Loemmel, MD, Assistant Professor, UK Department of Psychiatry; and Becky Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and College of Nursing.
• March 19: “International Clinical Ethics Controversies: What in the World…?” by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Behavioral Science, and Director, UK Program for Bioethics
• April 16:  “The Role of Psychiatry in Capacity Assessment” by Jeff Tuttle, MD, Assistant Professor, UK Department of Psychiatry, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics. 
• May 21: “Ethical Quagmires in Guardianship: Who Are These People, and What Do They Know About Surrogate Decision-Making?” by Pamela Teaster, PhD, Professor, Department of Health Behavior; Associate Dean for Research, and Director of Doctoral Studies, UK College of Public Health; and Associate, Program for Bioethics.

Fall 2012 

• September 11 – Special Presentation:  “Bioethics of 9/11” by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Behavioral Science, and Director, UK Program for Bioethics.
• October 9 – “The Bench to The Bedside” Lecture: “Healthcare Reform Upheld: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act After the Supreme Court” by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Gallion & Baker Professor of Law, UK College of Law, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• November 13: “When ‘Doing Everything’ Isn’t Enough: Disagreements Between Healthcare Providers and Surrogates Near the End of Life” by Kristy S. Deep, MD, MA, FACP, Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, UK Division of General Internal Medicine; Director, UK HealthCare Enterprise Quality and Safety; Director, UK HealthCare Palliative Care and Inpatient Hospice Services; Co-Chair, UK HealthCare Ethics Committee; and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.

2011-12

Spring 2012 

• February 21:“The Bench to The Bedside” Lecture: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court: What's at Stake?” by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Gallion & Baker Associate Professor of Law, UK College of Law, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• March 20: “The Ethics of Donation After Cardiac Death” by Rebecca B. Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, UK Program for Bioethics, UK Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and UK College of Nursing.
• April 17: “Ethical Issues in Patients with Addiction” by David C. Maynard, MA, LPCC, NCC, Brief Interventionist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and National Certified Counselor, UK HealthCare Emergency and Trauma Services, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• May 15: “Ethical Issues in the Management of Puberty and Fertility in Mentally Challenged Children” by Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, Attending Physician and Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Hospital, and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington.

Fall 2011 

• September 20: “Lost in Translation: Ethical Issues with Hospital Interpreters” Raúl F. Lagos, EdD, Instructor, UK Department of Hispanic Studies, Medical Interpreter, UK HealthCare Kentucky Clinic.
• October 18: “How is a Hospital Like a Highway? Healthcare Reform as Economic Infrastructure” by Kristy S. Deep, MD, MS, MA (Bioethics), Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, UK Division of General Internal Medicine, Director, UK HealthCare Palliative Care Service, Co-Chair, UK HealthCare Ethics Committee, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• November 15: “Ethical Issues with Minimally Conscious States and Brain Death” by Rebecca B. Yarrison, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine.

2010-11

Spring 2011 

• February 8: “Clinical and Ethical Aspects of Lethal Injection as a Means of Capital Punishment” by Frank Romanelli, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, Associate Dean for Educational Advancement, UK College of Pharmacy, Professor, UK Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, and Associate Professor, UK Physician Assistant Studies Program and UK Department of Internal Medicine.
• March 8: “Existential Suffering: Moral, Cultural and Religious Frameworks” by Jim Thobaben, PhD, MPH, Professor of Bioethics and Social Ethics, and Dean, School of Theology and Formation, Asbury Theological Seminary, and part-time faculty, UK College of Public Health.
• April 19: “Bioethics, Breast Cancer and Biobanking: Lessons from the Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center” by  Eric M. Meslin, PhD, Associate Dean for Bioethics, School of Medicine, Director, Center for Bioethics, and Professor of Medicine, Medical & Molecular Genetics, and Philosophy, Indiana University.
• May 17: “The Role of Medical Ethics in Health Disparities: Science, Practice, and Policy" by Anita F. Fernander, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Department of Behavioral Science, and Fellow/Diplomate in African Centered Black Psychology, Association of Black Psychology.

Fall 2010 

• September 7: "Why DO We Teach Medical Ethics? Cod Liver Oil vs. Mandates" by David J Doukas, MD, William Ray Moore Endowed Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism, and Professor of Family and Geriatric Medicine, University of Louisville.
• October 5: "Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care" by Kristy S. Deep, MD, MS, MA (Bioethics), Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, UK Division of General Internal Medicine, Director, UK HealthCare Palliative Care Service, Acting Co-Chair, UK HealthCare Ethics Committee, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• November 16: “Priority-Setting in Organ Transplantation: Ethical Frameworks for Allocating Scarce Resources” by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Departments of Internal Medicine and Behavioral Science, Director, UK Program for Bioethics, and Chair, UK HealthCare Ethics Committee.

2009-10

Spring 2010 

• February 9: "Lessons in Publication Ethics and Professionalism: The Work of Cornelia Wilbur, MD" by Leah J. Dickstein, MD, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University, and Professor Emerita, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville.
• March 9: "Authorship Integrity and Plagiarism: A Research Ethics Problem" by Nancy Walton, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, and Chair, IRB, Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario), and Member, National Council on Ethics in Human Research (Canada).
• April 6: "Ethical Issues in Research on Prisoners” by Michele Staton-Tindall, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, UK College of Social Work, and Principal Investigator, Criminal Justice Kentucky Treatment Outcome Study (CJKTOS).
• May 4: “Ethical Challenges with Limiting Pediatric Care” by Kathryn Weise, MD, MA, Pediatric Intensivist, PICU and Department of Bioethics, Director, Pediatric Palliative Medicine Service, and Program Director, Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic.

Fall 2009 

• September 1: “Hoping for Hope: Translating Hope Theory into Clinical Practice” by Todd Coté, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Hospice of the Bluegrass, and Associate, UK HealthCare Palliative Care Service.
• October 6: ."Brain Death in the Context of Organ Donation and Procurement: Ethical and Medical Issues" by Joseph L. Verheijde, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Mayo Clinic Arizona, and Adjunct Professor, Bioethics, Policy and Law Program, Arizona State University.
• November 3: "Advance Directives: A Review" by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Willburt D. Ham Associate Professor of Law, UK College of Law, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.

2008-09

Spring 2009 

• February 10: “Ethical Issues in Electro-Convulsive Therapy: Consent and Capacity” by Jeffrey Tuttle, MD, Assistant Professor, UK Department of Psychiatry, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• March 3: "The Ethics of Medical Research with African Americans" by Harriet Washington, author of the New York Times bestseller Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans (co-hosted by UK African American Studies and Research Program and UK Department of History).  
• April 7: "Ethical Issues with Borderline Patients: Whose Autonomy Matters?" by James J. Clark, PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research, UK College of Social Work, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• May 19: “The 2009 Octuplet Case: Multiple Ethical Issues” by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Assistant Professor, UK Departments of Internal Medicine and Behavioral Science, Director, UK Program for Bioethics, Chair, UK HealthCare Ethics Committee, and Media Bioethicist on the Suleman Octuplet Case.

Fall 2008 

• September 9: “Ethical Issues in Animal Research: Past, Present and Future” by Keith Schillo, PhD, Associate Professor, UK Department of Animal and Food Sciences.
• October 7: "The Ashley Case: The Ethical Deliberation over Growth Attenuation" by Douglas S. Diekema MD, MPH, Attending Physician and Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Hospital, and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington.
• November 18: “Big Ethics: Challenges with the Severely Obese Patient” by L. Raymond Reynolds, MD, FACP, FACE, Associate Professor, UK Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, and Medical Director, Health Management Resources medical weight loss program.

2007-08

Spring 2008 

• February 12: “Military Medical Ethics Since September 11, 2001” by Edmund G. Howe, MD, JD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Program in Medical Ethics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
• March 11: “Ethics and Public Health” by Julia F. Costich, JD, PhD, Chair, UK Department of Health Services Management, and Director, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, UK College of Public Health.
• April 8: “Research and Professional Ethics: Lessons Learned from The Discovery of Insulin" by Michael Bliss, PhD, Medical Historian and Author, The Discovery of Insulin (1982) and Banting: A Biography (1984), and Professor Emeritus, Department of Medical History, University of Toronto (co-hosted by UK Division of Endocrinology & Molecular Medicine and UK Department of History).
• May 6: “Donation After Cardiac Death: Medical, Ethical and Legislative Challenges at the End of Life" by Michael Rie, MD, Associate Professor, UK Department of Anesthesiology,  Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.

Fall 2007 

• September 11: "The Role of Personal Values in Professional Life: Ethics and Professionalism" by Mark P. Aulisio, PhD, Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth Medical Center, and Director, Master's Program in Bioethics, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University.
• October 9 – Panel Presentation: "Medical Error and Truth-Telling."
• November 20: “The Role of Family in End-of-Life Decision-Making” by Robyn Mowery, PhD, LMFT, Assistant Professor, UK Department of Family of Studies, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.

2006-07

Spring 2007 

• February 14: “Medicare and Medicaid: Access Issues and Vulnerable Populations” by Nicole Huberfeld, JD, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Law, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• March 13: “Ethical Issues in Elder Abuse” by Pamela Teaster, PhD, Associate Professor, Graduate Center for Gerontology, UK College of Public Health, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• April 10: “Ethical Adventures in Reproduction" by Joan Callahan, PhD, Professor, UK Department of Philosophy, Director, UK Women’s Studies Program, and Associate, UK Program for Bioethics.
• May 15 – Panel Presentation: “Medicine and Industry: Old and New Ethical Challenges” with moderator Tom Foster, PharmD, Professor, UK College of Pharmacy, and Chair, UK IRB.

Fall 2006 

• September 12: “The Role of Stem Cell Research in Our Clinical Future: Ethical Considerations" by Eric Meslin, PhD, Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics and Assistant Dean for Bioethics, IU School of Medicine.
• October 10: “Ethical Issues for Doctors in Training” by James Fleming, medical student, University of Kentucky College of Medicine. 
• November 7: “Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Correcting Ambiguous Genitalia” by Daniel Beals, MD, FACS, FAAP, Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Associate, UK Program for Bioethics, and Co-Chair, UK HealthCare Ethics Committee.

2005-06

Spring 2006 

• February 14: "Medical Research with Children: Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far?" by Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, Associate Director, Maclean Center for Bioethics, University of Chicago.
• March 14: "Ethical Issues in Genetic Counseling" by Heather Pierce, PhD, CDG, Director, UK Clinical Genetic Counseling Program.
• April 11 – Panel Presentation: “The Next Flu Pandemic: Ethical Considerations” with moderator M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Director, UK Program for Bioethics, and panelists: Glynn Caldwell, MD, Epidemiologist, UK College of Public Health; Joseph Conigliaro, MD, Director, UK Program for Quality, Safety, and Patients’ Rights Eric Christianson, PhD, Medical Historian, UK Department of History; James McCormick, MD, Pulmonary Specialist, Department of Internal Medicine; and Malkanthie McCormick, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist.
• May 16: "Ethics and Palliative Care: Lessons from the Dying" by Fr. Mark Miller, PhD, Director, The Redemptorist Bioethics Consultancy, Saskatoon, Canada.

Fall 2005 

• September 6: "What is a Clinical Ethics Consult — and When Do You Need One?" by M. Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Director, UK Program for Bioethics.
• October 11: "Nursing Ethics: Patient-Centered Challenges" by Rebecca Davis Mathias, PhD, Bioethicist, University of Alberta.
• November 8: "Working with Patients on Advance Directives" by Allison Connelly, JD, Professor, UK College of Law.

2004-05

Spring 2005 

• March 15 – Inaugural Lecture: "Ethical and Moral Diversity" by Edmund Pellegrino, MD, Professor Emeritus, Kennedy Institute of Bioethics.
• April 12: "Improving End-of-Life Decisions and Pain Management" by Neil Wenger, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, UCLA Healthcare Ethics Center.
• May 10: "Competency and Decision-Making Authority" by William Harvey, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, and Former Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.