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  • Wednesday, Oct 22nd
    2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific Time
    HEC-C Review Course (001)
    Location: A107-109
    Abram L. Brummett, PhD, HEC-C – Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
    Emily Grime, DPS MS BS HEC-C – Polk State College
    Anca Dinescu, MD HEC-C – Washington DC VA and George Washington University, Washington DC
    Clinical Ethics
  • Wednesday, Oct 22nd
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Pacific Time
    Comparing Models for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Which Approach is Best for Pediatrics?
    Location: B110-111
    Kelstan Ellis, DO, MS-CR, MBe – Childrens Mercy Kansas City
    Stephanie K. Kukora, MD ((she/her/hers)) – Children's Mercy, Kansas City
    Jeremy Garrett, PhD (he/him/his) – Childrens Mercy Kansas City
    Brian Carter, MD, FAAP – Children's Mercy; UMKC School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Wednesday, Oct 22nd
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Pacific Time
    Managing Challenging Conversations through Skilled Facilitation (Conflict Management, Part II)
    Location: A105
    Autumn Fiester, PhD (she/her/hers) – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Advance Directives
    Location: B112
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Confidentiality, Privacy, and Conflicts of Interest
    Location: B119
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Genetic Screening
    Location: C123
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Medical Decision Making
    Location: B110-111
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Pediatric Ethics Consults
    Location: C124
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    A Dialogue on the Work of Nancy Neveloff Dubler (1941-2024)
    Location: B117-118
    Autumn Fiester, PhD (she/her/hers) – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Fins Joseph, MD – Cornell Weill
    Julia Kolak, PhD, HEC-C – The Hastings Center
    Ju Zhang, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – Emory University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Adaptive Care Planning for Patients with Developmental Disabilities: A Novel Approach
    Location: B113-114
    Alexandria Kemp, MS Bioethics (May 2025) – Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Desi Carozza, MD, FAAHPM, HEC-C – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Amy Colvin, LMHC – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Michael Sweeney, LMSW (he/him/his) – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Against Consistency when Making Medical Decision for Others
    Location: B112
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Balancing Autonomy and Disability Rights: Ethical Considerations in Prenatal Screening
    Location: C123
    Jacklyn Lermond, n/a – Albany Medical College
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Controversies in Confidentiality: When the law underdetermines the right thing to do
    Location: B119
    Courtney Kimmell, BA – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Could it be ethical to override a patient’s advance directives?
    Location: B112
    Joyeeta G. Dastidar, MD, MBE, HEC-C – Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Cultivating Trust in Pediatric Clinical Ethics Consultation
    Location: C124
    Lauren M. Bunch, PhD, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Ethics Consultants as a Resource for Parents
    Location: C124
    Vanessa N. Madrigal, n/a – Children's National Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Feast or Famine?: Parenteral Nutrition at End of Life for Patients with Cancer
    Location: A103-104
    Emily S. Hahn, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Divya Yerramilli, MD, MBE (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Jamie Riches, DO – Columbia University Medical Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Gatekeeping vs Good Process: Ethical Decision Making in Gender Affirming Medical Interventions
    Location: B110-111
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Navigating Privacy in Facial Transplantation: Ethical Considerations and Institutional Strategies
    Location: B119
    Hailey Paige Wyatt, MD – New York University Langone Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Physician Orders for Psychiatric Treatment: The Benefit of Using Portable Medical Orders in Mental Health Treatment
    Location: B112
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Preventative Ethics in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Use of an Automated Time-Based Consult Order
    Location: C124
    Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB, HEC-C ((she/her/hers)) – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    Relational Models of Medical Decision-Making
    Location: B110-111
    Georgina D. Campelia, PhD, HEC-C (she/they) – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
    The Ethics of Opportunistic Genomic Screening in Pediatrics: Autonomy versus Beneficence
    Location: C123
    Emily Wheeler, BS, MS – Albany Medical College
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Moral Distress
    Location: C123
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Substance Use Disorder
    Location: C125-126
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Ensuring Fair Management of Infective Endocarditis in Patients with Substance Use Disorder
    Location: C125-126
    Christy M. Audeh, BA – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Ethical Concerns Over Expanded Legal Protections for Conscientious Objections After Dobbs and Alliance
    Location: C120-122
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Evaluation of Behavioral Contracts and Resource Utilization in Intravenous Drug Use Patients Treated for Infective Endocarditis
    Location: C125-126
    Bassem M. Darwish, MBA (he/him/his) – Albany Medical College
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Futility in Psychiatry: Ethical Opportunities and Challenges
    Location: A106
    Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD – University of Utah
    Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Basel / University Hospital Basel
    Micaela Forte, MSc (she/her/hers) – CAMH and the University of Toronto
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Informed Consent in the OR: The Ethics of Patient Disclosure Regarding Medical Student Involvement in Surgical Procedures
    Location: A103-104
    Rabya Hasnain, BS, MBE (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    “Let’s Consider a Second Opinion”: Conceptual and Practical Challenges in Ethically Utilizing Second Opinions in Clinical Conflict
    Location: A105
    Jenny Kingsley, MD, MA, HEC-C – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    Emily Berkman, MD, MA (she/her/hers) – Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
    Vanessa N. Madrigal, n/a – Children's National Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Moral Distress and Conscientious Objection: A Theoretical Distinction or a Clinical Difference?
    Location: C120-122
    Dennis Lunt, PhD, HEC-C – Bemidji State University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Navigating Moral Distress in Shared Decision-Making: A Case Study on End-of-Life Choices
    Location: C123
    Ryan P. Pferdehirt, D.Bioethics, HEC-C – Center for Practical Bioethics
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    Navigating Systemic Barriers: The Impact of Socioeconomic Constraints on Clinical Ethicists
    Location: C123
    Callie Terris, JD, MS, HEC-C – Hackensack Meridian Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    The Bioethics of Mandatory Observation Periods after Overdose
    Location: C125-126
    Bryan Pilkington, PhD – Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
    What keeps you up during the day?
    Location: C123
    Maryeliza McEachen, RN, BSN – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Clinical Ethics
    Location: B119
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Clinical Ethics: Alternative Medicine and Innovation
    Location: B117-118
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Reproductive Ethics
    Location: B112
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Trauma-Informed Care
    Location: C125-126
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    A Mother's Womb, A Daughter's Egg and the Husband/Stepfather's Sperm: A Case Study of Negotiating Family Dynamics in the IVF Clinic
    Location: B112
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    “The Best of Both Worlds”: Principles for Allopathic Clinicians with Patients Seeking Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    Location: B117-118
    Sara K. Kolmes, PhD, HEC-C – Providence Center for Health Care Ethics
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Addressing the Ethical Dilemmas of Heritable Human Genome Editing by Incorporating the Perspectives from the Disability Community in Public Policy
    Location: B115-116
    Stephanie Meredith, MA, DPH – Genetic Support Foundaiton
    Katie Stoll, MS, CGC – Genetics Support Foundation
    Dorit Barlevy, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Analyzing the Limitations of Ethical Models: The Case of Pediatric Trauma Care in Gaza
    Location: C125-126
    Bilal Irfan, M.S. – Harvard Medical School
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Beyond Utility: Rethinking the value of genetic diagnosis in pediatric rare disease
    Location: B119
    AudreyStephannie Maghiro – Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Casuistry and Improvement in Clinical Ethics
    Location: B117-118
    Jennifer Flynn, PhD – Memorial University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Championing Autonomy Through Advance Directive Advocacy
    Location: A105
    Shaylona Kirk, MD, MPH, MA – Sutter Health Program in Medicine and Human Values
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Developing guidelines for posthumous assisted reproduction in adolescent and young adult patients
    Location: B112
    Tamar Schiff, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Ethical Considerations of Commercial Gestational Surrogacy
    Location: B112
    Alice C. Baker, MD, MPH – Yale School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Ethics isn’t about money, but how do I show ROI? How one preventive screening tool saved millions of dollars and got our department funded.
    Location: B119
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Medical-Assistance in Dying for Psychiatric Patients with Substance Use Disorder Requires Protective Public Policy
    Location: A105
    Kaden L. Venugopal, MSc, BHSc – Harvard Medical School
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Navigating Ethical Challenges in the Use of Single Ventricle Assist Devices for Children
    Location: B117-118
    Hannah Ruth Daughtrey, MD – Children's National Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Pragmatics of the Clinic: Framing Effects in Medical Communication
    Location: A107-109
    Gary J. Ostertag, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Stephen Neale, PhD – The Graduate Center, CUNY
    David Magnus, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Tyler Tate, MD, MA – Oregon Health Sciences University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Sexual Assault Survivors’ Own Words: Memoirs and Pelvic Exam Experiences
    Location: C125-126
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Shiftwork in Surgery and Impact on Ethical Patient Care
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Sean C. Wightman, n/a – University of Southern California
    Megan Applewhite, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Ryan Antiel, n/a – Duke University
    Baddr Shakhsheer (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    When duties collide: Navigating the competing commitments in the care of undocumented patients
    Location: B119
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    AI: Clinical Ethics Consults
    Location: B117-118
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    Advances of Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Ethical Considerations of Care Along Growing Lifespans
    Location: B119
    Mickey J. M. Kuo, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
    Soo Shim, MS, LCSW, MBA – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    Beyond Prediction: The Ethical Limits of AI in Surrogate Decision-Making
    Location: B117-118
    Alexander Zhang, n/a – Saint Louis University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    Generative AI in Patient Messaging: How Patients and Clinicians Weigh Efficiency, Empathy, and the Value of Human Communication
    Location: B117-118
    Kellie Owens, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    Interdisciplinary Voices: Stories from Bioethics Consultations
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Joel Warden, HEC-C – Hackensack Meridian Health
    Hannah F. Lipman, MD, MS, HEC-C – Hackensack Meridian Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    Is Chat GPT-4 Your Next Bioethicist?
    Location: B117-118
    Susannah L. Rose (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific Time
    Radioactive Recommendations: Where Ethics Advice Lands Dangerously
    Location: A105
    Kevin M. Dirksen, M.Div., M.Sc., HEC-C (he/him/his) – Providence Center for Health Care Ethics
    Kayla Tabari, RN, MBE, HEC-C – Providence Center for Health Care Ethics
    Juan Iregui, MD – Providence St. Joseph Health
    Joelle M. Robertson-Preidler, PhD, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Clinical Ethics: Life Sustaining Treatment
    Location: B113-114
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Fertility
    Location: B117-118
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    A Cryogenic Solution to the Pro-Life Inconsistency Problem
    Location: B117-118
    Joel Cox – Saint Louis University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Are We the Best Judges?: Responding When Ethics “Recommendations” Aren’t Followed
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Anna D. Goff, PhD, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Janet Malek, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Thomas D. Harter, PhD (he/him/his) – Emplify Health by Gundersen
    Alice E. Kelley, PhD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Assessing Current Practice and Notable Gaps in Counseling for Elective Egg Freezing
    Location: B117-118
    Tamar Schiff, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Choosing against invasive long-term mechanical ventilation in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Is pediatric tracheostomy for long- term mechanical ventilation ever obligatory?
    Location: B113-114
    Duncan E. Keegan, MD – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Contemporary models for realistically achievable consent and capacity assessment in primary care
    Location: A107-109
    David J. Satin, MD – University of Minnesota School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Ethical considerations in navigating family resistance to disclosure of serious illness to patients with decision-making capacity: Reflections from a qualitative study of Muslim Americans
    Location: C124
    Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Evaluating Communication Practices in Life Sustaining Treatment Decisions for Patients with Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
    Location: B113-114
    Hanna Vollbrecht, MD – University of Chicago
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Industry-Sponsored Speakers’ Bureaus Among UpToDate Contributors: An In-Progress Analysis on Prevalence, Financial Magnitude, and Institutional Compliance
    Location: C123
    Constance Chen, BSc – University of Minnesota Medical School
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Sustaining the Self in Clinical Ethics: Building Institutional and Peer Support for Long-Term Engagement
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 201-202
    Adira Hulkower, JD, MA, HEC-C – Montefiore Einstein
    Daniel Callies, PhD – University of California San Diego Health
    Annette Mendola, PhD – University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
    Ruchika Mishra, PhD – Sutter Health Program in Medicine and Human Values
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    US State Statutes Addressing Unilateral Clinician Decisions About Life-sustaining Treatment
    Location: B113-114
    Gina M. Piscitello, MD MS – University of Pittsburgh
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    GLP
    Location: C120-122
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Surrogate Decision Making
    Location: C124
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    A living ethics lab in a rehabilitation hospital: Concept and initial development
    Location: A107-109
    Tiffany Te, MA (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Avoiding Life with Advanced Dementia – Medical, Legal, and Ethical Analysis of Feeding Options
    Location: B115-116
    Paul T. Menzel, PhD (he/him/his) – Pacific Lutheran University
    Hope Wechkin, MD, HMDC – EvergreenHealth
    Thaddeus M. Pope, JD, PhD – Mitchell Hamline University School of Law
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Bioethical Considerations in the Prescription of Weight Loss Medications
    Location: C120-122
    Riya Savla, n/a – Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Bioethical Dilemmas in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
    Location: A107-109
    Kelsie M. Mietla, MD, MS – Johns Hopkins University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Ethical Considerations for Using AI to Predict Suicide Risk
    Location: A107-109
    Faith Wershba, MPhil (she/her/hers) – The Hastings Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    For Love and Money: Revisiting Financial Conflicts of Interest in Surrogate Decision Making
    Location: C124
    Kelly Turner, PhD (she/her/hers) – Wellstar Health System
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Physician as Fact-Collector: A Model for the Physician-Patient Relationship in the Artificial Intelligence Era?
    Location: A107-109
    Jared G. Matzke, n/a – Carle Illinois College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Responding to Surrogate Requests for Visitor Restrictions
    Location: C124
    Patrick D. Herron, DBe, HEC-C (he/him/his) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Surrogate Decision-Making for Incarcerated Patients: A Site of Domination
    Location: C124
    Allison M. McCarthy, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    Clinical Ethics: Tools
    Location: B113-114
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    Bias at the Bedside: Confronting Ableism is Clinical Ethics
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 201-202
    Holly K. Tabor, n/a – Stanford School of Medicine
    Kara Ayers, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Devan Stahl, PhD, MDiv – Baylor University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    Bringing Hume to the Bedside: Toward a Sentimentalist Clinical Ethics
    Location: C125-126
    Nathan P. Stout, PhD, HEC-C (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    Can't Stop the Music: What Music-making Can Teach Interprofessional Health Care
    Location: B113-114
    D Micah Micah Hester, PhD ((he/him/his)) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    Developing guidance for communication with families in pediatric ethics consultation
    Location: B113-114
    Aaron Wightman, MD, MA – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    Palliative Psychiatry: Exploring a Potential Alternative to MAiD for Mental Illness
    Location: B115-116
    Kate H. Tsiandoulas, MBE – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    The Harm Principle and Adults: Lessons from the Pediatric Context
    Location: B113-114
    Megan Kitts, PhD, MA, HEC-C ((she/her/hers)) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific Time
    The Perspective Puzzle: Utilizing Narrative for Conflict Navigation with Surrogate Decision-Makers
    Location: A103-104
    Sarah K. Sawicki, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sutter Health Program in Medicine and Human Values
    Kelsey Gipe, Ph.D. – Sutter Health Program in Medicine and Human Values
    Shaylona Kirk, MD, MPH, MA – Sutter Health Program in Medicine and Human Values
    John Frye, Ph.D. – Sutter Health Program in Medicine and Human Values
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    EHR Documentation
    Location: A107-109
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Organ Procurement
    Location: C120-122
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    An Ethical Approach to Anti-obesity Interventions in Living Organ Donor Candidates
    Location: C120-122
    Laura L. Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE – NYU Langone Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    An Ethics-Led Process for Considering Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Pediatrics
    Location: C120-122
    Tracy Nolan, MDiv, BCC, HEC-C – Advocate Children's Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Beyond Transparency: The Ethical Complexities of Open Notes and AI-Assisted Documentation in Mental Health
    Location: A107-109
    Kevin Doherty – Temple University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Changing Hats: Best Practices for the Dual-Role Ethicist
    Location: A105
    Holland Kaplan, MD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
    Akilah Burford, MSW – Stanford Medicine Children's Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Electronic Health Record Documentation of Clinical Ethics Consultations: Insights Post-21st Century Cures Act
    Location: A107-109
    Gianna G. Morales, MH – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Facilitating Neutral Language and Fair Narratives in the Electronic Health Record
    Location: A107-109
    Adira Hulkower, JD, MA, HEC-C – Montefiore Einstein
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Navigating Dementia Care: Enhancing Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision-Making
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Simran Bansal (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Restart, reanimate, resurrect: exploring language of reperfusion in normothermic regional perfusion for organ donation after circulatory death
    Location: C120-122
    Meera Sury, MD, MTS – University of Minnesota Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    Sensemaking: Promoting shared understanding in times of moral ambiguity
    Location: B110-111
    Lea Cheyney Brandt, PHD, OTD, MA – University of Missouri
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific Time
    What determines eligibility for liver transplantation in patients with alcohol use disorder?
    Location: A103-104
    Joseph Legan, MD – University of Virginia
    Andrew M. Flescher, PhD – Stony Brook University; Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN)
    Jess Walters, BA, BCPA (they/them/theirs) – University of Virginia, Center for Health Humanities and Ethics
    Lois L. Shepherd, J.D. – University of Virginia
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    End of Life Care
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Grief
    Location: B117-118
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Patient Autonomy
    Location: C123
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Time Sensitive Clinical Decision Making
    Location: C125-126
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    A Patient's Irreconcilable Voices: Considering Another Type of “Refusal” in Burn Care
    Location: C123
    Anna D. Goff, PhD, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Can we learn from our dogs about dying?
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Jennifer Eitingon, MD – Gilchrist Hospice, Johns Hopkins SOM
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Clinician Advocacy at the Bedside: A Pro-Con Debate
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 201-202
    Doug Opel, MD, MPH – University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Clinician Grief
    Location: B117-118
    Margot A. Hedlin, MD ((she/her/hers)) – University of Washington
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Crowdfunding for medical care: Creative financial solution or ethical quagmire?
    Location: A106
    Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD – University of Wisconsin Madison
    Caroline Sloan, MD – Duke University School of Medicine
    Amelia Gold, undergraduate – Univeristy of Wisconsin Madison
    Laura L. Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE – NYU Langone Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Integrating Grief Models in Clinical Ethics Consultation
    Location: B117-118
    Adenia Narinesingh – Newcastle University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Should AI Decide Who Lives or Dies? The Ethics of AI-Based Predictive Models in Medical Care
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 203
    Stephanie Jeesu Kim, n/a – Baylor College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    The Ethics of Grief Avoidance and Collective Bias in Clinicians' Perceptions of Patients
    Location: B117-118
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    The impact of time-preference on Clinical decision-making
    Location: C125-126
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    The problem of selective refusals and “weaponized vulnerability:” When patients leverage medical vulnerability against clinician obligations to care to coerce inappropriate accommodations.
    Location: C123
    Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C – University of Minnesota
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    When Parents Decline the “Best” Treatment Option: When can state intervention, nudges, and non-disclosure of treatment options be justified
    Location: A105
    Yoram T. Unguru, MD, MS, MA, HEC-C – The Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
    Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB, HEC-C ((she/her/hers)) – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    When Time is Critical: A Structured Approach to Urgent Consults
    Location: C125-126
    Clara Bosco, MD – Northwestern Medicine, Department of Surgery
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    Healthcare Ethics Consultation Certification: HEC-C Program Update
    Location: Oregon Ballroom 201-202
    Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN, FAAN, HEC-C ((she/her/hers)) – Medstar Washington Hospital Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    Decision Making Capacity Assessments
    Location: A103-104
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    Cutting in line? Ethical and clinical perspectives on the allocation out-of-sequence of deceased donor organs in the United States
    Location: B117-118
    Andrew M. Flescher, PhD – Stony Brook University; Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN)
    Gerard Vong, DPhil – Center for Ethics, Emory University
    Nancy Marlin, PhD – San Diego State University
    Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD – University of Wisconsin Madison
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    Ethical Considerations Around Substitute Consent for Sexual Assault Evidence Kits for Incapable Persons
    Location: A103-104
    Lauren Honan, n/a – Trillium Health Partners
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    The Emotional Regime of Medicalized Dying: Shame, Stigma, and Double Binds
    Location: B112
    Johnna Wellesley, PhD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    To decide or not to decide, that is the dilemma: Real-time tool for assessing decision making capacity at the bedside
    Location: A103-104
    Megha Shah, MD, MMM, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – Snoqualmie Valley Health
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Clinical Ethics: NICU
    Location: C125-126
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Communication and Consultation
    Location: C124
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Flash Session: Clinical Ethics Consultations
    Location: A103-104
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    A Retrospective Review of Patient and Family-Initiated Ethics Consults
    Location: A103-104
    Ashley Li, BS – University of Michigan Medical School
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    A scoping review on goals of care discussions in surgery: How are we doing and how can we do better?
    Location: A103-104
    Amanda Mac, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Authenticity as a Component of Autonomy: Clinical Implications
    Location: B119
    Lauren M. Bunch, PhD, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Decision-Making for Adolescents at the Margins of Legal Maturity - Is There a Better Way?
    Location: A103-104
    Lauren E. Gordon, B. S. – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Describing intrafamily conflict around the decision for or against pediatric tracheostomy and long-term ventilation
    Location: A103-104
    Samantha Melo, MD – Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Developing Policy Recommendations for TA-NRP Amid Ethical Ambiguity
    Location: A105
    Eleanor Gilmore-Szott, PhD HEC-C – University of Utah
    David Dorsey, MD – University of Utah
    Jill Sweney, MD MBA – Primary Children's Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    How are We Helping? Considerations in Evaluating and Growing Ethics Resource Programs
    Location: A103-104
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    How Ethics Consultants Can Support Medical Interpretation to Improve Decision-Making
    Location: C124
    Jamie C. Watson, PhD, HEC-C – Cleveland Clinic
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Illness Perception in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Parents, Physicians and Nurses
    Location: C125-126
    Brennan JH Kim, MD, MA – University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Informed Non-dissent: An Underutilized Tool in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    Location: C125-126
    Sheria Wilson, MD, MA – Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    NICU Ethics Rounds: A 48-Month Pre-Post Intervention Study
    Location: C125-126
    Stowe L. Teti, MA, HEC-C – Inova Health System
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    The Ethical, Legal and Practical Implications of Providers’ Refusing Cardiothoracic Surgery to Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
    Location: B110-111
    Sarah Reckess, JD – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    Trends Seen in Ethics Consultations Surrounding Appropriateness of Tracheostomies in Pediatric Patients
    Location: A103-104
    Kathryn O. Mannen, BSN, RN, HEC-C – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    We Don't Round on Dead People: Caring for Patients on Organ Support Following Diagnosis of Death by Neurologic Criteria
    Location: C124
    Rachel G. Clarke, MD ((she/her/hers)) – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    What do we talk about? Exploring perspectives and values in pediatric pre-tracheostomy conversations with caregivers and staff: a qualitative study
    Location: A103-104
    Laine Dinoto, CPNP-PC – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
    What do you see when you look at me?: Confronting bias, power, and oppression in pediatric ethics
    Location: A106
    Sarah Porter, MSW, LCSW – Legacy Health
    Brian Carter, MD, FAAP – Children's Mercy; UMKC School of Medicine
    Margery Johnson, LCSW – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Complex Patient Care
    Location: C124
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Autonomy, Justice, and Decision Aids: Development of Graphic Educational Tools for Treatment Options in Sickle Cell Disease
    Location: C124
    Ambria Williams, BA – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    Care of the Complex Patient in An Uncertain Healthcare System:A Continued Challenge for Clinical Ethics Consultation
    Location: C124
    Linda Breslin, DPS, RN – Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    ETHICS CONSULTATION IN MEDICAL AID IN DYING
    Location: A106
    Katalin Eve Roth, n/a – George Washington University School of Medicine
    Lynette Cederquist, MD – University of California at San Diego
    Margaret Pabst Battin, MFA, PhD – University of Utah
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    The Clinical Ethics Consultation Benchmarking Collaborative: Networking and Problem-Solving to Use Ethics Consultation Data Effectively
    Location: A105
    Kate Gordon, JD, PhD, HEC-C – Emory Healthcare
    Thomas V. Cunningham, PhD, MA, MS, HEC-C – KP West Los Angeles Medical Center
    Stowe L. Teti, MA, HEC-C – Inova Health System
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific Time
    What’s so special about cancer? The need for responsible opioid prescribing for cancer pain.
    Location: A107-109
    Travis Rieder, PhD ((he/him/his)) – Johns Hopkins University
    Yoram T. Unguru, MD, MS, MA, HEC-C – The Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Flash Session: Conflicts, Dilemmas and Decisions
    Location: A105
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Conflict of Interest in End-of-Life Decisions: Ethical Challenges in Donation After Circulatory Death
    Location: A105
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Current Uses and Practices for Growth Attenuation Therapy: A Literature Review
    Location: A105
    Kenya Sherman, n/a – Kansas City Univeristy College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Debate: Is Medical Aid in Dying/Physician-Assisted Suicide Ethically Supportable?
    Location: C120-122
    Noah Kon, n/a – University of California, Berkeley
    Alex Kon, MD, HEC-C – Ethics Consultants, Inc.
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Exploring the Concept of “Waste” in Clinical Decision-Making and Healthcare Policies
    Location: A103-104
    Olivia S. Kates, MD, MA ((she/her/hers)) – Johns Hopkins University
    Maria W. Merritt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    Govind Persad, PhD, JD – University of Denver
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    How Japanese Physicians Consider Patients’ Social Backgrounds in Bedside Resource Allocation Decisions
    Location: A105
    Tomoari Mori – Tokai University
    Clinical Ethics
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time
    Variability in “Plan B” Provision Among Catholic Hospitals in Oregon: Ramifications and Grounds for Allowing Conscientious Provision of Emergency Contraception to Rape Victims in Catholic Hospitals
    Location: A105
    Marlee Mason-Maready, n/a – Oregon Health & Science University
    Clinical Ethics