Previous Lectureships

4/8/2022

28th Annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics

Gun Violence and Public Health (PDF)

02/19/2021

27th Annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Ethical Implications (PDF)

04/04/2019

25th Annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics

Opioid Controversies: The Crisis - Causes and Solutions

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 Robin Williams, M.D., MA

05/24/2018

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

Kathleen Beres Rogers, Ph.D.

Susan Lederer, Ph.D.

04/06/2017

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

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

04/8/2016

Controversies in Clinical Research

Mark Cherry, Ph.D.
Susan Ellenberg, MA, Ph.D.
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, JD
Lois Shepherd, JD
Susan M. Wolf, JD
Mark Yarborough, Ph.D.

10/18/2013

Ethical and Legal Issues in Pediatrics

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, JD
Minoo Kavarana, M.D.
Eric Graham, M.D.

10/26/2012

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

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.

10/28/2011

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

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.

10/29/2010

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

Mark Bernstein M.D.
Benj. 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.

10/30/2009

The Graying of America: Challenges & Controversies

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

9/5/2008

Conundrums & Controversies in Mental Health & Illness

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., JD
Robert L.M. Phillips M.D.
Jeffrey A. Schaler Ph.D.
Howard V. Zonana M.D.

9/8/2007

Dangerous Liaisons? Industry Relations with Health Professionals

Paul Anthony M.D., MPH
Howard Brody M.D., Ph.D.
Sigrid Fry-Revere JD, 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

9/8/2006

Religions & Cultures of East & West Perspectives on Bioethics

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.

9/9/2005

Reflection on Emerging Technologies at the Centennial of Organ Transplantation

Troyen A. Brennan M.D.
H.T. Engelhardt Ph.D., M.D.
Gary Francoine JD
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.

9/10/2004

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

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.

9/19/2003

When People Attack People: Ethics Law & Policy of Violence

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

9/13/2002

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

Kathleen Boozang JD, LLD
Ruiping Fan Ph.D.
Randall Holcombe Ph.D.
Henry L. Miller MS, 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.

9/14/2001

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

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

9/15/2000

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

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

1/9/1998

Revisiting the First Four Years Where are we Today?

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

11/8/1996

Women's Health Issues

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

11/17/1995

Ethical Issues of Managed Care

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

11/18/1994

Dying in America: Choices at the End of Life

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