Overview
The Center for Bioethics is pleased to offer standing educational events.
- Bioethics Grand Rounds is held the virtually March-May and September-November from 2-3 p.m. (Eastern) (unless otherwise specified) and focuses on an important innovative Bioethics related topic.
Please contact the Center for Bioethics at 216.444.8720 with questions regarding these events.
Grand Rounds
Upcoming Grand Rounds
Bioethics Grand Rounds is a virtual educational event. All are welcome to attend. Please email Laura Guidry-Grimes at guidryl@ccf.org if you have questions.
Upcoming Virtual Sessions:
Guarding the Guardians: Ethical Issues in Guardianship
Thursday, October 26, 2023
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (EST)
Register Here by Noon Wednesday, October 25
Marguerite Augustine, MS, HEC-C
Assistant Staff
Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic
Karen E. Salerno, LISW-S
Psychiatry CL Team Social Worker
Behavioral Health Clinical Manager
Psychiatry, Cleveland Clinic
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ANCC Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME Credits, ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Credits, Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Credits, Certificate of Participation
Trials and Tribulations: Lessons in Correctional Health Care Ethics
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. (EST)
Register Here by 5 p.m. Monday, November 27, 2023
Monica L. Gerrek, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics
MetroHealth Hospital
Past Sessions:
The New Crystal Ball: The Ethics of AI in Healthcare
Thursday, September 28, 2023
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (EST)
Susannah L Rose, PhD
Director, AI + Ethics Program & Bioethics Research, Center for Bioethics
Director of Research, Safety, Quality & Patient Experience
Clinical Transformation, Cleveland Clinic
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ANCC Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME Credits, ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Credits, Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Credits, Certificate of Participation
The Ethics and Art of Chart Noting
Thursday, May 25, 2023
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (EST)
Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, HEC-C
Associate Staff Bioethicist
Center for Bioethics
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU SOM
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ANCC Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME Credits, ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Credits, Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Credits, Certificate of Participation
Dilemmas and Disparities – Ethics in the World of Transplantation
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Mahwish Ahmad, MD, MPH, HEC-C
Program Lead, Bioethics, CCAD
Staff Ethicist, Cleveland Clinic Center for Bioethics
Clinical Assistant Professor, CCLCM
Empirical perspectives on bioethics research: from practice, to research, and back again
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
2 p.m-3 p.m.
Professor Jonathan Ives, PhD
Professor of Empirical Bioethics
Centre for Ethics in Medicine
University of Bristol
Compassion and Valuing Every Person
Beloved retired staff member Anthony Thomas, Jr., MD, died November 2017. Dr. Thomas was a world-renowned infertility expert and an influential and respected member of our Bioethics team.
In memory of Dr. Thomas’s way of valuing every person with whom he came into contact, the Center for Bioethics has established this new lecture series. Through his everyday actions, Dr. Thomas demonstrated a deep commitment to encouraging others to reflect on their roles in healthcare and to support each person he met. He was a consummate clinician, mentor, professional and kind human being.
For more information on the Compassion and Valuing Every Person Lecture Series and event highlights.
Innovations in Clinical Ethics: A Working Un-Conference
Innovations in Clinical Ethics: A Working Un-Conference brings together experienced clinical ethicists from diverse healthcare systems for a purposeful and productive few days of promoting the cross-pollination and idea generation of innovative practices in clinical ethics consultation. Professional clinical ethicists who lead clinical ethics programs or serve on ethics consultation services will benefit most from this un-conference.
The event includes:
- In-person peer-to-peer solution-sharing through structured and facilitated crowdsourcing
- Targeted lightning talks on cutting-edge practices in clinical ethics consultation
- Session formats that enhance constructive conversation, collaborative relationship-building, and concrete idea development
Learn more about Innovations in Clinical Ethics: A Working Un-Conference
Building Skills and Destigmatizing Mental Health: A Working Summit

In Winter 2023, The Khnemu Foundation and Center for Bioethics hosted Building Skills and Destigmatizing Mental Health: A Working Summit. This all day event brought together healthcare institutions, healthcare providers, community leaders, and grassroots organizations to create solutions to address Mental Health issues, build networks and learn new skills. At the end, participants gained the tools and solutions needed to address challenges they were facing with Mental Health care in their spaces.
Attendees learned from their peers and heard powerful, action-oriented words from the keynote speakers: Judge William L. Dawson (East Cleveland Judge), Ms. Tammie Jones (Birthing Beautiful Communities), and Dr. Carl Allamby (ER Cleveland Clinic Physician).
Learn more about Building Skills and Destigmatizing Mental Health: A Working Summit.