Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship

Date: April 7, 2023

Topic: The Ethics of Organ Transplantation (Program)

• Keynote and Session I Video
  • Keynote: Panel on the Experience of Donation
  • Session I: The Ethics of Transplantation Research
• Session II and III Video
  • Session II: It's Time to Abandon the Dead Donor Rule
  • Session III: The UAGA & Objections to Donation
• Session IV: Social Determinants & Barriers to Transplant (Video)

Date: April 8, 2022

Topic: Gun Violence & Public Health (Program)

• Keynote: Panel on the Effects of Gun Violence (Video)
• Session I: Gun Violence, Policy and Public Health (Video)
• Session II: Debating the Boundaries of the 2nd Amendment (Video)
• Session III: Breaking the Cycle: Interventions for Stopping Gun Violence (Video)

Date: April 4, 2019

Topic: Opioid Controversies: The Crisis - Causes and Solutions

Speakers

• Richard C. Ausness, JD, LLM
• Paul J. Christo, M.D., MBA
• Rebecca L. Haffajee, JD, Ph.D., MPH
• Stefan Kertesz, M.D., MSc
• Richard S. Larson, M.D., Ph.D.
• Robert Malcolm, M.D.
• Jacob Sullum
• Arthur R. Williams, M.D., MA

Date: May 24, 2018

Topic: Frankenstein at 200 Years: Contemporary, Ethical, Scientific, and Social Relevance

Speakers

• Kathleen B. Rogers, Ph.D.
• Susan Lederer, Ph.D.

Date: April 6, 2017

Topic: Perspectives of Alzheimer's Disease: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues

Speakers

• Jonathan Haines, Ph.D.
• Mary W. Sheldon, M.D.
• Jacobo Mintzer, M.D.
• Annette Leibing, Ph.D.
• Robert H. Blank, Ph.D.
• Dena Davis, J.D., Ph.D.
• Elaine Amella, Ph.D.
• Jason Karlawish, M.D.
• Elinor Fuches, Ph.D.

Date: April 8, 2016

Topic: Controversies in Clinical Research Ethics

Speakers

• Mark Cherry, Ph.D.
• Susan Ellenberg, Ph.D., MA
• John Lantos, M.D.
• Margaret R. Moon, M.D., MPH
• Robert Nussbaum, M.D.
• Rosamond Rhodes, Ph.D.
• Lowell E. Schnipper, M.D.
• Udo Schuklenk, Ph.D.
• Robert Schwartz, J.D.
• Lois Shepherd, J.D.
• Susan M. Wolf, J.D.
• Mark Yarborough, Ph.D.

Date: October 18, 2013

Topic: Ethical and Legal Issues in Pediatrics

Speakers

• Melissa Wasserstein, M.D.
• Norman Fost, M.D., MPH
• Stan L. Block, M.D.
• Douglas Diekema, M.D., MPH
• Michael T. Brady, M.D.
• J. Steven Svoboda, J.D.
• Minoo Kavarana, M.D.
• Eric Graham, M.D.

Date: October 26, 2012

Topic: Brain Science in the 21st Century: Clinical Controversies and Ethical Implications

Speakers

• Jonathan Edwards, M.D.
• Joe DeLamielleure
• Robert Adams, M.D.
• Wally Smith, M.D.
• Ronald Acierno, Ph.D.
• Mark Hamner, M.D.
• Peter Tuerk, Ph.D.
• Nicholas Avgeropoulos, M.D.
• Michael K. Gusmano, Ph.D.

Date: October 28, 2011

Topic: The Health Care Reform Law (PPACA): Controversies in Ethics and Policy

Speakers

• Allan Brett, M.D.
• John Geyman, M.D.
• Ronald Hamowy, Ph.D.
• Paul T. Menzel, Ph.D.
• Robert Moffitt, Ph.D.
• Len Nichols, Ph.D.
• James Taylor, Ph.D.
• Griffin Trotter, M.D., Ph.D.

Date: October 29, 2010

Topic: From Laboratory to Bedside: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Translational Research

Speakers

• Mark Bernstein, M.D.
• Benjamin Djulbegovic, M.D., Ph.D.
• Scott D. Halpern, M.D., Ph.D.
• Gail E. Henderson, Ph.D.
• Charles W. Lidz, Ph.D.
• Franklin G. Miller, Ph.D.
• Nathan Nobis, Ph.D.
• Dario Ringach, Ph.D.

Date: October 30, 2009

Topic: The Graying of America: Challenges and Controversies

Speakers

• Daniel Callahan, Ph.D.
• P. Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D.
• Muriel Gillick, M.D.
• David A. Gruenewald, M.D.
• Yale Kamisar, J.D.
• William F. May, Ph.D.
• Thomas P. Miller, J.D.
• Timothy E. Quill, M.D.

Date: September 5, 2008

Topic: Conundrums & Controversies in Mental Health and Illness

Speakers

• Raymond F. Anton, M.D.
• Joseph D. Bloom, M.D.
• Mark J. Cherry, Ph.D.
• M. Carmela Epright, Ph.D.
• Rikki Lynn Halavonich, M.D.
• Robert Kinscherff, Ph.D., J.D.
• Robert L.M. Phillips, M.D.
• Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D.
• Howard V. Zonana, M.D.

Date: September 8, 2007

Topic: Dangerous Liaisons? Industry Relations with Health Professionals

Speakers

• Paul Anthony, M.D., MPH
• Howard Brody, M.D., Ph.D.
• Sigrid Fry-Revere, J.D., Ph.D.
• Harry B. Greenberg, M.D.
• Peter Lurie, M.D., MPH
• Bruce W. Lytle, M.D.
• Paul H. Rubin, Ph.D.
• Lance K. Stell, Ph.D.
• Matthew Wynia, M.D. MPH

Date: September 8, 2006

Topic: Religions & Cultures of East and West Perspectives on Bioethics

Speakers

• Shahid Athar, M.D.
• S. Cromwell Crawford, Ph.D.
• Russell Kirkland, Ph.D.
• William LaFleur, Ph.D.
• Andrew Lustig, Ph.D.
• Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D.

Date: September 9, 2005

Topic: Reflection on Emerging Technologies at the Centennial of Organ Transplantation

Speakers

• Troyen A. Brennan, M.D.
• H.T. Engelhardt, Ph.D., M.D.
• Gary Francoine, J.D.
• Albert Jonsen, Ph.D.
• Edwin Locke, Ph.D.
• Carlo Montemagno, Ph.D.
• Robert M. Sade, M.D.
• Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D.
• Robert Truog, M.D.

Date: September 10, 2004

Topic: Defining the Beginning and the End of Human Life: Implications for Ethics, Policy and Law

Speakers

• James L. Bernat, M.D.
• David DeGrazia, Ph.D.
• George Khushf, Ph.D.
• Donald Marquis, Ph.D.
• William F. May, Ph.D.
• Jeff McMahan, Ph.D.
• Lynn M. Morgan, Ph.D.
• Bonnie Steinbock, Ph.D.

Date: September 19, 2003

Topic: When People Attack People: Ethics Law and Policy of Violence

Speakers

• Lillian R. BeVier, J.D.
• Dean Kilpatrick, Ph.D.
• Stephen Morse, J.D., Ph.D.
• Lance Stell, Ph.D.
• Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D.
• Frans de Waal, Ph.D.
• David Wasserman, J.D.
• Franklin E. Zimring, J.D.

Date: September 13, 2002

Topic: Alternative Medical Systems: Here to Stay But on What Terms?

Speakers

• Kathleen Boozang, J.D., LLD
• Ruiping Fan, Ph.D.
• Randall Holcombe, Ph.D.
• Henry L. Miller, M.D.
• E. Haavi Morreim, Ph.D.
• Gary Nestler, DA, DOM
• Kenneth Pelletier, Ph.D.
• Stephen Schabel, M.D.
• Lawrence Schneiderman, M.D.
• Jeremy Sugarman, M.D.

Date: September 14, 2001

Topic: HIV/AIDS as an Epidemic: Ethical Issues at the 20th Anniversary

Speakers

• Donald Ainslie, Ph.D.
• Ronald Bayer, Ph.D.
• Charles S. Bryan, M.D.
• Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D.
• David Kelley, Ph.D.
• Jan F. Narveson, Ph.D.
• Samuel H. Nelson, Ph.D.
• Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D.

Date: September 15, 2000

Topic: Power Over Information, Power to Decide: Paternalism and Autonomy in Health Care

Speakers

• Ronald Bailey
• H.T. Engelhardt, Ph.D., M.D.
• Lawrence Gostin, J.D.
• Sherman A. James, Ph.D.
• Karen Labacqz, Ph.D.
• David J. Rothman, Ph.D.
• Alfred I. Tauber, M.D.
• Beverly Woodward, Ph.D.

Date: January 9, 1998

Topic: Revisiting the First Four Years Where are we Today?

Speakers

• Stuart J. Youngner, M.D.
• William Winslade, J.D., Ph.D.
• E. Haavi Morrein, Ph.D.
• Rosemary Tong, Ph.D.

Date: November 8, 1996

Topic: Women's Health Issues

Speakers

• Eileen Hoffman, M.D.
• Mary B. Mahowald, Ph.D.
• Carol S. Weisman, Ph.D.

Date: November 17, 1995

Topic: Ethical Issues of Managed Care

Speakers

• Louis L. Brunetti, M.D., J.D.
• E. Haavi Morrein, Ph.D.
• Daniel Sulmasty, M.D., Ph.D.

Date: November 18, 1994

Topic: Dying in America: Choices at the End of Life

Speakers

• Daniel Callahan, Ph.D.
• William Winslade, J.D., Ph.D.
• Timothy Quill, M.D.
• Mark Siegler, M.D.