Aaron Wightman, MD, MA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

1. Wightman A, Schluchter M, Drotar D, Andreias L, Taylor HG, Klein N, Wilson-Costello D, Hack M. Parental protection of extremely low birth weight children at age 8 years. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2007 Aug;28(4):317-26. PMID: 17700084.

2. Wightman A, Opel DJ, Marcuse EK, Taylor JA. Washington State pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedules. Pediatrics. 2011 Dec;128(6):1094-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0666. PMID: 22123877; PMCID: PMC3387893.

3. Wightman A, Oron AP, Symons JM, Flynn JT. Pediatric nephrologists' beliefs regarding randomized controlled trials. J Investig Med. 2014 Jan;62(1):84-7. doi: 10.2310/JIM.0000000000000019. Erratum in: J Investig Med. 2015 Oct;63(7):886.: 24379023; PMCID: PMC3893707.

4. Wightman A, Largent E, Del Beccaro M, Lantos JD. Who should get the last PICU bed? Pediatrics. 2014 May;133(5):907-12. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3369. PMID: 24777215.

5. Wightman A, Young B, Bradford M, Dick A, Healey P, McDonald R, Smith J. Prevalence and outcomes of renal transplantation in children with intellectual disability. Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Nov;18(7):714-9. doi: 10.1111/petr.12339. PMID: 25135680; PMCID: PMC4362668.

6. Wightman A, Bradford MC, Symons J, Brogan TV. Impact of Kidney Disease on Survival in Neonatal Extracorporeal Life Support. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jul;16(6):576-82. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000414. PMID: 25828782; PMCID: PMC5015680.

7. Wightman A, Kett J. Has neonatal dialysis become morally obligatory? Lessons from Baby Doe. Acta Paediatr. 2015 Aug;104(8):748-50. doi: 10.1111/apa.13042. PMID: 25982939.

8. Wightman A, Diekema D. Should an undocumented immigrant receive a heart transplant? AMA J Ethics. 2015 Oct 1;17(10):909-13. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.peer1-1510. PMID: 26496053.

9. Wightman A, Hsu E, Zhao Q, Smith J. Prevalence and Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Children With Intellectual Disability. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Jun;62(6):808-12. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001071. PMID: 26655935.

10. Wightman A, Freeman MA. Update on Ethical Issues in Pediatric Dialysis: Has Pediatric Dialysis Become Morally Obligatory? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):1456-62. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12741215.  PMID: 27037272; PMC4974893.*

11. Wightman A, Bartlett HL, Zhao Q, Smith JM. Prevalence and outcomes of heart transplantation in children with intellectual disability. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Nov 1. doi: 10.1111/petr.12839. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 27801533.

12. Wightman A. Management dilemmas in pediatric nephrology: time-limited trials of dialysis therapy. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Apr;32(4):615-620. doi: 10.1007/s00467-016-3545-8. Epub 2016 Dec 9 PMID: 27942955.

13. Wightman A. Is it permissible for a child with neurodevelopmental disabilities to be a living donor transplant candidate, but not a deceased donor candidate? Should donor source influence transplant center deliberations? Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Dec 15. doi: 10.1111/petr.12850. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27976486.

14. Jecker N, Wightman A, Rosenberg A, Diekema D. Ethical issues in selecting participants for clinical trials with breakthrough therapies.  J Med Ethics. 2017 Jun;43(6):391-400. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103868. Epub 2017 Apr 13.  PMID:  28408724

15. Wightman A. Reflections on a question: "Would you offer dialysis?" American Journal of Kidney Disease.  2017 Aug;70(2):A9-A10. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.03.027. Epub 2017 Jun 2.  PMID:28579424

16. Wightman A, Horslen S. Gatekeeping and Bias Against Risk in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant  Journal of Pediatric Ethics.  Fall 2017. 1(1) http://jpedethics.com/Start.htm

17. Tate T, Goldberg A, Wightman A, Warady B, Lantos J.  Controversy About Dialysis for an Adolescent.  Pediatrics Jul 2017, 140 (1) e20170327; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-0327

18. Jecker N, Wightman A, Rosenberg A, Diekema D. Ethical Guidance for Selecting Clinical Trials to Receive Limited Space in an Immunotherapy Production Facility.  American Journal of Bioethics. 2018 Apr;18(4):58-67. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1444817. PMID:29621473*

19. Wightman A, Diekema D, Goldberg A. Consideration of children with intellectual disability as candidates for solid organ transplantation- a practice in evolution.  Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Feb;22(1). doi: 10.1111/petr.13091. Epub 2017 Dec 7. PMID: 29218833

20. Freeman M, Wightman A. (co-first author) Did parents have it right all along?  Parents, Risk, and Living Kidney Donation: Revisiting the arguments for and against parental living donation of kidneys.  Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Jan 30. doi: 10.1111/petr.13153. PMID: 29380554

21. Gentry K, Wightman A. Honoring limitations of perioperative resuscitation: Refusal of cricothyotomy in the setting of a planned intubation. AMA J Ethics.  2018 Aug 1;20(8):E683-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.683  PMID:    30118417

22. Jecker NS, Wightman A, Rosenberg AR, Diekema DS.  Fairly allocating space in an immuonotherapy production facility: reply to critics.  Am J Bioeth. 2018 May;18(5):W9-W12. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1452994. PMID: 29697346.

23. Wightman A, Kett JC, Wilfond BS.  Responding to parental requests for life sustaining treatment—relational potential revisited. Acta Paediatr. 2018 Jun;107(6):923-926. doi: 10.1111/apa.14179.  PMID:29222827

24. Wightman A, Goldberg A, Diekema D.  Fairness, Severe Intellectual Disability, and the Special Case of Transplantation.  Pediatric Transplantation.  2018 Aug;22(5):e13228. doi: 10.1111/petr.13228. PMID: 2978580.*

25. Wightman A, Bradford M, Smith J.  Health-related quality of life changes following renal transplantation in children. Pediatric Transplantation 2019 Mar;23(2):e13333. doi: 10.1111/petr.13333.  PMID: 30548760

26. Wightman A, Taylor C, Neul S, Lepere K, Cedars Km Opel D.  Caregiver experience in pediatric dialysis.  Pediatrics 2019 Feb;143(2). pii: e20182102. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-2102.  PMID:30696758

27. Wightman A, Diekema D. Parental decision-making and the limitations of the Equivalence Thesis. American Journal of Bioethics  2019 19:3, pages 43-45. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1563923. PMID:31543040 

28. Wightman A, Kett J, Campelia G, Wilfond B.  The relational potential standard.  Hastings Center Report 2019 May;49(3):18-25. doi: 10.1002/hast.1003 PMID: 31269258.

29. Starr M, Wightman A, Munshi M, Hingorani S. Prevalence and Impact of Food Insecurity in Children with End-Stage Renal Disease  JAMA Pediatrics 2019 Sep 9. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3086. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:31498384.

30. Bogetz J, Wilfond B, Wightman A.  “Poor prognosis: a linguistic short-cut better avoided”  JAMA Pediatrics 2019  2019 Nov 25. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4503. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31764955.

31. Wightman A. “Caregiver burden in pediatric dialysis”  Pediatric Nephrology 2019 Aug 21. doi: 10.1007/s00467-019-04332-5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31435726.

32. Lee B, Trowbridge A, McEvoy M, Wightman A, Kraft SA, Clark JD. “Can a parent refuse the brain death exam?”  Pediatrics 2019 in press

33. Wightman A, Tate T, Campelia G. “Pierre in the clinic” Pediatric Ethiscope Winter 2019;32(2) https://pediatricethicscope.org/article/pierre-in-the-clinic/.

34. Goldberg A, Bobrowski A, Wightman A.  “Crowdsourcing for Pediatric Transplantation and Donation Studies- An Opportunity for Reflection on Research Ethics”  Pediatric Transplantation  2019 2019 Dec;23(8):e13603. doi: 10.1111/petr.13603. PMID:31769169.

35. Wightman A, Wilfond B, Diekema D, Paquette E, Shah S.  “Relationships help make life worth living.”  J Med Ethics  2020 Jan;46(1):22-23. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105809. Epub 2019 Nov 15. PMID:31732679.

36. Chen A, Ahmad M, Flescher A, Freeman WL, Little S, Martins PN, Veatch RM, Wightman A, Leden K.  “Access to transplantation for persons with intellectual disability: Strategies for non-discrimination”  American Journal of Transplantation 2019  Dec 24. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15755  PMID: 31873978

37. Kett JC. Cunnigham MC, Wightman A.  “The Legacy of Language: Disfigurement Bias in the NICU”  ActaPaediatr 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1111/apa.15236. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32073682

38. Kalantar-Zaday K, Wightman A, Liao S. “Ensuring Choice for People with Kidney Failure — Dialysis, Supportive Care, and Hope.” New England Journal of Medicine 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2001794. PMID: 32640129.

39. Jecker NS, Wightman A, Diekema D. “Privileging Frontline Workers During COVID-19.”  American Journal of Bioethics 2020 Jul;20(7):128-132. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1764140. Epub 2020 May 13. PMID: 32401170.

40. Yu E, Wightman A. “Pediatric kidney transplant in undocumented immigrants: An American perspectives”  Pediatric Transplantation 2021 Feb 25. doi:10.1111/petr.13788. PMID: 31388913.

41. Wightman A, Freeman F. “An organ for my child: Public appeals for limited resources.”  Pediatrics 2020 Aug: 146(Suppl 1):S42-s47. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0818l. PMID: 32737231.

42. Lee B, Wightman A, Clark J. “Author Response” Pediatrics 2020 146.  DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-008144C

43. Wightman A, Diekema D “Defining cases in pediatric bioethics” Pediatrics 2020 Aug;146(Suppl 1):S1-S2. doi: 10.1542/peds.202000818B. PMID: 32737224.

44. Butler CR, Wightman A, Taylor J, Richards C, Liu C, O’Hare A. “Thematic analysis of the health records of a national sample of patients with advanced kidney disease evaluated for transplant.”  JAMA Internal Medicine 2021 Feb 1;181(2);212-219. doi:10.1001/jamaintermed.2020.6388. PMID: 33226419.

45. Campelia GC, Kett J, Wightman A. “Relational Suffering and the Moral Authority of Love and Care” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2020 Aug; 41(4):165-178. doi: 10.1007/s11017-020-09530-z. PMID: 33284391.

46. Bogetz J, Kett J, Wightman A “Preparing for medical decision-making in response to concerns about suffering in children with severe neurologic impairment”  Acta Paediatrica 2021 Mar;110(3):755-758. doi: 10.1111/apa.15621. Epub 2020 Oct 25. PMID 33048368. 

47. Butler CR, Wightman A, Wong S, O’Hare A. “US clinicians; experiences and perspectives on care and resource limitation during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.”  JAMA Open 2020 Nov 2;3(11);e2027315. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27315. PMID: 33156349.

48. Berkman E, Wightman A, Friedland Little J., Albers E, Diekema D, Lewis-Newby M “An ethical analysis of obesity as a determinant of pediatric heart transplant candidacy” Pediatric Transplantation 2020 May;25(3):e13913. doi: 10.1111/petr.13913. Epub 2020 Nov 1. PMID: 33179426.

49. Weiss EM, Wightman A, Webster L, Diekema D.  “Conflict of interest in ethics consultation”  Journal of Medical Ethics 2020 Dec 21;medethics-2020-106725. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106725. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID. 33443116.

50. Jecker NM, Wightman A, Diekema D “Vaccine Ethics: Global Priorities for Just Distribution of Vaccines Against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus” Journal of Medical Ethics 2020 Jul;20(7):128-132. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1764140. Epub 2020 May 13.  PMID: 32401170

51. Olszewski AE, Scott M, Patneuade A, Weiss EM, Wightman A “Race and Power at the Bedside: Counter Storytelling in Clinical Ethics Consultation” American Journal of Bioethics 2021 Feb;21(2):77-79. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1861369 PMID: 33534694.

52. Kett J, Olszewski AE, Diekema D, Wilfond B, Wightman A "A 2020 Executive Order that Threatens Progress in Shared Decision-Making” Pediatrics 2021 May;147(5):e2020038794. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-038794. Epub 2021 Apr 2. PMID: 33811178.

53. House TR, Wightman A “Adding life to their years: the current state of pediatric palliative care in CKD”  Kidney360 2021 Apr 7;2(6):1063-1071. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000282021. eCollection 2021 Jun 24.PMID: 35373080

54. Wightman A, Bradford B, Hsu E, Bartlett H, Smith J. “Prevalence and Long-Term Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant in Children with Intellectual Disability”   Journal of Pediatrics 2021 Aug;235:10-17.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.056. Epub 2021 Mar 29. PMID: 33794218.

55. Bauer A, Blanchette E, Zimmerman Taylor C, Wightman A.  “Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Dialysis: Application of the Paediatric Renal Caregiver Burden Scale”  Pediatric Nephrology 2021 Dec;36(12):3945-3951. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05149-x. Epub 2021 Jun 14. PMID: 34128095.

56. Sawyer K, Clark J, Kraft S, Wightman A, Trowbridge A.  Brain Death in Pediatrics: The Ever-Changing Landscape and the Expanding Role of Palliative Care Professionals.  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2021 Nov;62(5):1079-1085. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.04.026. Epub 2021 May 11. PMID: 33984463.

57. House TR, Wightman A, Rosenberg A, Sayre G, Abdel-Kader K, and Wong SPY. Challenges to shared decision-making about treatment of advanced CKD: a qualitative study of patients and clinicians. American Journal of Kidney Disease 2021 Oct 19;S0272-6386(21)00919-7. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.08.021. [Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34673161.

58. Butler CR, Wightman A.  “Scarce healthcare resources and equity during COVID-19: Lessons from the history of kidney failure treatment”  Kidney360 2021 vol. 2 no. 12 2024-2026 https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0005292021

59. Trowbridge A, Wightman A, Kett J.  “Promise Me She’ll Survive: Navigating Emotion and Uncertainty in Pediatric Chronic Disease With Low Mortality Rates”  Acta Paedtrica 2022 Mar;111(3):464-466. doi: 10.1111/apa.16179. Epub 2021 Dec 3. PMID: 34751969.

60. Kulkarni S, Flescher A, Ahmad M, Wightman A, Ladin K. Ethical analysis examining the prioritization of living donor transplantation in times of healthcare rationing. J Med Ethics 2022 Jan 4. Medethics-2021-107574. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2021-107574. PMID: 34983855.

61. House TR, Rosenberg A, Zimmerman CT, Wightman A. “Caregiver perspectives of dialysis initiation for children with kidney disease: a qualitative study”  Pediatric Nephrology 2022. Feb 18. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05472-x. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 35181825

62. Stahl J, Wightman A, Hingorani S, Weiss NM, Vanderstoep A. “Asking the same questions, but still not getting answers: A comparison of psychiatric diagnoses in children with chronic kidney disease to the general population.” Kidney Medicine. 2022 Mar 18;4(6):100451. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100451. eCollection 2022 Jun. PMID: 35620082

63. Pais P, Wightman A. “Addressing the Ethical Challenges of Providing Kidney Failure Care for Children: A Global Stance.”  Frontiers in Pediatrics 2022 Mar 11;10:842783. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.842783. eCollection 2022. PMID. 35359883.

64. Wightman A, Goldberg A, Diekema D.  “Considering a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for pediatric kidney transplant candidates”  Pediatric Nephrology 2022.  Mar 25;1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05511-7. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 3533972.

65. Sun R, Wightman A, Diekema D.  “Caregiver COVID-19 Vaccination for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates.”  American Journal of Transplantation 2022 Sep;22(9):2135-2138. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17078. Epub 2022 May 7.PMID: 35485987

66. Berkman ER, Richardson KL, Clark JD, Dick AS, Lewis-Newby M, Diekema D, Wightman A.  “An ethical analysis of obesity as a contraindication of pediatric kidney transplant candidacy.”  Pediatric Nephrology 2022 Apr 29.  doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05572-8.  PMID: 35488137

67. House TR, Wightman A. “Enabling Flourishing: Novel Approaches in Palliative Medicine for Children with Advanced Kidney Disease.”  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension. 2023 Jan 1;32(1):41-48. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000839 PMID: 36250456 

68. Wightman A, Filler G, Díaz-González de Ferris ME. “The urgent need for conducting clinical trials in pediatric nephrology globally.”  Pediatric Nephrology 2023 Aug;38(8):2499-2506. doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-05877-2. Epub 2023 Feb 4. PMID: 36738331.

69. Butler C, Wightman A. “Beyond Autonomy: Ethics of Decision-Making about Treatments for Kidney Failure at the Extremes of Age”  American Journal of Kidney Disease. 2023 ep;82(3):360-367. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.01.451. Epub 2023 Apr 6.  PMID: 37028637.

70. Berkman ER, Hsu E, Clark JD, Dick AS, Lewis-Newby M, Diekema D, Wightman A.  “An Ethical Analysis of Obesity as a Contraindication to Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidacy”. American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Jun;23(6):736-743. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.03.017. Epub 2023 Mar 29.PMID: 36997027

71. Butler C, Hick J, Taylor J, Wightman A, Ohare A. “Experiences of US clinicians contending with health care resource scarcity during the COVID-19 pandemic, December 2020-December 2021”. JAMA Network Open 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2318810. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18810.PMID: 37326986

72. House TR, Wightman A, Smith J, Bradford M, Schwarze M, Rosenberg, A. Palliative Care Training in Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship: A Cross-Sectional Survey.  Kidney 360 2023 2023 Oct 1;4(10):1437-1444. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000233. Epub 2023 Aug 2.PMID: 3753120

73. House TR, Helm, C, Wightman A. Building partnerships to improve health outcomes: Pediatric patient and family engagement in nephrology practice. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease  2024 Jan;31(1):37-45. doi: 10.1053/j.akdh.2023.10.003. PMID: 38403392  

74. Brunson C, House TR, Noone D, Wightman A. Management dilemmas in pediatric nephrology: Moving from friction to flourishing in “challenging” cases.  Pediatric Nephrology 2024 in press

75. Wightman A, Vo HH.  Basic ethical principles for the pediatric nephrologist.  Current Pediatrics Reports 2024 in press

76. Berkman E, Wightman A, Lewis Newby M. ECMO allocation criteria.  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024. In press

Book chapters

1. Wightman A, Smith J, Diekema D. “Neurodevelopmental status as a criterion for solid organ transplant eligibility” in Ethical issues in pediatric organ transplantation. Eds. Greenberg R, Goldberg A, Rodriguez-Arias D.  New York, NY, Springer: Berlin Heidelberg p.215-236. 2016

2. Wightman A. “Withholding and Withdrawing Dialysis” in Pediatric Dialysis Case Studies – A Practical Guide to Patient Care. Eds. Warady B, Alexander S, Schafer F. New York, NY, Springer: Berlin Heidelberg p.257-264. 2018

3. Wightman A., Rancin B., Goldberg A.  “Ethical decision-making in children with end-stage kidney disease”  in Pediatric Dialysis Third Edition Eds. Warady B, Alexander S, Schafer F. New York, NY, Springer: Berlin Heidelberg 2019

4. Wightman A. Freeman M. “Ethical issues in pediatric nephrology” in Pediatric Nephrology 8^th Edition Eds. Bagga A, Bates C, Emma F, Goldstein S, Shroff R.  New York, NY, Springer: Heidelberg 2020

5. Wightman A. Freeman M. “Ethical issues in end stage kidney disease” in Pediatric Kidney Disease 3rd Edition Eds. Schaefer F & Greenbaum LA  New York, NY, Springer: Heidelberg 2023

Other publications

1. Wightman A, on behalf of the American Association of Pediatric Nephrology sub-committee on Bioethics, appearing in KidneyNotes, the official publication of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
   
   1. “Doctor what would you do?” February 2015
   2. “Futility” October 2015
   3. “Renal replacement therapy in undocumented immigrants” December 2015
   4. “Truth Telling in pediatric nephrology” February 2016
   5. “Adolescent treatment refusals” April 2016
2. Wightman A. Articulating the value of pediatric priority and transplant for children.  Pediatric Transplantation August 10 2023 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14595  PMID 37608472

Platform Presentations

1. Wightman A, Schluchter M, Drotar D, Andreias L, Taylor HG, Klein N, Wilson-Costello D, Hack M. Parental protection of extremely low birth weight children at age 8 years. Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California: May 2006.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

2. Wightman A, Young B, Dick A, McDonald R, Healey P, Smith J.  Rates and Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Children with Intellectual Disability.  American Transplant Congress Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington: May 2013. Presenter: Aaron Wightman

3. Wightman A, Smith J, Diekema D.  Renal transplantation in children with intellectual disability.  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA: October 2013 Presenter: Aaron Wightman

4. Wightman A, Gentry K. Limiting life-sustaining therapies in the pediatric operating room.  Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference, Seattle, WA: July 2015 Presenter: Aaron Wightman 

5. Wightman A. Impact of program-specific reports on candidate selection in solid organ transplantation.  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Houston, TX: October 201  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

6. Wightman A. Critical distance between steward and advocate in pediatric solid organ transplant.  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.: October 201  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

7. Wightman A, Bradford M, Gant M, Stockard K, Smith J. Quality of Life Changes Following Pediatric Renal Transplant.  Seattle Children’s Research Institute Center for Clinical and Translational Research Science Day, Seattle WA: May 201  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

8. Wightman A.  Caregiver burden and decision-making in pediatric dialysis. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.: October 2017.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman 

9. Wightman A.  Responding to Parental Requests For Life-Sustaining Treatment Utilizing a Relational Potential Standard.  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.: October 2018.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman 

10. Starr M, Wightman A, Munshi R, Hingorani S.  Food Insecurity in Children with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on Dialysis: A Prospective Interventional Cohort Study.  Seattle Children’s Hospital Fellow and Resident Research Day: April 2019.  Presenter: Michelle Starr

11. Starr M, Wightman A, Munshi R, Fisher K, Winstanley L, Wilson M, Olsen J, Hingorani S.  Food Insecurity in Children with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on Dialysis: A Prospective Interventional Cohort Study.  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland: May 2019.  Presenter: Michelle Starr

12. Wightman A, Weiss E, Diekema D.  Conflict of interest in ethics consultation.  .  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.: October 2019.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman 

13. Levine A, Seghal A, Das T, Wightman A.  Ethics, Policy and the Manufacturing of Personalized Cellular Therapies. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.: October 2019.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman, Aaron Levine, Tava Das, Alison Seghal 

14. Sawyer K, Clark J, Kraft S, Wightman A, Trowbridge A.  Brain Death in Pediatrics: The Ever-Changing Landscape and the Expanding Role of Palliative Care Professionals.  American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, San Diego, CA: March 2020.  Presenters: Kim Sawyer, Amy Trowbridge, Jonna Clark. 

15. Capelia G, Wightman A. Caregivers as Ends in Themselves: Care Labor, Advanced Life-Sustaining Technologies, and Decision-Making.  Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Meeting, online May 2021 Presenters: Georgina Campelia and Aaron Wightman.

16. Campelia G, Scott M, Wightman A, Kett J.  Relationality After Death: A New Framework for Resolving Conflict Around Brain Death  . American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting,: October 2021.  Presenter: Georgina Campelia and Jennifer Kett.

17. House TR, Rosenberg AR, Zimmerman CT, Wightman A “Caregiver perspectives of dialysis initiation for children with kidney disease: a qualitative study”  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Denver CO.  May 2022 Presenter: Taylor House

18. Hadley, J.C., Pisharody, S., Arvanitakis, A., Spencer, K., Storck, Z., Turner, A., Zhang, A., DeChalus, A., Wightman, AG., Bui, A.L., Martos, M., Seimears, TL. Climate Change and Social Justice: How Heat Inequity Leads to Health Inequity. Mini-plenary session. Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, July 2022. Orlando, FL, USA.

19. Wightman A. Is the framework of surrogate decision-making too narrow?  A case for widening.  World Congress of Bioethics, Basel, Switzerland and online. July 2022. Presenter Aaron Wightman

20. Campelia G, Wightman A. Caregiver Labor: Recognition through Relational Decision-Making.  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Portland, OR October 2022.  Presenter: Georgina Campelia.

21. Sun B, Wightman A, Diekema D. “Caregiver Covid-19 vaccination in pediatric solid organ transplant.”  Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care 18th annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference.  Seattle, WA July 2023.  Presenter: Bob Sun.

22. Sardesai T, Wightman A.  “Parent refusals of Solid Organ Transplantation” Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care 18th annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference.  Seattle, WA July 2023.  Presenter: Tara Sardesai.

23. Douglas C, Smith JM, Wightman A. “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Balancing Utility, Justice and Respect for Persons”. Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care 18th annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference.  Seattle, WA July 2023.  Presenter: Chloe Douglas.

24. Kingsley J, Bogetz J, Moynihan K, Wightman A.  “Medical Interventions for Children with Severe Neurological Impairment: Moving from Discrimination to Discretion to Promote the Good of the Patient.”  American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October 2023, Baltimore, Maryland.   Panel Presentation: Wightman presentation: “Medical and Ethical Perspectives on Treatment Decisions for Children with SNI and Trisomy 13 and 18 : A Look at Language”

25. Douglas C, Bradford M, Ng Y, Mokiao, R, Wightman A, Smith JM.  “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation is Associated with Lower Odds of Living Donor and Preemptive Kidney Transplant in Children.”  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.  May 2024 Presenter: Chloe Douglas.

26. Navin M, Wightman A, Ross LF. No vaccine, no organs? The ethics of vaccine mandates for pediatric transplant candidates.   American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October 2024, St. Louis, Missouri. Presenter: Mark Navin.  

27. Xu, Z.,  Wightman, A., Ryu, H., Ng, C., Hutson, R., Pratt, W., Snyder, J.,  Pruette, C. S., Pollack, A. Characterizing health decisions made in daily life by youth with CKD. International Pediatric Nephrology Association: 20th IPNA Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.

Poster Presentations

1. Wightman A, Opel D, Taylor J, Marcuse E Washington State Pediatrician Attitudes Regarding Alternative Immunization Schedules Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado May 201 Presenter: Aaron Wightman

2. Wightman A, Symons J, Oron A, Flynn JT.  Pediatric Nephrologist’s Beliefs About Randomized Controlled Trials.  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC: May 2013. Presenter: Aaron Wightman

3. Wightman A, Bradford M, Symons J, Brogan T.  Survival to Discharge after ECMO in Neonates with Preexisting CKD.  ASN Kidney Week 2013 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: November 2013.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

4. Wightman A, Whitlock K, Ketchum M, Stockard K, McDonald R, Smith J.  Quality of Life After Renal Transplantation in Children.  ASN Kidney Week 2013 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: November 2013.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

5. Wightman A, Wallen L, Woodrum D, Symons J.  Development of a protocol for newborns with severe kidney disease.  Renal Research Institute 2014 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV: January 2014.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

6. McAfee N, Hansen C, Wightman A.  Impact of tardiness in a pediatric hemodialysis unit.  Annual Dialysis Conference, Atlanta, GA: February 2014. Presenter: Nancy McAfee

7. Wightman A, Bradford M, Symons J, Brogan T.  Survival to Discharge after ECMO in Neonates with Kidney Disease.  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC: May 2014.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

8. Wightman A, Hsu E, Xiao Q, Smith J. Prevalence and outcomes of liver transplant in children with intellectual disabilities.  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: May 2015.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

9. Wightman A, Bartlett H, Xiao Q, Smith J. Prevalence and outcomes of heart transplant in children with intellectual disabilities.  American Transplant Congress Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: May 2015. Presenter: Aaron Wightman

10. Krick J, Wightman A, Starks H. “Communicating diagnostic uncertainty in the neonatal intensive care unit.  International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta: June 2016.  Presenter: Jeanne Krick

11. Wightman A, Taylor C, Lepere K, Neul S.  Caregiver experience in pediatric dialysis.  Seattle Children’s Research Institute Center for Clinical and Translational Research Science Day, Seattle WA: May 2017.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

12. Blanchette E, Bauer A, Taylor C, Wightman A.  Caregiver burden in pediatric dialysis: Application of the Paediatric Renal Caregiver Burden Scale.  Renal Research Institute Annual Conference,  Beuna Vista, FL: January 2018 Presenter: Eliza Blanchette and Abbie Bauer

13. Cedars K, Taylor C, Neul S, Lepere K, Wightman A.  Caregiver Burden among parents of chronic dialysis patients: A qualitative study.  Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL: April 2018: Presenter: KristiLynn Cedars

14. Wightman A, Taylor C, Lepere K, Neul S, Opel D. Caregiver experience and burden in pediatric dialysis.  Seattle Children’s Research Institute Center for Clinical and Translational Research Science Day, Seattle WA: May 2018.  Presenter: Aaron Wightman

15. Starr M, Wightman A, Munshi M, Hingorani S. Prevalence and Impact of Food Insecurity in Children with End-Stage Renal Disease American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: November 2018.  Presenter: Michelle Starr

16. Huntington T, Wightman A, Lindsay D, Bogetz J.  Consequential Decisions: Ethical Considerations in an Infant with Severe Anoxic Brain Injury and End Staged Renal Disease.  Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, 2019 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL:  March 2019.  Presenter: Taylor Huntington

17. Blanchette E, Bauer A, Zimmerman Taylor C, Wightman A.  Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Dialysis: First Application of the Paediatric Renal Caregiver Burden Scale  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland: May 2019.  Presenter: Eliza Blanchette

18. Wightman A, Bradford M, Smith J. Prevalence and outcomes of kidney transplant in children with intellectual disability.  International Pediatric Nephrology Association Annual Meeting, Venice, Italy: October 2019.  Presenter Aaron Wightman

19. Stahl J, Vanderstoep A, Wightman A. Mental health diagnoses in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) cohort.  American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.: November 2019.  Presenter: Jessica Stahl

20. Shnorhavorian M, Sawyer K, Wightman A, Wilfond B, Fechner P, Amies Oelschlager A, Adam M, McCauley E, Schwarze M, Gentry K. A framework for multi-disciplinary Differences in Sex Development (DSD) teams to engage in shared decision making with adult patients with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Best Case/ Worst Case tool.  Societies for Pediatric Urology Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. May 2020.  Presenter Margarett Shnorhavorian.

21. Wightman A, Bradford B, Smith J. Prevalence and Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant in Children with Intellectual Disability.  Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.  May 2020.  Presenter Aaron Wightman

22. Butler C, Wightman A, Taylor J, Richards C, Liu C, OHare A. “Some Person Behind a Desk Is Going to Be Looking at My File: Thematic Analysis of the Health Records of a National Sample of Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease Evaluated for Kidney Transplant”  American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2020, Virtual October 2020.  Presenter Catherine Butler.

23. Pais P, Iyengar A, Wightman A. “Ethical Challenges in Providing Kidney Replacement Therapy for Pediatric End Stage Kidney Disease: Case Series From a Referral Centre in India.” ISN Virtual Congress of Nephrology 2021.  Presenter Priya Pais.

24. Stahl J, Wightman A, Hingorani S, Weiss NM, Vanderstoep A. “Asking the same questions, but still not getting answers: A comparison of psychiatric diagnoses in children with chronic kidney disease versus the general population.” Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, virtual.  May 2021 Presenter: Jessica Stahl

25. House TR, Wightman A, Rosenberg AR, Sayre G, Abdel-Kader K, Wong SY.  “A qualitative study of patient-clinician dyads on perceived challenges to shared decision-making about treatment of advanced CKD.”  American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2021, Virtual October 2021.  Presenter: Taylor House

26. House TR, Wightman A, Smith J, Rosenberg AR.  “Pediatric nephrologists’ perspectives on palliative care: A National Survey Study”  American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2021, Virtual October 2021.  Presenter: Taylor House

27. House TR, Wightman A, Smith J, Rosenberg AR.  “Palliative care training in pediatric nephrology fellowship: a cross-sectional survey”  American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2021, Virtual October 2021.  Presenter: Taylor House

28. House TR, Wightman A, Smith J, Rosenberg AR.  Comparing Pediatric Nephrologists and Palliative Care Physicians Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: A National Survey Study.  American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine State of the Science Meeting February 2022 Presenter: Taylor House

29. House TR, Smith J, Dick A, Wightman A.  “Pediatric Transplant Surgeons’ Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: A National Cross-Sectional Survey” International Pediatric Transplant Association 2022 Congress.  Prague, Czech Republic March 2022  Presenter: Taylor House

30. House TR, Rosenberg A, Zimmerman CT, Wightman A. “Caregiver perspectives of dialysis initiation for children with kidney disease: a qualitative study.” International Pediatric Nephrology Association 2022 Congress.  Calgary, Canada. September 2022. Presenter: Taylor House

31. House TR, Goldberg A,  Pais P, Trowbridge A, Wightman A.  “Navigating Challenging Communication in Pediatric Nephrology: Development and Delivery of a Novel Communication Curriculum”. World Congress of Nephrology 2023.  Bangkok, Thailand.  March 2023.  Presenter Taylor House.

32. Douglas C, Bradford M, Ng Y, Mokiao, R, Wightman A, Smith JM "Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients". American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2023.  Philadelphia, PA. October 2023 Presenter: Chloe Douglas

33. Douglas C, Bradford M, Ng Y, R, Wightman A, Smith JM "Recipient Proximity to Transplant Center in US Pediatric Kidney Transplantation". American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2023.  Philadelphia, PA. October 2023 Presenter: Chloe Douglas

34. Ryu, H., Xu, Z., Ng, C., Pruette, C. S., Wightman, A., Pratt, W., Snyder, J., Hutson, R., Pollack, A. “Collaborative Decision-Making in Youth with Chronic Kidney Disease” Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto Canada May 2024.  Presenter: Hyeyoung Ryu.