CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Northern Ohio Regional Pediatric Ethics Consortium (NORPEC) invites interested individuals to submit abstracts to be considered for poster session. Abstract content should be geared to course content. This consortium is a collaboration of Children’s Hospital Cleveland Clinic, Akron Children's Hospital, Hospice of the Western Reserve, MetroHealth Medical Center, and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.

Complete the abstract document linked here
and submit it via email to clevelandclinicmeded@ccf.org

EXTENDED DEADLINE: April 8, 2010

Michael Anderson, MD
Vice President & Associate Chief Medical Officer
University Hospitals
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
University Hospitals
Cleveland, OH

Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH 
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
Department of Pediatrics
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA

Sarah Friebert, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM  
Director, A Palette of Care Program
Haslinger Division of Pediatric Palliative Care
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH

Olson Huff, MD 
Pediatric Consultant to Mission Hospitals Health Care Foundation
Political Liaison Consultant for Mission Hospital
Asheville, NC
Chair, Committee on Federal Government Affairs
American Academy on Pediatrics
Black Mountain, NC

Eric Kodish, MD
F.J. O'Neill Professor and Chairman
Department of Bioethics
Professor of Pediatrics
Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic 
Cleveland, OH

William Meadow, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Section Chief, Department of Pediatrics University of Chicago Medical Center/Comer Children’s Hospital
University of Chicago Medical Center
University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL

James F. Quilty, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Emeritus Medical Staff, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Adjunct Faculty (retired), MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD 
Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Ethics
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery
Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Chicago
Chicago IL
 
Yoram Unguru, MD, MS, MA
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
The Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai and Berman Bioethics   Institute Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Mark P. Aulisio, PhD 
Associate Professor of Bioethics
Director, Master’s Program in Bioethics
Department of Bioethics
Case Western Reserve University 
Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics
MetroHealth Medical Center 
Cleveland, OH

M. Karen Ballard, MCM, BCC
Director, Chaplaincy Services Department
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, OH

Roberta Bauer, MD
Developmental and Rehabilitation Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Shaker Campus
Cleveland, OH

Courtenay Bruce, JD, MA
Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics
Department of Bioethics
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Irene Cihon Dietz, MD, FAAP
Asst. Professor of Pediatrics, CWRU
Medical Director, Division of Comprehensive Care Pediatrics
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Jonathan M. Fanaroff, MD, JD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Associate Director, Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Ruth Farrell, MD
Department of Bioethics
Obstetrics/Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Johanna Goldfarb, MD
Head, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Head, Child Advocacy Committee
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Children’s Hospital
Cleveland, OH

Sabine Iben, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Lerner College of Medicine
Neonatal Director Fetal Care Center
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH

R. Ann Kessler, LISW-S
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
University Hospitals
Cleveland, OH

Rina Lazebnik, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University
Director of Adolescent Medicine
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Anne Lyren, MD
Interim Department Chairman, Pediatrics
Director, Rainbow center for Pediatric Ethics
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Constantine Mavroudis, MD 
Ross Professor of Surgery
Chairman of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Loretta Pierce, MSN
Director, Clinical Operations
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Shaker Campus
Cleveland, OH

John. F. Pope, MD, FAAP
Associate Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Transport Services
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Associate Professor, NEOUCOM
Akron, OH

Laurie Stuart, MD
Pediatric Consultant
Hospice of the Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH