Events & Programs

The Program for Biomedical Ethics develops and presents various ethics-related educational programs throughout the academic year for medical, nursing and physician assistant students, the community, Yale faculty as well as local, regional and national health care professionals.

Programs

Adult Ethics Committee
Yale Pediatrics Ethics Program
Yale Pediatric Ethics Consultation Service
Student Ethics Series
Bioethics Interest Group
Bioethics Journal Club
Community Bioethics Forum

We have an outstanding array of visiting speakers for the Evening Ethics Seminar Series for the 2016-2017 academic year. This year’s speakers will include Josephine Johnston and Dr. Erik Parens from the Hasting Center, Dr. Alan Fleischman from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Author Dr. Abraham Nussbaum from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Christine Mitchell from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lachlan Forrow from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Robert Macauley from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Dr. David Strauss from Columbia University Medical Center, Dr. Mary Dell from Nationwide Children’s’ Hospital, Dr. Katrina Karkazis from Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics as well as Drs. Thomas P. Duffy, Andre Sofair, Adam Hittelman and Pasquale Patrizio from here at Yale School of Medicine, and other great guests. It will indeed be an exciting year. These sessions tend to be informative, often provocative, and always interesting, with plenty of time for audience discussion.

Past Events

Biomedical Ethics, Pediatric Ethics, Bioethics Interest Group, Student Series, Community Forum

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Past Biomedical Ethics Events

April 17, 2013

Catherine DeAngelis, MD MPH presented “Patient Care and Medical Professionalism.” Sponsored by the Yale Pediatric Ethics Program.
May 24, 2012

The Program for Biomedical Ethics sponsored the Medical Ethics Symposium, "Ethical Issues in Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure."
May 24, 2012

The Program for Biomedical Ethics sponsored the Medical Ethics Symposium: "Ethical Issues in Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure" on May 24.
May 24, 2012

Mark Mercurio, MD, Director, Program for Biomedical Ethics, moderates the Medical Ethics Symposium, "Ethical Issues in Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure."
May 24, 2012

The Program for Biomedical Ethics sponsored the Medical Ethics Symposium: "Ethical Issues in Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure" on May 24.

May 24, 2012

The Program for Biomedical Ethics sponsored the Medical Ethics Symposium: "Ethical Issues in Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure" on May 24, 2012.

Speakers included: Paul Mueller, MD, Mayo Clinic; James Kirkpatrick, MD, University of Pennsylvania; Abeel Mangi, MD, Yale School of Medicine; Mark Mercurio, MD, Yale School of Medicine; and Hochang Ben Lee, MD, Yale School of Medicine.
Conference on Medical Ethics Education - May 16–17, 2011

Speakers (L to R): Joseph J. Fins, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College; David H. Smith, PhD, Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics; Tia Powell, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center; Mark Mercurio, MD, Yale Program for Biomedical Ethics; Sheila Otto, BSN, MA, Albany Medical College; Edward M. Hundert, MD, Harvard Medical School; Clarence Braddock III, MD, MPH, Stanford School of Medicine; Gail Geller, ScD, MHS, Professor, Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine; James L. Bernat, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; and Janet Hafler EdD, Yale University School of Medicine.
May 24, 2012

James Kirkpatrick, MD, (second from right) University of Pennsylvania, chats with attendees of the Medical Ethics Symposium.
May 16 - 17, 2011

Conference on Medical Ethics Education

This conference was sponsored by the Program for Biomedical Ethics in partnership with the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy.
November 7, 2014

Mark Mercurio, director, Yale Program for Biomedical Ethics with Ezekiel Emanuel, University of Pennsylvania, prior to his 11/7/14 talk on Megatrends: Health Care Reform and the Future of American Medicine
April 7, 2015

Yale Program for Biomedical Ethics Director Mark Mercurio, MD with Robert Truog, MD from Boston Children's Hospital on April 7, 2015 following Dr. Truog's seminar entitled, "The Neonatal SUPPORT Trial: Ethical Lessons and Dilemmas"

December 5, 2014

Alan R. Fleischman presents his talk: Ethical Concern in Neonatal Comparative Effectiveness Research - The Controversy Surrounding the SUPPORT Trial
December 5, 2014
December 5, 2014

Mark Mercurio, director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine, leads the panel discussion.
December 5, 2014
December 5, 2014
December 5, 2014