Tag / bioethics event
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2026 Flanigan Lecture
Join us on October 29, 2026 for the 32nd Annual Flanigan Lecture, Healthcare in an Era of Mass Deportation: Values, Ethics, and Narratives presented by the Center for Practical Bioethics. With Mark Kuczewski, PhD, we will explore how the healing professions’ core commitment to human dignity is being tested — and what’s at stake for patients, providers, and the values that define medicine itself.
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Screening Bioethics Episode 3
Screening Bioethics is a webinar series exploring bioethics topics in popular media with hosts Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, and Nanette Elster, JD, MPH. In the third episode they will examine and discuss relevant ethical issues about breast cancer and breast cancer risk as depicted in both fictional and documentary film and television. This 45-minute exploration will be followed by a 15-minute Q & A. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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2026 Breakfast of Champions
The Breakfast of Champions, the Center’s annual fundraiser, is Thursday, September 17, 2026 from 7:30-9:30 am at Sporting Park, home of the Sporting KC soccer team in Kansas City. The Center for Practical Bioethics
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Screening Bioethics Episode 2
Screening Bioethics is a webinar series exploring bioethics topics in popular media with hosts Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, and Nanette Elster, JD, MPH. In the second episode they will examine and discuss ethical issues at the end of life in three recent shows on television. This 45-minute exploration will be followed by a 15-minute Q & A. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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Screening Bioethics
Screening Bioethics is a webinar series exploring bioethics topics in popular media with hosts Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, and Nanette Elster, JD, MPH. In the first episode they will examine the HBO Max’s, The Pitt, with emphasis on portrayal of bioethics issues, with particular attention to neurodiversity, end-of-life care, and access. This 30-minute exploration will be followed by a 15-minute Q & A. The Center for Practical Bioethics.
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2025 Flanigan Lecture
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.
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2025 Breakfast of Champions
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.
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2025 AI and IPAs
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.
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Flanigan Lecture 2024
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. -
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Medical Ethics and Why It Matters
On October 3, 2023, for our 40th Anniversary Kickoff Luncheon, Ryan Pferdehirt and Lindsey Jarrett shared real-life situations showing how bioethicists improve care in clinical settings and how the Center is helping providers build safeguards into their use of artificial intelligence.
