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  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Issues in Normothermic Regional Perfusion
    Location: Midway 1-2 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Cathy L. Purvis Lively, DBE,JD,MS – Lively Law Firm
    Presenter: Nir Ben-Moshe, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Presenter: Amanda M. Buster (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Philosophy: Technology and Human Nature
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Thomas D. Harter, PHD (he/him/his) – Emplify Health-Gundersen
    Presenter: Benjamin Parks, PHD – Mercy College of Ohio
    Presenter: Andre E. Chavez, B.A. – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Re-visiting Abortion and Personhood Post-Dobbs
    Location: Grand Ballroom C (First Floor)
    Presenter: Joel Cox, BA – Saint Louis University
    Presenter: Julia Kolak, PhD – Harvard University
    Presenter: Nicholas Colgrove, PHD – Augusta University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Abortion, Fetuses, and Imminent Personhood
    Location: Grand Ballroom C (First Floor)
    Presenter: Joel Cox, BA – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    AI, IVF and Singer Revisited
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Thomas D. Harter, PHD (he/him/his) – Emplify Health-Gundersen
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Defining ‘Abortion’: A Need for Clarity
    Location: Grand Ballroom C (First Floor)
    Presenter: Nicholas Colgrove, PHD – Augusta University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Human Enhancement and Challenges for Opportunity Maintenance
    Location: Missouri Pacific (Second Floor)
    Presenter: Nicholas G. Evans, BS,PHD (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Normothermic Regional Perfusion with Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death: Philosophical Worries
    Location: Midway 1-2 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Nir Ben-Moshe, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    The Death of Thought in Medical Education: Bernard Stiegler, Techno-anthropology, and So-Called Artificial Intelligence
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Benjamin Parks, PHD – Mercy College of Ohio
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Transformative experience, neurotechnology, and disability
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Moderator: Ally Peabody Smith, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – Lehigh University, College of Health
    Presenter: Lilyana Levy, PHD – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
    Presenter: Joseph Stramondo, PhD – San Diego State University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Your Stethoscope, My Soul: What Diagnostic Technology Teaches Us About Human Nature
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Andre E. Chavez, B.A. – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Philosophy: Interrogating the Concept of Health
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Dany Lamothe, MD – Stanford University
    Presenter: Ian D. Dunkle, PHD – University of Southern Mississippi
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Exploring the Use of 'Functional' in Functional Neurological and Gastrointestinal Disorders
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Dany Lamothe, MD – Stanford University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Health as the functional underpinnings of agency
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Ian D. Dunkle, PHD – University of Southern Mississippi
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT
    Redefining Humanity: The Ethical Imperative of Brain-Computer Interface Technology
    Location: Regency Ballroom C (First Floor)
    Presenter: Jiwoo Hwang, Undergraduate Candidate for BS – Case Western Reserve University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Philosophy: Empathy and Care in a Technological Age
    Location: Jeffersonian Knickerbocker (Second Floor)
    Presenter: Ryan Lam, MBE (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Presenter: Nir Ben-Moshe, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Presenter: Tom Doyle, PhD ((he/him/his)) – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Empathy as feeling: reflections on the meaning of clinical empathy in the age of artificial intelligence
    Location: Jeffersonian Knickerbocker (Second Floor)
    Presenter: Ryan Lam, MBE (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Empathy in Medicine: Should Healthcare Providers Empathize with their Patients?
    Location: Jeffersonian Knickerbocker (Second Floor)
    Presenter: Nir Ben-Moshe, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Humanity Imagined: A Bioethical Reflection on Edith Stein's Phenomenology of Empathy
    Location: Jeffersonian Knickerbocker (Second Floor)
    Presenter: Tom Doyle, PhD ((he/him/his)) – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Issues in Healthcare Work and Exploitation
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Molly Sinderbrand, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Presenter: Naomi Scheinerman, Professor ((she/her/hers)) – Ohio State University
    Presenter: Mark Malcom, BA (he/him/his) – Albany Medical College
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Philosophy: Topics in Gender
    Location: Midway 1-2 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Timothy F. Murphy, PHD – University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Presenter: Jade R. Samanta, B.S. (he/him/his) – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Presenter: Carina Fourie, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – University of Washington
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Reasoning and Fallacies
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Joseph P. Swindeman, MA – Saint Louis University
    Presenter: Justin Mutter, MD, MSc – University of Virginia School of Medicine
    Presenter: Lucas J. Matthews, PHD – Columbia University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Access and Equity in Synthetic Gametes for Same Sex / Queer Couples
    Location: Midway 1-2 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Timothy F. Murphy, PHD – University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Research Participants as Workers: Solutions to Medical Exploitation
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Naomi Scheinerman, Professor ((she/her/hers)) – Ohio State University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Shared Identity & Its Role in Moral Injury
    Location: Regency Ballroom B (First Floor)
    Presenter: Briana E. Lopez-Patino, BA – The Hastings Center
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    The Ethics of Gender Dysphoria Treatment and the Meaning of Medicine: Examining a Clinician's Obligations Regarding Gender-affirming Care
    Location: Midway 1-2 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Jade R. Samanta, B.S. (he/him/his) – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    The Moralistic Fallacy Fallacy
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Lucas J. Matthews, PHD – Columbia University
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    The Problems with “Women” and “Men”: Gendered Language and Injustice in Public Health and Bioethics
    Location: Midway 1-2 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Carina Fourie, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – University of Washington
    Philosophy
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    The Soaring Stakes of Strikes: Is Ethical Striking Possible in Healthcare?
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Mark Malcom, BA (he/him/his) – Albany Medical College
    Philosophy
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Are We (Unfairly) Biased in Tolerating and Forgiving Human Errors Over AI Errors?
    Location: Grand Ballroom B (First Floor)
    Presenter: Ju Zhang, PhD ((she/her/hers)) – Emory University
    Philosophy
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Philosophy: Phenomenology and Existentialism in the Clinical Encounter
    Location: Midway 5 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Johan H. Lee, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Presenter: Evan Beacom, DO – University of Minnesota
    Presenter: Kyle Karches, MD,PHD,HEC-C – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Existentialism as a Humanist Framework for Surgical Ethics
    Location: Midway 5 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Johan H. Lee, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Philosophy
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Is anybody there? Clinician embodiment, artificial intelligence, and the clinical encounter
    Location: Midway 5 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Evan Beacom, DO – University of Minnesota
    Philosophy
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    3:45 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Overcoming Cartesian Utilitarianism in Pain Medicine
    Location: Midway 5 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Kyle Karches, MD,PHD,HEC-C – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Philosophy: Epistemology in the Clinical Encounter
    Location: Midway 11 (First Floor)
    Presenter: John D. Han, MA (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Presenter: Eleanor Gilmore-Szott, PHD HEC-C – University of Utah
    Presenter: Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD – Huntsman Mental Health Institute
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Anger's epistemic value for clinicians
    Location: Midway 11 (First Floor)
    Presenter: John D. Han, MA (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Epistemological Foundations of Understanding for Informed Consent
    Location: Midway 11 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Eleanor Gilmore-Szott, PHD HEC-C – University of Utah
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Infertility, Involuntary Childlessness, and Inclusion
    Location: Midway 3-4 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Amanda Roth, PhD (she/her/hers) – SUNY Geneseo
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Reinterpreting Humanity in Inhumane Conditions: Ethics, Illness, and the Invisibility of Mass Incarceration
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Manu S. Sundaresan, BS, BA – University of Chicago
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Rethinking autonomy: Is it a norm-constituted property?
    Location: Midway 11 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD – Huntsman Mental Health Institute
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Philosophy: Re-examining the Principles of Care, Beneficence, and Confidentiality
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Lindsay "Lou" Vinarcsik, PhD – Saint Louis University
    Presenter: Aaron E. Segal, PhD (he/him/his) – Kansas City University
    Presenter: Madison Kilbride, PhD – University of Utah
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    An Immanent Critique of Care Ethics
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Lindsay "Lou" Vinarcsik, PhD – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Beneficence by Convention
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Aaron E. Segal, PhD (he/him/his) – Kansas City University
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Breaching Confidentiality in Genetic and Non-Genetic Cases: Two Problematic Distinctions
    Location: Midway 7-8 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Madison Kilbride, PhD – University of Utah
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Humanizing Healthcare: Dignity, De-humanization, and Refugees
    Location: Grand Ballroom A (First Floor)
    Presenter: Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc, PHD – Seton Hall University
    Presenter: Randall G. Colton, PHD,HEC-C – Mercy Hospital NWA
    Presenter: Eva Regel, DBE, MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Arkansas.
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Can Patients with Disorders of Consciousness Be Wronged?
    Location: Grand Ballroom A (First Floor)
    Presenter: Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc, PHD – Seton Hall University
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Can We Do Ethics Without Dignity? Kierkegaard's Works of Love as a Test Case
    Location: Grand Ballroom A (First Floor)
    Presenter: Randall G. Colton, PHD,HEC-C – Mercy Hospital NWA
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Praise and Moral Distress
    Location: Midway 6 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Timothy Kwiatek, PhD – Penn State
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Philosophy: Pediatric Ethics
    Location: Midway 3-4 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Christian Cintron, PhD, HEC-C – Children's National Hospital
    Presenter: Jeremy Garrett, PhD (he/him/his) – Children's Mercy Bioethics Center
    Presenter: Erica K. Salter, HEC-C,PHD – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy
     CE Hours: 1
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    What Do We Owe Future Adults? Evaluating the Implications of the Right to an Open Future for Non-Therapeutic Pediatric Research
    Location: Midway 3-4 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Jeremy Garrett, PhD (he/him/his) – Children's Mercy Bioethics Center
    Philosophy
  • Saturday, Sep 21st
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    What is a Child? Implications for Pediatric Ethics and Child Assent
    Location: Midway 3-4 (First Floor)
    Presenter: Erica K. Salter, HEC-C,PHD – Saint Louis University
    Philosophy