40th Anniversary Events
Our 40th Anniversary Events

A Year of Celebration
2023-2024
The Center for Practical Bioethics, based in Kansas City and founded in 1984, is celebrating 40 years of raising and responding to ethical issues in health and healthcare. We call this work “practical bioethics” because the Center applies ethics to real-life challenges and decisions in health and healthcare. Some challenges affect specific groups, such as students, clinicians, healthcare IT, CEOs and public officials. Others, such as serious illness and end-of-life care, affect every one of us!
40th Anniversary Kickoff Luncheon
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
The Fire House KC, 4518 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
$40 per person
Co-Chairs: Raghu Adiga, MD, and Mark R. Thompson, JD
Guidance at the Crossroads of Decision: A Fireside Chat
Join us for a “fireside chat” and mingle with the expert leaders of our services to help healthcare organizations integrate ethics – from bedside to boardroom – into all facets of their organizations.
40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner

Thursday, April 11, 2024
5::30 pm Reception | 6:45 pm Dinner
The Abbott, 1901 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Keynote Speaker: Daniela Lamas, MD
Rosemary Flanigan Lecture
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Attendance: Virtual or In-Person in Overland Park, KS
Speakers: Dr. Jeff Goldenberg and Naomi Kirtner
Co-Chairs: Tarris Rosell, DMin, PhD, and Ruth Rosell
Free admission. Registration requested.
You Can Hear Me But Are You Listening?
Talia Goldenberg died at age 23 because doctors, nurses and support staff failed to listen. Talia’s parents founded Talia’s Voice: Projects for Patient Safety, to change the culture in medicine so no one else’s child dies because people in charge won’t listen.