Selected Scholarly Presentations, 2002 - 2023

1. “An Ethics Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents – Twelve Years Later,” Interdisciplinary Seminar “Emergency Medicine and Ethics,” School of Medicine of the Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, Hirschegg, Austria, June 29, 2002.

2. “The Constitution and the Right to Die,” Second Annual US Constitution Day Lecture, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, September 14, 2006.

3. “Ethics and Organ Transplantation,” Conference on Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, September 21, 2006.

4. “Responsibilities of Ethics Consultants,” Pitt County Memorial Hospital Ethics Committee, Greenville, NC, September 8, 2008.

5. “The Small Group Model for Clinical Ethics Consultation: A Description and Assessment,” UNESCO conference, “Bioethics Committees in Hospitals,” Tzfat, Israel, May 19, 2009.

6. “Advance Planning for End-of-Life Care: Evolution and Rationale,” University of Malta, Msida, Malta, May 13, 2009.

7. “Reforming the U.S. Health Care System: Past, Present, and Future,” MS3 Internal Medicine Conference, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, June 25, 2010

8. "Decision-Making Capacity," Salemtowne Retirement Committee, Winston-Salem, NC, August 18, 2010.

9. “The Medical Futility Debate,” Oncology Core Curriculum Conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, October 18, 2010.

10. “Advance Planning for End-of-Life Care: A Practical Introduction,” North Carolina License to Give Trust Fund Commission, Raleigh, NC, February 8, 2011.

11. “Dealing with Disaster: Ethical Issues in Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response,” Speas Colloquium in Medical Ethics, Davidson College, March 16, 2011.

12. “Medical Errors and Patient Safety: A Brief Introduction,” Behandlungsfehler im Krankenhaus (“Medical Errors in the Hospital”) workshop, Bad Homburg, Germany, February 13, 2012.

13. “What Does Clinical Ethics Have to Do with End-of-Life Care?” North Carolina Chaplains Association Spring Conference, Greensboro, NC, April 27, 2012.

14. “Conundrums of Conscience: How Should Bioethics Represent and Accommodate the Conscientious Beliefs of Individual and Institutional Health Care Providers?” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 18, 2012.

15. “Do Not resuscitate Orders in the Operating Room,” Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, January 15, 2014.

16. “Money and Medicine: Physicians as Patient Advocates, Bedside Rationers, or What?” BIE 733, Bioethics at Work: the Clinical Context, Wake Forest University, March 26, 2015.

17. “A Concise History of Clinical Ethics Consultation in the United States,” Eleventh International Conference on Clinical Ethics & Consultation, New York City, NY, May 20, 2015.

18. “The Principle of Respect for Autonomy: A Brief Introduction,” 28th Annual Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, August 4, 2015.

19. “Palliative Sedation: Concepts, Ethics, and Policy,” 28th Annual Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, August 5, 2015.

20. “Informed Consent and Surrogate Decision Making,” Internal Medicine Resident conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, February 10, 2016.

21. “A Legal Safe Harbor for Professional Futility Judgments?” Clinical Ethics Network of North Carolina conference, “Saying No: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of Refusals in Health Care,” Asheville, NC, September 18, 2015.

22. “Resource Stewardship: A Widely Recognized, but Poorly Understood Professional Responsibility,” Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, April 14, 2016.

23. “The ‘Right to Die’ in U.S. Public Policy (A Tale of Three Young Women),” Advocacy, Debate, and the Law course, Wake Forest University, May 25, 2016.

24. “Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” Advocacy, Debate, and the Law course, Wake Forest University, May 25, 2016.

25. “When Surrogate Decision-Makers Say “No,” How Should Physicians Respond? Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, Milwaukee, WI, September 20, 2016.

26. “Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood Products,” Exploring Ethics Noon Conference Series, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, November 15, 2016.

27. “Realizing the Promise of Advance Directives,” Davidson College, Davidson, NC, March 23, 2017.

28. “Professionalism in Health Care Revisited: The Centrality of Ethics,” Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 28, 2017.

29. “The Collision of Religious and Non-Religious Viewpoints in Clinical Ethics: What Role for Ethics Consultants?” Clinical Ethics Committee meeting, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, December 15,2017.

30. “ ‘Resuscitating’ Your Ethics Committee,” Wilkes Medical Center, Wilkesboro, NC, May 13, 2018.

31. “Treatment Options Near the End of Life,” Advocacy, Debate, and the Law course, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, June 4, 2018. 32. “Disclosing Medical Errors: Rationale, Barriers, and Strategies,” Pathology Grand Rounds, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, October 10, 2018.

33. “Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: A Better Way to Die?” St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX, February 25, 2019.

34. “Case Study: A Faith-Based Moral Challenge in Ethics Consultation,” 15th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation, Vienna, Austria, May 23, 2019.

35. “What Is Clinical Ethics Consultation? How Does It Work? How Can It Help?” Clinical Pastoral Education conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, July 15, 2019.

36. “Demystifying DNR Orders: What Every Health Care Team Member Should Know,” Exploring Ethics Noon Conference Series, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, October 8, 2019.

37. “U.S. Health Care Reform: Past, Present, and (Possible) Futures,” Internal Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, November 19, 2019.

38. “From Karen Ann Quinlan to Jahi McMath, and Beyond: A Half-Century of End-of-Life Care Debates,” Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, November 21, 2019.

39. “The WFBH Contingency Plan for Pandemic Triage of Scarce Critical Care Resources,” Internal Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, August 6, 2020.

40. “Moral Conflicts in End-of-Life Care,” Internal Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, February 16, 2021.

41. “Bioethics in a Distinctive Setting—The Emergency Department,” Clinical Ethics Committee meeting, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, February 19, 2021.

42. “Planning for a Pandemic Crisis: Some Lessons I Learned,” Wake Forest University Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society symposium, “Implementing Medical Allocation Plans During a Public Health Crisis,” Winston-Salem, NC, April 21, 2021.

43. “Moral Foundations of the Physician-Patient Relationship: Truthfulness,” Medicine and Patients in Society (MAPS) course, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, January 26, 2021.

44. “The American College of Emergency Physicians Ethics Committee: A Brief Overview,” UNC Hospitals Lead Ethics Consultants Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, February 3, 2022.

45. “Seeking, and Honoring, Minor Patients’ Treatment Preferences: Reasons For and Against,” Exploring Ethics Noon Conference Series, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, February 22, 2022.

46. “Physician Aid in Dying,” Brevard College, Brevard, NC, October 10, 2022.

47. “A Principle-Based Approach to Bioethics,” Clinical Pastoral Education conference, Cone Medical Center, Greensboro, NC, October 19, 2022.

48. “Culture Wars in Clinical Encounters: Should Clinicians Advance or Retreat?” Clinical Ethics Committee meeting, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, December 9, 2022.

49. “ ‘Last Ditch’ Treatments for Patients with Catastrophic Illness,” ENT Resident conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. April 12, 2023.

50. “Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives at WFBH,” Internal Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, September 23, 2023.

51. “Professional Boundaries in Health Care,” Exploring Ethics Noon Conference Series, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, November 23, 2023.