St. Regis Hotel
923 16th and K Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-638-2626
9:00 a.m. | Session 1: Organ Transplantation and Procurement—the Empirical Context Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D., Professor of Bioethics, Oncology, and Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University-Bloomberg School of Public Health |
10:30 am | Break |
10:45 am | Session 2: Organ Transplantation
and Procurement—Literary and Philosophical-Anthropological Perspectives Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade and Bodies at Motion and at Rest Stuart F. Spicker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus,
School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center |
12:15 pm | Lunch |
2:00 pm | Session 3: Organ Transplantation and Procurement—The Ethical Challenges Presentation and discussion of the discussion paper
by Council senior research consultant Eric Cohen
and the essay by Council member Gilbert Meilaender
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3:30 pm | Break |
3:45 pm | Session 4: Organ Transplantation and Procurement—Policy Proposals James F. Childress, Ph.D., Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics, Professor of Medical Ethics, and Director of the Institute of Practical Ethics, University of Virginia, and Chairman of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation Benjamin E. Hippen, M.D., Transplant Nephrologist,
Metrolina Nephrology Associates, Charlotte, North Carolina
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5:15 pm | Adjournment |
8:30 am | Session 5: Newborn Screening for Genetics Disorders Duane Alexander, M.D., Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health |
10:00 am | Break |
10:15 am | Session 6: Newborn Screening for Genetics Disorders Presentation and discussion of staff working paper by Richard Roblin, Ph.D., Council scientific director
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11:45 am | Session 7: Public Comments |
12:30 pm | Adjournment |