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CURRICULUM VITAE:

James J. Walter

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL:

Marital Status: Married to MaryAnne (née Brodie) Walter

Two children: Jennifer K. Walter, MD, PhD, MS & LTC Robert J. Walter, MD, DHCE, MC USA

University Position: Austin & Ann O’Malley Professor Emeritus of Bioethics

University Address: The Bioethics Institute

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Home Address: 5048 Country Nest

San Antonio, TX 78253

Telephones: Home: (210) 267-8180

Cell: (310) 384-6547

DEGREES FROM ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS:

B.A. (Philosophy): St. Meinrad College, 1969 (cum laude)

B.A. (Religious Studies): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1970 (cum laude)

(Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)

S.T.B. (Theology): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1971 (magna cum laude)

M.A. (Religious Studies): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1971 (magna cum laude)

Ph.B. (Philosophy): Hoger Instituut Voor Wijsbegeerte (Higher Institute of Philosophy),

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1972 (cum laude)

(Equivalent to an MA in Philosophy in the United States)

Ph.D. (Christian Ethics): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1974 (magna cum laude)

CLASSICAL & FOREIGN LANGUAGES: YEARS STUDIED:

Latin (6), Greek (4) & Hebrew (1): Research Ability

Spanish (2), German (1), French (4) & Dutch (4): Reading Ability & Some Speaking Ability

L’Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France: Intense summer study in French in 1969

Talenpracticum van Vught, Vught, The Netherlands: Intense study in Dutch in 1969

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan

Graduate Summer Session, 1971 Lecturer

• The Catholic University of America, Department of Theology, Washington, D.C.

January, 1972 ─ May, 1972 Lecturer

September, 1972 ─ August, 1974 Instructor

September, 1974 ─ August, 1975 Assistant Professor

• Georgetown University, School for Summer and Continuing Education

Graduate Summer Session, 1974 Lecturer

• Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia

February, 1975 ─ May, 1975 Visiting Assistant Professor (one graduate course)

• St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, Indiana

September, 1975 ─ August, 1985 Associate Professor

September, 1977 ─ August, 1979 Chairperson, Division of Systematic Theology

Graduate Summer Sessions: 1975 ─ 1984

May, 1983 Granted Tenure by the Board of Trustees

• Ferdinand College ─ Brescia College, Ferdinand, Indiana

Graduate Summer Session, 1979 Visiting Associate Professor

• Loyola University of Chicago, Department of Theology, Chicago, IL

August, 1988 ─ May, 1999 Professor of Christian Ethics

August, 1984 ─ August, 1988 Associate Professor

August, 1984 ─ May, 1985 Unpaid Leave of Absence

August, 1985 ─ May, 1999 Appointment to the Graduate School (Full Faculty Status)

August, 1989 Tenured in the Department of Theology

July, 1989 ─ June, 1991 Director, Graduate Programs in the Department of Theology

Jan., 1986 - December, 1994 Graduate Courses Taught in the Institute of Pastoral Studies

September, 1988 - Aug. 1996 Theological and Bioethical Consultant to the President &

C.E.O. of Loyola University Chicago Medical Center

• Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

August, 1999 – May 2013 Austin & Ann O'Malley Chair in Bioethics

August, 1999 – August 2005 Professor of Theological Studies

August, 1999 Tenured in the Department of Theological Studies

August, 2000 – July, 2004 Director, The Bioethics Institute

August, 2004 – Aug., 2009 Chairperson, The Bioethics Institute

August 2004 Tenure moved to The Bioethics Institute


Sept. 2000 – Dec. 2006 Clinical Bioethicist, Intensive Care Unit, St. Francis Medical

Center, Lynwood, CA. (Affiliated Medical Center)

August, 2013 — Present Austin & Ann O’Malley Professor Emeritus of Bioethics

January 2007 – August 2010 Clinical Bioethicist, Intensive Care Unit and Palliative Care

Service, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center,

Torrance, CA. (Affiliated Medical Center)

• Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California

January 2010 – March 2010 PhD Directed Reading Course

VISITING SCHOLAR OR SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE:

• The David H. Meid Visiting Mentor Scholar in Residence at Marymount College, Palos Verdes, CA,

March 2004

• Visiting Scholar in Residence, Wake Forest University and Medical Center, Wake Forest, NC

November 2004

• Invited as a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) at

the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 2013. (Declined)

• Invited as a Scholar/Lecturer in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s of Bioethics Program at the Catholic

University of Leuven, Belgium. The Program is sponsored by the European Union, and three

universities participate: Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Radboud University, The

Netherlands; and University of Padua, Italy. October 2014.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP:

Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics in the Medical Humanities Program, Department of Medicine, at

Loyola University of Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine, September ─ November, 1989.

EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION:

1. Academic Administration:

September, 1977 ─ August, 1979 Chairperson of the Division of Systematic Theology at St. Mein-

rad School of Theology

July, 1989 ─ June, 1991 Director of Graduate Programs (M.A. & Ph.D.) in the Department

of Theology at Loyola University Chicago

August 2000 – July 2004 Director, The Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University

August 2004–August 2009 Chairperson, The Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University

May – August 2008 Acting Director of Graduate Programs, The Bioethics Institute at LMU


2. Professional Administration:

March 1981 ─ May 1985 Co-chair of the Medical Ethics Committee at Memorial Hospital

and Health-Care Center, Jasper, Indiana

October 1984 ─ May 1985 Chairperson of the Medical Ethics Committee at Saints Mary and

Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky

June 1992 ─ June 2002 Chairperson of the Research and Publications Committee of The

Catholic Theological Society of America

Dec 2003 – Nov 2008 Founding chair of The International Forum for Catholic Bioethicists,

which met annually in Brussels, Belgium with 20 members from

around the world

EXPERIENCE IN CLINICAL BIOETHICS:

1. Memorial Hospital (Little Company of Mary Hospital), Jasper, IN (1981-85)

• Bioethics consultations and co-chair of the Bioethics Committee

2. Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky (1984 ─ 1985)

• Bioethics consultations and participation on the Bioethics Committee

3. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (1988-96)

• Bioethics consultant to the Provost of the medical center and bioethical consultations

4. St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA (2000-06)

• Weekly bioethics rounds at the bedside in the Intensive Care Unit, quarterly Bioethics Grand

Round Lectures, and member of monthly Bioethics Committee

5. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Torrance, CA (January 2007 – August 2010)

• Weekly bioethics rounds at the bedside in the Intensive Care Unit and on the Palliative Care

Service and taught Bioethics On-Call Service Training (8 training sessions over 8 months)

6. Citrus Valley Health Partners (3 medical centers & hospice), Covina, CA. May 2007 – May 2013

• Bioethics consultant to the meetings of the Bioethics Committee & Patient Consultations

7. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, August 2, 2013 – May 2015

• Participated in bioethics educational programs (grand rounds, annual ethics short course,

etc.), participated in weekly MICU rounds, served on ethics consult service & wrote reports

8. San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, June 2016 — Present

• Member of the Institutional Bioethics Committee and participate on the ethics consult

service

GRADUATE PROGRAMS/ACADEMIC INSTITUTES THAT I HELPED TO CREATE:

1. PhD Program in Theology: The Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (1970-71) (Doctoral

Student Representative)

2. PhD Program in Theology: The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (1974)

(One of Two Principal Authors)

3. PhD Program in Theology: Loyola University Chicago (1989-90) (Principal Author)

4. MA in Theology: Loyola University of Chicago (1989-90) (Principal Author)

5. The Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University (2000) (Principal Author)


6. MA in Bioethics: Loyola Marymount University (2003-04) (Principal Author)

7. Graduate Certificate in Bioethics: Loyola Marymount University (2007-08) (Co-Author)

GRADUATE PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE CONSULTED ON:

1. PhD Program in Health Care Ethics: St. Louis University (Principal Consultant)

2. PhD Program in Health Care Ethics: Duquesne University (Consultant)

3. MA in Bioethics: Wake Forrest University, North Carolina (1 of 2 Principal Consultants)

4. MA in Biomedical and Clinical Ethics: Loma Linda University (Consultant)

5. MA in Bioethics: University of Oregon (Consultant)

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

1. Conversion and Discipleship: A Christian Foundation for Ethics and Doctrine (Philadelphia:

Fortress Press, 1986), 229 pages. (Co-authored with Stephen Happel). Republished in the

Fortress Press Ex Libris series, 2007. This book has been identified by the Editor-in-Chief

and the editorial board as one of the best titles published by Fortress Press in the last 25

years.

2. Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma (New York: Paulist Press, 1990), 357 pages.

(Co-edited with Thomas A. Shannon & contributed 2 chapters and authored all the section

introductions). Digitally converted and republished in 2010.

3. A Call to Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E. Curran (Georgetown University

Press, 2002), 310 pages. (Co-edited with Timothy E. O'Connell and Thomas A. Shannon)

(Festschrift in honor of Charles E. Curran and contributed 1 chapter and the Foreword)

4. The New Genetic Medicine: Theological and Ethical Reflections (Lanham, MD: Rowman &

Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003), 185 pages. (Co-authored with Thomas A. Shannon)

5. Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: A Catholic Perspective. (Lanham, MD: Rowman &

Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005), 304 pages. (Co-authored with Thomas A. Shannon)

6. Artificial Nutrition & Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient: The Catholic

Debate (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2007). 272 pages. (Co-edited

with Ronald P. Hamel and contributed 2 chapters.)

PUBLICATIONS: CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1. "Response to John C. Finnis: A Theological Critique," in Thomas G. Fuechtmann, ed.,

Consistent Ethic of Life (Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1988), pp. 182─195.


2. "The Foundation and Formulation of Norms," in Charles E. Curran, ed., Moral Theology:

Challenges for the Future: Essays in Honor of Richard A. McCormick (New York: Paulist

Press, 1990), pp. 125─154.

3. "Theological Parameters: Catholic Doctrine on Abortion in a Pluralist Society," in Gerard

Magill and R. Randall Rainey, eds., Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary

Investigation within the Catholic Tradition (Omaha, NE: Creighton University Press, 1996),

pp. 91-130.

4. "A Response to Hubert Doucet: 'How Theology Could Contribute to the Redemption of

Bioethics: From an Individualist Approach to an Anthropological Sensitivity,'" in Michael

Downey, ed., The Catholic Theological Society of America: Proceedings of the Fifty-Third

Annual Convention (Atlanta: Mercer University Press, 1998), pp. 67-71.

5. "Theological and Moral Problems Concerning Human Gene Transfer," in Sybille

Fritsch-Oppermann, ed., Genes the World Over: Die Bewertung von Gentechnologie an

Pflanzen und Tieren in der Sicht verschiedener Kulturen (Loccum, Germany: Evangelische

Akademie, 1998), pp. 23-36.

6. "Response to Dr. Darryl Macer's paper 'The International Agenda: Environment, Cultural

Diversity and Global Dialogue,'" in Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, ed., Genes the World Over:

Die Bewertung von Gentechnologie an Pflanzen und Tieren in der Sicht verschiedener

Kulturen (Loccum, Germany: Evangelische Akademie, 1998), pp. 152-153.

7. "The Question of the Uniqueness of Christian Morality: An Historical and Critical Analysis

of the Debate in Roman Catholic Ethics," in Todd A. Salzman, ed., Method and Catholic

Moral Theology: The Ongoing Reconstruction (Omaha, NE: Creighton University Press,

1999), pp. 157-176.

8. “Theological Perspectives on Cancer Genetics and Gene Therapy: The Roman Catholic

Tradition,” in Terrence Ackerman and Arthur Neinhuis, eds., Proceedings of the Ethical

Boundaries in Cancer Genetics: A Symposium on Ethical and Practical Issues Related to

Genetic Screening for Cancer Susceptibility and Potential Therapeutic Implications (New

York: Humana Press, 2001).

9. "The Relationship Between Faith and Morality: The Debate Over the Uniqueness of

Christian Morality," in Mathijs Lamberigts and Leo Kenis, eds., Vatican II and Its Legacy

(Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press, 2002), pp. 173-186.

10. "Perspectives on Medical Ethics: Biotechnology and Genetic Medicine," in A Call to

Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E. Curran, James J. Walter, Timothy E.

O’Connell & Thomas A. Shannon, eds. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press,

2002), pp. 135-152.


11. “Foreword.” in A Call to Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E. Curran, James J.

Walter, Timothy E. O’Connell & Thomas A. Shannon, eds. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown

University Press, 2002), pp. vii-viii.

12. “Global Trends: Plants, Animals, Humans──The Prospects of Developments in Genetic

Engineering,” in Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, ed., Dialog der Kulturen (Loccum, Germany:

Evangelische Akademie, 2003), pp. 145-157.

13. “The Ethics of Stem Cell Research & Therapeutic Tissue Regeneration,” in the Proceedings

of the Conference on Science and Religious Ethics (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University, 2004).

14. “Horizon Analysis and Moral Stance: An Interpretation of Cardinal Bernardin’s ‘Consistent

Ethic of Life.’” In James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, Contemporary Issues in

Bioethics: A Catholic Perspective (Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward, 2005).

15. “Theological Perspectives on Cancer Genetics and Gene Therapy: The Roman Catholic

Tradition.” In James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics:

A Catholic Perspective (Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward, 2005).

16. “A Catholic Reflection on Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” In James J. Walter and Thomas

A. Shannon, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: A Catholic Perspective (Lanham, MD:

Sheed & Ward, 2005).

17. “Human Germline Therapy: Proper Human Responsibility or Playing God?” In Ronald

Cole-Turner, ed., Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human

Germline Modification (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008), pp. 119-143.

18. “Futile Treatment: How do we respond to patients and families who want everything

done at the end of life?” In B. Berberich, ed., Not Only Merely Dead, Really Most

Sincerely Dead: Ethical Issues at the Very End of Life (Danville, PA: Geisinger Center

for Health Research, 2008): 1-19.

19. “What Does Horizon Analysis Bring to the Consistent Ethic of Life?” In The Consistent

Ethic of Life: Assessing Its Reception and Relevance, ed. by Thomas Nairn (New York:

Orbis Press, 2008), pp. 3-15 & 173-75.

20. “A Christian Interpretation of Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: The Human Genome

Project and the Forgoing/Withdrawal of Medical Treatment at the End of Life.” In An

Intermediary Between Buddhism and Bioethics, ed. Naoki Nabeshima, Malcolm David Eckel

and Yoshiyuki Inoue (Kyoto, Japan: Center for Humanities, Science, and Religion: Ryukoku

University: Hozokan Publishing Company, 2008), pp. 36-55. (Published in both English and

Japanese).


PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES IN JOURNALS & ON JURIED WEBSITES

1. "The Church: A Power Structure," The American Ecclesiastical Review 169(February,

1975): 102─117.

2. "Christian Ethics: Distinctive and Specific?," The American Ecclesiastical Review

169(September, 1975): 470─489. Reprinted in Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCor-

mick, S.J., eds., Readings in Moral Theology No. 2: The Distinctiveness of Christian Ethics

(New York: Paulist Press, 1980), pp. 90─110.

3. "Joseph Fletcher and the Ends-Means Problematic," The Heythrop Journal 17(January,

1976): 50─63.

4. "The Dependence of Christian Morality on Faith: A Critical Assessment," Église et

Théologie 12(October, 1981): 237─277.

5. "The Relation Between Faith and Morality: Sources For Christian Ethics," Horizons: The

Journal of the College Theology Society 9(Fall, 1982): 251─270.

6. "Proportionate Reason and Its Three Levels of Inquiry: Structuring the Ongoing Debate,"

Louvain Studies 10(Spring, 1984): 30─40. Reprinted in Christopher Kaczor, ed.

Proportionalism: For and Against (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2000), pp.

393-405.

7. "The Foundations of Christian Moral Experience," Église et Théologie 16(May, 1985):

169─183.

8. "The Foundations of the Professions and of Professional Ethics: A Critical and Constructive

Study," Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society 12(Spring, 1985): 91─115.

9. "A Public Policy Option on the Treatment of Severely Handicapped Newborns," Laval

Théologique et Philosophique 41(June, 1985): 239─250.

10. "Food & Water: An Ethical Burden──Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition," Commonweal

113(November 21, 1986): 616─619.

11. "Charles Curran and the Disputed Issues," UpTurn (October─November, 1986): 4 & 6.

12. "The Meaning and Validity of Quality of Life Judgments in Contemporary Roman Catholic

Medical Ethics," Louvain Studies 13(Fall, 1988): 195─208. This issue of Louvain Studies

was a Festschrift celebrating the 80th birthday of Professor Louis Janssens of the Katholieke


Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Reprinted in James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, eds.,

Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma (New York: Paulist Press, 1990), pp. 78─88.

13. "The PVS Patient and the Forgoing/Withdrawing of Medical Nutrition and Hydration,"

Theological Studies 49(December, 1988): 623─647. (With Thomas A. Shannon) Reprinted

in James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon, eds., Quality of Life: The New Medical

Dilemma (New York: Paulist Press, 1990), pp. 203─223; and reprinted in Thomas A.

Shannon, ed., Bioethics: Basic Writings on the Key Ethical Questions That Surround the

Major, Modern Biological Possibilities and Problems, 4th Edition (New York: Paulist Press,

1993), pp. 173-198.

14. "Termination of Medical Treatment: The Setting of Moral Limits From Infancy to Old Age,"

Religious Studies Review 16(October, 1990): 302─307.

15. "Presuppositions to Moral Judgments on Human Genetic Manipulation," Chicago Studies

33(November 1994): 228-239. Reprinted in Paul T. Jersild, Dale A. Johnson, Patricia

Beattie Jung, and Shannon Jung, eds., Moral Issues & Christian Response, Sixth Edition

(New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998), pp. 345-353 and in the Seventh

Edition, 2002.

16. "'Playing God' or Properly Exercising Human Responsibility? Some Theological Reflections

on Human Germ-line Therapy," New Theology Review 10(November 1997): 39-59.

Reprinted in Timothy Shanahan & Robin Wang, ed. Reason & Insight: Western and Eastern

Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom (New York: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning,

2002), pp. 379-388.

17. "Notes on Moral Theology: Issues in Genetics," Theological Studies 60(March 1999):

124-134.

18. “One Map Down and One to Go,” Vistas 4(October 2000): 18-21.

19. “Human Gene Transfer: Some Theological Contributions to the Ethical Debate,” The

Linacre Quarterly: A Journal of the Philosophy and Ethics of Medical Practice

68(November 2001): 314-334.

20. “Signs of the Times: Implications of the New Genetics,” New Theology Review 15(February

2002): 64-69.

21. “The Bioengineering of Planet Earth: Some Scientific, Moral and Theological

Considerations,” New Theology Review 15(August 2002): 41-54.

22. “Terminal Sedation: A Catholic Perspective.” Update: Loma Linda University Center for

Christian Bioethics 18(September 2002): 6-8, 12.


23. Contributor to the Catholic Health Association document, “A Theological Vision for

Genomics,” Origins 33(May 15, 2003):4-9.

24. “Catholic Reflections on the Human Genome,” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly

3(Summer 2003): 275-283.


Project and the Forgoing/Withdrawal of Medical Treatment at the End of Life,” Bulletin of

The International Cultural Research Institute of Chikushi Jogakuen University 15(August

2004): 112-126. (in Japanese & English).

26. “Health Beat: Artificial Nutrition, Hydration: Assessing Papal Statement,” National Catholic

Reporter 40(April 16, 2004): 9-10. [with Thomas A. Shannon]

27. “Implications of the Papal Allocution on Feeding Tubes,” Hastings Center Report

34(July/August 2004): 18-20. (With Thomas A. Shannon)

28. Contributor to “What’s a Catholic to Think? A Genomics that Promotes Human Flourishing

Can Extend Jesus’ Mission,” Health Progress 85(May-June 2004): 6 pages.

29. “Assisted Nutrition and Hydration and the Catholic Tradition,” Theological Studies

66(September 2005): 651-62. [with Thomas A. Shannon] Republished in Contemporary

Bioethics: A Reader with Cases, Jessica Pierce and George Randels (Oxford University

Press, 2010).

30. “Medical Futility—What Is It and How Might We Help?” Practical Bioethics 1(Summer

2005): 1, 6-8.

31. “Stem Cell Research: A Christian Perspective,” Buddhism, Science, and Contemporary

Thought: The Ryukoku University Project in Pure Land Buddhism and the Natural

Sciences (November 2005): 1-8. (In English and Japanese)

32. “Quaestio Disputata: Reply to Professors Paris, Keenan, and Himes,” Theological

Studies 67(March 2006): 169-174. [with Thomas A. Shannon]

33. “A Catholic Reflection on Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” Linacre Quarterly

73(August 2006): 255-263.

34. “Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs’ Symposium on Artificial Nutrition &

Hydration: Five Shifts in the Catholic Tradition.” See

http://www.jesuitbioethics.net/files/JWalter_1208.pdf. (This article is located on the

website of the Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs: www.jesuitbioethics.net) The

article is the lead article that I published for the Consortium on the issue of artificial

http://www.jesuitbioethics.net/files/JWalter_1208.pdf

http://www.jesuitbioethics.net/


nutrition and hydration for patients in a permanent unconscious state. The website

includes the commentaries on my article by 4 of the other Directors of the Consortium of

Jesuit Bioethics Programs in the U.S. January 10, 2009.

35. Aita, Mark; Bennett-Woods, Debra; Clark, Peter; Dubois, James; Haddad, Amy;

Kuczewski, Mark; Taylor, Carol; and Walter, James J., “Undue Burden? The Vatican &

Artificial Nutrition & Hydration,” Commonweal: A Review of Religion, Politics and

Culture 136(February 13, 2009): 13-15. I co-authored this article with the other

Directors of Jesuit Bioethics Programs in the US.

36. “Healthcare Reform in the United States: The Status Quaestionis of the Ethical Debate,”

Louvain Studies 35(2011): 117-138. Invited by the Editor of Louvain Studies (published

at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) to write this manuscript for a special

issue of the journal entitled “Issues in Contemporary Moral Theology,” which honored

the academic career of Professor Dr. Joseph A. Selling at the Katholieke Universiteit

Leuven

37. “Healthcare Reform: Six Ethical Elephants in the Room,” Health Care Ethics USA

20(Winter 2012): 2-8.

38. “The Human Genome Project From the Perspective of the Roman Catholic Tradition,” (in

Japanese) in Proceedings of the Symposium “The Intersections between Science, Ethics and

Religion: A Dialog between Shin Buddhism and the Roman Catholic Tradition” (Ryukoku

University, Kyoto, Japan: Center for the Humanities, Science and Religion, 2012): 1-10.

39. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Christian Perspective,” (in

Japanese) in Proceedings of the Symposium “The Intersections between Science, Ethics

and Religion: A Dialog between Shin Buddhism and the Roman Catholic Tradition”

(Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan: Center for the Humanities, Science and Religion,

2012): 11-19.

40. “Religious Perspectives on the Use of Psychopharmaceuticals as an Enhancement

Technology.” Journal of Religion and Health 52(August 2013): 1-16. Invited

manuscript as part of an international research project sponsored by The Centre for

Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

41. “Human Germline Therapy: The Intersections between Science and the Roman Catholic

Tradition.” Forthcoming in both English and Japanese in a volume edited by Naoki

Nabeshima and Dennis Hirota from Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan. (30 manuscript

pages)

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES IN ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES


1. "Conversion" (pp. 233─235), "Repentance" (pp. 875─877), and "Virtue" (pp. 1081─1085), in

Joseph A. Komonchak, Mary Collins and Dermot A.Lane, eds., The New Dictionary of

Theology (Wilmington, DL: Michael Glazier, 1987). Republished in electronic CD-ROM

version in 2000.

2. "Discipleship," in Judith A. Dwyer, ed., The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought

(Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994), pp. 294-296. Republished in electronic

CD-ROM version in 2000.

3. "Quality of Life in Clinical Decisions," in Warren T. Reich, ed., Encyclopedia of Bioethics,

Revised Edition, Vol. 3 (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1995), pp. 1352-1358.

4. "Ignorance" (p. 653), "Intention" (p. 671), "Invincible Ignorance" (pp. 674-675), "Louis

Janssens" (p. 688), "Morality of Ends" (pp. 465-466), "Proportionalism" (p. 1058), "Quality

of Life" (p. 1075), and "Vincible Ignorance" (p. 1313), in Richard P. McBrien, ed., The

HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism (San Francisco: HarperCollins Publishers,

1995).

5. "Conscience" (pp. 164-165) and "Liberty" (pp. 555-556), in Carroll Stuhlmueller, ed., The

Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical

Press, 1996).

6. “Quality of Life in Clinical Decision Making,” in Stephen G. Post, ed., Encyclopedia of

Bioethics, Third Edition, Vol. 3 (New York: Gale Publishing Group, 2004), pp. 1388-1394.

7. “Genetic Research,” in Daniel Smith-Christopher, ed., Battleground: Religion, Vol. 1

(Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2009), pp. 206-211.

8. “Quality of: I. Quality of Life in Clinical Decisions,” in Bruce Jennings, ed., Encyclopedia of

Bioethics, 4th edition (Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2014), pp. 1817-

1824.

PUBLICATIONS: OP ED LETTERS/INVITED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

1. Response to Patrick G. Derr's Letter to the Editor: "Patients & Patience," Commonweal

114(February 27, 1987): 123─125.

2. Response to Carol Tauer's article: "Lives at Stake: How to Respond to a Woman's Refusal of

Cesarean Surgery When She Risks Losing Her Child or Her Life," Health Progress

73(December, 1992): 6─7.


3. “Letter to the Editor: A Response to Repenshek and Slosar,” Hastings Center Report

35(May/June 2005): 4-5. (With Thomas A. Shannon)

4. Aita, Mark; Bennett-Woods, Debra; Clark, Peter; Dubois, James; Haddad, Amy; Kuczewski,

Mark; Taylor, Carol; and Walter, James J., “Continuing the Conversation: The Vatican &

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration,” Commonweal: A Review of Religion, Politics and

Culture 136(April 24, 2009): 4-5.

5. Mark G. Kuczewski, Debra Bennett-Woods, Peter Clark, James DuBois, Amy M.

Haddad, Carol Taylor, and James J. Walter, “Jesuit Bioethics Group Endorses Health

Care Reform,” Bioethics Forum: Diverse Commentary on Issues in Bioethics. Found at:

http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=3834.

6. James J. Walter, Bennett-Woods, Debra; Clark, Peter; Dubois, James; Haddad, Amy;

Kuczewski, Mark; and Taylor, Carol “The Moral Case for Insuring the Uninsured.” Op Ed

piece published by The Hastings Center-on-Hudson (bioethics think tank in NY) and in

various other places, including the website for The Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs

(http://www.jesuitbioethics.net/files/Moral_uninsured2009.pdf).

PUBLICATIONS: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:

Contributor to the Catholic Health Association’s Harnessing the Promise of Genomics: Resources

for Catholic Health Ministry (St. Louis, MO: CHA, 2004).

BOOK REVIEWS:

1. Germain Grisez and Russell Shaw. Beyond The New Morality: The Responsibilities of

Freedom in The Thomist 38(July, 1974): 681─682.

2. William P. Frost. The Future Significance of Civilization, Nature, and Religion in The

American Ecclesiastical Review 168(September, 1974): 501.

3. Susan Teft Nicholson. Abortion and the Roman Catholic Church in Horizons: The Journal

of the College Theology Society 7(Spring, 1980): 132─134.

4. Charles E. Curran. Moral Theology: A Continuing Journey in Horizons: The Journal of the

College Theology Society 10(Spring, 1983): 183─184.

5. Brian Hebblethwaite. The Adequacy of Christian Ethics in The Heythrop Journal

25(January, 1984): 65─66.

6. Edward Batchelor, Jr., ed. Abortion: The Moral Issues in Horizons: The Journal of the

College Theology Society 10(Fall, 1983): 402─403.

http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=3834


7. Philip J. Rossi, S.J. Together Toward Hope: A Journey to Moral Theology in Horizons: The

Journal of the College Theology Society 11(Fall, 1984): 466─467.

8. Robert J. Daly, S.J. Christian Biblical Ethics: From Biblical Revelation to Contemporary

Christian Praxis: Method and Content in Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology

Society 12(Fall, 1985): 418─419.

9. John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M. and Donald Senior, C.P., eds. Biblical and Theological

Reflections on The Challenge of Peace in Worship 59(November, 1985): 551.

10. John Gallagher, C.S.B. The Basis for Christian Ethics in Religious Studies Review

12(July─October, 1986): 276.

11. James C. Livingston. Modern Christian Thought: From the Enlightenment to Vatican II in

Bibelot 2(Spring, 1987): 8.

12. James P. Hanigan. As I Have Loved You: The Challenge of Christian Ethics in Horizons:

The Journal of the College Theology Society 14(Fall, 1987): 403.

13. Wilfred Desan. The Planetary Man: Vols. I & II and Let the Future Come: Perspectives For

Planetary Peace in The Journal of Religion 69(January, 1989): 135─136.

14. Richard Grecco. A Theology of Compromise: A Study of Method in the Ethics of Charles E.

Curran in Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society 20(Spring, 1993):

188-189.

15. Thomas A. Shannon. The Ethical Theory of John Duns Scotus: A Dialogue with Medieval

and Modern Thought in Theological Studies 58(March, 1997): 198.

16. Charles E. Curran. History and Contemporary Issues: Studies in Moral Theology in The

Jurist 57(Spring 2000): 599-600.

17. Scott B. Rae and Paul M. Cox. Bioethics: A Christian Approach in a Pluralistic Age in New

Theology Review 13(May 2000): 88-89.

18. Joseph H. Howell and William Frederick Sale, editors. Life Choices: A Hastings Center

Introduction to Bioethics in Health Progress 82(January-February 2001): 54-55.

19. Charles E. Curran. Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History” in

Horizons: Journal of the College Theology Society 37(Spring 2010): 157-158.


20. Allen Verhey. Nature and Altering It. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010 in

Theological Studies 72(September 2011): 689-90.

UNPUBLISHED DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:

An Internal Criticism of Joseph Fletcher's Notion of Situation Ethics. Unpublished Ph.D.

Dissertation at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1974 (pp. lxxvi─582).

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL SYMPOSIA AND COLLOQUIA:

1. "Should the Church Be a Power Structure Today?" Georgetown University Symposium on

The Church and Social Politics, Washington, D.C., July 16, 1974.

2. "Is There a Distinctively Christian Ethic?" Georgetown University Symposium on The

Church and Social Politics, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1974.

3. "Sinful Social Structures." Symposium on Religious Education, Kansas City, Kansas,

September 20─21, 1979.

4. "Genetics and Ethics." (2 papers) Symposium on Genetic Decision Making and Pastoral Care

sponsored by the March of Dimes Charlene S. Lugar Birth Defects Grant Fund, Indianapolis,

IN., March 18, 1983.

5. "Curran's Position on the Disputed Issues." Symposium on The Case of Professor Charles E.

Curran: Issues and Implications, Loyola University of Chicago, September 22, 1986.

6. Respondent to John C. Finnis' paper "The Consistent Ethic: A Philosophical Critique" at The

Symposium on the Consistent Ethic of Life, sponsored by Loyola University of Chicago and

the Archdiocese of Chicago, November 7, 1987. The proceedings of this symposium,

including my response to Finnis' paper, have been recorded on audio and video cassettes and

sold by Sheed and Ward.

7. "Ethical Models for Understanding Euthanasia." The George R. Dunlop Symposium in

Medical Ethics ("Euthanasia: The Doctor's New Dilemma"), The Medical Center of Central

Massachusetts-Memorial Hospital, Worcester, MA, May 20, 1992.

8. "Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Its Canonical Implications." Colloquium on The Apostolic

Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae and the Ordinances Proposed for Catholic Colleges and

Universities in the United States, Loyola University of Chicago, September 22, 1993.


9. "The Relationship Between Faith and Morality: The Debate Over the Uniqueness of

Christian Morality." Invited paper by the Faculty of Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit

Leuven that was delivered at an international colloquium in Leuven, Belgium, April 25-27,

1995. This colloquium commemorated the 30th anniversary of the closing of the Second

Vatican Council.

10. "Theological Perspectives on Cancer Genetics and Gene Therapy: The Roman Catholic

Tradition." Invited plenary paper and panel presentation for the conference on "Ethical

Boundaries in Cancer Genetics: A Symposium on Ethical and Practical Issues Related to

Genetic Screening for Cancer Susceptibility and Potential Therapeutic Implications,"

sponsored by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee,

Memphis, TN, May 28, 1999.

11. "What It Means to Be Human: The Genome Project and Its Implications." Invited plenary

paper at the 85th Catholic Health Assembly "A New Horizon," sponsored by The Catholic

Health Association of the United States, San Francisco, CA, June 12, 2000.

12. "The Patient's Dignity and the Ethics of Professional Care." Invited paper for the

symposium Ethics in Chemical Dependency Treatment, jointly sponsored by Loyola

Marymount University and the Betty Ford Center, October 24, 2000.

13. “Response to Charles E. Curran.” Invited paper at the conference “The State of Bioethics:

From Seminal Works to Contemporary Explorations,” which celebrated the Thirtieth

Anniversary of The Kennedy Institute of Bioethics at Georgetown University. April 7, 2002.

14. “The Dignity of the Human Person and the ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’.” Invited keynote

speaker at the annual San Gabriel Right-to-Life League Luncheon, Pasadena, February 12,

2002.

15. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Ethical and Social Implications.” Invited paper at

a public forum sponsored by the City of Hope Cancer Center, National Medical Center and

Beckman Research Institute. Duarte, CA. June 12, 2002.

16. “Bush vs. Schiavo: Recent Ethical Issues in the Case of Terri Schiavo.” Invited panel paper

sponsored by Leadership Florida (not-for-profit Florida organization composed of over 800

of the state’s most influential civic, political and business leaders) at the University of South

Florida. Tallahassee, Florida, August 30, 2004.

17. “What Can Horizon Analysis Contribute to the ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’?” Paper presented

at the annual meeting of the Scholars’ Seminar on Cardinal Bernardin’s Consistent Ethic of

Life, Chicago, IL, November 12, 2004.

18. “Medical Bioethics, End of Life and Multi-Cultural Diversity.” Paper presented at the all

day conference at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles, November 16, 2004.


19. “Theological and Ethical Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” Paper presented

at the annual meeting of The International Forum for Catholic Bioethicists, Brussels,

Belgium, December 13, 2004.

20. “Medical Futility At The End Of Life: How Do We Care When We Can No Longer Cure?”

Paper for the Lanza Foundation in Padua, Italy, December 16, 2004.

21. “A Unique Model for Practicing Ethics Consultation: A Panel Discussion on Recent

Experiences and Developing Services in Los Angeles.” Second International Conference on

Clinical Ethics Consultation, University of Basel, Switzerland. March 18, 2005.

22. “Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Patient in Persistent Vegetative State: Pope John

Paul II and the Catholic Tradition.” Playing God: Bio-Medical Issues, Tampa, Florida,

October 5, 2005.

23. “Pluripotent Stem Cells: Some Scientific and Ethical Reflections.” Invited presentation to

the LMU Business Exchange, Hilton College of Business Administration, Loyola

Marymount University, October 26, 2005.

24. "Futile Treatment: How Do We Respond to Patients and Families Who Want Everything

Done at the End of Life?" Invited keynote paper at the conference Not Only Merely Dead,

Really Most Sincerely Dead: Ethical Issues at the Very End of Life at The Center for Health

Research at the Geisinger Clinic in Danville, PA, April 17, 2008.

25. “The Ethics of Palliative Sedation for Patients in Refractory Pain.” Invited paper at the

annual conference of the California Association for Health Services at Home

(CAHSAH), Palm Springs, CA, May 8, 2008.

26. "End-of-Life Decision-Making." Invited keynote lecture at the Pasadena Presbyterian

Church, Pasadena, CA, February 10, 2008.

27. “What Do You Mean There’s Nothing You Can Do? The Issue of Medical Futility.” Invited

paper at the annual conference of the California Association for Health Services at Home

(CAHSAH), Palm Springs, CA, May 8, 2008.

28. “End of Life Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine.” Invited paper at the End of Life Care

Workshop, Center for Healthy Communities, Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2009.

29. “The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” Invited paper by the Dean for

Assessment and Administration & Professor of Neuroscience, the Irell & Manella

Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, September 2, 2010.


30. “What Do You Mean There's Nothing Else You Can Do? The Case of Medical

Futility.” Invited paper at the Annual Bioethics Committee Conference for the Salinas

Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas, CA, September 23, 2010.

31. “Core Competencies for a Bioethics On-Call Service: Skills and Bodies of

Knowledge.” Invited paper at the Annual Bioethics Committee Conference for the

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas, CA, September 23, 2010.

32. “Religious and Cultural Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Invited paper at the Medical

Ethics Conference 2010: Ethical Issues in the End-of-Life Care at the Rockford Health

System, Rockford, IL, November 11, 2010.

33. “Journey Down the Continuum of End-of-Life Care.” Invited paper at the Medical Ethics

Conference 2010: Ethical Issues in the End-of-Life Care at the Rockford Health System,

Rockford, IL, November 11, 2010.

34. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited paper at the Rockford Health System

Conference on the End-of-Life, Rockford, IL, March 2, 2011.

35. “Religious and Cultural Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Paper presented at the California

Association for Health Services at Home 2011 Annual Conference, Ontario, CA, May 11,

2011.


Assessment and Administration & Professor of Neuroscience, the Irell & Manella Graduate

School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Cancer

Center, Duarte, CA, August 31, 2011.

37. “Educational Needs and Career Opportunities for Bioethicists.” Invited lecture by the Dean

for Assessment and Administration & Professor of Neuroscience, the Irell & Manella

Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Cancer Center for the advanced PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows, Duarte, CA,

September 1, 2011.

38. “Physician Communication: The Art and Skills of Effective Interaction with Patients.”

Invited paper to the administration, medical staff and members of the foundation board of

the Catholic Health Services of Long Island (5 medical centers and hospice unit), which

affiliates with Mount Sinai Medical School. Long Island, New York, January 25, 2012.

39. “Healthcare Reform: The Unaddressed Ethical Issues.” Paper presented at the California

Association for Health Services at Home 2012 Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, May 9,

2012.


40. The Issue of Medical Futility” Invited paper at the Walter Reed National Military

Medical Center’s 2012 Annual Healthcare Ethics Symposium: Upholding the Principles

of the Belmont Report (150 participants: combined Army & Navy Bioethics Committees,

the Department of Defense Healthcare Professionals, and Researchers from the National

Institutes of Health), Bethesda, Maryland, May 9-11, 2012.

41. “Physician Communication: What Skills Are Necessary?” Invited paper at the Walter

Reed National Military Medical Center’s 2012 Annual Healthcare Ethics Symposium:

Upholding the Principles of the Belmont Report (150 participants: combined Army &

Navy Bioethics Committees, the Department of Defense Healthcare Professionals, and

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, Maryland, May 9-11,

2012.

42. “The Process for an Ethics Consultation: How, When and Where?” Invited paper at the

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s 2012 Annual Healthcare Ethics

Symposium: Upholding the Principles of the Belmont Report (150 participants: combined

Army & Navy Bioethics Committees, the Department of Defense Healthcare

Professionals, and Researchers from the National Institutes of Health), Bethesda,

Maryland, May 9-11, 2012.

43. “How Can We Improve Communication Skills Between Physicians, Nurses and Patient?”

Invited paper presented to the Medical Executive Committee Leadership Retreat

Conference for Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, Terranea

Resort, Palos Verdes, CA, August 4, 2012.

44. “Ethical Issues Raised by Modern Scientific Technologies: Genetic Enhancement,

Human Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Animals Containing Human

Material.” Invited paper by the Dean for Assessment and Administration & Professor of

Neuroscience, the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman

Research Institute of the City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, August 30, 2012.

45. “The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on the Future of Medicine.” Invited paper at the

Annual Conference of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America,

Washington, D.C., August 15, 2014.

46. “The Affordable Care Act: An Overview.” Invited paper at the Annual Conference for

the Association for Orthotists and Prosthetists, Las Vegas, NV, September 7, 2014.

47. “Religious Sensitivity in End-of-Life Issues.” Invited lecture at the 2015 Spring Ethics

Symposium at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, May 13,

2015.


48. The Affordable Care Act: An Ethical Update.” Invited lecture at the 2015 Spring Ethics

Symposium at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, May 14,

2015.

49. “The Issue of Medical Futility and the Need for Family Conferences.” Invited lecture in

the Spring Review in Internal Medicine at Richmond University Medical Center, Staten

Island, NY, May 20, 2015.

50. “What Happened to Bedside Manners! A Primer on Physician-Patient Communication.”

Invited lecture at the Christus Santa Rosa Ethics Symposium, San Antonio, October 1,

2015.

51. “Demands for Medically Futile Treatments and the Caregiver’s Moral Distress.” The

First Annual Ron Marconi, MD Bioethics Lecture. Kaweah Delta Medical Center,

Visalia, CA, December 16, 2015.

52. “Different Moral Languages and Ethical Framework: The Case of Jodie and Mary.”

Invited Keynote Address at “Symposium: Contemporary Issues in Bioethics,” Fresno,

CA, March 18, 2016.

53. “Religious Traditions and End-of-Life Decisions.” Invited lecture at “Symposium:

Contemporary Issues in Bioethics,” Fresno, CA, March 18, 2016.

54. “Ethical Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship: Dr. Welby vs. Dr. House.”

Invited Charles T. Munger Distinguished Speaker, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Los

Angeles, CA, January 22, 2020.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT UNIVERSITIES, CONFERENCES, AND IN LECTURE SERIES:

1. "The Theology of Revolution." Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ, September 2, 1971.

2. "The Ethics of Death and Dying." Programs and Lectures Series at St. Meinrad School of

Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, March 1976.

3. "The Distinctiveness of Christian Morality." Programs and Lectures Series at St. Meinrad

School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, March 1978.

4. "Foundations of Medical-Moral Decisionmaking" (2 papers) and "The Ethics of In Vitro

Fertilization and Embryo Transfer" (2 papers). Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, April

20, 1979.

5. "The Theological and Ethical Implications of the U.S. Bishops' Peace Pastoral." Programs

and Lectures Series at St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, October 18, 1983.


6. "The Role of Experience in Medical-Moral Decisionmaking," "The Role of Judgment in

Medical-Moral Decisionmaking," and "Medical-Moral Decisionmaking and the Natural

Law." Annual Systemwide Conference for Ethics Consultants of The Holy Cross Health

System, Denver, CO, March 4─5, 1986.

7. "Allowing to Die: A Bio-ethical Issue." Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society

of America, Chicago, IL, June 13, 1986.

8. "The Withdrawal of Nutrition and Hydration from Patients in a 'Persistent Vegetative State':

Two Selected Issues." Theology Department Colloquium, Loyola University of Chicago,

September 10, 1986.

9. "The Meaning of 'Quality of Life' as a Criterion in Forgoing or Withdrawing Medical

Treatment." Annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Duke University, January

16, 1988.

10. "Recent Developments in Fundamental Moral Theology: The Choice and Use of Sources for

Normative Analysis." Annual meeting of the National Consultation of Moral Theologians,

University of Notre Dame, June 12, 1989.

11. "The Patient in a Persistent Vegetative State and the Withdrawal of Nutrition and Hydration:

A New Form of Medical Euthanasia?" College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, October 15,

1990.

12. "The Ethics of Euthanasia: A Roman Catholic Perspective." Marmion Abbey Lecture Series,

Aurora, IL, April 14, 1991.

13. "Ethical Considerations in the Care of Cancer Patients." Conference on Oncology,

sponsored by The American International Hospital, Gurnee, IL, April 16, 1991.

14. "The Moral Perspectives on Active Euthanasia." The Annual Meeting of the Catholic

Theological Society of America, Atlanta, GA, June 13, 1991.

15. "Proportionalism: Method or Menace?" The Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological

Society of America, Atlanta, GA, June 14, 1991.

16. "Theological Parameters: Catholic Doctrine on Abortion in a Pluralist Society." Presented at

the St. Louis University Conference on Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary

Discussion Within the Catholic Tradition, St. Louis University, March 11-13, 1993.

17. "The Role of Images and the Moral Imagination in Ethical Decision Making." Presentation

in the lecture series for the Ethics Fellows and members of the Advisory Board of the Center

for Ethics Across the University, Loyola University of Chicago, March 22, 1993.


18. "Moral Imagination." Presentation in the lecture series for the Ethics Fellows and members

of the Advisory Board of the Center for Ethics Across the University, Loyola University of

Chicago, October 12, 1993.

19. "The Theological Parameters of the Catholic Position on Abortion." Ethics Faculty of the

Theology Department, Loyola University of Chicago, February 21, 1994.

20. "The Role of Authority in the Discovery of Moral Truth." Annual Meeting of the Catholic

Theological Society of America, Baltimore, MD, June 10, 1994.

21. "Did Einstein Know Anything That John Paul II Does Not Know?: Discussions On How We

Know." Presented at a lecture series sponsored by the Center for Faith and Culture, Loyola

University of Chicago, February 1, 1995.

22. "What Do I Need To Know To Study Bioethics? Models of Graduate Programs in Medical

Ethics in Contemporary U.S. Universities." Paper delivered at St. Louis University on

March 9, 1995, which was co-sponsored by the Graduate School, the Center for Health Care

Ethics, the Department of Philosophy, and the Department of Theological Studies at St.

Louis University.

23. "The Notion of 'Purposefulness' in the Context of Quality-of-Life Judgments." Centrum

voor Bio-Medische Ethiek en Recht at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, April

26, 1995.

24. "Intrinsic Evil: The Tradition, The Debate, and Some Effort at Resolution." Annual meeting

of the Catholic Theological Society of America, New York City, NY, June 10, 1995.

25. "'Playing God' or Properly Exercising Human Responsibility? Some Theological Reflections

on the Human Genome Project." The John Cardinal Cody Annual Lectureship presented at

Loyola University Chicago, October 1, 1996.

26. "Theological Presuppositions and Human Genetic Therapies." Presented at a lecture series

sponsored by the Center for Faith and Culture, Loyola University of Chicago, March 24,

1997.

27. "Created in Our Own Image? A Theological Reflection on the Future Developments in

Human Genetics." The Annual Thomas Lectureship at St. Meinrad Seminary (College &

School of Theology), April 10, 1997.

28. "Genetic Therapy: A Catholic Perspective." Keynote address delivered at the Religion and

Medical Ethics Conference at Duquesne University, May 14, 1997.


29. "Theological Issues in Human Germ-Line Therapy." Annual Meeting of the Catholic

Theological Society of America in Minneapolis, June 7, 1997.

30. "Theological and Moral Problems Concerning Human Gene Transfer." Invited paper and 2

panel discussions presented at the international conference on genetics "Genes the World

Over" in Loccum, Germany on October 10, 1997.

31. "The Human Cloning Issue: Is Science Going Too Far?" Invited paper and panel discussion

at The Institute for the Study of Science and Values of Benedictine University in Lisle, IL on

November 14-15, 1997.

32. "Response to the Plenary Address Delivered by Hubert Doucet." Annual Meeting of the

Catholic Theological Society of America in Ottawa, Canada, June 13, 1998.

33. "Follow-Up Seminar for Hubert Doucet's Plenary Address." Annual Meeting of the Catholic

Theological Society of America in Ottawa, Canada, June 14, 1998.

34. "Foundations of Contemporary Bioethics? The State of the Question." Spring Christian

Ethics Colloquium, Loyola University Chicago, April 14, 1999.

35. "Reproductive Technologies──Promise or Peril? An Examination of the Medical and Ethical

Issues Surrounding the Once Simple Act of Human Conception," The Sr. Marguerite Green

Lecture, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, April 25, 1999.

36. "The Engineering and Patenting of Human Genes: Theological Considerations." Annual

Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, in Miami, June 12, 1999.

37. "The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide." Biology Seminar Series, Loyola Marymount

University, September 28, 1999.

38. "Made in Our Image? Some Reflections on the Human Genome Project." Barat College,

Lake Forest, IL, November 4, 1999.

39. "Foundationalism vs Nonfoundationalism in Contemporary Bioethics: The State of the

Question." Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics Pacific Section, California

State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, February 11, 2000.

40. "The Human Genome Project and the Engineering of the Human: Some Theological

Contributions to the Ethical Debate." Inaugural Austin & Ann O'Malley Lecture at Loyola

Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, March 23, 2000.

41. "Cloning Human Beings: ‘Playing God’ or Responsible Parenthood?" President's Day at

Loyola Marymount University, March 25, 2000.


42. "The Human Genome Project and the Engineering of the Human: Some Theological

Contributions to the Ethical and Legal Debates." Paper presented to Loyola Marymount

University Law School, Los Angeles, CA, April 5, 2000.

43. "Christian Perspectives on Medical Ethics." Lecture presented at the University of Judaism,

Los Angeles, CA, May 3, 2000.

44. "Pluripotent Stem Cell Research: A Descriptive and Critical Analysis." Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of The Catholic Theological Society of America, San José, CA, June 10,

2000.

45. "Global Trends: Plants, Animals, Humans──The Prospects of Developments in Genetic

Engineering." Invited paper at the international symposium "Dialogue Among Civilizations"

connected to Expo 2000 (World's Fair) in Hanover, Germany. September 21, 2000.

46. “The Bioengineering of Planet Earth: How to Encourage Students to Raise Ethical and

Theological Questions About the Genetic Engineering of Plants, Animals and Humans.”

Presented to the Principals and Presidents of Catholic High Schools and Colleges Forum.

Loyola Marymount University, March 14, 2001.

47. “The Roman Catholic Tradition & Contemporary Genetics.” Invited keynote address at the

symposium Designer Genes: Medical Ethics and the New Genetics, co-sponsored by Loyola

University of Chicago and the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, IL. March 25,

2001.

48. “Reflections on the Human Genome Project from the Perspective of the Roman Catholic

Church.” 2001 Human Genome Odyssey Conference: The Science, Business, Law and Ethics

of Engineering Human Life. Sponsored by the University of Akron and Northeastern Ohio

Universities College of Medicine, Akron, Ohio. April 6, 2001.

49. “The Human Genome Project: What Are The Ethical Implications?” Glendale Community

College, Glendale, CA. May 2, 2001.

50. “Issues in Medical Ethics from a Catholic Perspective.” Invited paper at the Chikushi

Jogakuen University (Japan)–Loyola Marymount University Conference. Loyola

Marymount University, September 11, 2001.

51. “Bioengineering: The Remaking of Planet Earth?” Invited by Dean Chan to present this

lecture as the Bellarmine College Dean’s Lecture. October 16, 2001.

52. “The Roman Catholic Perspective on the Ethics of Terminal Sedation.” Invited paper at a

conference on “The End of Life Care” at Loma Linda University. March 13, 2002.


53. “The New Genetics: Where Do We Go From Here?” Invited plenary paper delivered at the

National Christ Child Convention, Pasadena, CA. April 20, 2002.

54. “The Bioengineering of Planet Earth: Some Scientific, Moral & Theological

Considerations.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of The Catholic Theological

Society of America, Philadelphia, June 7, 2002.

55. “Medical Futility and California Law.” Invited paper delivered to the medical and nursing

staffs at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 2002.

56. “The Human Genome Project: Theological Beliefs and Moral Judgment.” President’s Day

Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, March 22, 2003.

57. "Religious Beliefs and Human Genetic Engineering: The Quest for Informed Moral

Judgment." Invited Keynote Paper at the Second Annual Conference on Ethical, Social and

Moral Implications of Human Genetic Engineering. The University of the Incarnate Word,

San Antonio, TX, March 29, 2003.

58. “An Ethical Agenda for Human Genetic Engineering.” Invited paper at the Second Annual

Conference on Ethical, Social and Moral Implications of Human Genetic Engineering. The

University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, March 30, 2003.

59. “Stem Cell Research from the Perspective of the Roman Catholic Tradition.” Invited paper

at Duquesne University’s Conference on Stem Cell Research: Science, Religion, and Ethics,

Pittsburgh, PA, November 6, 2003.


Project and The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Medical Treatment at the End of Life.” Invited

symposium paper presented at Chikushi Jogakuen University, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.

November 17, 2003.

61. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Roman Catholic Perspective.” Invited paper

delivered to the faculty at Marymount College, Palos Verdes, CA, March 1, 2004.

62. “The Human Genome Project: What Can Theological Reflection Contribute to the Ethics of

Genetic Medicine?” The David H. Meid Visiting Mentor Lecture at Marymount College,

Palos Verdes, CA, March 3, 2004.

63. “Religious Beliefs & the Human Genome Project: The Contribution of Religion to

Genetic Medicine,” Inaugural Lecture of The Centre for Ethics, Carlow College, Carlow,

Ireland. April 2, 2004.

64. "Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Challenges of the New Medical

Frontier." Invited paper at the University of San Diego, June 26, 2004.


65. “Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision Making.” Invited paper at the Symposium

on End-of-Life Care and Pain Management, Carlow College, Ireland, October 16, 2004.

66. "Pluripotent Stem Cell Research: Should Ethical Considerations Determine the Agenda for

Medical Research?” Invited paper to the General Clinical Research Center's Seminar, Wake

Forest University Medical Center, Salem/Winston, North Carolina, November 3, 2004.

67. “The Ethics of Stem Cell Research & the Scientist’s Role in Shaping Public Policy.” Invited

paper to the faculty and graduate students in all programs of science at Wake Forest

University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 4, 2004.

68. “So What’s the Problem with Embryonic Stem Cell Research? Some Theological and Ethical

Reflections from the Roman Catholic Tradition.” Invited paper at Loyola University

Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, November 11, 2004.


presented to the Faculties of Medicine, Philosophy and Theology at Katholieke Universiteit

Leuven, Belgium, December 10, 2004.

70. “Cardinal Bernardin’s Consistent Ethic of Life: Moral Stance as an Interpretative

Framework.” Paper at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Section of the Society of Christian

Ethics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February 18, 2005.


at St. Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME, October 20, 2005.

72. “Pluripotent Stem Cells: Some Scientific and Ethical Reflections.” Invited presentation

to the LMU Business Exchange, Hilton College of Business Administration, Loyola

Marymount University, October 26, 2005.

73. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Christian Perspective.” Invited

paper and Templeton Grant Symposium Views of Life and Death in Pure Land Buddhism

and the Natural Sciences at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, November 17-18, 2005.

74. “Stem Cell Research from the Perspective of the Roman Catholic Tradition.” Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Section of the Society of Christian Ethics,

Loyola Marymount University, February 17, 2006.

75. “Human Gene Transfer: What Are The Contributions Of Theological Anthropology?”

Paper presented at the international conference Catholic Theological Ethics in the World

Church: The First International Crosscultural Conference for Catholic Theological

Ethicists, Padua, Italy, July 9, 2006.


76. “The Issue of Medical Futility.” Invited paper at The Pain Management and End-of-Life

Symposium, Pacific Palms Conference Resort, CA, September 9, 2006.

77. "Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life." Invited paper at

the First Annual Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium, Westin Hotel, Los Angeles, CA,

September 19, 2006.

78. “The Ethics of Palliative Care.” Invited paper at the Global Ethics and Religion Forum’s

Conference Pain and Terminal Illness: The Ethics of Medical Care from Multi-Religious

Perspectives, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, October 20, 2006.

79. “Pluripotent Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine.” Invited lecture to The

World President’s Organization,” Loyola Marymount University, October 26, 2006.

80. “An American Perspective on Medical Futility at the End of Life.” Paper presented to

the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of the Centrum voor Biomedische Ethiek en

Recht at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, December 8, 2006.

81. “2007 Annual Austin & Ann O’Malley Lecture: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research:

A Catholic Perspective.” Paper presented at Loyola Marymount University, March 21,

2007.

82. “Reflections on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Bioethical Perspective.”

Invited paper at University of California, Los Angeles, sponsored by the Los Angeles

Gerontology Research Group at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 2007.

83. “An Application of Bernard Lonergan’s Horizon Analysis to Cardinal Bernardin’s

‘Consistent Ethic of Life’.” Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Fallon Memorial

Lonergan Symposium, Loyola Marymount University, April 13, 2007.

84. “A Catholic Perspective on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” Invited paper to the

faculty of Loyola Marymount University in the President’s Institute XI, May 16, 2007.

85. “An Overview of Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Theological Bioethics. Invited paper at the annual

meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Los Angeles, CA, June 10,

2007.

86. “A Critical Analysis of Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Theological Bioethics from the Perspective of

a Clinical Bioethicist.” Invited paper at the annual meeting of The Catholic Theological

Society of America, Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 2007.

87. “Religious Beliefs and the Human Genome Project: The Contributions of Religion to

Genetic Medicine.” Invited paper for the Institut für Moraltheologie, Universität

Wien,Vienna, Austria, November 15, 2007.



Project and The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Medical Treatment at the End of Life,” “Human

Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Christian Perspective,” and “Human

Germline Therapy: The Intersections Between Science and the Roman Catholic

Religion.” Three invited papers presented at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan,

November 30, 2007.

89. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Perspective.” Invited paper for the

Annual Thomas Endowed Lecture at St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN,

March 27, 2008.

90. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Perspective.” Invited paper at

Marian College, Indianapolis, IN, April 10, 2008.

91. “Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Catholic Perspective.” Invited paper at Seattle

University, Seattle, WA, October 22, 2008.

92. “Ethics and Theology.” Invited paper at the Conference on Science Matters: Your

Genes: Choice or Chance? The California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA, October

25, 2008.

93. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Perspective.” Paper presented at the

University of Dallas, Rome, Italy, November 12, 2008.

94. “Methodology of the ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’: The Contributions of Horizon Analysis.”

Invited paper at the Consistent Ethic of Life Conference, Chicago, IL, December 4, 2008.

95. "What Do You Mean There's Nothing Else You Can Do? The Issue of Medical Futility."

Invited paper at the Hospital Association of Southern California Annual Conference

Palliative Care–The Business and Clinical Case, Burbank, CA, January 15, 2009.

96. “Washington State’s Initiative 1000 on Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Catholic

Analysis.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Section of the Society of

Christian Ethics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, February 20, 2009.

97. “An Overview of the Vatican Instruction Dignitas Personae.” Paper presented at the

symposium The Vatican Instruction on Bioethics: An Ecumenical Symposium on

‘Dignitas Personae,’ Loyola Marymount University, March 18, 2009.

98. “The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration From Patients in a

Permanent Vegetative State.” Invited paper at the 2009 Annual Conference of the

California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH), San Diego, CA, May 8,

2009.


99. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients in PVS: The Case of

Terri Schiavo.” Invited paper at the Annual Bioethics Conference at the Rockford Health

System, Rockford, IL, May 13, 2009.


Academic Affairs & Professor of Neuroscience, the Graduate School of Biological

Sciences Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, September 4,

2009.

101. “Medical Futility: Its Origins, Definition and Legal Implications.” Invited paper at the

Citrus Valley Conference on Bioethics, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,

CA, September 19, 2009.

102. "Medical Futility: The Ethical and Legal Issues." Invited paper at Loyola Law School,

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, March 3, 2010.

103. “The 2010 Austin & Ann O’Malley Lecture in Bioethics: Health Care Reform: The

Ethical Debate.” Paper presented at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA,

March 9, 2010.

104. “Has the Teaching on Ordinary and Extraordinary Treatments Changed?” Paper

presented at the Second Conference of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church,

"In the Currents of History: From Trent to the Future." Trent, Italy, July 25, 2010.

105. 2011 Annual Austin & Ann O’Malley Lecture: “The Role of Religion and Culture in

End-of-Life Decision-Making: Some Bioethical Reflections.” Loyola Marymount

University, Los Angeles, CA, March 15, 2011.

106. “The Importance of Addressing Religious Traditions in End-of-Life Clinical Decisions.”

Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation

at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 20, 2011.

107. "Healthcare Reform in the United States: Some of the Unaddressed Ethical Issues."

Invited paper by the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Katholieke

Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and by the Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics

and Law, Leuven, Belgium. Presented to the faculty and students on May 23, 2011.

108. “The Human Genome Project from the Perspective of the Roman Catholic Tradition.”

Paper presented at the symposium at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, entitled

Intersections between Science, Ethics and Religion: A Dialogue between Shin

Buddhism and the Roman Catholic Tradition. May 28, 2012.


109. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Christian Perspective.” Paper

presented at the symposium at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, entitled

Intersections between Science, Ethics and Religion: A Dialogue between Shin

Buddhism and the Roman Catholic Tradition May 28, 2012.

110. “The Intersections Between Science, Morality and Religion: The Catholic Bioethical

Tradition from an Historical Perspective.” Paper presented at the symposium at

Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, entitled Intersections between Science, Religion

& Ethics: A Dialogue between Shin Buddhism and the Roman Catholic Tradition May

28, 2012.

111. “Advanced Directives and End-of-Life Care." Invited paper by Professor Samir

Chatterjee of Claremont Graduate School Claremont, Claremont, CA, March 31, 2012.

112. Invited paper at Loyola Law School’s Symposium on “Aid in Dying: A Legal and

Ethical Discussion About an End-of-Life Option,” Los Angeles, CA, April 10, 2012.

113. "Healthcare Reform in the United States: Five Ethical Elephants in the Room.” Invited

paper for The 2012 Bellarmine Forum titled Health Now: Questions, Controversy, and

the Promise of Prevention, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, October

31, 2012.

114. “Healthcare Reform in the United States: The Status Quaestionis of the Ethical

Debate.” Paper presented in The Jerusalem Forum for Bioethics at the Hebrew

University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, November

14, 2012.

115. "Intersections between Science, Ethics and Religion: An Analytic and Diachronic

Study of the Catholic Bioethical Tradition." Paper presented for the 2013 Annual

Austin & Ann O’Malley Lecture in Bioethics, Loyola Marymount University, Los

Angeles, CA, March 18, 2013.

116. “The Affordable Care Act: An Overview.” Invited Paper presented at the 2014 Hanger

Education Fair, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 7, 2014.

117. “The Ethics of Palliative Sedation for Patients Dying in Refractory Pain.” Invited

paper at the 2014 Annual Spring Ethics Symposium, Walter Reed National Military

Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, June 4, 2014.

118. “The Affordable Care Act: An Overview.” Invited paper presented at the 2014 Annual

Spring Ethics Symposium, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda,

MD, June 5, 2014.


119. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited paper to the Faculty of St. Meinrad

School of Theology for their Study Day, New Harmony, IN, September 25, 2014.

120. “Ethical Issues Raised by Modern Scientific Technologies: Human Cloning, Embryonic

Stem Cell Research and Animals Containing Human Material.” Invited paper to the

Faculty of St. Meinrad School of Theology for their Study Day, New Harmony, IN,

September 26, 2014.

121. “Intersections Between Science, Religion and Ethics: An Analytic and Diachronic

Study of the Catholic Bioethical Tradition.” Invited paper to the Faculty of St.

Meinrad School of Theology for their Study Day, New Harmony, IN, September 26,

2014.

122. “The Human Genome Project: Religious Reflection Informing Ethics.” Invited paper

to the Faculty of St. Meinrad School of Theology for their Study Day, New Harmony,

IN, September 26, 2014.

123. “The Affordable Care Act: The Ongoing Debate in the United States About

‘Obamacare’.” Invited Keynote paper in the Intensive Course on Contemporary Ethical

Issues regarding Choices in Health Care “Justice and Priority Setting in Health Care” in

the Erasmus Mundus Master’s of Bioethics Program at the University of Leuven,

Belgium, October 2014.

124. “Religious Traditions and End-of-Life Decisions.” Invited lecture at Towson

University, Towson, MD, October 9, 2015.

125. “What Happened to Bedside Manners? A Primer on Physician-Patient

Communication.” Inaugural Ethics Lecture at Christus Santa Rosa Health System, San

Antonio, TX, October 1, 2015.

126. “The Issue of Medical Futility.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of The

American College of CHEST Physicians, Montreal, Canada, October 27, 2015.

127. “Religious and Cultural Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Paper presented at the

annual meeting of The American College of CHEST Physicians, Los Angeles, CA,

October 22, 2016.

128. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited paper at the 70th Annual Koppa

Conference, Hunt, TX, August 5, 2017. (Critical Care-Pulmonary Conference)

129. “The Importance of Addressing Religious & Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Clinical

Decisions.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of The American College of

CHEST Physicians, Toronto, Canada, October 2017.


130. “Hospital Bioethics Committees: Fundamentals and Functions.” Invited lecture for the

graduate students in the Masters in Health and Business Administration program at Fort

Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, December 13, 2017.

131. “Hospital Bioethics Committees: Fundamentals and Functions.” Invited lecture for the

graduate students in the Masters in Health and Business Administration program at Fort

Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, November 7, 2018.

PRESENTATIONS AT BIOETHICS GRAND ROUNDS CONFERENCES: PARTIAL LIST

OF OVER 360 LECTURES:

1. "Food and Water: An Ethical Burden." Medical Grand Rounds at Edward Hines, Jr.

Veterans Administration Hospital in Maywood, IL, March 13, 1987.

2. "Hemiplegia and Aphasia: How Much Is Too Much and When?" Ethics Grand Rounds

Conference sponsored by the Department of Neurology and the Medical Humanities

Program at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, IL, November 3,

1989.

3. "Ethical Issues in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology." Medical Grand Rounds

sponsored by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mt. Sinai Hospital and

Medical Center, Chicago, IL, August 15, 1990.

4. “What Constitutes ‘Decision Making Capacity’?” Bioethics Grand Rounds at St. Francis

Medical Center, Lynwood, CA. November 28, 2001.

5. “Quality-of-Life Judgments and Clinical Decision Making.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Pomona Valley Medical Center, Pomona, CA. February 26, 2002.

6. “Issues at the End of Life: Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. March 19, 2002.

7. Ground Rounds to resident physicians at White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles,

CA. March 19, 2002.

8. “Medical Ground Rounds.” White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. March

19, 2002.

9. “Issues and Procedures for a Bioethics Consultation.” Bioethics Grand Rounds at St.

Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA. May 22, 2002.


10. “When Is It Permissible to Withdraw Medical Treatment? Ethical & Legal Perspectives.”

Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA on

June 1, 2002.


Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at California Medical Center of Los Angeles on

August 10, 2002.

12. “Issues in Palliative Care: Terminal Sedation.” Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs

at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA on June 1, 2002.


at California Medical Center of Los Angeles on August 10, 2002.

14. “Medical Futility and California Law.” Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at St.

Vincent’s Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 2002.

15. “When Treatment Can No Longer Benefit the Patient: The Case of Medical Futility.”

Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA on

June 1, 2002.


Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at California Medical Center of Los Angeles on

August 10, 2002.

17. “The Case of Medical Futility.” Bioethics Grand Rounds at St. Francis Medical Center,

Lynwood, CA. November 13, 2002.

18. “The Case of Jodie and Mary.” Bioethics Grand Rounds at Hoag Memorial Medical

Center, Newport Beach, CA, May 29, 2003.

19. Bioethics Grand Rounds, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA. April 3, 2003.


Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center,

Hawthorne, CA, June 14, 2003.


at Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne. June 14, 2003.


Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center,

Hawthorne, June 14, 2003.


23. “Medical Futility at the end of Life: How Can We Care When We No Longer?” Bioethics

Grand Rounds at Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Medical Center, Long Beach, CA. June

17, 2003.

24. “The Meaning of AMedical Futility.” Bioethics Grand Rounds, St. Francis Medical

Center, Lywood, CA. July 15, 2003.

25. “Quality-of-Life Judgments and Clinical Decision-Making.” Lecture to the medical and

nursing staffs at California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. July 17, 2003.

26. “The Just Allocation of Health Care: Distributive Justice & Human Rights.” Lecture to

the medical and nursing staffs at California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

July 17, 2003.

27. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Scientific, Ethical and Legal Issues.” Lecture to

the medical and nursing staffs at California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

July 17, 2003.

28. “Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision Making.” Bioethics Grand Rounds at St.

Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA. September 4, 2003.


at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, November 1, 2003.

30. When Treatment Can No Longer Benefit the Patient: The Case of Medical Futility.@

Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at Los Robles Regional Medical Center,

Thousand Oaks, CA, November 1, 2003.


Lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at Los Robles Regional Medical Center,

Thousand Oaks, CA, November 1, 2003.

32. “Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision Making.” Bioethics Grand Rounds at

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Woodland Hills, CA. December 3, 2003.

33. “The Case of Jodie & Mary: Models of Moral Reasoning.” Lecture at the Symposium

on Pain Management & the Care of Terminally Ill and Dying Patients: Medical,

Ethical & Legal Perspectives. Loyola Marymount University, February 7, 2004.

34. “Duties to the Terminally Ill and Dying: The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Medical

Treatment.” Lecture at the Symposium on Pain Management & the Care of

Terminally Ill and Dying Patients: Medical, Ethical & Legal Perspectives. Loyola

Marymount University, February 7, 2004.


35. “Issues in Palliative Care: Terminal Sedation.” Lecture at the Symposium on Pain

Management & the Care of Terminally Ill and Dying Patients: Medical, Ethical &

Legal Perspectives. Loyola Marymount University, February 7, 2004.

36. “Issues at the End of Life: Medical Futility.” Lecture at the Symposium on Pain



37. “When Is It Permissible to Withdraw Medical Treatment? Ethical & Legal

Perspectives.” Lecture at the Symposium on Clinical Issues in Bioethics to the medical

and nursing staffs at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA,

February 21,2004; Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne, March 6, 2004;

and St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, January 31, 2004.

38. “Issues in Palliative Care: Terminal Sedation.” Lecture at the Symposium on Clinical

Issues in Bioethics to the medical and nursing staffs at Los Robles Regional Medical

Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, February 21,2004; Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center,

Hawthorne, March 6, 2004; and St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, January 31,

2004.


Lecture at the Symposium on Clinical Issues in Bioethics to the medical and nursing

staffs at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, February 21,2004;

Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne, March 6, 2004; and St. Vincent

Medical Center, Los Angeles, January 31, 2004.

40. “Why Should I Listen to My Patient’s Preferences? Thoughts on Informed Consent in

the ICU.” St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, March 29, 2004.

41. “The Case of Jodie & Mary: How Shall We Think About Moral Dilemmas at the End

of Life?” Lecture at the Symposium on Clinical Issues in Bioethics to the medical and

nursing staffs at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, October

30, 2004; Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne, September 4, 2004; and St.

Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, April 24, 2004.

42. “Quality-of-Life Judgments and Clinical Decision Making.” Lecture at the

Symposium on Clinical Issues in Bioethics to the medical and nursing staffs at Los

Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, October 30, 2004; Robert F.

Kennedy Medical Center, Hawthorne, September 4, 2004; and St. Vincent Medical

Center, Los Angeles, April 24, 2004.

43. “What Constitutes Decision-Making Capacity for Patients?” Invited lecture to the

medical and nursing staffs at West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, August

13, 2004.


44. “Advanced Directives and Medical Decision Making.” Invited lecture to the medical

and nursing staffs at Daniel Freeman Hospital, Marina del Rey, CA. September 24,

2004.

45. “End-of-Life Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine.” Invited lecture at the West

Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, October 22, 2004.

46. “End of Life: Dying with Comfort.” Invited lecture at Centinela Hospital Medical

Center, Inglewood, CA. November 23, 2004.

47. “Medical Futility at the End of Life.” Invited lecture at Kaiser Permanente in

Anaheim Hills, CA. December 1, 2004.

48. Visiting Scholar in Bioethics at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC,

November 1-4, 2004. Delivered 2 lectures to the medical staff of the medical center

and to students.

49. “Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at Kaiser

Permanente Woodland Hill Medical Center, October 6, 2004.

50. “Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical, nursing, administrative and research

staffs at Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,

November 2, 2004.

51. “Issues in the Forgoing/Withdrawing of Medical Treatment.” Invited lecture to the

medical, nursing, administrative and research staffs at Wake Forest University

Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 4, 2004.

52. “Issues Related to Ethics and Professionalism.” Invited lecture to the Interns and

Resident Physicians at Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North

Carolina, November 4, 2004.

53. “Artificial Nutrition & Hydration and the Patient in Persistent Vegetative State: Pope

John Paul II and the Catholic Tradition.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at St.

Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, November 29, 2004.

54. “Medical Futility.” Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Anaheim, Anaheim, CA,

December 1, 2004.

55. “The Ethics of Palliative Care.” Invited lecture at Huntington Beach Hospital and

Medical Center, Huntington Beach, CA, February 3, 2005.

56. “The Case of Jodie & Mary: Models of Moral Reasoning.” Lecture at the Symposium


on Pain Management & the Care of Terminally Ill and Dying Patients: Medical,

Ethical & Legal Perspectives. Loyola Marymount University, February 5, 2005.

57. “Duties to the Terminally Ill and Dying: The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Medical

Treatment.” Lecture at the Symposium on Pain Management & the Care of

Terminally Ill and Dying Patients: Medical, Ethical & Legal Perspectives. Loyola

Marymount University, February 5, 2005.

58. “Issues in Palliative Care: Terminal Sedation.” Lecture at the Symposium on Pain



59. “Issues at the End of Life: Medical Futility.” Lecture at the Symposium on Pain



60. "Responsibilities of the Physician to the Patient at the End of Life." "Medical Futility

and The Implications of Writing a DNR Order." "What Is Ethics Anyway? The Ethics

of Medical Practice." Invited lectures to the medical and nursing staffs at St. Vincent

Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 2005.

61. “Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Patient in Persistent Vegetative State: Pope

John Paul II and the Catholic Tradition.” Invited lecture to transplant surgeons at St.

Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, April 2, 2005.

62. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.” Invited lecture to the medical

staff at Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, CA, May 18, 2005.

63. “Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Marina del Rey, CA, June 2, 2005.

64. “A Retrospective View of the Terri Schiavo Case: What Have We Learned?”

Bioethics Grand Rounds at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, June 13, 2005.

65. “Forgoing or Withdrawing of Treatment at the End of Life.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 2005.

66. “Theological and Ethical Issues in Genetic Medicine.” Invited lecture to the Ethical,

Legal and Social Implications Committee of the St. Joseph Health System, Orange,

CA, June 19, 2005.

67. “What Do We Do When Patients Cannot Make Their Own Decisions? Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, July 21,

2005.


68. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients in PVS: The

Case of Terri Schiavo.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Fountain Valley

Regional Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA, July 29, 2005.

69. “Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA, August 10, 2005

70. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients in PVS: The

Case of Terri Schiavo.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Glendale Adventist

Medical Center, Glendale, CA, September 28, 2005.

71. “What Constitutes Decision-Making Capacity for Patients? Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Sherman Oaks Medical Center, Sherman Oaks, CA, September 29,

2005.

72. “Physicians and Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Centinela

Freeman Regional Medical Center, Inglewood, CA, October 11, 2005.

73. “End-of-Life Decisions: Advanced Directives & the Forgoing/Withdrawing of

Medical Treatment.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Kindred Hospital,

Westminster, CA, October 12, 2005.

74. “Ethics of the Human Genome Project.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Burbank, CA, October 25, 2005.

75. “Advanced Directives: Why Should I Make My Wishes Known?” Invited lecture to

the medical staff at Los Robles Medical Center, Los Robles, CA, October 29, 2005.

76. “The PVS Patient and the Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at Los Robles Medical Center, Los Robles, CA, October

29, 2005.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Foothill Presbyterian Medical Center, Glendora,

CA, November 2, 2005.

78. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients in PVS: The Case of

Terri Schiavo.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso,

Texas, December 1, 2005.

79. “What Do You Mean There Is Nothing Else We Can Do? The Issue of Medical

Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital,

Marina del Rey, CA, January 6, 2006.



Bioethics Grand Rounds, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, January 30,

2006.

81. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition & Hydration from Patients in PVS: Terri

Schiavo Case.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Doctors Medical Center San

Pablo Campus, San Pablo, CA, January 31, 2006.

82. “End-of-Life Decision Making in Clinical Medicine.” Invited lecture to the medical

staff at Glendale Memorial Medical Center, Glendale, CA, March 13, 2006.

83. “The Ethics of Palliative Care.” Invited lecture in the Symposium on Pain

Management to the medical staff at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, April

22, 2006.

84. “Models of Moral Reasoning: The Case of Jodie and Mary.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Freedman Memorial Medical Center, Inglewood, CA, April 24, 2006.

85. “What Do You Mean, There’s Nothing Else We Can Do? The Issue of Medical

Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Foothill Presbyterian Hospital,

Glendora, CA, April 25, 2006.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Covina, CA, May

2, 2006.

87. “Potential Threats to Catholic Health Care Identity: The Terri Schiavo Case &

Euthanasia, The Human Genome Project, and Pluripotent Stem Cell Research.” Three

lectures to the Board Members of The Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Palm

Springs, CA, May 6, 2006.

88. “Ethical Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship.” Invited lecture to the medical

staff at St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA, May 9, 2006.

89. “Pluripotent Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Centinela-Freeman Medical Center, Centinela Campus, Inglewood,

CA, May 30, 2006.

90. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Nine Ethical and Social Issues.” Invited

lecture to the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Committee at St. Joseph Health

System, Orange, CA, June 20, 2006.


91. “Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Making.” Invited lecture to the medical and

nursing staffs at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Tampa, Florida, August 1, 2006.

92. “When Patients Want Everything Done at the End of Life: Effective Communication

and Medical Futility.” St. Anthony’s Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, August

1, 2006.

93. “What Do You Mean There’s Nothing Else We Can Do? The Case of Medical

Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at California Hospital Medical Center,

Los Angeles, CA, August 4, 2006.

94. “End-of-Life Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine.” Invited lecture to the medical

and nursing staffs at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA, September 7,

2006.


and nursing staffs at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Inglewood, CA,

September 11, 2006.

96. “The Ethics of Palliative Care & Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at West Los Angles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, September 12,

2006.

97. “Stem Cells: The Science, Ethical and Social Implications.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood, CA, September 29,

2006.

98. “Pluripotent Stem Cell Research & the Catholic Tradition.” Invited lecture to the

medical and nursing staffs at the quarterly Bioethics Grand Rounds at St. Francis

Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, October 9, 2006.


staff at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Citrus Valley, CA, October 10, 2006.

100. “Stem Cell Research.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at San Antonio Hospital,

Upland, CA, October 12, 2006.

101. “Termination of Treatment.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Glendale Adventist

Medical Center, Glendale, CA, November 1, 2006.

102. “What Do You Mean There’s Nothing Else You Can Do? The Case of Medical

Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Rockford Health System, Rockford,

IL, November 3, 2006.



and Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Centinela Freeman

Regional Medical Center, Inglewood, CA, November 7, 2006.


staff at Glendale Memorial Hospital, Glendale, CA, November 13, 2006.

105. “Physician Communication: The Art and Skills of Effective Interaction with

Patients.” Invited lecture to the Riverside Physician Network, Riverside, CA,

February 21, 2007.

106. “The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients at the

End of Life.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Northridge Hospital Medical

Center, Northridge, CA, February 27, 2007.

107. “Culture & Healthcare Decision-Making and Communication Skills.” Invited lecture

to medical staff at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, February 28,

2007.


medical staff at Encino-Tarzana Medical Center, Encino, CA, April 9, 2007.

109. “Models of Moral Reflection.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Citrus Valley

Medical Center, Covina, CA, April 18, 2007.

110. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Perspective.” Invited lecture to

the Ethics Committee at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, CA, May 4,

2007.


medical staff at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Covina, CA, June 26, 2007.

112. “Culture & Healthcare Decision-Making and Communications Skills.” Invited lecture

to the medical staff at St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA, July 17, 2007.

113. “Issues at the End of Life.” Invited lecture to the Bioethics Committee at Citrus

Valley Medical Center, Covina, CA, July 18, 2007.

114. “Futile Care: How Do We Respond to Patients and Families Who Want Everything

Done at the End of Life?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at West Anaheim

Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, August 24, 2007.


115. “The Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients in PVS.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at the Rockford Health System, Rockford, IL, September

13, 2007.

116. “The Ethics of Palliative Sedation for Patients in Refractory Pain.” Invited lecture to

the medical staff at the Rockford Health System, Rockford, IL, September 14, 2007.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale,

CA, September 26, 2007.

118. “Withholding Care at the End of Life.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Condell

Medical Center, Libertyville, IL, October 5, 2007.

119. “Issues Faced by Bioethics Committees.” Invited presentation to the Bioethics

Committee at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Citrus Valley, CA, October 17, 2007.


medical staff at Ventura County Hospital, Ventura, CA, October 25, 2007.

121. “Futile Care: How Do We Respond to Patients and Families Who Want Everything

Done at the End of Life?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Huntington Beach

Hospital & Medical Center, Huntington Beach, CA, October 25, 2007.

122. “What Do You Mean There’s Nothing Else You Can Do? The Case of Medical

Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Los Alamitos Medical Center, Los

Alamitos, CA, November 5, 2007.

123. “Culture & Healthcare Decision-Making and Communication Skills.” Invited lecture to

the medical staff at White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, December 13,

2007.

124. “Models of Moral Reasoning: The Case of Jody and Mary.” Invited lecture to the medical

staff at White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, January 17, 2008.

125. “Physician Communication: The Art & Skills of Effective Interaction with Patients.”

Invited lecture to the medical staff at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio, CA,

January 23, 2008.

126. “The Forgoing/Withdrawal of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from Patients at the End

of Life.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at the quarterly bioethics committee meeting

at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Citrus Valley, CA, February 11, 2008.


127. “Bioethical Issues in Clinical Practice.” Invited participation at the Bioethics Committee

at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, West Covina, CA. May 14, 2008.

128. “What Do You Mean There’s Nothing Else You Can Do? The Issue of Medical Futility.”

Invited lecture to the medical staff at the Presbyterian Intercommunity Medical Center,

Whittier, CA, May 28, 2008.

129. “The Issue of Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical and nursing staffs at Little

Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, CA, June 12, 2008.

130. “End-of-Life Decision Making in Clinical Medicine.” Invited lecture to the medical staff

at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA, June 13, 2008.

131. “Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Glendale

Memorial Hospital, Glendale, CA, September 22, 2008.

132. “Bioethical Issues in Clinical Practice.” Invited participation at the Bioethics Committee

at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, West Covina, CA, July 9, 2008.

133. “What Do You Mean There’s Nothing You Can Do? The Issue of Medical Futility.”

Invited lecture to the medical staff at Facey Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA,

October 9, 2008.

134. “End of Life Issues; Advance Directives: Clear Documentation and Implementation.”

Invited lecture to the medical staff at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand

Oaks, CA, October 10, 2008.

135. “Bioethical Issues in Clinical Practice.” Invited participation at the Bioethics

Committee at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, West Covina, CA., October 15,

2008.

136. “The Ethical & Religious Directives and Catholic Reproductive Ethics.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, CA,

January 5, 2009.

137. “Patient Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Annenberg Center at

Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA, March 5, 2009.

138. Eight lectures: “The Elements of a Bioethics On-Call Service,” “The Core

Competencies of Performing a Bioethics Consultation,” “A Model for Ethical

Decision-Making in Clinical Practice,” and “Models of Moral Reasoning: The Case of

Jodie and Mary.” Invited lectures at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical

Center (March 23, 2009) and at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center (March 27,

2009).


139. “Culture & Healthcare Decision-Making and Communication Skills.” Invited lecture to

the medical staff at Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, March 31, 2009.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA, May 7,

2009.

141. Four lectures: “The Catholic Position on Beginning-of-Life Issues” and “The Catholic

Position on End-of-Life Issues.” Invited lectures at Providence Little Company of Mary

Medical Center (May 11, 2009) and at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center (June 29,

2009).

142. “When Patients Want Everything Done at the End of Life: Effective Communication &

Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Good Samaritan Medical Center,

Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 2009.

143. “Role of Advanced Directives and Planning.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA, June 19, 2009.

144. “Patient Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Community Memorial

Hospital of San Buena Ventura, Ventura, CA, June 30, 2009.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Anaheim Memorial Hospital, Anaheim, CA, July 7,

2009.

146. “Palliative Care.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Downey Community Hospital,

Downey, CA, July 8, 2009.

147. “How the Physician Can Use the Ethics Committee to His/Her Benefit.” Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Covina, CA, July 14, 2009.

148. Four lectures: “The Ethics of Forgoing/Withdrawing Treatment at the End of Life” and

“The Ethics at the End of Life with a Focus on Palliative Sedation.” Invited lectures at

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center (August 10, 2009) and at Providence

St. Joseph Medical Center (July 30, 2009).

149. “Palliative Care and the Ethics of Caring for Sick and Terminally-Ill Patients,” invited

lecture to the medical staff at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center,

Downey, CA, September 17, 2009.

150. Four lectures: “The Elements of a Bioethics On-Call Service,” “The Core Competencies

of Performing a Bioethics Consultation,” “A Model for Ethical Decision-Making in


Clinical Practice,” and “Models of Moral Reasoning: The Case of Jodie and Mary.”

Invited lectures at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus, San Diego, CA, October 8, 2009.

151. “Are You Listening? How Can We Improve Communication Skills Between Physicians,

Nurses & Patients.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at La Palma Community Medical

Center, La Palma, CA, October 20, 2009.

152. Four lectures: “The Issue of Medical Futility” and “Quality-of-Life Judgments and

Clinical Decision-Making.” Invited lectures at Providence Little Company of Mary

Medical Center (October 12, 2009) and at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center (October

26, 2009).


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Irvine, CA,

November 17, 2009.

154. “Is Healthcare Reform in the US an Ethical Issue? Some Questions That You May Have

Been Afraid to Ask.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Providence St. Joseph

Medical Center, Burbank, CA, November 24, 2009.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Anaheim, CA,

December 9, 2009.

156. “How the Physician Can Use the Ethics Committee to His/Her Benefit." Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Glendale Memorial Medical Center, Glendale, CA, January 18,

2010.

157. “Are You Listening: How Can We Improve Communication Skills Between

Physicians, Nurses & Patients?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Sherman Oaks

Hospital and Health Center, Sherman Oaks, CA, February 4, 2010.

158. “The Role of the Bioethicist in Clinical Rounds.” Invited lecture to the hospitalists

medical staff at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Torrance, CA,

February 9, 2010.


Physicians, Nurses & Patients?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Centinela

Hospital, Inglewood, CA, February 23, 2010.

160. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Citrus

Valley Inter-Community Medical Center, Covina, CA, April 6, 2010.


161. “Beginning-of-Life Issues with a Focus on Reproduction.” Invited lecture to the

bioethics committee at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Center, San Diego, CA, April 15,

2010.

162. “End-of-Life Issues with a Focus on Artificial Nutrition & Hydration.” Invited lecture

to the bioethics committee at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Center, San Diego, CA, April

15, 2010.

163. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at J F

Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio, CA, April 28, 2010.

164. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Sherman Oaks Medical Center, Sherman Oaks, CA, April 29, 2010.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at San Antonio Community Hospital, Upland, CA,

May 13, 2010.

166. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Good

Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, May 26, 2010.


staff at Lancaster Community Hospital, Lancaster, CA, June 1, 2010.

168. “Family Conferences: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 2010.


Monterey Park Hospital, Monterey Park, CA, June 22, 2010.

170. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Valley

Presbyterian Medical Center, Van Nuys, CA, June 29, 2010.


medical staff at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, CA, August 18, 2010.

172. “Forgoing & Withdrawing of Life-Sustaining Medical Treatments.” Invited lecture to

the bioethics committee at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Center, San Diego, CA,

September 16, 2010.

173. “Ethics at the End-of-Life with a Focus on Palliative Sedation.” Invited lecture to the

bioethics committee at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Center, San Diego, CA, September

16, 2010.


174. "The Ethics of Palliative Sedation for Patients in Refractory Pain". Invited lecture to

the medical staff at St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA, September 21, 2010.

175. "Family Conference: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Invited lecture to the medical

staff at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA, September 30, 2010.


Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA, October 1, 2010.

177. “Are You Listening: How Can We Improve Communication Skills Between Physicians,

Nurses & Patients?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Lancaster Community

Hospital, Lancaster, CA, October 6, 2010.

178. “Religious and Cultural Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Invited lecture to the medical

staff and bioethics committee at Citrus Valley Health Partners, Covina, CA, October 20,

2010.

179. “Family Conferences: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Invited lecture to the medical

staff at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, Fountain Valley, CA,

November 5, 2010.

180. "Family Conference: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, January 11, 2011.

181. “When Patients Want Everything Done at End of Life: Effective Communication and

Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Ventura County Medical Center,

Ventura, CA, January 26, 2011.

182. “Religious and Cultural Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Citrus Valley Health Partners, Covina, CA, February 1, 2011.

183. “A Process for an Ethics Case Consultation: How, When & Where?” Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Rancho Los Amigos, Downey, CA, February 10, 2011.


Physicians, Nurses & Patients?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at La Palma

Community Medical Center, La Palma, CA, February 15, 2011.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana,

CA, March 7, 2011.

186. “Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the bioethics committee at Sharp Metropolitan

Medical Center, San Diego, March 10, 2011.


187. “The Use of Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision-Making.” Invited lecture

to the bioethics committee at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Center, San Diego, March

10, 2011.

188. “Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision-Making.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, CA, April 13, 2011.

189. “What Benefit Can Physicians Receive from an Ethics Committee?” Invited lecture to

the medical staff at St. Jude’s Medical Center, Fullerton, CA, April 19, 2011.

190. “Demands for Medically Futile Treatments and Our Moral Distress.” Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA, April

29, 2011.

191. "When Patients Want Everything Done at the End-of-Life: Effective Communication

and Medical Futility." Invited lecture to the medical staff at St. Jude’s Medical Center,

Fullerton, CA, May 10, 2011.


medical staff at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, June 3,

2011.


Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, CA, July 6, 2011.


Invited lecture to the medical staff at Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA,

July 14, 2001.

195. “Patient Doctor Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Orange Coast

Memorial Medical Center, Fountain Valley, CA, July 21, 2011.

196. “Cultural Diversity in Medicine.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Torrance

Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA, July 27, 2011.

197. “The Role of Medical Ethics in Patient Care.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

San Dimas Community Medical Center, San Dimas, CA, August 3, 2011.


Physicians, Nurses and Patients?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Kern Medical

Center, Bakersfield, CA, August 10, 2011.


199. "Palliative Care and the Ethics of Caring for Sick and Terminally-Ill Patients.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim, CA, August

26, 2011.

200. “End-of-Life Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine.” Invited lecture at the Annual

Antelope Valley Kaiser CME Conference on End-of-Life Issues, Lancaster, CA,

September 10, 2011.

201. "What Benefits Can Physicians Receive From An Ethics Committee?" Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Dameron Hospital Association, Stockton, CA, September 16,

2011.


Physicians, Nurses & Patients?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Riverside

Community Hospital, Riverside, CA, September 14, 2011.

203. "Demands for Medically-Futile Treatments and the Care-Giver’s Moral Distress."

Invited lecture to the medical staff at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital,

Valencia, CA, September 29, 2011.

204. “Physician Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Northridge

Hospital, Northridge, CA, October 7, 2011.

205. "Demands for Medically-Futile Treatments and the Care-Giver’s Moral Distress."

Invited lecture to the medical staff at Anaheim Regional Medical Center, October 11,

2011.

206. “Bioethics Update: End of Life Issues.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at La

Palma Hospital, La Palma, CA, October 18, 2011.

207. "End-of-Life Decisions: Advanced Directives and the Forgoing/Withdrawing of

Medical Treatment." Invited lecture to the medical staff at Henry Mayo Newhall

Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA, October 20, 2011.

208. “The Role of Medical Ethics in Patient Care.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA, October 21, 2011.

209. “When Patients Want Everything Done at the End of Life: Effective Communication and

Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Riverside Community Hospital,

Riverside, CA, December 14, 2011.

210. “Physician Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Providence Tarzana

Medical Center, Tarzana, CA, January 17, 2012


211. “End-of-Life Decisions: POLST and Advanced Directives.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, February 2, 2012.

212. “Approaching Patients Regarding Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at Valley Presbyterian Medical Center, Van Nuys, CA,

February 14, 2012.

213. “Bioethics Update: End of Life Issues.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Sherman

Oaks Hospital, Sherman Oaks, CA, February 23, 2012.


medical staff at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, CA, April 2, 2012.

215. “Cultural Diversity in Medicine.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Fountain

Valley Regional Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA, May 4, 2012.

216. “When Patients Want Everything Done at the End-Of-Life: Effective Communication

and Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Riverside Community

Hospital, Riverside, CA, April 11, 2012.

217. “End-of-Life Care Documentation.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Downey

Regional Medical Center, Downey, CA, June 13, 2012.

218. “Acknowledging and Mitigating Power Disparities in Physician-Patient

Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Bellflower Medical Center,

Bellflower, CA, June 21, 2012.

219. “Cultural Diversity in Medicine.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Little

Company of Mary Medical Center, Torrance, CA, July 12, 2012.

220. “Healthcare Reform: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the bioethics committee

at Citrus Valley Health Partners Intercommunity Medical Center, Covina, CA, July 18,

2012.

221. “Palliative Care and the Ethics of Caring for Sick and Terminally-Ill Patients.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at Citrus Valley Health Partners Intercommunity Medical

Center, Covina, CA, July 24, 2012.


Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Providence Tarzana Medical

Center, Tarzana, CA, September 10, 2012.


223. “Physician Communication: The Art and Skills of Effective Interaction with

Patients.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at the Community Hospital of San

Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, September 12, 2012.

224. “The Affordable Care Act: The Political and Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the

general medical staff meeting for Whittier Hospital Medical Center, Pacific Palms

Resort, Industry, CA, September 23, 2012.


Physicians, Nurses and Patient?” Invited lecture to the medical staff at St. Vincent

Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, October 4, 2012.

226. “Communication between Physicians, Nurses, and Patients.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA, October 9, 2012.


medical, nursing and administrative staffs at Sharp Metropolitan Medical Center, San

Diego, CA, October 11, 2012.

228. “Culture & Healthcare Decision – Making and Communication Skills.” Invited

lecture to the medical staff at Mountains Community Hospital, Lake Arrowhead, CA,

October 13, 2012.

229. “Family Conferences: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at J F Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio, CA, November 28, 2012.

230. “Obama Care: How Will It Work When Implemented In 2014?” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, CA, December 4,

2012.

231. “Culture & Healthcare Decision – Making and Communication Skills.” Invited lecture

to the general medical staff at Whittier Hospital Medical Center, Whittier, CA,

December 12, 2012.


Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Glendale Memorial Hospital

and Medical Center, Glendale, CA, December 17, 2012.


medical staff at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, CA, January 4, 2013.

234. “Obamacare Part II: The Ethical Debate.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, CA, January 8, 2013.



Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Henry Mayo Newhall

Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA, January 10, 2013.


medical staff at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, Sun Valley, CA, January 17, 2013.


medical staff at JFK Medical Center, Indio, CA, January 23, 2013.


medical staff at St. Joseph Medical Center, Orange, CA, February 8, 2013

239. “Communication Between Physicians, Nurses & Patients.” Invited lecture to the

medical staff at Los Alamitos Medical Center, Los Alamitos, CA, February 11, 2013.


medical staff at Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, Rancho Mirage, CA, February

21, 2013.

241. “Cultural & Healthcare Decision Making and Communication Skills.” Invited lecture

to the medical staff at Fountain Valley Medical Center, Fountain Valley, CA, February

22, 2013.


medical staff at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia, CA, February 28, 2013.


medical staff at Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City, CA, March 12, 2013.


medical staff at Bellflower Medical Center, Bellflower, CA, March 21, 2013.


medical staff at Citrus Valley Medical Center, Citrus Valley, CA, March 26, 2013.


medical staff at Glendale Memorial Medical Center, Glendale, CA, March 27, 2013.

247. “Approaches to Clinical Case Consultations.” Invited lecture in the Ethics Short

Course at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, October 29,

2013.


248. “Ethical Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship.” Invited lecture in the Ethics

Short Course at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD,

October 30, 2013.

249. “The Affordable Care Act.” Invited lecture to the interns & residents at Walter Reed

National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, November 8, 2013

250. “The Affordable Care Act: Ethical Issues.” Invited lecture to the interns & residents at

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, December 11, 2013


& Medical Futility.” Invited lecture to the critical care medical staff at Walter Reed

National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, April 10, 2014.

252. “The Affordable Care Act: An Overview.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, June 17, 2014.

253. “Physician Communication: Essential Skills for Effective Interaction in a Medical

Setting.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Richmond University Medical Center,

Staten Island, NY, August 5, 2014.

254. “Cultural Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Invited lecture to the Ethics Committee

at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, September 5, 2014.

255. “Religious Sensitivity to End-of-Life Issues.” Invited lecture to the Ethics Committee

at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, November 4, 2014.

256. “The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Future of Medicine and on

Physicians.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at Palisades Medical Center, North

Bergen, NJ, November 19, 2014.

257. “The Journey Down the Continuum of End-of-Life Care: From Advanced Directives

to Bereavement,” Invited lecture to the healthcare ethics committee at Walter Reed

National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, March 6, 2015.

258. “Are You Listening? How Can We Improve Communication Skills Between

Physicians, Nurses & Patients? Invited lecture to the medical staff at Baptist St.

Anthony Medical Center, Amarillo, TX, June 18, 2015.

259. “The Issue of Medical Futility and the Need for Communication at the End of Life.”

Invited lecture to the medical staff at Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, TX,

September 29, 2015.


260. “Process for an Ethics Consultation: How, When and Where?” Invited lecture to the

hospital ethics committee at Kaweah Delta Health Care District Medical Center,

Visalia, CA, December 16, 2015.

261. “The Affordable Care Act: Ethical Issues.” Invited lecture at Pulmonary-Critical Care

Grand Rounds, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, April 22,

2016.

262. “The Importance of Addressing Religious Issues in End-of-Life Clinical Decisions.”

Invited lecture at Grand Rounds, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio,

TX, January 13, 2017.

263. “Moral Reasoning: The Case of Jodie and Mary.” Invited lecture to the Institutional

Bioethics Committee, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, May

15, 2017.

264. “Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision-Making.” Invited lecture to the

Institutional Bioethics Committee, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio,

TX, January 11, 2018.


Invited Grand Rounds lecture, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio,

TX, March 19, 2018.

266. “Improving Physician Patient Communication.” Invited lecture to the medical staff at

Oakbend Medical Center, Richmond, TX, August 2, 2018.

267. “The Ethics of Palliative Sedation for Patients Dying in Refractory Pain.” Invited

lecture to the members of the Institutional Bioethics Committee, San Antonio Military

Medical Center, August 31, 2018.

268. “Ethical Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship: Dr. Welby vs Dr. House.”

Invited lecture to the medical staff at Oakbend Medical Center, Richmond, TX, March

7, 2019.

269. “The Journey Down The Continuum Of End-Of-Life Care: From Advanced Directives

To Bereavement.” Invited lecture to the Institutional Bioethics Committee, San

Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, March 8, 2019.

270. “Approaches to Ethics Case Consultation: Principlism,” Invited lecture to the

Institutional Bioethics Committee, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio,

TX, October 4, 2019.


271. “Sensitivity to Culture and Diversity in Healthcare Decision-Making.” Invited

PowerPoint/Audio to the medical staff at Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA,

April 17, 2020.

272. “How Can Physicians Benefit from an Ethics Consultation? Invited

PowerPoint/Audio to the medical staff at Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA,

April 17, 2020.

GRANTS AND FUNDING FOR RESEARCH:

1. Awarded a Faculty Research Grant from The Catholic University of America, Spring 1973

($450).

2. Awarded Paid Research Leave of Absence from St. Meinrad School of Theology for Spring

1980.

3. Awarded Paid Research Leave of Absence from St. Meinrad School of Theology for Spring

1984.

4. Awarded a Loyola University of Chicago Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development

Stipend for the Summer 1989 ($5,000).

5. Awarded a Paid Research Leave of Absence from Loyola University of Chicago for Fall 1989.

6. Awarded a Loyola Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend for the

Summer 1996 ($6,000).

7. Awarded a Paid Research Leave of Absence from Loyola University of Chicago for Fall 1998.

8. Awarded a Summer Research Grant from Loyola Marymount University for Summer 2000

($3,500).

9. Awarded a Summer Research Grant from Loyola Marymount University for Summer 2003

($4,000).

10. Participated in a Templeton Grant that funded a symposium on embryonic stem cell research

seminar at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, November 18, 2005.

11. Awarded a Loyola Marymount University Faith and Justice Research Grant for Summer

2006 ($4,000).

12. Awarded a Research Sabbatical from Loyola Marymount University, Spring 2012.


ACADEMIC CONFERENCES PLANNED & ORGANIZED:

1. Planned, organized and chaired the international conference in Brussels, Belgium:

Pluripotent Stem Cell Research: The Scientific, Ethical and Cultural Issues, December 12-

13, 2004.

2. Planned, organized and chaired the international conference in Brussels, Belgium: Human

Reproductive Cloning: The Scientific, Ethical and Cultural Issues, December 11-12, 2005.

3. Planned, organized and chaired the international conference in Brussels, Belgium: Genetic-

Molecular Screening/Testing: The Scientific, Ethical and Cultural Issues, December 10-11,

2006.

4. Planned, organized and chaired the international conference in Brussels, Belgium: Familial

Alzheimer’s Disease: The Scientific, Ethical and Cultural Issues, November 10-11, 2007.

5. Co-organized with Prof. Dennis Hirota an international symposium entitled The Intersections

between Science, Ethics and Religion: A Dialogue between Shin Buddhism and the Roman

Catholic Tradition, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, May 28, 2012.

6. Co-organizer of the 2014 Spring Ethics Symposium, Walter Reed National Military Medical

Center, Bethesda, MD, June 2014.

7. Co-organizer of the 2014 Medical Ethics Short Course, Walter Reed National Medical

Center, Bethesda, MD, October 2014.

MEMBERSHIP IN ETHICS CENTERS AND RESEARCH GROUPS:

1. Lilly Seminar on Religion, Ethics and Medicine at Indiana University, Bloomington,

Indiana, 1981 ─ 1985. (This seminar, which was chaired by Prof. David H. Smith, met three

or four times a year for two days at a time.)

2. Associate of The Park Ridge Center: An Institute for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics

(Chicago, IL), 1987 ─ 1992.

3. Member of the National Consultation of Moral Theologians, which met by invitation for two

days each year at the University of Notre Dame, 1987 ─ 1992.

4. Member of the International Study Group in Bioethics of the International Federation of

Catholic Universities, 1988 ─ 1997.


5. Member of the Advisory Board of The Center for Ethics Across the University, Loyola

University of Chicago, 1990 ─ 1999.

6. Invited member of the "International Moral Theology Discussion Group," located on the

internet with the listsever at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1997 - 2013.

7. Director, The Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University, 2000 - 2004.

8. Appointed by the Senior Director of the Catholic Health Association to a special

commission on Theological Dialogue On Medically Administered Nutrition And

Hydration, The Catholic Health Association, September 2005-January 2006.

9. Participated in a Templeton Grant that funded a research symposium on embryonic stem

cells at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan, November 18, 2005.

10. Founding Chair of the International Forum for Catholic Bioethicists, which met annually in

Brussels, Belgium, December 2003-2008.

11. Invited member of the National Consultation on the Future of Catholic Bioethics, which

is sponsored by the Catholic Health Association and meets to discuss how Catholic

institutions can attract Catholic bioethicists to teach in their institutions.

12. Founding member of the Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs, which was a national

group of 7 Jesuit bioethics programs that met annually to discuss issues related to Jesuit

institutions and bioethics, to perform research, and to publish articles in the area of

bioethics and healthcare. Membership: 2007-09.

13. Member of The Healthcare Ethics Working Group (HEWG), which was formed in 2013

as an unofficial affiliation of the chairs of the Healthcare Ethics Committees and others

with expertise in healthcare ethics at Navy, Army, and Air Force military treatment

facilities throughout the USA. Membership: 2014-15.

INVITED PARTICIPATION: SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS, PANELS AND CONFERENCES

1. "The Relationship between Religion and Science" ── Invited participant at a symposium

sponsored by The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Human Values,

St. John's Seminary (Plymouth, MI), September 15─18, 1986. The proceedings, including

my comments at the plenary sessions, are published in David Byers, ed., Religion, Science,

and the Search for Wisdom (Washington, D.C., NCCB, 1987). See pp. 42─44.

2. "A Discussion of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's Instruction on Respect for

Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation" ── Invited participant at a


seminar sponsored by The Park Ridge Center: An Institute for the Study of Health, Faith and

Ethics, in Chicago, IL, March 31, 1987.

3. "Communication and Seminary Education Conference" ── Invited participant at the

conference sponsored by the Seminary Department of the National Catholic Educational

Association, the Communication Department of Santa Clara University, and the Centre for

the Study of Communication and Culture in London. Convened at Santa Clara University,

August 15─21, 1987. I was a member of the Publications Committee of this conference.

4. "Catholic Medical Ethics" ── Invited participant at the ethics seminar sponsored by The

Park Ridge Center: An Institute for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics, in Chicago, IL,

March 21, 1988.

5. "For the Record: IVF Ethical Dilemmas" ── Invited by The Park Ridge Center: An Institute

for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics and The Center for Advanced Reproduction at

Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago to participate on a panel with Howard Jones, M.D.,

and to discuss the ethical aspects of in vitro fertilization, Chicago, IL, May 23, 1990.

6. "Veritatis Splendor of Pope John Paul II" ── Invited by Cardinal Bernardin to meet with

other moral theologians in a seminar to discuss the Pope's encyclical, Chicago, IL, November

8, 1993.

7. "The Role of Religiously-Affiliated Health Care Institutions" ── Invited participant at a

conference sponsored by the international law firm Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL,

October 28, 1994.

8. "The Future of Theological Education" ── Invited participant on a panel sponsored by the

Department of Theological Studies at St. Louis University, March 10, 1995.

9. “Theological Colloquium on Embryology and Ethics.” Invited participation at the

colloquium funded by the John Templeton Foundation to the Science and Religion Course

Program of The Center for Theology and Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological

Union in Berkeley, CA. Santa Clara University, February 14-17, 2002.

10. “Genetics Project Think Tank.” Invited participation at the colloquium funded by the

Catholic Health Association, Chicago, IL, April 25, 2002.

11. “Cardinal Bernardin’s ‘Consistent Ethic of Life.’” Invited member of a national scholars’

seminar, which met annually for 3 years in Chicago (2003-2005). The proceedings of this

seminar were published.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:


• Catholic Theological Society of America (1975 ─ 2013)

• Society of Christian Ethics (1975 ─ 2006)

• Associate Member of the Hastings Center (1974 ─ 1975)

• College Theology Society (1973 ─ 1999)

• Christian Ethics Professors Group of Chicago Area (1987 ─ 1999)

• Associate Member of the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics (1987 ─

1992)

• American Judicature Society (1991 ─ 1993)

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (1999 ─ 2013)

• International Study Group in Bioethics of the International Federation of Catholic Universities

(1989 – 1990)

• International Association of Bioethics (2000 — 2013)

• International Forum for Catholic Bioethicists, Brussels, Belgium: Chair (2003-2008)

• Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs (2007 – 2009)

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1. Member of the Host Committee for the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in

Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1983.

2. Conversion and Discipleship: A Christian Foundation for Ethics and Doctrine was discussed at

the session "Breakfast with an Author" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics,

Boston, MA, January 1987.

3. Member of the Research and Publications Committee, the Catholic Theological Society of

America, June 1988 ─ June 1992.

4. Convener of the concurrent session on "Liberation as the Content of Womanist Spirituality" at

the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in South Bend, IN, January 14, 1989.

5. Chairperson of the Research and Publications Committee, the Catholic Theological Society of

America, June 1992 ─ June 2002.

6. Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma was discussed at the session "Breakfast with an

Author" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Savannah, GA, January 1993.

7. Convener of the concurrent session on "The Value of Individuality: Genetic and Philosophical

Perspectives" at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Chicago, IL, January 8,

1994.


8. Co-chair of the "Research Group on Genetics," a seminar that has program space for 3 years at

the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 1998 ─ June 2000.

9. Moderator of a panel presentation on "Cultural, Ethical, and Theological Issues in Cloning" at

the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Ottawa, Canada, June 13,

1998.

10. Co-chair of the Program Group on “Bioethics & Health Care,” which had program space at the

Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 2002- 2006.

11. Moderator of the Moral Theology Seminar on “The Vocation of the Moral Theologian: A

Critical Analysis of Charles E. Curran’s Writings” at the Annual Meeting of the Catholic

Theological Society of America, Cincinnati, OH, June 6, 2003.

PARTICIPATION ON EDITORIAL BOARDS:

1. Associate Editor of The American Ecclesiastical Review. September 1973 ─ October 1976.

2. Editorial Board of Loyola University Press Series on Values and Ethics. August 1988 ─

August 1991.

3. Editorial Board of Louvain Theological & Pastoral Monographs (Published by Peeters Press,

Leuven, Belgium, and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium). 1989 ─ 2013.

4. Editorial Board of Catholic Studies in Bioethics, a subseries of the Philosophy and Medicine

Series (Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers of Dordrecht, The Netherlands). January

1990 ─ August 1995.

5. Consultant to the Editor of Theological Studies for the annual "Notes on Moral Theology,"

Summer 1997.

6. Consultant to the Chief Editor of Georgetown University Press. Annually 2005 – 2013.

REFEREE FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS AND PRESSES: SELECTED LIST

1. Referee for Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society. September 1978 ─

2013.

2. Referee for Loyola University Press Series on Values and Ethics. March 1988.

3. Referee for The University of Notre Dame Press. July 1984 ─ July 1988.

4. Referee for a book manuscript for The Catholic Health Association. January 1989.


5. Referee for a book manuscript and author of a publicity statement for Paulist Press.

February 1989.

6. Referee for a book manuscript and author of a publicity statement for Harper and Row.

April 1989.

7. Referee for book manuscripts and author of several publicity statements for Prentice-Hall,

Inc. May 1990 ─ 2013.

8. Referee for a manuscript for The Journal of Business Ethics. September 1990.

9. Referee for a book manuscript and author of a publicity statement for Peter Lang Publishing,

Inc. August 1991.

10. Referee for the Annual Volume of the College Theology Society, Religion, Ethics and the

Common Good, August 1995.

11. Referee for a book manuscript for Humanities Press. October 1996.

12. Referee for a book manuscript for Edwin Mellen Press. March 1997.

13. Referee for manuscripts for Theological Studies. 1998−2013.

14. Referee for a manuscript for Horizons: Journal of The College Theology Society. 2002-

2013.

15. Referee for a book manuscript for Sheed & Ward. February 2003.

16. Referee for book manuscripts for Georgetown University Press: February 2004, June 2005,

June 2006, August 2009 and July 2012.

INVITED INTERNATIONAL REFEREE FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

1. “The Language and Structure of Moral Evaluation and Argumentation in the Official Moral

Teaching of the Catholic Church Between 1880 and 2000.” Proposal from the Katholieke

Universiteit Leuven, Belgium for the Research Foundation of Flanders, Belgium. (January

2002)

2. “Implications of Technologies for Managing Suffering at the End of Life: A Cross Cultural

Comparison.” Proposal from faculty of the University of Leuven, Belgium; the University

of Sheffield, England; and the University Medical Center at St. Radboud, Nijmegen, the

Netherlands for funding by the European Science Foundation, European Collaborative

Research Projects in the Social Sciences (Summer 2004).


3. “Bioethiek, gendoping en sport: analyse van bedreigingen en kansen van

verbeteringstechnologieën. Naar een interdisciplinair onderzoeksplatform.” (English

translation: “Bioethics, Gene Doping and Sport: Analysis of Threats and Opportunities of

Enhancement Technologies: Towards an Interdisciplinary Research Platform.”) Proposal

from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium for the Research Foundation of Flanders,

Belgium. March 2010.

CONSULTATIONS: SELECTED LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 100:

1. Consultant to the Director of the Seminary Consultant Service in Washington, D.C., Spring

1977.

2. Ethics consultant to the Bishop and the Chancellor of the Diocese of Evansville, IN, Spring

1981.

3. Ethics consultant to the Business Manager of Abbey Press, St. Meinrad Archabbey, Summer

1981.

4. Founding member, biomedical ethics consultant and co-chair of the Medical Ethics

Committee at Memorial Hospital and Health-Care Center, Jasper, Indiana, March 1981 ─

May 1985.

5. Founding member, biomedical ethics consultant and chairperson of the Medical Ethics

Committee at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, October 1984 ─

May 1985.

6. Biomedical ethics consultant to the Ursuline Community of Sisters in Louisville, KY,

Spring 1984.

7. Systemwide biomedical ethics consultant to the Holy Cross Health System (11 hospitals

nationwide), October 1985 ─ April 1986.

8. Ethics consultant to The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Summer 1986.

9. Ethics consultant to the Alternative Futures Committee of the Society of the Sacred Heart

Sisters (United States Province), June 1986 ─ August 1986.

10. Ethics consultant to the faculty and administration of Maria High School (Chicago, IL),

November 1986 ─ May 1987.


11. Biomedical ethics consultant to the Committee on Doctrine of The National Conference of

Catholic Bishops to do bibliographical research for the revision of the Ethical and Religious

Directives for Catholic Health Facilities, April 1988.

12. Biomedical ethics consultant to Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (Archbishop of Chicago) on the

preparation of his public address entitled "Euthanasia: Ethical and Legal Challenge," which

he delivered at the University of Chicago Hospital in May 1988, and I have served as a

ethics consultant to him on several biomedical issues related to the Archdiocese of Chicago

and to the Illinois Conference of Catholic Bishops.

13. Theological consultant to the President of Loyola University of Chicago and to the Provost

of the Medical Center, July 1988 ─ August 1993.

14. Theological and biomedical ethics consultant to the President and Chief Executive Officer of

Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, September 1993 ─ 1996.

15. Biomedical ethics consultant to Ms. Margaret West of National Public Radio for a one-hour

program on abortion, which aired on April 21, 1992.

16. Biomedical ethics consultant to Duquesne University for the development of a new doctoral

specialization in health care ethics in the Theology Department, Fall 1994.

17. Biomedical ethics consultant to St. Louis University for the development of a new

interdisciplinary doctoral program in health care ethics, Spring 1995.

18. Ethics consultant to the Director of Evangelization of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Fall 1995

── Summer 1999.

19. Biomedical ethics consultant to the Director of the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of

Chicago, Summer 1997 & 1999.

20. Biomedical ethics consultant to Mr. Daniel Mislaf at the National Conference of Catholic

Bishops, Summer 1998.

21. Ethics consultant to the Director of The Cardinal Bernardin Center at the Catholic

Theological Union, Chicago, Summer 1998.

22. Biomedical ethics consultant to Ms. Maureen Maher of CBS News Chicago, Summer 1998.

23. Invited member of The Catholic Health Association on-line bioethics consultant service,

September 1998 ── 2013.


24. Biomedical ethics consultant to Ms. Pamela Shaeffer of the National Catholic Reporter, St.

Louis, MO, Fall 1999.

25. Consultant to the Editor of Molecular Therapy, the official journal of the American Society

of Gene Therapy. Summer 2000.

26. Biomedical ethics consultant in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Francis Medical Center

(Lynwood, CA), member of the Bioethics Committee and Co-chair of the Bioethics

Consultation Subcommittee. Fall 2000 - 2007. I reviewed at the bedside and wrote an ethics

report on approximately 200 ICU patients per year.

27. Biomedical ethics consultant to the Vice President of Mission Services at St. Cloud Hospital

in Minnesota on issues related to the new Ethical & Religious Directives from the NCCB.

(July 24, 2001)

28. Biomedical ethics consultant to Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles on issues related to the

public funding of embryonic stem cell research. (August 18, 2001)

29. Biomedical ethics consultant for a conference on contemporary issues in bioethics for The

Center for Business Intelligence, Boston, MA. (August 2002)

30. Bioethics consultant to Wake Forest University and Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC for

the development of a new Master of Arts in Bioethics Program. (Fall 2004)

31. Bioethics consultant and research specialist for the St. Joseph Health System, Orange, CA,

for an oversight & research committee (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications) concerning

the introduction of new biotechnologies into clinical medicine. January 2005- 2008.

32. Appointed by the Senior Director of the Catholic Health Association to a special national

commission on Theological Dialogue on Medically Administered Nutrition and Hydration,

The Catholic Health Association, September 2005-January 2006.

33. Appointed to a one-year Panel on Bioethics by the California Council on Science and

Technology to advise Assembly Member Saldaña and her staff as they implement AB 1273

to create a statewide advisory panel on bioethics. November 2005.

34. Consultant to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Wake Forest

University on their new Master of Arts in Bioethics program. Fall 2006.

35. Biomedical ethics consultant in the Intensive Care Unit at Providence Little Company of

Mary Medical Center (Torrance, CA) and member of the Bioethics Committee. 2007-2010.

36. Bioethics consultant to the Director of Respect Life Office, Archdiocese of Los Angeles,

June 2007.


37. Bioethics consultant to the quarterly meetings of the Bioethics Committee at Citrus Valley

Health Partners (3 medical centers & hospice facility), Covina, CA. May 2007 – Present.

38. Invited by the Vice President for Mission & Ethics to organize, develop and teach 8 training

sessions over an eight-month period for the entire Providence Health & Services System in

Southern California (approximately 80 physicians, nurses, etc.) on how to develop a clinical

bioethics on-call service in the 5 medical centers that make up this region, March-October

2009.

39. Bioethics consultation to chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee, Walter Reed National

Military Medical Center, 2012.

40. Bioethics consultation to bioethicist at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 2012.

41. Bioethics consultation to bioethicist at San Antonio Military Medical Center, 2015.

LEGAL CASES IN WHICH I HAVE SERVED AS AN ETHICS EXPERT:

1. Bioethics consultant to and expert witness for the Cook County Public Guardian in the court

hearing of Ms. Josephine Pohowski, Chicago, IL, July 1985.

2. Retained as an expert bioethics consultant for the law firm of Hodes Milman, LLP in Irving,

CA concerning the case of Harvey v Regents, August 2012 – November 20, 2012.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:

1. Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1968.

2. Listed in Directory of American Scholars, 8th edition, 1982; 10th edition, 2000; and 11th

edition, 2003.

3. Listed in Men of Achievement, 12th edition, 1986. [England]

4. Listed in The Dictionary of International Biography, 21st edition, 1990.

5. Listed in 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century, First Edition, Cambridge, England,

2001.

6. Listed in The Contemporary Who’s Who, 2004.

7. Listed in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, Cambridge, England, 2004.


8. Listed in Who’s Who in America, 2011 Edition, published in October 2010.

9. Clergy Book Service chose Conversion and Discipleship: A Christian Foundation for Ethics

and Doctrine as the August 1986 "Feature Selection of the Month."

10. The Society of Christian Ethics selected Conversion and Discipleship as a featured book for

discussion at its annual meeting in Boston, MA, January 1987.

11. Conversion and Discipleship won third place in the 1987 Annual College Theology Society

Book Awards.

12. Recipient of the 1992 Graduate Faculty Member of the Year Award at Loyola University of

Chicago in recognition of outstanding service, teaching and scholarship, March 26, 1992.

13. The Society of Christian Ethics selected Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma as a

featured book for discussion at its annual meeting in Savannah, GA, January 9, 1993.

14. Nominated for the "Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence" in the College of Arts and

Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Spring 1999.

15. Inducted into Theta Alpha Kappa (National Honor Society for Religious Studies/Theology),

May 2004.

16. Presented the Spirit of St. Francis Award by St. Francis Medical Center (Lynwood, CA) for

excellence in program development and weekly rounds in clinical bioethics, June 9, 2007.

17. Faculty Common Room/Library created and named in my honor in The Bioethics Institute at

Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2016.

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES:

St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN

Summer Commencement, 1980.

St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN

Spring Commencement, 1986.

TELEVISION/RADIO/NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS: PARTIAL LIST OF OVER 100

1. National Public Radio on 1/14/88 & 7/13/94

2. The New York Times on 1/12/88


3. WAQ-TV Channel 5 Evening News in Chicago on 5/20/87 & 9/12/96

4. GAMUT [WMAQ─TV 30-minute program in Chicago] on 1/31/88 & 2/7/88

5. "Lifestyle" [live, one-hour television program on Continental Cable Vision Network in

Elmhurst, IL] on 6/21/90

6. WBEZ public radio station in Chicago on 8/23/91 & 4/28/92

7. CNN's international news program Primenews on 10/25/93

8. WKBM Radio in Wilmington, IL on 7/26/96

9. Österreichisher Rundfunk (the Austrian cultural radio station) on December 5, 1997

10. WMYS Radio in Indianapolis, IN on 11/23/98

11. National Catholic Reporter on 10/15/99, 10/22/99, 7/14/00 & 8/28/00

12. Fox News Channel (Los Angeles & National) on 6/26/00

13. The Catholic News Service in Washington, D.C. on 6/27/00

14. The Los Angeles Tidings on 8/19/00, 2/08/01, 7/16/01, 8/10/01, 11/27/01, 5/6/02,

9/16/02, 9/23/02, & 8/01/07

15. The Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA) on 9/15/00

16. The Bavarian Radio Station (Germany) on 9/20/00

17. Interviewed by Fox News Television Channel concerning the engineering of children on

10/30/00.

18. Interviewed by KNX News Radio, Los Angeles, on the establishment of The Bioethics

Institute at LMU on11/12/00.

19. Interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for an article on embryonic stem cell research on

3/13/01.

20. Interviewed by Leeza Gibbons on EXTRA concerning embryonic stem cell funding on

5/23/01.

21. Interviewed by The Los Angeles Times on the requirement that Catholic theologians have

a mandatum on 6/19/01.

22. Interviewed by the FOX Network on the religious and ethical dimensions of human

cloning on 7/03/01.

23. Interviewed by The Los Angeles Times on the public funding of embryonic stem cell

research on 7/10/01.

24. Interviewed live on KCET public T.V. (Life & Times Program) concerning President

Bush=s decision to publicly fund embryonic stem cell research on 7/17/01.

25. Telephone interview on transplantation of organs with Terese Watanabe of The Los

Angeles Times on 10/09/02.

26. Telephone interview on the ethics of transgenic animal research with Cody Eller of

Associated Press on 01/09/03.

27. Interview for the Associated Press Television News on the recent report published in

Fertility and Sterility on cryopreserved embryos in the U.S. Aired internationally in

June 2003.

28. Television interview with Bob Abernethy from the PBS program “Religion & Ethics

News Weekly” on the case of Terri Schiavo, who is in Persistent Vegetative State in

Florida and whose husband wants to withdraw her feeding tube. Aired in October

2003.

29. KCOX in Los Angeles on the human genome project. March 2004.

30. The National Catholic Reporter interview on artificially-delivered nutrition and

hydration to PVS patients. March 2004.


31. The National Catholic Reporter interview on pluripotent stem cell research. May

2004.

32. Television interview with Fuji News Network in Japan on the ethical issues connected

to the cloning of animals. Aired in Japan in June 2004.

33. Telephone interview with the Chicago Tribune concerning California Proposition 71,

which will raise from public funds over $3 billion in California for embryonic stem

cell research. July 2004.

34. Telephone interview with The Washington Post on the withdrawing of the feeding

tube from Terri Schiavo in Florida. Published on March 27, 2005.

35. Television interview with NBC TODAY on the bioethical issues related to “designer

babies” created by the international company Scandinavian Cryobank for sperm

donation. Aired on June 23, 2005.

36. Published telephone interview with James Fowler from the Fort Worth Weekly on

Charles E. Curran’s impact on the Catholic Church in the 20th century. January 11,

2006.

37. KTLA Television interview on “Designer Babies.” (Aired March 13, 2006)

38. Live telephone interview with Christopher Spangle at Newstalk 1430 WXNT in

Indianapolis, IN, concerning a Texas case of an infant who has Neigh’s Disease and

the healthcare providers are requesting removal from life-support. April 17, 2007.

39. Telephone interview with Judy Graham of The Chicago Tribune concerning the

CDF’s document on the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from patients

in PVS. Published in The Chicago Tribune on September 21, 2007.

40. Telephone interview with David Lazarus from the Los Angeles Times concerning life

donor transplants, which carry the risk to the donor now being subject to pre-existing

conditions in his/her healthcare policy. July 13, 2009.

41. Telephone interview with Maria Hinojosa, host of National Public Radio’s Latino

USA concerning President Obama’s healthcare proposal not to allow non-documented

aliens to participate in the public health plan. September 17, 2009.

42. Telephone interview with Jorge Morales Almada, reporter from La Opiniỏn in Los

Angeles, concerning the medical, theological and philosophical issues related to

euthanasia. Published in the article “Euthanasia Debate Is Not Over,” February 8,

2012.

43. Telephone interview with Linda Deutsch of the Associated Press concerning a

physician who was medicating a patient with psychotropic drugs and at the same time

soliciting money from the patient for his research project at UCLA Medical Center,

July 20, 2012. My interview was published in various newspapers around the US.

I have regularly given interviews in person or over the telephone to many local, regional and national

newspaper organizations or radio/television stations throughout the U.S. on issues in biomedical

ethics and public policy.

SERVICE: LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: SELECTION FROM 1999-2012

A. General Service to the LMU University Community:

1. Chair, Subcommittee of the Ethics Chairs at LMU for the University Planning Council for

the President’s Strategic Plan (Spring 2000)


2. At the request of AVP Jabbra, I delivered a lecture to the faculty and students at Loyola

Law School on The Human Genome Project (April 2000)

3. In 2002, under my leadership as the Austin & Ann O’Malley Chair in Bioethics and

Director of The Bioethics Institute, and in conjunction with LMU Extension, the Institute

applied for a Distinguished Program Award from the Association of Continuing Higher

Education for bioethical education.

4. Ethics Judge for Dr. Thomas White=s annual Student Team Presentation Competition,

School of Business Administration, 2002 & 2003.

5. Interviewed the two candidates for the Sir Thomas More Chair in Engineering Ethics

(March 2001) and one in September 2001

6. Member of the Advisory Board for the Ethics Across the University Faculty Program (Fall

& Spring 2003)

7. Presentation to the Academic Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees of LMU, May 1,

2000

8. Gave several invited guest lectures for courses taught in the School of Engineering, 2002-

2004.

9. Representative to the university-wide Frank Sullivan Social Justice Committee (2009-

2013)

10. Member of the Search Committee for the Chief Academic Officer and Senior VP for

Academic Affairs (Spring 2004 – Spring 2005)

11. Interviewed candidates for Director of Professional Development, LMU Extension (2005)

12. Served as consultant to Fr. Lawton on several university policy issues and also wrote his

Op Ed piece on stem cell research for the LA Times, which was published in 2007.

13. At the request of Fr. Lawton, delivered a bioethics lecture at LMU to all the Presidents of

Catholic High Schools in the Los Angeles area (2004).

14. Bioethics consultant/”ghost writer” for Fr. Lawton in his “Three-Year Visibility Plan”

(2004-2007)

15. Asked several years to deliver presentations on bioethical topics to alumni/ae for

President’s Day (2002-06)

16. Presentation to the Board of Trustees on The Bioethics Institute (March 6, 2006).

17. Invited lecture to participating faculty as part of the President’s Institute (2007)

18. Delivered the Annual Austin & Ann O’Malley Lecture in Bioethics to the university

community almost every spring from 2000-2013.

19. Arranged the Annual Bioethics Institute Lecture in Bioethics to the university community

every year from 2000-2009

20. Participated in a faculty focus group entitled “Lay Presidents in Jesuit Higher Education:

Examining a Culture of Companionship,” chaired by Stephanie Russell (vice president for

Mission and Ministry) from Marquette University, October 17, 2011.

21. Invited paper by Prof. Brietta Clark at Loyola Law School’s Symposium on “Aid in Dying:

A Legal and Ethical Discussion About an End-of-Life Option,” Los Angeles, CA, April

10, 2012.

B. Service to the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts:

1. “Bioengineering: The Remaking of Planet Earth?” Invited by Dean Chan to present this

lecture as the Bellarmine College Dean’s Lecture. October 16, 2001.


2. Chosen by Dean Chan to deliver the 2003 annual lecture to the BCLA faculty (“The

Implications of the Human Genome Project”)

3. Served on the Chairs’ and Directors’ Council of BCLA as Chair of The Bioethics

Institute (2005-2009) and as Director of The Bioethics Institute (2000-2005)

4. Planned and presented a paper in a inter-departmental, inter-faith symposium entitled The

Vatican Instruction on Bioethics: An Ecumenical Symposium on ‘Dignitas Personae,’

Loyola Marymount University, March 18, 2009

5. Assisted members of the BCLA Summer Graduate Committee with information on The

Bioethics Institute and its history within BCLA, Summer 2012.

6. "Healthcare Reform in the United States: Five Ethical Elephants in the Room.” Invited

lecture to the university community at The 2012 Bellarmine Forum titled Health Now:

Questions, Controversy, and the Promise of Prevention, October 31, 2012.

C. Service to the Theological Studies Department (Tenured Member 1999-2004)

1. Served on multiple committees in the THST department

2. Served as mentor to junior faculty member (2003-04)

3. Member of the Theology Department’s 2 Search Committees for Christian Ethics (Fall

2001-Spring 2003)

D. Service to The Bioethics Institute:

1. Wrote the Proposal and the Statutes for The Bioethics Institute and created The Bioethics

Institute at LMU (August 2000).

2. Wrote the Master of Arts in Bioethics Degree Proposal (February 2004), which was

approved by APRC and the AVP, and I created the departmental structure for The

Bioethics Institute in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (July 2004)

3. Co-authored the Graduate Certificate in Bioethics Proposal [2 tracks] (Spring 2008),

which was approved by APRC and the CAO and was inaugurated in Fall 2009.

4. Recruited approximately one-fourth of all the graduate students who matriculated in the

MA and Graduate Certificate Programs because of my relation with various health

systems and the lectures I was giving at medical centers throughout the LA region.

(2004-2010)

5. Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Bioethics (Spring/Summer 2007)

6. Chair, 2 Search Committees for Senior Position in Bioethics (Fall 2007 & Spring 2008)

7. Member of the Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee in The Bioethics Institute

(2004 – 2010)

8. Served as the mentor for several junior faculty (2005-2009)

E. Administrative Service to The Bioethics Institute:

1. Founding Director, The Bioethics Institute (August 2000 — July 2004)

2. Founding Chairperson, The Bioethics Institute (August 2004 — August 2009)

3. Acting Graduate Director, The Bioethics Institute (May 2008 — August 2008)

4. Created The Bioethics Institute’s Advisory Board and chaired it (2000-2005)

5. Arranged and established all the contractual medical center affiliations and financial

arrangements between the Daughters of Charity Health System in Southern California

(St. Francis Medical Center, St. Vincent Medical Center, & Robert F. Kennedy Medical

Center) and The Bioethics Institute (2000─2006)


6. Arranged and established all the contractual medical center affiliations and the financial

arrangements between the Providence Health & Services System in Southern California

(Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center) and The Bioethics Institute

(2007─2010)

7. Arranged and established the multi-year contractual medical center affiliation between

Northridge Hospital and The Bioethics Institute (2007-09)

8. Co-founder (2003) and Founding Chair (2003-08) of The International Forum for

Catholic Bioethicists, which linked The Bioethics Institute to an international community

of scholars from around the world and which met annually in Brussels, Belgium from

2003-2008

9. Co-founder of The Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs, which linked The Bioethics

Institute to 6 other Jesuit universities in the US (Georgetown University, Loyola Chicago

University, St. Joseph’s University, Creighton University, St. Louis University, and Regis

University) and I served as LMU’s representative to the Consortium (2007-2009)

F. Service for Fund Raising:

1. Served as a founding member on the Support Board of BCLA for The Bioethics Institute

(2008-2009)

2. Assisted Donor Relations in raising from various donors over $1M for The Bioethics

Institute (2005-07)

3. Raised approximately $150,000 from the various medical centers that affiliated with The

Bioethics Institute to help pay faculty salaries during the academic year and summer

stipends (2003-2009)

4. At the request of Fr. Lawton, delivered several presentations at LMU to potential donors

G. Service to Affiliated Medical Centers and to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles:

1. Created and taught every fall semester for 10 years an outreach course to the LA medical

and legal community entitled Fall Survey Course in Bioethics for Healthcare and Legal

Professionals and partnered the course with LMU Extension (2001-2011)

2. Created and taught every spring semester for 3 years an advanced outreach course to the

LA medical and legal community entitled Focus Course in Bioethics for Healthcare &

Legal Professionals and partnered the course with LMU Extension (2003-2005)

3. Served weekly throughout the entire year in the Intensive Care Unit and on the Palliative

Care Service in medical centers for the 2 health systems (Daughters of Charity Health

System and Providence Health Services Health System of Southern California) that

affiliated with The Bioethics Institute (2000-2009)

4. Served as an bioethics advisor to several of Card. Mahoney’s staff in the Archdiocese of

Los Angeles (2001-2008)

SERVICE: AMERICAN RED CROSS VOLUNTEER

Bioethics Consultant to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, August

2013 — May 2015.


DIRECTION OF DISSERTATIONS, THESES AND MAJOR PAPERS: SUMMARY

I have been the Director of 4 B.A. major papers, 4 M.A. theses, and 4 doctoral dissertations in

the areas of theological ethics and bioethics, and I have served as a reader for 6 M.A. theses and

4 doctoral dissertations. In addition, I have served either as the chair or as a member on 15

comprehensive examination boards for graduate degrees, six of which have been at Loyola

Marymount University. I have also participated as the external reader and a member of the jury

for one doctoral dissertation at St. Paul's University/University of Ottawa in Canada and as the

first reader for two M.A. theses in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University,

Bloomington, IN.

ACADEMIC DIRECTION: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS: DIRECTOR

1. Timothy Doherty. "The Image of God as the Foundation of a Right to Health Care: A

Comparison of Selected Papal and U.S. Texts, 1979-1993." [Committee: Fr. John

Haughey, S.J. and Dr. Jon Nilson] [Defended: March 27, 1996 ── Pass]

2. Peter A. Clark, S.J. "The Ethical Methodology of Richard A. McCormick, S.J.: Its

Application to Treatment Decisions for Defective Newborns." [Committee: Dr. William

French and Sr. Mary Peter McGinty, CSJ] [Defended: April 26, 1996 ── Pass]

3. Edward J. Peck. "Foundational Elements for Christian Sexual Ethics: A Methodological

Study Using Bernard Lonergan's Horizon Analysis of the Writings of Lisa Sowle Cahill,

Beverly Wildung Harrison, and William E. May." [Committee: Dr. Patricia Jung and Dr.

Jon Nilson] [Defended: May 23, 1997 ── Pass with Distinction]

4. James A. Incardona. "Agape and Special Relations in Christian Ethics: An Analysis of

Fundamental Concepts and the Contributions of Twentieth-Century Catholic Thought on

Mutual Love." [Committee: Dr. Patricia Jung and Fr. Frans Jozef van Beeck, S.J.]

[Defended: June 23, 1998 ── Pass with Distinction]

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS: READER

1. Rebecca Davis Mathias. "The Role of Moral Theology in the Works of Adam Smith."

[Director: Fr. John Haughey, S.J.; Second Reader: Dr. Roberto Goizueta] [Defended:

August 24, 1998 ── Pass]

2. Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom. "Health Care in Context: The Sociality of the Body and

Civic Identity." [Co-Directors: Fr. Philip Chmielewski, S.J. and Dr. Susan Ross]

[Defended: April 13, 2005 -- Pass]


M.A. THESES: DIRECTOR

1. Al Gustafson, "A Comparison of H. Richard Niebuhr and James M. Gustafson on the

Issues of Human Moral Agency and Human Moral Discernment." Spring, 1987.

[Committee: Dr. John Gallagher & Dr. William French] (Pass)

2. Shawn McCauley, "A Critical Study of Selected Writings of Paul Ramsey on Moral

Anthropology and Epistemology." Summer, 1989. [Committee: Fr. Thomas Tobin &

Dr. John Gallagher] (Pass)

3. Michele Langowski, "The Principle of Totality and the Roman Catholic Traditions: The

Ethics of Artificial Contraception, Direct Sterilization and Live Organ Transplantation,"

Spring, 1992. [Reader: Dr. William French] (Pass)

4. David Pritchard, J.D., "An Analysis of the Interaction Between the Morality of the

Adversary System of the Legal Profession and Common Morality," Spring, 1992.

[Committee: Dr. William French & Dr. Willemien Otten] (Pass)

M.A. THESES: READER

1. Anneliese M. Filkins, "Matthew: Kingdom Now and Not Yet." Fall, 1986. [Director: Fr.

John Kilgallen, S.J.] (Pass)

2. Sr. Freida Horak, "Son as Designation in Hebrews." Spring, 1988. [Director: Dr. John

White] (Pass)

3. Francis Sullivan, "Being Completely Human: A Pauline Theology." Fall, 1988.

[Director: Dr. John White] (Pass)

4. Maylon Englund, "John 8:12-20, An Exegesis." Fall, 1988.

[Director: Fr. Thomas Tobin, S.J.] (Pass)

5. Naomi Kauppi, "Agape and the Moral Self: Feminist Ethical Re-Visioning," Fall, 1990.

[Director: Dr. Susan Ross] (Pass)

6. Rebecca Davis, "Michael Novak and the U.S. Catholic Bishops: The Economic Justice

Dialogue Continues," Spring, 1992. [Director: Fr. John Haughey, S.J.] (Pass)

B.A. MAJOR PAPERS: DIRECTOR

1. Laura Oslovich, "A Methodological Study of Contemporary Catholic Moral Theology."

Spring, 1986. Departmental Honors

2. Mary Doak, "A Comparison of the Ethical Systems of Jacques Ellul and Stanley

Hauerwas." Spring, 1987. Departmental Honors


3. Kevin M. O'Grady, "Genetic Engineering: Ethical Implications Regarding the Use of

Recombinant DNA in Fetal Gene Transplantations." Spring, 1989.

4. Joanne Taylor, "Homologous In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in the Catholic

Tradition." Spring, 1989.

B.A. CONTRACTED HONOR'S PAPERS

1. Kelley Staley, "Justice in Health Care Reform." Spring, 1997.

2. Joseph Kucala, "Ethical and Theological Reflections on Human Germ-line

Enhancement." Spring, 1997.

ACADEMIC DIRECTION: EXTERNAL UNIVERSITIES

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS: READER

1. Mark Ciganovich, O.Carm., "The United States Catholic Bishops' Teaching on Issues of

Economics, War and Peace, 1919-1979: An Analytic and Critical Study by Means of a

Theological-Ethical Horizon Analysis." First Reader of a S.T.D. dissertation in the

Department of Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

[Director: Dr. William E. May] [Incomplete]

2. James B. Sauer, "The Teachability of the Heart: Theological Ethics in the Work of John

Calvin (1509─1564)." External reader and member of the jury for a Ph.D. dissertation in

the Faculty of Theology at St. Paul's University/University of Ottawa, Canada (Spring,

1992). [Director: Dr. Kenneth Melchin]

MASTER'S THESES: READER

1. Mark O'Keefe, O.S.B., "Virtue-Teleology in Theravada Buddhist Ethics." External

reader of M.A. thesis in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University,

Bloomington, IN (Fall, 1981). [Director: Dr. Judith Berling]

2. Fintan Steele, O.S.B., "Eschatology and the Ethics of Genetic Manipulation in the

Writings of Karl Rahner and Paul Ramsey." External reader of M.A. thesis in the

Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Fall, 1982).

[Director: Dr. David H. Smith]


COURSES TAUGHT

UNDERGRADUATE CORE COURSES:

1. Bioethics and Christian Morality

2. Moral Issues and Christian Responses

3. Moral Problems: The Professions

4. Moral Problems: Bioethics

5. Theology and Interdisciplinary Study

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR THEOLOGY MAJORS/MINORS:

1. Foundations of Christian Morality

2. Perspectives on Life and Death

3. Topics in Theological Ethics

GRADUATE COURSES: MASTER'S (MA/MDiv) AND DOCTORAL (DMin/STD/PhD)

1. Alienation: The New Face of Sin

2. Artificial Nutrition & Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient: The Catholic

Debate

3. Bioethics: Quality of Life and Human Flourishing

4. Christian Ethics and the Professions

5. Christian Marriage and the Family

6. Clinical Bioethics and Religious Traditions

7. Conscience and Self-Transcendence

8. Contemporary Medical Ethics

9. Contemporary Theology

10. Contemporary Topics in Bioethics

11. Doctoral Directed Readings and Research Courses for PhD Students (approximately 12

different 3-credit courses over 4 academic years)

12. Economic and Business Ethics

13. Foundational Theology: Symbol, Ethics and Doctrine

14. Foundations of Christian Moral Life

15. Foundations and Critical Issues in Theological Ethics

16. Foundations of Theological Ethics

17. Freedom and Responsibility: A Moral and Dogmatic Analysis

18. Fundamental Christian Ethics

19. Human Life and Conflict Situations

20. Independent Special Studies Course

21. Intensive Course on Contemporary Ethical Issues regarding Choices in Health Care

(Erasmus Mundus MA Program in Bioethics (Leuven, Belgium)

22. Interdisciplinary Studies: Christian Marriage

23. Interdisciplinary Studies: Meaning and Method in Theology

24. Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar: Social Justice

25. Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar: Theological Method

26. Issues in Applied Theological Ethics

27. Issues in Bioethics


28. Issues in Catholic Healthcare Ethics

29. Issues in Medical Ethics

30. Issues in Moral Theology Today

31. Issues in Public Policy: Energy: Ethical and Religious Analyses

32. Penance and Moral Problems

33. Personal Intention in Morality

34. Political Theology and World Development

35. Principles of Christian Ethics

36. Religion and Society

37. Religious Experience and the Moral Life

38. Religious Faith and Culture

39. Roman Catholic Ethics: Traditions and Transitions

40. Secularization and Situation Ethics

41. Sin and Alienation: Sociological, Philosophical, and Theological Analyses

42. Sin and Reconciliation

43. Social and Political Ethics

44. Special Moral Problems

45. Survey of Trends and Problems in Moral Theology

46. The Meaning and Function of Moral Norms

47. Theological Issues in Bioethics

48. The Relation Between Faith and Morality

49. The Specifically Christian Element in Ethics

50. Theological Issues and the Role of Women in the Church

51. Theology of Revolution

52. Topics in Bioethics: Genetics & Medical Technology

53. Topics in Bioethics: Advanced Clinical Bioethics

PROFESSIONAL COURSES & SYMPOSIA:

1. Focus Course in Bioethics for Healthcare & Legal Professionals (5 Weeks)

2. Survey Course in Bioethics for Healthcare & Legal Professionals (10 Weeks)

3. Annual Fall Medical Ethics Short Course (3 Days) at Walter Reed National Military Medical

Center, Bethesda, MD

4. Annual Spring Symposium for Medical Ethics (2 days) at Walter Reed National Military

Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

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