Flanigan Lecture 2023
29th
Annual
Flanigan Lecture
You can hear me, but are you listening?
Thursday, September 21, 2023 - PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE
6 PM CT Reception, 7 PM CT Lecture
Free Event
In-Person Attendance Option
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
Social Hall
5801 West 115th Street
Overland Park, KS 66211
Virtual Attendance Option
Lecture 7 – 8:30 PM CT
Once you register, if you miss the lecture, we send you a link to view at your convenience.
Lecture Description
Our speakers, Dr. Jeff Goldenberg and Naomi Kirtner, are the parents of Talia Goldenberg, who died tragically at age 23 following spinal surgery. Talia, her physician father and her mother pleaded with doctors and medical staff, urging them to recognize that Talia couldn’t breathe.
Talia’s parents have a powerful story to share. As founders of @taliasvoice: Projects for Patient Safety, they are agents for change, telling Talia’s story in hospitals, medical and nursing schools, health management programs—anywhere that healthcare workers and patients intersect.
Registration Required - Free Event
Thursday, September 21, 2023 - PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE
In-Person Attendance
Reception begins at 6 pm CT with the lecture beginning at 7 pm CT.
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
Social Hall
5801 West 115th Street
Overland Park, KS 66211
Virtual Attendance
Lecture 7-8:30 PM
Once you register, if you miss the lecture,
we send you a link to view at your convenience.
Past Events
Join us on Nov. 12, 2025 for the 31st Annual Flanigan Lecture, Reflections from an Imperfect Art: Jazz, Medical Ethics, and the Moral Practice of Medicine presented by the Center for Practical Bioethics. Dr. Patrick T. Smith, a leading voice in bioethics and theology, will explore how jazz—born from struggle and creativity—offers powerful metaphors for justice, equity, and the moral practice of medicine.
The Center for Practical Bioethics invites you to the Breakfast of Champions, our annual fundraiser. Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 7:30-9:30 am at the College Basketball Experience in Kansas City.
You’re invited by the Center for Practical Bioethics to AI and IPAs: A Young Professionals Networking and Learning Event on Thursday, August 28 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm at DoubleTap KC int River Market.
Monday, September 30, 2024
“Will AI Health Apps Make Us Healthier?” is the topic of the Center’s 30th Annual Rosemary Flanigan Lecture on September 30, 2024. The lecture, presented by Anita Ho, bioethicist, author, and clinical professor, will weigh the ethical pros and cons of AI in personal healthcare. Attend in-person in Kansas City or virtually on YouTube.
Please join us on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at The Abbott in KCMO. Keynote Speaker is Daniela Lamas, MD.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Join us for a “fireside chat” and mingle with the expert leaders of services to help healthcare organizations integrate ethics into all facets of their organizations.
Advance Care Planning Training — Open to Everyone
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12 noon – 1 PM CT
Thursday, May 25, 2023, 12 noon – 1 PM CT
An inspirational morning exploring how listening to stories and creating art depicting the wishes of elders can open new pathways to connection, reconciliation and peace.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Continental Breakfast 8:30-9:00 AM
Symposium 9:00 AM – Noon
Thursday, November 3, 2022
In this free webinar, we invite new and current users to learn about the new TPOPP/POLST Clinical Guide and form.
Advance Care Planning Training
Open to Everyone
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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