Ethics, Disabilities, and Healthcare

Center for Bioethics & Health Law 31st Annual Healthcare Ethics Conference
Ethics, Disabilities, and Healthcare

7:30 – 8:00
Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15
Improving Healthcare for People with Disabilities: Bringing Bioethics and Disability Studies into Dialogue
            Lisa S. Parker, PhD
            Director, Center for Bioethics & Health Law
            University of Pittsburgh

8:15 – 9:15
Justice for All? Bioethics in Medical Prognostication, Ableism, and the Disability Paradox
            Amanda K. Booher, PhD
            Bioethicist, Summa Health, Akron, Ohio

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9:15 – 9:30
Break

9:30 – 10:45
Ethical, Legal, and Social Challenges for Neurodivergent Adults in our Communities: Shifting to a Supported Engagement Model
            Nanette Elster, JD, MPH
            Associate Professor
            Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
            Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

            Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD
            Professor of Bioethics
            Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
            Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

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10:45 – noon
Panel: Medical Decision Making on the Spectrum
            David Kappel, MD
            Deputy State Medical Director for Trauma, WV Office of Emergency Medical Services

            Joann Migyanka, DEd
            Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Disability Services
            Indiana University of Pennsylvania

            Andrew Nelson, EdD
            Senior Director Autism Response Team at Autism Speaks
            Autism Community Consultants

            Valerie Satkoske, PhD, MSW, HEC-C
            VP of Mission Effectiveness, Spiritual Care, & Ethics, UPMC Mercy
            VP of Ethics UPMC

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Noon – 12:30
Lunch (included)

12:30 – 1:30
A Crosswalk of Common Ethical Challenges in Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Disability Ethics
            Todd Harvey, BSN, RN, CARN
            Programmatic Nurse Specialist, Addiction Medicine UPMC Mercy

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1:30 – 1:45
Break

1:45 – 2:45
Barriers to Effective Healthcare for Disabled People: Signs of Progress in Medicine and Law
            Mary Crossley, JD
            Interim Dean, Professor of Law, John E. Murray Faculty Scholar
            University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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2:45 – 3:30
Disability Related Accommodations in Healthcare
            Chatón T. Turner, JD
            Senior Associate Counsel and Vice President Risk Management/Disabilities Services
            UPMC

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Information about continuing medical and legal education credit, as well as speakers’ talk titles, biographies, and resources, along with registration information for this free conference are available on the conference webpage. Please direct inquiries to bioethics@pitt.edu.

Sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law with support from the Passavant Hospital Foundation, the Ira R. Messer Family Foundation, the School of Law, the Provost’s Year of Discourse and Dialogue Initiative, and UPMC Ethics