ECMO, Brain Death, and Pediatric Medical Decision Making

I am delighted to again participate in the Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference, presented by Wolfson Children's Hospital, in partnership with the Florida Bioethics Network. The conference is set for Friday, November 1, 2024. You can register for virtual participation here. 

8 - 8:10 am

• Welcome and Introductions
• Alissa Hurwitz Swota, PhD - Executive Director of Bioethics - Bioethicist, Wolfson Children's Hospital/Baptist Health System

8:10 - 9:10 am

• Supporting Family Decision-making for a Child with Serious Illness
• Vanessa Madrigal, MD MSCE HEC-C - Director Pediatric Ethics Program
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Children's National Hospital - Associate Professor - The George Washington University

9:10 - 10:10 am

• Medical Decision Making, Psychology, and Ethics
• Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, PhD, MA - Cullen Professor of Medical Ethics & Associate Director - Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy -Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX - Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Ethics and AJOB

10:10 - 11:10 am

• Brain Death: Strategies for Avoiding, Managing, and Resolving Conflict between Families and Clinicians
• Professor Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C - Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Professor of Law

11:10 am - 12:10 pm

• ECMO Ethics: Starting and Stopping; Silence and Transparency
• D. Micah Hester, PhD - Chair, Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics - Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics (UAMS)
• Professor of Pediatrics (UAMS) - Clinical Ethicist (UAMS & Arkansas Children's Hospital) - Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics
• UAMS College of Medicine