Fairbanks Ethics Grand Rounds

January 2024 Ethics Lecture
Bioethics, Moral Distress, and Mattering in the Clinical Setting
Alissa Swota, PhD

February 2024 Ethics Lecture
Religious/Spiritual Diversity, Social Justice and the Healthcare Team
Alex Lion, DO, MPH

March 2024 Ethics Lecture
Adolescent Suicide Risk
Casey Pederson, PhD, HSPP &
Leslie Hulvershorn, MD

April 2024 Ethics Lecture
Ethics of Representation:
Lives of the von Klein Family
Colin Halverson, PhD

May 2024 Ethics Lecture
IUH Ethics Committee 20+ Years:
The Cases that Stuck with me and Other Observations
Kurt Patterson, MD

January 2023 Ethics Lecture
Patient Voices, Clinician Concerns: The Issue of Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare
Tom Doyle, PhD

February 2023 Ethics Lecture
Finding Continuity in the LOST (LOng STay) PICU Patient
Jeff Edwards, MD, MA, MAS

March 2023 Ethics Lecture
What To Do When Your Patient Refuses Medical Treatment
Alexia Torke, MD

April 2023 Ethics Lecture
The Proximity of the Patient and the Role of Sympathy in Outlander
Jane Hartsock, JD, MA

May 2023 Ethics Lecture
Indiana Abortion Law: Current Status & Planned Implementation
Carrie Rouse, MD & Lisa Martin, JD

August 2023 Ethics Lecture
Health Law in the Supreme Court: Year in Review
Jane Hartsock, JD, MA

September 2023 Ethics Lecture
What is Clinical Organizational Ethics?
Kelsey Miller, MHA, MLD, HEC-C

October 2023 Ethics Lecture
Pediatric Ethics at Riley Hospital:
Program Growth, Development & Future Offerings
Peds Ethics Panel

November 2023 Ethics Lecture
Spirituality & Healthcare: Creating a Culture of Belonging
Leah Gunning Francis, MDiv, PhD

January 2022 Ethics Lecture
Vaccine Hesitancy in the Time of COVID-19: What It (Really) Is and What We Can Do About It
Katharine J. Head, PhD

February 2022 Ethics Lecture
The Language of Clinical Oncology:
Lessons Learned in Two Decades of Communicating with Cancer Patients
Paul Helft, MD

March 2022 Ethics Lecture
LGBTQ Competent Care:
How Can We Do Better?
Hannah Locke, MD, FACOG

April 2022 Ethics Lecture
Recognizing Bias: A Conversation about Clinical Impact
Ashley Meagher, MD, MPH, FACS

May 2022 Ethics Lecture
Palliative Care for People with Dementia
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH

August 2022 Ethics Lecture
Supreme Court of the United States: Health Law Updates
Aila Hoss, JD

September 2022 Ethics Lecture
Things are Changing: IN Advance Directive Law Updates
Robyn Axel-Adams, MS, MDiv, BCC

October 2022 Ethics Lecture
High Quality Care for Long Stay Pediatric ICU Patients & Families
Brian Leland, MD, FAAP

November 2022 Ethics Lecture
Every Day Ethics
Kevin Armstrong

December 2022 Ethics Lecture
Patients Experiencing Incarceration: Consent & Communicaiton Concerns
Allie Lee, JD

January 2021 Ethics Lecture
Gun Shy: The Impact of Firearm Violence in Children
Elaine Cox, MD

February 2021 Ethics Lecture
Ethical Concerns in our Rush to Telemedicine
Anne Gilbert, MD

March 2021 Ethics Lecture
The Impact of COVID-19 on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Gabriela Rodriguez, PhD, HSPP

April 2021 Ethics Lecture
‍What can I do? A Conversation on Healthcare Inequities

May 2021 Ethics Lecture
‍Development & Implementation of System-Wide Pandemic Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons Learned from COVID-19
Gabriel Bosslet, MD & Amy Martin, DBe

August 2021 Ethics Lecture
Updates in Health Law 2021
Daniel Orenstein, JD, MPH

September 2021 Ethics Lecture
Ethical Challenges in AI & Other Applied Technologies
Emily Webber, MD, FAAP, FAMIA

October 2021 Ethics Lecture
Merging Obstetrics & Neonatal Care
Caroline Rouse, MD

November 2021 Ethics Lecture
Values & Ethical Determination Surrounding the full Scope of Care for Women
Caitlin Bernard, MD

January 2020 Ethics Lecture
Decisions that Matter: An Update on Advance Care Planning in Indiana
Susan Hickman, PhD

February 2020 Ethics Lecture
When the Past Resurfaces: The Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma
Elizabeth Boring, MSW, LSW

March 2020 Ethics Lecture
Ethical Considerations Surrounding Parental Vaccination Refusals
Brian Leland, MD

August 2020 Ethics Lecture
Black Lives & Health Justice - Part 1
Elizabeth Nelson, PhD

August 2020 Ethics Lecture
Black Lives & Health Justice - Part 2
Elizabeth Nelson, PhD

September 2020 Ethics Lecture
Moral Injury, Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Maintaining Hope
Jennifer L. Hartwell, MD, FACS

October 2020 Ethics Lecture
Dying Prematurely: Discussing Death & Dying with African Americans
Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD

November 2020 Ethics Lecture
Pain & Prejudice 
‍Colin Halverson, PhD

December 2020 Ethics Lecture
An Epidemic of Loneliness
Jay Foster, D.Min

January 2019 Ethics Lecture
When Your Neighbor(hood)
is Your Patient
Kevin Armstrong, Chief of Staff and EVP

February 2019 Ethics Lecture
Hoosier Tobacco Use: Ethical Issues around Tobacco Cessation
Paul K. Halverson, DrPH, FACHE

March 2019 Ethics Lecture
Bad Religion, Public Shaming, and Why We Need New Narratives About People with Addictions
Will Grinstead, MDiv, ThM

April 2019 Ethics Lecture
Into the Void: An Ethical Approach to Asynchronous Patient Communication
Jane Hartsock, JD, MA

May 2019 Ethics Lecture
Infant Mortality in Indiana:
A Study in Disparities
Emily Scott, MD

September 2019 Ethics Lecture
What is Clinical Ethics @ IU Health?
Amy Martin, DBe, MA

October 2019 Ethics Lecture
Creating SPACE for Decision-Making when Confronting Serious Pediatric Illness
Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH

November 2019 Ethics Lecture
Palliative Care @ IUH: Our Journey Over a Decade
Shilpee Sinha, MD, FACP

December 2019 Ethics Lecture
What to Know About Supported Decision-Making in Health Care
Melissa Keyes

January 2018 Ethics Lecture
Narrative & Physician-Patient Dynamics
Adam Hayden

February 2018 Ethics Lecture
Frankenstein at the Bedside: A Lesson in Better Care
Emily Beckman, PhD

March 2018 Ethics Lecture
Everyday Ethics: Identifying the Impact of Ethical Decision-Making on the Delivery of Compassionate Clinical Care
Ann Hannan, MT-BC

April 2018 Ethics Lecture
Transgender Care: Unique Challenges, Unique Rewards
Susan Boisvert, BSN, MHSA, CPHRM, FASHRM

May 2018 Ethics Lecture
Clinical Implementation of Cancer Precision Medicine: The IU Health Precision Genomics Program
Milan Radovich, PhD & Byran Schneider, MD

September 2018 Ethics Lecture
Understanding Indiana's Healthcare Consent Laws
Amber Comer, JD, PhD

October 2018 Ethics Lecture
The Ethical Appropriateness of Offering Comfort Care in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Nayan Srivastava, MD

November 2018 Ethics Lecture
Understanding the "global opioid crises"; where is ethics in all this?
Jim Cleary, MD, FAChPM
Co-Sponsored by the RESPECT Center

December 2018 Ethics Lecture
Pediatric Ethics at IU Riley Hospital for Children: Consultation, Needs Assessment, and Future Directions
Brian Leland, MD

January 2017 Ethics Lecture
Rethinking Informed Consent after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Emily Munson, Esq

February 2017 Ethics Lecture
Vulnerability in Medicine: A physician self-care story
Adam B. Hill, MD

March 2017 Ethics Lecture
Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support
Michael J Hobson, MD

April 2017 Ethics Lecture
Medical Marijuana Use in Indiana - Navigating the Hazy Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Terrain
Sage Arbor, PhD
Tory Castor, JD
Paul Helft, MD
Kurt Patterson, MD

May 2017 Ethics Lecture
Awareness of and Attitudes towards International Travel for Transplantation: A public opinion survey
Jane Hartsock, JD

September 2017 Ethics Lecture
Stigma: Myths, Realities, and Change
Bernice A. Pescosolido, PhD

October 2017 Ethics Lecture
Adolescents & End of Life Care: Understanding Adolescent Preferences Through Narrative
Anna Kirkman, JD

November 2017 Ethics Lecture
The Latest in Addiction Recovery Advocacy Tools
Kim Manlove

December 2017 Ethics Lecture
Updates in Advance Care Planning Measurement and Evidence-Based, Patient-Facing Tools
Rebecca Sudore, MD

January 2016 Ethics Lecture
Project ROSE: Reach Out, Soothe, and Embrace. A Focus on Caregiver Spiritual Wellbeing
Brian Leland, MD

February 2016 Ethics Lecture
Chronic Pain and Opiate Addiction
Jim Ryser, MA, LMHC, LCAC

March 2016 Ethics Lecture
Key Ethical Issues with Indiana's Health Care Consent Statute
Amber Comer, JD, PhD

April 2016 Ethics Lecture
Ethical Themes Within Population Health Care
Steven S. Ivy, MDiv, PhD

September 2016 Ethics Lecture
Professional Ethics and the Regulation in the Problem of Physician Death by Suicide
Tracy D. Gunter, MD

October 2016 Ethics Lecture
Pediatric Ethics and Communication Excellence (PEACE) Rounds: Decreasing Moral Distress and Patient Length of Stay in the PICU
Mira Nitu, MD
Vinit Patel, MD
Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN, FAAN

November 2016 Ethics Lecture
The Family Caregiver: An Unacknowledged Patient
Debra Parker Oliver, MSW, PhD

December 2016 Ethics Lecture
A Dialogue Regarding Difference, Conflict, and Community
Angela Green-Jones, MBA, BNS, RNBC
Steven S. Ivy, PhD
Alvaro Tori, MD

January 2015 Ethics Lecture
Smoking and home Oxygen: Don't Get Burned
Mary S. Baker, MD

February 2015 Ethics Lecture
Fertility Preservation for Adolescents
Julia Taylor, MD

March 2015 Ethics Lecture
Mindfully Optimizing Delivery of End-of-Life Care: Impact on Patients with Advanced-Stage Cancel, Family Caregivers, and Providers
Shelley A Johns, PsyD, ABPP
Kathleen Beck-Coon, MD

April 2015 Ethics Lecture
Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Challenges of Optimal Care for Frail Elders
Joann Lynn, MD, MA, MS

May 2015 Ethics Lecture
Ethics Consultation: When to Call and What to Expect
Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN

September 2015 Ethics Lecture
Worthy to Serve the Suffering: Albert Schweitzer
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD

October 2015 Ethics Lecture
Spirituality and Religion and it's Impact on Patient Health: The Benefits of Inquiry‍
Robyn Axel-Adams, MDiv, BCC

November 2015 Ethics Lecture
Driving a National Performance Improvement Agenda in Hospice and Palliative Care‍
Sally Norton, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN

December 2015 Ethics Lecture
Kindness Matters: Reflections on Humanism and Medicine
Meg Gaffney, MD

March 2014 Ethics Lecture
Biology & Biography: Sexual Ethics
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD

April 2014 Ethics Lecture
Faith & Medicine: Integration or Separation?
James W. Lynch Jr, MD, FACP

May 2014 Ethics Lecture
Challenges to Providing Hemodialysis to the Undocumented Patient
Brian Decker, MD, PharmD, MS

August 2014 Ethics Lecture
Practicing for Practice Medical Improv, Ethics, & Advanced Communication
Katie L. Watson, JD

September 2014 Ethics Lecture
Guardianship for Unbefriended patients: The Volunteer Advocates Model
Robin Bandy, JD, MA
H. Kennard Bennett, JD

October 2014 Ethics Lecture
Opioid Written Behavioral Agreements: A Case for Abandonment
Paul Helft, MD

November 2014 Ethics Lecture
The Moral Imperative to Transform the Way Pain is Perceived, Judged, and Treated
Myra Christopher, BA, LHD

December 2014 Ethics Lecture
Easing Suffering, Enhancing Wellbeing: A Program of Research Guided by Pediatric Palliative Care Principles
Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH

January 2013 Ethics Lecture
Routine Testing for HIV during Pregnancy: Forced Benevolence or Public Health Initiative
Elaine Cox, MD

February 2013 Ethics Lecture
The Old Order Amish: Ethical Tension in Providing Culturally Congruent Care
Patricia D. Bledsoe, MEd, MSW, LCSW

March 2013 Ethics Lecture
Broccoli, Medicaid and Mandates: Implication of the Affordable Care Act
David Orentlicher, MD, JD

April 2013 Ethics Lecture
The Courage to Wonder in Medicine and Religion
David H. Smith, PhD

May 2013 Ethics Lecture
Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness
Diane E. Meier, MD

September 2013 Ethics Lecture
Patients' Perspectives on Cancer Ethics
Visiting Scholar, Rebecca Dresser, JD

October 2013 Ethics Lecture
The New Indiana POST Program: Improving the Care of Seriously Ill Patients
Susan Hickman, PhD

November 2013 Ethics Lecture
COPE as an Intervention for Palliative Home Care
Susan C. McMillan, Ph.D, ARNP, FAAN

December 2013 Ethics Lecture
Adolescent Capacity & Informed Consent
Mary A. Ott, MD, MA

February 2012 Ethics Lecture
Listen: Dealing with Conflicts with Families of Critically Ill Patients
Visiting Scholar Robert M. Arnold, MD

March 2012 Ethics Lecture
Spirituality and Care at the End of Life: lessons from Fred
Daniel P Sulmasy, MD, PhD

April 2012 Ethics Lecture
Bearing the Fire
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, Ph.D

May 2012 Ethics Lecture
Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers: Risk and Benefit
Douglas H Webb, MD, FIDSA, SHEA

September 2012 Ethics Lecture
Futile and Inappropriate Care in the ICU: An Important Differentiation
Gabriel T. Bosslet, MD, MA

October 2012 Ethics Lecture
Ethics and Democracy
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, Ph.

December 2012 Ethics Lecture
Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care
Visiting Scholar Betty Ferrell, Ph.D, RN, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN

April 2011 Ethics Lecture
Dying Better: Lessons from the 'Coping with Cancer' Study
Holly Prigerson, PhD

May 2011 Ethics Lecture
Xenotransplantation: A Research and Ethics Update
A. Joseph Tector, MD, Ph.D,
Paul R. Helft, MD,
Steven S. Ivy, M.Div, Ph.D

September 2011 Ethics Lecture
Dying, Meaning & Wholeness: Reflections on Healing & Incurable Disease
S. Key Toombs, PhD

November 2011 Ethics Lecture
Religious & Cultural Considerations Regarding Pregnancy Termination: Beyond Silence or Conflict
Steven S. Ivy, M.Div, Ph.D

March 2010 Ethics Lecture
Privacy: An Evolving Legal Concept
Valita Fredland, JD, MA

April 2010 Ethics Lecture
Ethical Care of the Difficult Patient: Personality Disorders in the Medical Setting
Michael Webber, MD

September 2010 Ethics Lecture
Three Types of Narrative Failure in Medicine
Martha Montello, PhD

October 2010 Ethics Lecture
Ethics of X-Ray Vision
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, Ph.D

December 2010 Ethics Lecture
Online Professionalism in 140 Characters:Physicians, Physicians-in-Training & Online Social Networks
Gabirel T. Bosslet, MD, MA

March 2009 Ethics Lecture
Vegetative State and Related Disorder
Edward J Dropcho, MD

April 2009 Ethics Lecture
The Gray Zone in Liver Transplantation
Paul Y Kwo, MD

September 2009 Ethics Lecture
Healing as Calling
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD

October 2009 Ethics Lecture
Checking the Vital Signs of Clarian Nurses: Where are we with Moral Distress
Lucia Wocial, RN, PhD

November 2009 Ethics Lecture
Ethical Issues in the Care of Transgendered Patients
Melissa Cavaghan, MD,
Alexia M. Torke, MD, MS
Moderator: Lucia D. Wocial, Ph.D, RN

February 2008 Ethics Lecture
Miracles: An Examination of the Miraculous in Health Care
Adam B. Hill, MD

December 2008 Ethics Lecture
Leadership in Healthcare
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD

September 2007 Ethics Lecture
The Gift of the Wesleyan Spirit: Biomedical Theology and Ethics
Kenneth L Vaux, Dr. Theol.

October 2007 Ethics Lecture
Life Support Decisions Involving Imperiled Infants
Lucia Wocial, RN, CCNS, PhD