Temple ShalomDates: Sunday, January 08, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Speaker: Multiple Speakers
A Symposium for Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Allied Healthcare Providers, Rabbis, Chaplains, and the General Public
Sponsored by the Bioethics Group of the Society of Jewish Ethics and the Foundation for Jewish Studies
Organized and convened by Dr. Sander H. Mendelson
Location:
Temple Shalom
8401 Grubb Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
410-429-4400
For directions, please click here.
Schedule:
| 12:00 pm | Registration & Light Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | End of Life Issues |
| Clinical Case | |
| Presentation by Rabbi Elliot Dorff | |
| Comments by Rabbi William Cutter (on narratives) & Evan DeRenzo, PhD (a secular bioethics view) | |
| Discussion | |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm | Bioethics at the Bedside: Why and how should we include Jewish values in patient care? |
| Rabbi Sandy Rubenstein, MSW | |
| Comments by Rabbi James Michaels (experiences in chaplaincy) | |
| Discussion | |
| 4:15 pm | Synthetic Life: What is it? And why should we be concerned about it? |
| Paul Root Wolpe, PhD | |
| Discussion |
Faculty:
Rabbi Elliot Dorff | Professor of Philosophy, Chair of Bioethics, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University, Los Angeles |
| Rabbi William Cutter | Professor Emeritus of Human Relations, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles |
| Evan DeRenzo, PhD | Senior Bioethicist, Center for Ethics, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins University; consulting bioethicist |
Rabbi Sandy Rubenstein, MSW, MAJCS | Chaplain, Montgomery Hospice, Rockville, MD
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| Rabbi James Michaels, D.Min | Director of Pastoral Care, Charles E. Smith Life Communities, Rockville, MD; Professor of Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishawaka, IN |
Paul Root Wolpe, PhD
| Professor of Bioethics and Director, Center for Ethics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
 | Presented with the collaboration of the Kalsman Institute, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles. |
 | For more information about the Bioethics Group of the Society of Jewish Ethics, please visit their website. |
 | Presented with the collaboration of the Center for Ethics, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. |
The Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health will be providing CEUs for MFTs, Social Workers, and RNs for this event at the cost of $25.00. The NAJC will provide CEUs for NAJC certified chaplains for free. For more details about the symposium, including additional CEU information, please contact the Foundation for Jewish Studies at 301-770-4787 or send an email to info@foundjs.org.
