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Cleveland Clinic Bioethics Department

Bioethics Summer Retreat

 
 
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The Cleveland Clinic Department of Bioethics is pleased to be the host of the 2009 Bioethics Summer Retreat. Hosting of this event culminates the celebration of our department's 25th anniversary, and we hope that you will join us June 24-28, 2009! We have selected a picturesque location alongside a lake in the hills of Western Maryland: Rocky Gap State Park and Resort. We know that you will enjoy the natural beauty this venue has to offer.

Join us for quality interactive bioethics presentations mixed with hiking, boating and other outdoor activities. Enjoy good food, great company and a chance to recharge your battery at the 2009 retreat.

Please view the tentative program for this year's Summer Retreat below:

Time Activity Location
Wednesday, June 24
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration Lobby
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. DINNER
Welcome & Orientation – Rick Kodish, Barbara Goulden
Poetry - Nancy King, Richard Robeson
 
Thursday, June 25
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Registration Lobby
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST Lakeside Dining Room
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Breakout 1
"Innovation in Teaching Medical Students"
David Doukas, Michael Green
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Responsibility & Assisted Reproduction: Reflections on Octomom"
Janet Malek, Sharon Steinberg, Mary Coombs
Evitts B
  Breakout 3
"Emerging Issues in Pediatric Ethics"
Kathy Weise, Rick Kodish
McLuckie
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK  
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout 1
"The Aging Cancer Population, Societal Resources & Ethics Research Priorities"
Martin Smith, Anne Flamm
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Ethical Challenges in Organ Transplantation"
Mary Ann Baily, David Steinberg
Evitts B
  Breakout 3
"Public Health Ethics: Pregnant Moms and Vaccinations"
Jessica Berg, Ruth Farrell
McLuckie
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH Greenridge Ballroom
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. FREE TIME  
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. DINNER buffet Greenridge Ballroom
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Plenary Session: "Unreasonable Expectations: Angst, Conflicts & Reality"
Moderator: Carmen Paradis
Speakers: Kate Scannell, Arthur Derse, Mary Coombs
Cumberland A & B
9:30 - 11:00 p.m. Bioethics Movie Clips - Richard Demme Cumberland A & B
Friday, June 26
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST Lakeside Dining Room
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Breakout 1
"Future Directions in Bioethics Pedagogy"
Stephen Wear, David Doukas
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Research Ethics: Past and Future"
Richard Sharp, Nancy King, Alice Herb
Evitts B
  Breakout 3
"Pregnant Women & Public Health Ethics: Challenges During Pandemics & Disasters"
Jessica Berg, Ruth Farrell
McLuckie
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK  
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout 1
"Ethical Issues in Biobanking"
Arlene Davis, Ben Wilfond
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Ethics in Stem Cell Research: Comparative Analysis of Regulations"
Stephen Latham
Evitts B
  Breakout 3
"Virtue, Hypocrisy and Living Our Values"
Kevin Keith, Bette-Jane Crigger
McLuckie
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH Greenridge Ballroom
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Summer Retreat Business Meeting Evitts A
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. FREE TIME  
5:00 - 6:00p.m. "Where Should the Field of Bioethics be in 25 Years, and What Will it Take to Get There?"
Conversation with William Stubing & Eric Kodish
Evitts A
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. DINNER buffet Greenridge Ballroom
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Plenary Session: "Ethics & Health Care Policy: Domestic & Global Issues"
Moderator: Richard Sharp
Speakers: Maria Merritt, Mary Ann Baily, Bruce Jennings
Cumberland D & E
Saturday, June 27
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST Lakeside Dining Room
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Breakout 1
"Ethics, Brain Death & Donation after Cardiac Death"
Mary Devereaux, Ronald Miller
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Privacy, Ethics & Large-Scale Adverse Effects Disclosure"
Ellen Fox, Leslie Francis
Evitts B
  Breakout 3
"Social Justice & Access to Medication"
Lois LaCivita Nixon, Kathy Westlake, Bruce Jennings
McLuckie
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK  
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout 1
"How Bioethics is Taught in a Law School Differently than in a Medical or Nursing School"
Jennifer Bard, Elizabeth Pendo, Kelly Dineen
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Bioethics and Transgender Issues: Status Update"
James Jones
Evitts B
  Breakout 3
"Maternal-Fetal Conflict"
Ruth Farrell, Andrea Kalfoglou
McLuckie
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH  
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. White Water Rafting/FREE TIME  
6:00-9:00 p.m. DINNER outdoor BBQ Outside Tent
7:30 p.m. "The Freelance Bioethicist: The Early Years – Howard Brody
Various Other Skits and Spooofs
 
Sunday, June 28
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Lakeside Dining Room
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Breakout 1
"Ethical Issues in Nanomedicine"
Jeanann Boyce
Evitts A
  Breakout 2
"Revisiting the Roots of Bioethics as a Patients Rights Movement: What Happened to the Stranger at the Bedside?"
Mary Rorty, Kate Scannell, Jennifer Bard
Evitts B
11:00 a.m. Boxed lunches to go