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Pediatric bioethics seminars are held each Thursday 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.
Select Upcoming Seminars
Invited Speaker: Mediation in Ethics Consultation
June 18, 2008
Nancy Dubler, LLB, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Work-in-progress: Doug Diekema, MD, MPH
June 19, 2008
Invited Speaker: Topic TBA
August 14, 2008
Bonnie Steinbock, PhD, University at Albany, SUNY
Invited Speaker: Topic TBA
October 2, 2008
Norman Fost,, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin Medical School
Past Seminars
Invited Speaker: Organ Donation After Cardiac Death in Pediatrics: Not Ready for Prime-time?
June 5, 2008
Children’s Hospital, Room G-1026
Joel Frader, MD, Children’s Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University
Invited Speaker: Harm and Uncertainty in Newborn Intensive Care
May 23, 2008
Children’s Hospital, Room G-1026, 2 - 3:30pm (Please note change of day and room)
Ken Kipnis, PhD, Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Recruitment in Research: Work-in-progress
May 15, 2008
Ben Wilfond, MD
Bioethics and Quality of Care: Characterizing Organizational Issues in Pediatric Clinical Ethics Consultation: Work-in-progress
April 10, 2008
Doug Opel, MD
Freedom as Development: Rethinking the Human Rights Approach to Children: Work-in-progress
March 13, 2008
Maureen Kelley, PhD
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
Liberal Individualism: Rights-based Theory
December 13, 2007
Doug Opel, MD
Fellow, Clinical Bioethics, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
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
HIV/AIDS: Assessing Risk, Knowledge, and Stigma Among Adolescents in Lusaka Zambia
October 11, 2007
Maureen Kelley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
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
Dept. Of Pediatric Critical Care, The Cleveland Clinic
Pediatric Research Ethics
July 5, 2007
Lecture, Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH
Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
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
4 to 5:30 p.m. in Metropolitan Park West, Room 871. View map and directions.
Jeff Botkin, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics
Associate Vice President for Research, University of Utah
