2018 Conference Speakers

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 James L. Bernat, MD

James L. Bernat, MD
Emeritus Professor of Neurology
& Medicine
Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

George Church, PhD

George Church, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Founding Core Faculty & Lead, Synthetic Biology Wyss Institute, Harvard University

Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Drs. William F. & Virginia Connolly Mitty, Professor of Bioethics
Department of Population Health
New York University School of Medicine
Michele Goodwin, JD Michele Goodwin, JD 
Chancellor's Professor of Law
School of Law Director, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy University of California Irvine
Sheila Jasanoff, PhD, JD

Sheila Jasanoff, PhD, JD  
Pforzheimer Professor of Science &
Technology Studies
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

D. Alan Shewmon, MD

D. Alan Shewmon, MD
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics & Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Veatch, PhD

Robert Veatch, PhD
Senior Research Scholar, Professor Emeritus
of Medical Ethics
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Harvard University

Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD

Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD
Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Medical Ethics
Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
University of Chicago Medicine

Seema Shah, JD

Seema Shah, JD
Associate Professor
Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine

Francis L. Delmonico, MD

Francis L. Delmonico, MD
Chief Medical Officer, New England Donor Services
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Emeritus Director of Renal Transplantation
Massachusetts General Hospital

Courtney S. Campbell, PhD

Courtney S. Campbell, PhD
Hundere Professor of Religion & Culture
Director, Program in Medical Humanities
School of History, Philosophy, & Religion
Oregon State University

Alex M. Capron, LLB

Alex M. Capron, LLB
University Professor 
Vice Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs
Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy & Ethics
University of Southern California

Pablo de Lora, PhD

Pablo de Lora, PhD
Professor of Law & Legal Philosophy
School of Law
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

David Greer, MD

David Greer, MD
Chair, Neurology, Boston Medical Center
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine

Galen Vincent Henderson, MD

Galen Vincent Henderson, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care and Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School

David Magnus, PhD

David Magnus, PhD
Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Ethics
Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics
Stanford University

Michael Nair-Collins, PhD

Michael Nair-Collins, PhD
Associate Professor
Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Florida State Unviersity College of Medicine

Ivan Ortega-Deballon PhD, LLB, NP

Ivan Ortega-Deballon PhD, LLB, NP
Associate Professor
University of Alcalá
Flight Nurse
Madrid Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, Spain

Scott Podolsky, MD

Scott Podolsky, MD
Professor of Global Health & Social Medicine
Director, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD

Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD
Director, Health Law Institute
Professor of Law
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

David Rodriquez

David Rodriguez-Arias, PhD
Researcher in Moral Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Unviersity of Granada, Spain

Sam D. Shemie, MD

Sam D. Shemie, MD
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Montreal Children’s Hospital
McGill University Health Centre & Research Institute
Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University

Lesley A. Sharp, PhD

Lesley A. Sharp, PhD
Barbara Chamberlain & Helen Chamberlain Josefsberg ‘30 Professor of Anthropology
Barnard College
Senior Research Scientist in Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Daniel Wikler

Daniel Wikler, PhD
Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Ethics and Population Health
Department of Global Health and Population
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health