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Center for Bioethics and Health Law
Grand Rounds

A series dealing with ethical issues in medicine
Spring 2009 Schedule

Except as otherwise noted, all lectures are at the School of Law,
3900 Forbes Avenue

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Thursday, February 5 Noon-1:00 Room 113 School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue	Access to Unapproved Therapies: The Leading Edge of Law and Medicine* Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH Professor of Health Law & Policy Director, Center for Law, Ethics and Health University of Michigan School of Public Health
Friday, February 20 11:00 a.m. Montefiore Hospital 7 Main - Auditorium	Evaluating Demands for Life-Prolonging Treatment Based Upon Religious Beliefs? Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M, MD, PhD Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at St. Vincent’s Manhattan Professor of Medicine and Director, Bioethics Institute New York Medical College
Monday, April 6 Day long conference 9:00 – 4:30 Scaife Hall Auditorium 5 3550 Terrace Street	18th Annual LHAS Medical Ethics Update 2009 Conference 26th Annual Messer Lecture Obesity: Ethical Issues in Prevention, Treatment , and Research Daniel Callahan, PhD Cofounder, The Hastings Center Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School Senior Fellow, Yale University TV May Cause Obesity: but the Evidence is Thin Richard Scheines Professor of Philosophy Carnegie Mellon University Using ideas from behavioral economics to promote weight loss George Loewenstein Professor Economics and Psychology Carnegie Mellon University
Thursday, April 23 8:00 a.m. Children’s Hospital Ground Floor McCluskey Auditorium	A Short History of Clinical Medical Ethics Ending in My Being Banned in Canada* William Meadow, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics Associate Section Chief, Department of Pediatrics University of Chicago Medical Center/Comer Children’s Hospital

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SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND HEALTH LAW,
THE CENTER FOR CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES, AND THE SCHOOL OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.

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Physicians may claim AMA Category 2 continuing medical education credits for participation in learning experiences that enhance professional effectiveness. Physicians should maintain records of attendance, claiming one hour of credit for each hour of course participation. The AMA Physician’s Recognition Award permits up to 30 hours of the 50 hours required annually to be earned in Category 2 activities. This activity has been developed in accordance with the American Medical Association ethical opinions on Gifts to Physicians from Industry and on Ethical Issues in CME.

*This course is presented in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. It has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hour of substantive CLE credit. Participants register and pay $25 at the door. Checks should be made payable to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. For further information, please contact Lila Steffy (412) 648-1305 or steffy@pitt.edu.

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