Lecture Series

The Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics has provided the Fairbanks Ethics Lecture Series since 2005 as an educational outreach to physicians and staff of Clarian Health Partners hospitals and interested others in the central Indiana community.  Lectures are free, open to all, and do not require pre-registration.  Continuing education credit is offered to physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains at no charge, regardless of their institutional affiliation.

2008-2009 Fairbanks Ethics Lecture Series Schedule

Date: September 17, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Methodist Petticrew Auditorium
Title: National Health Insurance: Facts, not Rhetoric
Presenter: Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS

Date: October 15, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Methodist Petticrew Auditorium
Title: The Ethics of Teamwork
Event: 9th Annual Clarian Leadership Ethics Lecture
Presenter: Suzanne Gordon

Date: November 19, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Methodist Petticrew Auditorium
Title: Professionalism Conflicts Created by Physician-Industry Interactions: The Case for Banning Industry from Educational Venues.
Presenter: Carey Chisholm, MD

Date: December 17, 2008
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Riley Out-Patient Center Auditorium
Topic: TBA
Presenter: Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD

Date: January 21, 2009
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Riley Out-Patient Center Auditorium
Topic: Disclosure of Medical Mistakes
Presenter: Sandra Petronio, PhD

Date: February 18, 2009
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Methodist Petticrew Auditorium
Topic: TBA
Presenter: Rachel C. Vreeman, MD, MS

Date: March 18, 2009
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Riley Out-Patient Center Auditorium
Topic: Neuro Ethics
Presenter: Edward J. Dropcho, MD

Date: April 15, 2009
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Methodist Petticrew Auditorium
Topic: Organ Transplantation/Transplant Ethics
Presenter: Paul Y. Kwo, MD

Date: May 27, 2009
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Riley Out-Patient Center Auditorium
Topic: Disclosure of Genetic Information
Presenter: Kimberly A. Quaid, Ph.D.