Dear Colleagues:
 
Please mark you calendars for an exciting upcoming conference: “Conscience and clinical practice: medical ethics in the face of moral controversy.”  This conference will bring together a locally and nationally renowned group of scholars in the fields of medicine, bioethics, law and moral and political philosophy to discuss the role of conscience in the practice of medicine.
 
See attached brochure for conference line-up and location information.  

The conference will be free of charge. However, to assist with planning, please RSVP to Jessica Watkins at jwatkins@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu before March 4.
 
Yours,
 
Farr Curlin and Mark Siegler

All sessions meet on Wednesdays from 4-5PM.
Refreshments will be served.

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Clive Callender, MD, Howard University

October 10, Room P117
Commercialization of intellectual property in surgical innovation
F. Scott Kieff, JD, Washington University

October 17, Room L168 (Dora De Lee Hall)
Surgical innovation vs. surgical research: A plastic surgery case study
Gregory Dumanian, MD, Northwestern University and Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, University of Chicago

October 24, Room P117
Why doctors won’t treat lawyers: Is it ethical?
Robert M. Sade, MD, Medical University of South Carolina

November 7, Room L168 (Dora De Lee Hall)
Medicine in a vortex
Edward M. Copeland, III, MD, University of Florida

November 14, Room L168 (Dora De Lee Hall)
Medical devices and the FDA
Lazar J. Greenfield, MD, University of Michigan

November 28, Room P117
Ethical issues in embryonic stem cell transplantation to treat spinal cord injury
Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, Northwestern University

December 5, Room L168 (Dora De Lee Hall)
Surgical advancement: Why innovation is not sufficient
Joel Frader, MD, Northwestern University and Children’s Memorial Hospital

December 12, Room P117
Conjoined twins: A challenging journey involving ethics, emotions, law and the struggle of life and death
Larry Gottlieb, MD, University of Chicago

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