Recorded Talks
Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? Medicine, Chaplains and Healing the Whole Person | Bioethics Grand Rounds
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Dr. Klitzman will draw on in-depth interview research to examine how, given the political and religious polarization in our nation today, patients and family members from a wide range of backgrounds -- from evangelical to agnostic, atheist and 'nothing in particular' -- seek and find sources of meaning, connection and hope when facing serious medical illness. The book explores the challenges that doctors, chaplains and others confront in aiding patients in these journeys and ways we can improve.
About our presenter:
Robert Klitzman, M.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Director of the Online and In-person Bioethics Masters and Certificate Programs at Columbia University. He has written over 180 scientific journal articles, ten books, and numerous chapters on critical issues in bioethics regarding doctor-patient relationships and communication, research, genetics, mental health, pandemics and other areas.
“White Trauma: Creating Space for White People’s Vulnerability with The Hopes of Undoing the Perpetuation of Structural/Systemic Racism" | HMC Ethics November Forum
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Sherronda Jamerson presents how racism, at its most basic level, is a lens though which people interpret, naturalize, and reproduce inequality. She explains that racism is not a “white” issue it is a systematic/structural issue designed to keep in place white cultural dominance. Learn why this system has caused harm to us all.
OBJECTIVES:
1) Maintaining openness and moving forward.
2) Learn how trauma and stress can invade the body and skew perception.
3) Increase awareness of how unconscious or unspoken racism can compromise discussions and outcomes
SPEAKER BIO:
Sherronda Jamerson obtained a master’s degree in clinical psychology in 2012 from City University College in Seattle, WA, and became certified as a Chemical Dependency Professional in 2007. Her experiences include developing, implementing, and presenting EDI trainings to associations of healthcare professionals, healthcare providers, schools, and community-based organizations. She has also presented at state, national, and international behavioral health and global research conferences on the topics of DEI and Healthcare Equity. She presents with confidence and passion.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Book Resources: Dying of Whiteness, The Bodies Keep Coming, Black Man in a White Coat, Medical Apartheid.
Movie/Documentary: Origins, 13th, The House I live In
Legal Updates | HMC Ethics September Forum
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Her presentation is about Legal Updates regarding Beginning of Life Issues and a small discussion afterwards.
Patricia C. Kuszler joined the faculty of the School of Law at the University of Washington in 1994 and is a Charles I. Stone Professor of Law.
In addition to her law faculty appointment, Professor Kuszler is an Adjunct Professor in the UW School of Medicine (Department of Bioethics and Humanities), the School of Public Health, and core faculty in the University's Institute for Public Health Genetics.
Professor Kuszler's teaching and research interests include the impact of law and regulation on health care delivery, health care finance, research standards and misconduct, health and human rights, disability law, public health law in the age of bioterrorism, global and comparative health law, and the legal, ethical and policy issues presented by genetic information and the biotechnology industry.
Crowded Out: The Costs and Consequences of Crowdfunding Healthcare
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Please join the Bioethics and Humanities Department for a Grand Rounds presentation by Nora Kenworthy, PhD: Crowded Out: The Costs and Consequences of Crowdfunding Healthcare. Dr. Kenworthy will summarize a decade of mixed-methods research on the use of crowdfunding for health care, highlighting core ethical issues with this increasingly popular strategy for helping pay for care.
Objectives:
- Describe key ethical concerns with the use of charitable crowdfunding for health care needs
- Appraise potential benefits and drawbacks for patients who may be considering crowdfunding
- Identify alternatives to crowdfunding in financing healthcare
About our presenter:
Nora Kenworthy is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. She is also adjunct faculty in the Departments of Global Health and Anthropology at UW Seattle. Broadly speaking, her work examines how politics, technology, and inequality affect health. She is the author of Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare (MIT Press, 2024), and of the award- winning ethnography, Mistreated: The Political Consequences of the Fight Against AIDS in Lesotho (Vanderbilt University Press, 2017). She received her PhD in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University.
The Ethics of Human Brain Organoids & Human-Animal Neural Chimeras | Grand Rounds
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
John H. Evans is the Tata Chancellor's Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean of the Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and the University of California, San Diego. He is an elected member of three honorific societies representing bioethicists, sociologists, and scholars of the relationship between religion and science. He is the author of seven books and over 60 articles examining science bioethics, and religion.
Trauma Informed Care | Harborview Ethics Forum
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
The Bioethics and Humanities department presents a Harborview Ethics Forum presentation by Dr. Alexandra Hernandez, MD, MCR on "Trauma Informed Care." This presentation will review the definitions of trauma and trauma informed care and discuss ways in which we can apply trauma informed care in our daily practice. Dr. Alexandra Hernandez will also describe the current American College of Surgeons initiative to embed trauma informed care training in trauma centers nationally.
Objectives:
- Create a shared definition of trauma and trauma informed care
- Define the six principles of trauma informed care
- Apply trauma informed care principles to the care of clinical patients
Speaker Bio: Alex Hernandez is currently a University of Washington PGY-4 General Surgery Resident. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, she completed her bachelor’s degree at University of Washington and medical doctorate at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). She was introduced to trauma informed care (TIC) as a medical student through work on a TIC in structural competency coursework and in designing a course for surgical interns. As a resident she has been involved in the American College of Surgeon’s Trauma Informed Care curriculum since her first year in residency. She plans to pursue a fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care after residency.
The Invisible Costs of Saving a Life | Bioethics Grand Rounds
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Please join the Bioethics and Humanities department for a Bioethics Grand Rounds presentation by Katherine E. Standefer, MFA: The Invisible Costs of Saving a Life.
In this presentation, Standefer will unfold some of the complex ethical supply chain considerations relevant to manufacturing medical technologies, drawing on the research from her book Lightning Flowers, which attempts to trace the origin of her own implanted cardiac defibrillator. The presentation will explore topics like conflict minerals, global forest conservation, and the displacement of indigenous people, helping the audience reckon with the impacts of our resource-oblivious medical system and consider the potential of technology reuse and resource recycling.
Objectives:
- Describe the social and environmental ethical issues embedded in medical technology supply chains
- Underline the resource-obliviousness of our current medical system
- Identify strategies for reducing resource waste through clinical decisions, the U.S.'s regulatory landscape, and med tech company policies
Gun Violence Prevention: What is Possible? | Harborview Ethics Forum
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The Bioethics and Humanities department presents a Harborview Ethics Forum lecture by Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, PhD and Julia Schleimer, MPH: Gun Violence Prevention: What Is Possible?.
This presentation will summarize the scope of gun violence in the United States and review specific approaches with the greatest potential to prevent it and reduce its harmful consequences. Dr. Rowhani-Rahbar will describe the scope of gun violence in the United States and identify specific approaches with the greatest potential to prevent gun violence and reduce its harmful consequences.
Dr. Rowhani-Rahbar is the Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy & Governance, and Interim Director of the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program at the University of Washington. He evaluates community-based interventions, social programs, and public policies for their impact on multiple forms of violence with a particular emphasis on preventing firearm-related harm. In recognition of his contributions to deepening our understanding of the risk and consequences of firearm-related harm, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.
Redlining in Medicine | Harborview Ethics Forum
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
This month’s forum, Redlining in Medicine, features three amazing speakers: Sherronda Jamerson, MA, SUDP, Sharon Reed, RN, MSN, BSN, AAACN, and Natalie McCarthy, JD. They will be presenting on cases that have been reported with concern for raced based discrimination and harm affecting our black patients with a goal of helping promote an equitable approach to healthcare.
Objectives:
- Review cases that have been reported with concern for raced based discrimination and harm affecting our black patients.
- Discuss our bias and misconception.
- Promote an equitable approach to health care.
Sherronda Jamerson obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology in 2012 from City University College in Seattle, WA, and became certified as a Chemical Dependency Professional in 2007. She has also presented at state and national behavioral health conferences on the topics of DEI and Healthcare Equity.
Sharon Reed is a Registered Nurse with master's degree in nursing education from University of Washington. Her research addresses how implicit bias within healthcare professionals affects the care/treatment of African Americans. She now works to bring awareness and educate other providers tools of teaching from a holistic approach. Currently employed at Harborview Medical Center as an ambulatory nurse with focus on educating African Americans on hypertension and a member of HMC Ethics committee.
Natalie McCarthy is a Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Investigation and Resolution Specialist at the University of Washington Health Sciences.
Precision Medicine in a Diverse World: Considering the Complexities | Grand Rounds
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The Bioethics and Humanities department presents a lecture by Stephanie Malia Fullerton, DPhil: Precision Medicine in a Diverse World: Considering the Complexities
Dr. Fullerton is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the UW School of Medicine. She is also Adjunct Professor in the UW Departments of Epidemiology, Genome Sciences, and Medicine (Medical Genetics), as well as an affiliate investigator with the Public Health Sciences division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Fullerton’s work focuses on the ethical and social implications of genomic research and its equitable and safe translation for clinical and public health benefit.
Objectives:
Review a prior argument for precision medicine equity made by the presenter
Consider a critical reappraisal of that analysis in the light of experience with newer genomic research initiatives
Recognize that there is more work to be done to achieve equity in genomic research and precision medicine
Ethics of Access: Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice in Tumultuous Times | Bioethics Grand Rounds
Friday, May 26, 2023
Ethics of Access: Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice in Tumultuous Times
(Please note: you will need your UW Net ID to access per speaker request).
Speaker
Katie Watson, JD
Katie Watson is an Associate Professor of Medical Education, Social Science in Medicine, and OB/GYN, as well as a core faculty member in the graduate program in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, and a long-time member of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital ethics committee at the at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. She received her JD from New York University School of Law and practiced public interest law before completing fellowships in Clinical Medical Ethics (University of Chicago Medical School MacLean Center) and Medical Humanities (Feinberg School of Medicine) and joining the Northwestern faculty.
Objectives
- Describe the current state of abortion law in states across the US
- Analyze abortion access within the conceptual framework of reproductive justice
Top Ten Things Clinical Ethicists Need to Know About VSED | Harborview Ethics Forum
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Top Ten Things Clinical Ethicists Need to Know About VSED
Speaker
Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C
Dr. Pope is a foremost expert on medical law and clinical ethics. He focuses on patient rights and healthcare decision making, especially at the end of life.
A fellow of the Hastings Center and previously both a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at the University of Ottawa, and a visiting scholar at the Brocher Foundation in Switzerland; Pope is now a Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Objectives
- Explain ethical and legal duties of clinicians when a capacitated patient wants to hasten her death by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED).
- Evaluate ethical and legal duties of clinicians when presented with an advance directive directing stopping eating and drinking (VSED) on behalf of an incapacitated patient
Harborview Ethics Forum | Bioethics Grand Rounds
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Panel
Featuring (left to right below):
Laura Katers, PA-C, MCHS, MS, Jim Kirkpatrick, MD, Jamie Shirley, PhD, RN, Keri Nasenbeny, MHA)
Description
Endocarditis in the context of substance use disorder raises multiple ethical issues and is well-recognized as presenting challenging conundrums. A not-infrequent complication of intravenous drug use, endocarditis is a life-threatening disease with a high morbidity and mortality. Care planning must directly and realistically address addiction, while also implementing complex clinical interventions. This interactive, case-based session will equip participants with skills to discuss resource utilization, futility, and moral distress, in the context of providing compassionate care.
Objectives
- Recognize ethical dilemmas related to managing care of patients with endocarditis and substance use disorder
- Describe strategies for discussing resource utilization and futility in this context
- Identify causes and approaches to addressing moral distress in these cases
Harborview Ethics Forum | Bioethics Grand Rounds
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Disability, Quality of Life, and Medical Practice
Speaker
Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Senior Bioethics Advisor to and Fellow of The Hastings Center, and Faculty Scholar of The Greenwall Foundation.
Dr. Reynolds is the author or co-author of five books and over fifty journal articles, book chapters, and scholarly commentaries. They are the founder of The Journal of Philosophy of Disability and co-founder of the book series Oxford Studies in Disability, Ethics, and Society from Oxford University Press.
Objectives
- Discuss and recognize the complex issues impacting quality and equity of care for disabled patients.
- Define and develop a critical, historically-informed understanding of the concept of "quality of life."
- Recognize the role of ableism in healthcare delivery and how to become actively anti-ableist.
BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS | CONVICTION
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Race and the Trouble with Predicting Violence with Brain Technologies
Speaker
Oliver Rollins, PhD is an Assistant Professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington. Rollins is a qualitative sociologist who focuses on issues of race/racism in and through science and technology. Specifically, his research explores how racial identity, racialized discourses, and systemic practices of social difference influence, engage with, and are affected by, the making and use of neuroscientific technologies and knowledges. Rollins’s book, Conviction: The Making and Unmaking of The Violent Brain (Stanford University Press, 2021), traces the development and use of neuroimaging research on anti-social behaviors, with special attention to the limits of this controversial brain model when dealing with aspects of social difference, power, and inequality. Currently, he is working on a project that examines the neuroscience of implicit bias, chiefly the challenges, consequences, and promises of operationalizing racial prejudice and identity as neurobiological processes. He is also developing a new project that seeks to elucidate and speculate, the socio-political dilemmas, ethical vulnerabilities, and anti-racist potentials for contemporary neuroscientific practices. Rollins received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco.
Objectives
- Define the social construction of race, express how it relates to normative practices of scientific racism, and formulate new ways to dismantle practices of racial inequity that operate through biomedicine, science, and bioethics.
- Explain the limits of using neuroscientific technologies to predict complex social behaviors, and examine the ways that bioethics may address the potential social harms of using prediction behavior from brain data.
- Recognize how scientific technologies can shape our democratic understanding of criminality and safety, and how such knowledges are often uncritically built into larger scientific and biomedical practices at the expense of the health and well-being of historically marginalized populations.
HARBORVIEW ETHICS FORUM | ETHICS OF CARING FOR INCARCERATED PATIENTS
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Speaker:
Lara Strick, MD, MSc
Clinical Associate Professor, UW Medicine
Corrections Program Director,
Mountain West AIDS Education & Training Center (MWAETC)
Objectives:
- Understand the importance of confidentiality for patients who are incarcerated
- Clarify the role of the clinician when caring for patients who are incarcerated
- Know when it is appropriate to advocate for a patient who is incarcerated
HARBORVIEW ETHICS FORUM | VOLUNTARILY STOP EATING AND DRINKING (VSED)
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
An Option of Last Resort Near the End of Life
Speaker:
David Gruenewald, MD, FACP
Section Chief, Palliative Care & Hospice Service
Geriatrics/Extended Care Service Line
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine
University of Washington
Dr. Gruenewald is Section Chief of the Palliative Care and Hospice Service at VA Puget Sound Health Care System. He is Co-Director of the Palliative Medicine Fellowship and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
His varied clinical interests in patient care near the end of life include the management of symptoms, especially difficult pain management problems; palliative treatments of “last resort” including palliative sedation and voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED); conducting goals of care conversations; and communication skills. He co-founded the Palliative Care & Hospice Service at VA Puget Sound in 2004 and the UW Palliative Medicine Fellowship in 2008. He was project leader of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs initiative to improve family meetings in intensive care units, and co-chairs the national Hospice-Palliative Care Workgroup for the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization program.
Objectives:
- Describe ethical arguments for and against VSED near the end of life
- Identify reasons patients near the end of life may choose VSED
- Discuss steps health care providers should take in evaluating requests for hastened death, including VSED
- Discuss management of symptoms during VSED
Grief on the Front Lines
Friday, November 4, 2022
A Conversation with Rachel Jones and LaTonya Trotter
Speaker:
Rachel Jones, author of Grief on the Front Lines, will address some of the most challenging aspects of healthcare and explore paths to a more supportive and sustainable working environment.
Drawing on her research and interviews, Rachel will discuss the manner in which doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers are emotionally affected by the work that they do, and ways they’ve found to cope. This conversation will be moderated by LaTonya Trotter, PhD, MA, MPH, UW Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities.
Objectives:
- Identify and name at least four of the most challenging aspects of working in healthcare
- Identify at least two institutional programs that are successful in supporting healthcare workers to process grief and trauma
- Discuss at least three small, specific actions that individuals can take to better support their mental health and well-being
CARDIOLOGY AND BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS
Friday, September 9, 2022
Cardioethics of Heart Procurement after Cardiac Death
Speakers:
James Kirkpatrick, MD
Professor of Medicine, UW Cardiology and Bioethics and Humanities
Denise Dudzinski, PhD, HEC-C
Professor, UW Bioethics and Humanities
Jay Pal, MD
Professor of Medicine, UW Surgical Director of Heart
Transplantations
Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to:
• Explain the DCD donation and procurement processes.
• Discuss novel clinical and technical dimensions of procurement.
• Analyze and debate ethical issues raised by DCD in the context of heart transplantation.
BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS | AUTOMATING (IN)JUSTICE
Thursday, May 26, 2022
The Ethical Implications of Algorithmic Intelligence in Health Care
Speaker:
LaTonya Trotter, PhD, MA, MPH
Associate Professor, Bioethics and Humanities
University of Washington, School of Medicine
Objectives:
- Identify and summarize the potential risks and benefits of algorithms in medical decision-making.
- Determine the relationship between medical algorithms and health disparities.
- Review and describe the relationship between the history of anti-blackness and medical practice.
Harborview Ethics Forum | Medicine and Social Justice: A Case Study
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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Speakers:
Helen Jack, MD, MA completed Internal Medicine residency at University of Washington in 2021 and is now an Acting Instructor in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She splits her time between providing primary care at a prison in eastern Washington with the Washington Department of Corrections and conducting both domestic and global research on the integration of behavioral health into primary health care.
Marissa Marolf, MD, MPH completed Internal Medicine residency at the University of Washington in 2021, and is now doing a second residency in psychiatry.
Harborview ETHICS FORUM | HEALTHCARE AT THE EDGE OF THE SAFETY NET
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Speaker:
Dr. Russ Berg completed his PhD, MD, and subsequently an internal medicine residency at the University of Washington. This was capped by serving as the Harborview Ambulatory Chief resident between 2019-2020. Dr. Berg is currently the primary care provider at the Red Lion Hotel which has been a shelter for homeless patients during the pandemic.
Harborview Ethics Forum | Implicit Bias: What you see isn't what you get
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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Speaker:
Naomi Shike, MD is an internist with the hospital medicine group, providing care to patients while they are hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center. She previously served as a Chief Resident and Clinician Teacher Fellow at the Puget Sound VA Medical Center in the Primary Care Clinic, and during residency she completed the HIV Pathway, and remains interested in both medical education and HIV care.
In addition to her clinical interests and responsibilities, Dr. Shike is interested in the application of social psychology, in which she completed a masters degree prior to beginning her career in medicine, to research, patient care and teaching. She is passionate about furthering equity in healthcare, better understanding health-related behavior and her patients’ diverse beliefs and practices surrounding health, and teaching students and trainees to identify and work to mitigate the effects of bias in our healthcare system.
Dr. Shike came to Seattle after attending medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. She completed her residency and chief residency at UW, and is now a proud and dedicated Pacific Northwesterner and Seattlite.
BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS | INDIGENOUS SPEAKER SERIES
Monday, May 17, 2021
Speakers:
Dakotah Lane, MD and Esther Lucero, MPP (Diné)
We acknowledge the People – past, present, and future – of the traditional territory of the Puyallup and other ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish People on whose lands we study and work.
Related to the NWIC mission of supporting and fostering learning through the generations and dissemination of knowledge, we acknowledge that the land of the Nez Perce Site Campus is on the original homelands of the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce people) of the past, present, and future. We acknowledge the entirety of history of this place and honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations.
Harborview Ethics Forum | When Race/Racism is the Elephant in the Room
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Speakers:
Sherronda Jamerson, SUD, MA has worked in a wide array of psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment settings for the past 15 years, from hospital-based inpatient and day treatment, to methadone and outpatient. She currently sits on Harborview Medical Center’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and the African American Health Board. She has experience working in community support services for clients with mental health, substance abuse, chemical dependency, and/or co-occurring disorders using evidence-based and promising practices.
Robert S. Lewis is a certified Instructor for teaching Enhanced Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and Trauma Informed Care approaches to de-escalation through the Crisis Prevention Institute program since 2009. Robert has spent the last 32 years working in hospitals and schools advocating for the safety of others and those most vulnerable to violence. The programs he teaches provides advocacy for the safety of those staff providing care, treatment, and education. He has spent the last 18 years at Harborview.
HARBORVIEW ETHICS FORUM | SUPER UTILIZERS: THE ETHICAL BENEFITS AND PITFALLS OF "FREQUENT FLYER" PATIENT ICONOGRAPHY
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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Speakers
Laura Waszkewitz, MSW, LICSW
Douglas Zatzick, MD
Matthew Cazier, RN, BSN, CCRN
Harborview ETHICS FORUM | ETHICS HEALTHCARE EQUITY & COVID 19
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Speakers:
Martine Pierre-Louis, MPH is Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Harborview Medical Center. She holds a master in public health with a focus in international health. A leader in language access for three decades, she was a founding member and past board member for both the Society of Medical Interpreters and the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care. She has collaborated on multiple community-based public health efforts focusing on health care access and quality outcomes for refugee and immigrant families. She has partnered with the Medical Center’s Quality Improvement department to track and measure disparities by race, ethnicity and language and has collaborated with health care teams and community partners to develop innovative programs to decrease disparities in vulnerable communities.
Maralyssa Bann, MD
Dr. Bann works clinically as a Hospital Medicine physician caring for a breadth of inpatient clinical care needs. She has previously served as the Director of Hospital Medicine and is currently the Associate Medical Director for Acute Care at Harborview Medical Center.
Denise Dudzinski, PhD, MTS
Dr. Dudzinski is Professor & Chair of the Department of Bioethics & Humanities, Adjunct Professor in the School of Law and in the Departments of Pediatrics & Family Medicine at the University of Washington. She earned her PhD in Ethics from Vanderbilt University and her Masters of Theological Studies (MTS) from Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is Chief of the UW Medicine Ethics Consultation Service, which is active in three UW Medicine hospitals.
GRAND ROUNDS | COVID-19 Series
Thursday, May 7, 2020
2020 AAAS Annual Meeting I Death in the 21st Century
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Dr. Malia Fullerton participated in a panel titled "Death in the 21st Century: What is Left Behind" at the 2020 American Association for Advancing Science Annual Meeting. The panelists explored sustainable burial practices; social and legal dimensions of a digital “afterlife,” and questions of long-term curation, access and use of genetic data, and other health information. In discussing such topics, the aims were to develop socially and scientifically informed policies relating to these issues.
Harborview Ethics Forum | Is dialysis for this patient an appropriate use of resources?
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER ETHICS FORUM “Is dialysis for this patient an appropriate of resources? Let's talk about what we're all thinking.”
GRAND ROUNDS | Time for a Heart-to-Heart: Reflections on Life in the Face of Death
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Location: UW Medical Center, Plaza Cafe A/B, 1959 NE Pacific St #110, Seattle, WA 98195
Abstract: Patience, will, hope, humor, self-belief, knowing, not knowing: the seven powers that end-stage and critical cardiac care patients have within their grasp but often don’t take advantage of during prolonged mentally and physically painful hospital stays. And social workers, techs, psychiatrists, fellows, residents, cardiologists, oncologists, other ologists, and surgeons alike can help encourage, inspire, and extract these powers in their patients, particularly those who are unable to benefit from them on their own. Although these seven powers can all be difficult to extract, that is precisely (and ironically) what makes them so beautiful and so precious and what can well be the difference—and even the deciding factor—between life and death. This lecture is largely based on one of the many insights author Bob Mitchell pondered during and after his 100-day hospital stay and subsequent twelve-hour heart and kidney transplant surgery.
Biography: Bob Mitchell studied at Williams College, Columbia, and Harvard, where he earned a PhD in French and Comparative Literature. He is a novelist, essayist, poet, memoirist, and heart and kidney transplant survivor. Bob has published eleven books, including a recent memoir about his transplant surgery with a foreword by Larry King and an afterword by Dr. Jon A. Kobashigawa, upon which his lecture is largely based.
GRAND ROUNDS | Is Death Relative? Navigating the Clinical Complexities Surrounding Brain Death
Monday, November 5, 2018
Speakers:
Claire Creutzfeldt, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurology
Denise M Dudzinski, PhD, MTS, Professor and Chair, Bioethics & Humanities
James A Fausto, MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine; Medical Director, Palliative Care