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ROBERT D. ORR, MD, CM
Curriculum Vitae
Office:Residence: (preferred contact)
Center for Christian Bioethics25698 Huron Street
24760 Stewart Street, Rm 3227RLoma Linda, CA 92354
Loma Linda, CA 92350phone: 909-253-1120
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PERSONALborn: Mooers, New York3/16/41
married: Brighton, Michigan(to Joyce nee Wirick)6/9/62
children: Shirley, Ronald, Robin
S.S.#:available on request
CURRENT POSITIONS
LomaLindaUniversityMedicalCenter
Director of Clinical Ethics 1990-2000, 2009 –2011
Consultant in Clinical Ethics
LomaLindaUniversitySchool of Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine2000 –
Professor of Medical Ethics2009 -
LomaLindaUniversityCenter for Christian Bioethics
Associate Director1991-2000, 2009-2011
Administrative Committee1992-2000, 2009-2011
University of VermontCollege of Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine2000 –
TrinityInternationalUniversity (Bannockburn, IL)
Visiting Professor of Bioethics2004-
Union Graduate College/The Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Schenectady, NY)
Professor of Bioethics2004 –
FORMER POSITIONS
Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington, VT)
Clinical Ethicist10/2004 – 6/2009
Director of Ethics9/2000 – 9/2004
LomaLindaUniversitySchool of Medicine 1990-2000
Institutional Review Board
Spiritual Life & Wholeness Committee
Fundamental Values Task Force
LomaLindaUniversityGraduateSchool
Faculty, Biomedical and Clinical Ethics Program1993-2000
EDUCATION
HoughtonCollege; Houghton, NY; B.S., cum laude1958-1962
McGillUniversity; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; M.D.,C.M.1962-1966
U.S. Naval Hospital; Bethesda, MD; Rotating Internship1966-1967
U.S. Naval Hospital; Jacksonville, FL; Family Practice Residency1967-1969
The MacLeanCenter for Clinical Medical Ethics; University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Ethics1989-1990
BostonUniversitySchool of Public Health
Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict ResolutionApril 1993
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATIONAmerican Board of Family Practice 1972
recertified 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
MEDICAL LICENSURENew York1969no. 103611
Vermont1971-currentno. 42-0004280
California1990-currentno. G 069695
MILITARY SERVICEU.S. Navy [LCDR(MC)USN]1966-1971
HONORS AND AWARDS
New YorkState Science & Math Scholarship1958-1962
Who's Who in AmericanUniversities & Colleges1962
McGillUniversity Scholar1963,1965
Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society1965
Vermont Family Doctor of the Year1989
Outstanding Faculty Award - LLUSM Class of 19941994
HoughtonCollege Distinguished Alumnus Award1995
The Best Doctors in America - Pacific Region1996-97
Who's Who in the West1997
Preceptor of the Year - LLUMedicalCenter Family Medicine Residency1997, 1998
Visiting Professor - Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador1998
The Best Doctors in America1998, 1999
AMA’s Isaac Hayes and John Bell Award for Leadership
in Medical Ethics and Professionalism1999
Scholar in Residence (CS Lewis Foundation), Oxford, England3-6/2006
Christian Medical & Dental Associations – Servant of Christ Award2009
C.S.LewisCollege – Council of Distinguished Fellows2009
Marquis Who’s Who in America2010
Marquis Who’s Who in the World2011
PROFESSIONALPRACTICE
U.S. Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico1969-1971
Family Practice in Brattleboro, VT
- solo1971-1982
- in association with Christopher Schmidt1982-1989
Loma Linda University Family Medical Group1990-1996
HOSPITALAFFILIATIONS
BrattleboroMemorialHospital1971-1989
- Executive Committee1975-1980
- President of Medical Staff1976
- Chairman of Patient Care Committee1980-1988
- Chairman of Ethics Committee1984-1989
Loma Linda University Medical Center1990-2000, 2009-
- Chairman of Ethics Committee1993-2000
- Medical Staff Nominating Committee1996
LomaLindaCommunityHospital1990-1994
- Chairman of Bioethics Committee 1991-1994
Fletcher Allen Health Care2000 - 2009
POSITIONSHELD
Medical Director, EdenPark Nursing Home1971-1989
Regional Medical Examiner, State of Vermont1971-1989
School Physician, ThompsonSchool for Practical Nurses 1971-1981
School Physician, AustineSchool for the Deaf1978-1989
PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS
Vermont Medical Society1971-1989, 2000 - present
- Committee on Aging and Extended Care1974-1983
- ad hoc Committee on Medical Ethics1986-1989
- ExCEL Committee2002 - 2005
WindhamCounty Medical Society1971-1989
- President1975
ChittendenCounty Medical Society Councilor2003 - 2009
Christian Medical and Dental Association 1969-present
- Commission on Medical Ethics1988-1994, 1996- 2002
Chairman 1991-1994
- Board of Trustees2003 – 2007, 2009-present
Society for Bioethics Consultation1989-1998
Board of Directors1996-1998
American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics1989-2000
American Medical Association1990-present
California Medical Association1990-2001
Council on Ethical Affairs1996-2000
Chairman1998-2000
San BernardinoCounty Medical Society1990-2000
Medical Legal Committee1991-1992, 1998-2000
Futile Care Task Force1995-1996
Society for Teachers of Family Medicine1990-1998
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Advisory Board1994-present
Chair2005-present
Fellow1997-2000
Senior Fellow2000-present
Consultant in Clinical Ethics2001-present
The Houghton Institute for Integrative Studies, Advisory Council1996-1998
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities1998-present
Executive Committee1998-2000
Vice President1998-2000
Task Force on Professional Standards2000-2002
Vermont Agency of Human Services, Ethics Committee of the
Department of Developmental & Mental Health Services2002-2009
American Academy of Pain Medicine, Ethics Committee 2003-present
VermontAlliance for Ethical Healthcare, President 2003-2011
EDITORIAL BOARD:Ethics and Medicine (U.S. board)
Today’s Christian Doctor
PEER REVIEWER FOR:Grant reviewer for the NIH “Research on the End of Life” July 1999
The Journal of Family Practice
Family Medicine
Archives of Family Medicine
Journal of Clinical Ethics
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Journal of Medical Ethics
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
IRB
Journal of Perinatology
Journal of Palliative Care
NAMED LECTURESHIPS and KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
“Personal and Professional Integrity in Clinical Medicine”. The Jack W. Provonsha Lecture.
Alumni Postgraduate Convention. LomaLindaUniversitySchool of Medicine. February 22, 1992
“Ethics and Clinical Medicine in the 90's”. The Wilfred Snodgrass Memorial Lecture. CaliforniaAcademy of Family Physicians 46th Scientific Assembly. Monterey, CA February 18, 1994
“The Healer”s Role at Day’s End: Foregoing Treatment, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Professionalism”. The Critical Issues Lecture. AmericanAcademy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly. Anaheim, CA September 21, 1995
“The Use of Medical Oaths by U.S. and Canadian Medical Students Graduating in 1993”. Keynote paper at the 7th Annual Mrs. John MacLean Conference on Clinical Medical Ethics and Patient Care, the University of Chicago. Chicago, IL October 21, 1995
“Ethical Implications of Managed Care”. Twelfth annual Medical Ethics Seminar, Hampden District Medical Society; MercyHospital. Springfield, MA October 16, 1996
“Artificially Administered Fluids and Nutrition: Optional or Obligatory?”. Sam Shikany Memorial Lecture. Sacred HeartMedicalCenter. Spokane, WA October 23, 1998
“Teaching Clinical Ethics to Medical Students”. Keynote address at “Ethics in Health Care” Centenary Conference for ChristianMedicalCollege, Vellore, India April 6, 2000
“Ethical Issues in an Aging Population”. Keynote address at Albert T. Tremblay Education Day. Burlington, VT May 1, 2001
"How do you make ethical decisions?". Keynote address at Albert T. Trembly Education Day. Burlington, VT March 5, 2002
"Palliative Care Rather than Assisted Suicide: The Ethical High Ground" Keynote address at UVM/CME End-of-Life Conference. Burlington, VT April26, 2002
"Ethical dilemmas in caring for adolescents". Keynote address at Clinical Dilemmas in Adolescent Health conference sponsored by Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center.
Manchester, VT. May 29, 2002
"At the Crossroads: The Impact of Cultural & Religious Beliefs on End-of-Life Decisions. Keynote address at 2nd annual UVM/CME End-of-Life Conference. Burlington, VT May 29, 2003
"Cardiac Care of the Elderly: Ethical Issues". The Travers Robbins, MD Memorial Lecture at the Heart Teaching Day, PlattsburghStateUniversity; Plattsburgh, NY June 5, 2003
“Palliative Care, Not Assisted Suicide: The Ethical High Ground”. The 18th Annual A. Kurt Weiss Lecture; University of OklahomaHealthSciencesCenter; Oklahoma City, OK. September 14, 2004
“The History and Current Status of Euthanasia”. Keynote address at the 2nd annual Chinese Christian Medical Mission Ethics Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. April 16, 2005
“Decision-Making in Clinical Ethics”. Keynote address at the 14th annual Albania Health Fund Conference. Tirana, Albania. October27,2005
“Decision-Making at the Bedside” Keynote address at the 11th annual Conference on Bioethical Issues, CedarvilleUniversity, Cedarville, OH November 3, 2005
“The Challenge of Preserving Patient Autonomy When Facing Death”. Fifth Annual Faith and Bioethics Lecture; sponsored by the MacLaurin Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. January 20, 2007
“Medical Ethics and the Faith Factor.” Keynote at Jamaica Christian Medical and Dental Association meeting; Kingston, Jamaica. 30 January 2010
VIDEO PRESENTATIONS:
Ethical Issues in Managed Care. taped 3/28/94 at the AnnenbergCenter at EisenhowerHospital, Palm Desert, CA for Teleconference Education Network (SPC Communications)
Euthanasia/Physician-Assisted Suicide. taped 4/9/94 in Baton Rouge, LA for the Christian Medical & Dental Society video series “New Issues in Medical Ethics”
Decision-Making in Clinical Ethics. taped 5/20/94 in Deerfield, IL for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Not Worth Living? taped 7/28/97 in Loma Linda, CA as part of Focus on the Family’s Hot-Topics Video Series
Ethical Issues in Pain Assessment and Management. Two-hour national teleconference produced by the UVM Division of Continuing Education, and telecast to 127 sites. Burlington, VT 12/6/01
What are the Moral Implications of Bioethics? taped 2/2/06 in Burlington, VT for Anchors Away Ministries, Carmel, IN
A Clinical Ethics Conversation. teaching DVD for Union University-Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Bioethics Program. 2009
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INVITEDPRESENTATIONS (selected)
“Ethics Committees in a SmallHospital”. VermontState Medical Society Annual Meeting. Stowe, VT; September, 1986
“Teaching Medical Ethics”. Ethics Grand Rounds, AlbanyMedicalCollege; Albany, NY; January 17, 1990
“Does Religion Influence End-of-Life Treatment Choices?”. 2nd Annual MacLean Conference on Clinical Medical Ethics. The University of Chicago; June 12, 1990
“Teaching Clinical Ethics to Housestaff”. McGillUniversity Annual Medical Seminar. Montreal, Quebec, Canada; September 20, 1991
“An Ethics Consultation Service in a Department of Family Medicine”. 3rd Annual MacLean Conference on Clinical Medical Ethics. University of Chicago; Chicago, IL; October 19, 1991
“Do Not Resuscitate: the Ethical Issues”. The National Conference on EMS Law and Policy. WashingtonDC; October 20, 1991
“The Concept of Futility in Clinical Ethics” and “Terminal Care Ethics”. Seventh Annual National Bioethics Conference. SydneyAdventistHospital. Sydney, Australia; April 6-7, 1992
“Teaching Medical Ethics”, “Suicide and Euthanasia”, “Decision-Making in Clinical Ethics”, and “Terminal Care Ethics”. Ciclo de Conferencias Sobre Etica Medica (simultaneous translation);
University of Carabobo; Valencia, Venezuela; June 7-9, 1992
“The Spiritual Dimension in Whole-Person Care”. 1993 Predoctoral Education Conference of the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine. New Orleans, LA; January 31, 1993
“A Report and Analysis of 64 Pediatric Ethics Consultations”. 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioethics Consultation. Cleveland, OH; September 10, 1993
“Ethical Issues in Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation”. 23rd Educational & Scientific Symposium, Society for Critical Care Medicine. Orlando, FL. February 2, 1994
“Ethical Issues at the End of Life”. American Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
22nd Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA; February 25, 1994
“Physician-Assisted Death”. Medical Ethics Seminar. Baton Rouge, LA; April 9, 1994
“Ethical Decision-Making in the Craniofacial Clinic”. American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; May 19, 1994
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“Should Physicians Honor Requests for ‘Inappropriate’ Therapy which are Based on Religious Beliefs?”. The Spiritual Dimension of Illness, Suffering, & Dying (conference). The University of West Virginia. Morgantown, WV; June 2, 1994
“Ethical Conflicts in Graduate Medical Education”. AAMC Professional Development Meeting. LaJolla, CA; June 6, 1994
“Issues in Clinical Ethics at a UniversityHospital”. Medical Grand Rounds. MedicalCenterHospital of Vermont. Burlington, VT; September 30, 1994
“Reanimation - Overcoming Objections and Obstacles to Organ Retrieval from Non-Heart-Beating Cadaver Donors”. 3rd Biennial Conf. on Psychiatric, Psychosocial, and Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. Richmond, VA; October 6, 1994
“Cross-Cultural Issues in Clinical Ethics Consultations”. Annual Meeting of Society for Bioethics Consultation. Pittsburgh, PA; October 7, 1994
“When Should Religion Influence Medical Decision-Making?”. American Pediatrics Association, Pediatric Bioethics Conference. Long Beach, CA; June 17, 1995
“Effectiveness of an Ethics Consultation Service: Patient/Family Perspectives”. Society for Bioethics Consultation. Cleveland, OH; September 17, 1995
“Moral Choices in Medicine”. Indianapolis, IN; February 24, 1996
“Ethical Issues in Managed Care”. National Kidney Foundation. Anaheim, CA; April 28, 1996
“Religiously-Based Requests for ‘Inappropriate’ Treatment”. III World Congress of Bioethics (International Association of Bioethics). San Francisco, CA. November 23, 1996
“Ethical Issues in the Use of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation”. 13th Annual Children’s National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO. Keystone, CO. March 4, 1997
“Life is Full of Difficult Decisions”. HoughtonCollege Annual Alumni Chapel. Houghton, NY. April 7, 1997
“Ethics Consultation: The Patient and Family View”. Society for Health and Human Values Spring Meeting; Chicago, IL. April 19, 1997
“The use of the Hippocratic Oath: A Review of 20th century practice”. A symposium presented with Sulmasy D, Winslow G, Jochemsen H. First World Conference on Ethics Codes in Medicine and Biotechnology; Freiburg, Germany; October 13, 1997
“The Role of the Clinical Ethicist in Conflict Resolution”. The 9th Annual Mrs. John MacLean Conference; the University of Chicago; Chicago, IL; October 25, 1997
“Ethics Consultation - 4 Looks at Methodology” moderator of session and presenter of “The Role of the Clinical Ethicist in Conflict Resolution”. Visions for Ethics & Humanities in a Changing Healthcare Environment (conference) - annual meeting of AAB/SBC/SHHV; Baltimore, MD; November 6, 1997
“Decision-Making in Clinical Ethics from a Christian Perspective” and “Ethical Issues at the End of Life”. Primer Congresso Medico- Odontologico- Cristiano en el Ano de la Inauguracion del Campus Universitario de la Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador (simultaneous translation). San Salvador, El Salvador; February 12-14, 1998
“Post-Modern Professionalism: An Oxymoron”. TrinityLawSchool; Anaheim, CA; April 24, 1998
“Psychiatry, Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide”. Workshop with Leigh Bishop, M.D. and Samuel Thielman, M.D. American Psychiatric Association annual meeting; Toronto, Ontario; June 4, 1998
“The Christian as Healthcare Professional” (7.5 hour workshop). Oxbridge ‘98, the C.S. Lewis Summer Institute. Cambridge, England. July 27, 29 & 30, 1998
“’I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ - The Healer’s Role at Day’s End”. Shikany Primary Care Day. Sacred HeartMedicalCenter. Spokane, WA. October 23, 1998
“Quality Improvement in End-of-Life Care” in the Passion and Pragmatism in Pain Management Conference; City of HopeNationalMedicalCenter; Duarte, CA. December 12, 1998
Speaking tour in South Africa on “Physician-Assisted Suicide” and “Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care”, March 3-10, 1999: University of Natal at DurbanLawSchool, University of Cape Town Medical School, University of Cape Town at Tygerberg, University of Pretoria Medical School, National Palliative Care and Euthanasia Conference (Pretoria), Kwasizabantu Ministers’ Conference
“Is Physician-Assisted Death Ever Ethically Justified?” Affirming Life In the Face of Death Conference. Lincoln, NE. April 22, 1999
“Ethics of the Reuse of ‘Single-Use’ Medical Devices”. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Conference. Washington, DC. May 5, 1999
“The Non-Virtuous Physician”. Ethics Grand Rounds. LomaLindaUniversity. May 12, 1999
“Cultural and Religious Issues at the End-of-Life: The Role of the Clinical Ethicist” AAMC/NIHR Spirituality, Culture, and End-of-Life Conference. Denver, CO. September 25, 1999
“An Analysis of 67 Ethics Consultations in Pregnancy”. Dorothy MacLean Memorial Ethics Conference. University of Chicago. Chicago, IL. October 17, 1999
“Changes in Medical Oath Content in the 20th Century” in symposium on “Teaching Professionalism” at AAMC’s 1999 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC October 24, 1999
“Communicating Bad News”. EPEC Conference, City of HopeNationalMedicalCenter; Duarte, CA. December 2, 1999
Annual Bioethics Conference (3 presentations). MethodistHospital, Pikeville, KY. December 10-11, 1999
“Ethical Issues in Transplantation”. Medical Grand Rounds, LLUMC. January 5, 2000
“Is it ethical to charge for spiritual care?”. National Institutes for Healthcare Research conference
Denver, CO. March 20, 2000
“Decision-Making in Medical Ethics” and “Ethical Issues in Transplantation”. Annual Nevada CME program. Las Vegas (AM) and Reno (PM). May 15, 2000
“Ethical Issues in Transplantation”. 6th Annual International Symposium. Facultad Mexicana de Medicina, Universidad La Salle. Mexico City, Mexico. August 18, 2000
Health Care Law and Ethics in the New Millenium Conference. “Balancing Ethics and Law in Conflict Resolution”; “Competency and Consent”; “Legal and Ethical Concerns in Care at Life’s End”; “Balancing Patient Rights with the Rights of Health Care Professionals”. BryanLGHMedicalCenter. Lincoln, NE. September 19, 2000
“Conflict Resolution at the Bedside: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, or Something Else?”
New Hampshire-Vermont Hospital Ethics Committee Network. Hanover, NH. October 16, 2000
“Using the Video ‘Healing By Killing’ to Teach Professionalism” (with Gerald Winslow). 3rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 29,2000
“Ethics Consultations: Issues of Method and Process” (with G. Agich, A. Moss, J. Fins)
3rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 29,2000
“Medical Ethics: Past, Present & Future”. American Osteopathic College of Dermatology. Orlando, FL. November 1, 2000
“Ethical Issues in Psychiatry”. Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Fletcher Allen Health Care. Burlington, VT. November 3, 2000
“End-of-Life Care in GYN Oncology”. OB-GYN Grand Rounds, Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, VT. November 28, 2000
“Spirituality-Based Care / Ethics”. Spirituality & Healing in Medicine Conference. HarvardUniversity, Boston, MA 12/16/00
“At the Interface of Psychiatry and Clinical Ethics”. Psychiatry Grand Rounds, FAHC. Burlington, Vt 2/9/01
“Professional Pain, Professional Joy: ‘From the Self-Same Well’”. Care for the Caregiver Conference. LomaLindaUniversity, Loma Linda, CA 2/11/01
“Clinical Ethics in Surgery”. Surgical Grand Rounds, FAHC. Burlington, VT 2/15/01
“The ELBW Neonate and Family Centered Care: Data, Dilemmas and Decision-Making”. Pediatric Grand Rounds, FAHC. Burlington, VT 3/28/01
Discussion on use of embryonic stem cells in research. CNN Sunday with Steven Frasier. 7/15/01
"Does Gray Hair Cause Gray Answers?: Ethical Issues in an Aging Population". Plenary presentation at Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality, the annual conference of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. Bannockburn, IL 7/20/01
"Pharmacy Issues in End-of-Life Care" Pharmacy Grand Rounds. Fletcher Allen Health Care. 9/18/01
"Clinical Ethics and Organizational Ethics: Similarities and Differences". CopleyHospital,
Morrisville, VT. September 20, 2001
"Decision-Making in Clinical Ethics". US Naval Hospital, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. November 19, 2001
"Our Sin is Your Virtue: Cross-Cultural Issues in Medical Ethics"; and "It's Just a Free Lunch: Conflicts of Interest". Mayo Clinic Intensive Ethics Education Course. Rochester, MN. 2/21/02
"Ethical Issues in Pediatrics". FAHC Pediatric Grand Rounds. 2/27/02
"Ethical Issues in 'Terminal Sedation'". LomaLindaUniversity End-of-Life Care Symposium. Loma Linda, CA. 3/13/02
"Cultural and Religious Beliefs in Clinical Ethics". HarvardDivinitySchool. Cambridge, MA 4/29/02
"When Should Religious Beliefs Affect Medical Decision-Making?". Lahey Clinic. Burlington, MA 5/1/02
"Parents as surrogate decision-makers: The limits of autonomy and the concept of best interests"
26th Annual Conference on Perinatal Social Work. StoweVT. 5/16/02
"Negotiation, Mediation, and Arbitration"; "Cultural and Religious Beliefs as a Source of Moral Distress". Annual Bioethics Conference - BryanLGHHospital - Lincoln, NE. September 11, 2002
"When Should Cultural and Religious Beliefs Influence Medical Decision-Making?". AAMC's 2002 conference on "Spirituality, Culture and the End of Life". Kansas City, MO. September 14, 2002
"Limitation of Treatment - Medicine, Ethics & Law". Vermont Probate Judges Annual Meeting. Manchester, VT. November 8, 2002
"How do you make moral decisions?"; "How do we make decisions in clinical ethics?"
Ethics Committee Retreat - St. JosephHospital. Tampa, FL. March 3, 2003
"When should cultural and religious beliefs influence treatment decisions?". Medical Grand Rounds - St. JosephHospital. Tampa, FL. March 4, 2003
"Sanctity of Life vs Quality of Life: Challenging Human Sovereignty". Five-College Roundtable on Spirit and the Academy - MountHolyokeCollege. South Hadley, MA.