Schedule

2020 Theology and Ethics Colloquium, "Ethics Beyond the Bedside"

March 11-13, 2020
Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel
St. Louis

The program begins at 1 p.m. on the 15th and adjourns at 11 am. on the 17th. An official agenda is forthcoming.

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Wednesday, March 11
Noon Registration Opens
1:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Prayer
Brian M. Kane Ph.D.
Senior Director, Ethics
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis
1:15 p.m. Virtuous Leadership
Elizabeth Collier, Ph.D.
The Doris K. and Jay W. Christopher Chair in Business Ethics
Dominican University School of Business
River Forest, Ill.
   
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. When the Bishop Calls …
Derek Covert
Chief Mission Integration Officer
Ascension Texas
Austin, Texas

Sr. Karina Dickey, OP
Vice President of Mission Integration
St. Dominic Hospital
Jackson, Miss.

Daniel O'Brien, Ph.D.

Ethicist (Ret.)
Ascension
St. Louis
   
4:00 p.m. The Future of Catholic Health Care
Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM
President and Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Association
Washington, D.C.
4:30 p.m. Reception

Please enjoy dinner on your own
 
Thursday, March 12
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
9:45 a.m. Managing the Message: Public Relations and Ethics
Dan Loeterman
Vice President, Public Affairs and Issues Management
CommonSpirit Health
Los Angeles

Brian Reardon
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis

Kathy Schaeffer
Principal
Kathy Schaeffer Consulting, LLC
Omena, Mich.
   
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Artificial Intelligence and Health Care
Philip R.O. Payne, Ph.D., FACMI, FAMIA
Robert J. Terry Professor and Director, Institute for Informatics (I2)
Washington University
St. Louis

Respondent
Joshua Schulz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
DeSales University
Center Valley, Pa.
   
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Do No Harm: Ethical Challenges of Medical Missions Abroad
Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM
Executive Director
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Center for Global Engagement
Baltimore
   
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Catholic Health Care and Environment Responsibility
Cristina Richie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, N.C.
 
4:30 p.m. Eucharistic Liturgy

Please enjoy dinner on your own
 
Friday, March 13
8:30 a.m. Full Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
9:45 a.m. Community Benefit: How Catholic Health Care Measures Up
Julie Trocchio
Senior Director, Community Benefit and Continuing Care
Catholic Health Association
Washington, D.C.
   
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Washington Update
Kathy Curran, JD
Senior Director, Public Policy
Catholic Health Association
Washington, D.C.
   
11:45 a.m. CHA Ethics Resource Review
Brian M. Kane, Ph.D., Senior Director, Ethics
Nathaniel Blanton Hibner, Ph.D., Director, Ethics

Catholic Health Association
St. Louis
12:00 p.m. Conclusion and Adjourn