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BIOETHICS
A guide to beginning-of-life
issues
IN
THE NORTHEAST
• Margaret
A. Farley is Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale Divinity
School in New Haven, Conn. She has served on the Ethics Committee of the American
Society of Reproductive Medicine. She is author of “Stem Cell Research: Religious
Considerations” in Handbook of Embryonic Stem Cells and “Cloning for
Research: Ethical and Religious Concerns” in Therapeutic Cloning. Contact
203-432-5355, margaret.farley@yale.edu.
• Nicanor
Pier Giorgio Austriaco is assistant professor of biology and instructor
of theology at Providence College in Providence, R.I. He is also a Catholic
priest and Dominican friar. His writings include “Are Teratomas Embryos or Non-Embryos?
A Criterion for Oocyte-Assisted Reprogramming” in the winter 2005 issue of The
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. Contact 401-865-1906, naustria@providence.edu.
•
J. Paris is Walsh Professor of Bioethics in the theology department at Boston
College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. A Catholic priest, he is co-author of “Approaches
to end-of-life decision-making in the NICU: Insights from Dostoevsky’s The
Grand Inquisitor” (2006) and “What standards apply to resuscitation at the
borderline of gestational age?” (2005), both in the Journal of Perinatology.
Contact 617-552-8434, John.Paris@bc.edu.
IN
THE EAST
• Ann
Boyd is professor of biology and an affiliated member of the department
of religion and philosophy at Hood College in Frederick, Md. She is also an
Episcopal priest. Contact 301-696-3683, boyd@hood.edu.
• Dr. Robin
W. Doroshow is professor of pediatrics and pediatric cardiology at Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C. She is co-author of “Treatment Decisions for
Newborns at the Threshold of Viability: An Ethical Dilemma” in the September
2000 Journal of Perinatology. Contact 202-444-5437.
• Josephine
Johnston is associate for law and bioethics and director of research operations
at The Hastings Center in Garrison, N.Y. She is the author of “Paying
Egg Donors: Exploring the Arguments” in the January/February 2006 Hastings
Center Report and “Mum’s the Word: Donor Anonymity in Assisted Reproduction”
in the December 2002 Health Law Review. Contact 845-424-4040 ext. 208,
johnstonj@thehastingscenter.org.
• Thomas
A. Shannon holds the Paul McKeever Chair in Moral Theology at St. John’s
University in Queens, New York, and is professor emeritus of religion and social
ethics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. His books include
Made in Whose Image?: Genetic Engineering and Christian Ethics. Contact
through Elizabeth Reilly at 718-990-5789,
reillye@stjohns.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
• Kathy
Kinlaw is acting director of the John and Susan Wieland Center for Ethics and
Bioethics at Emory University in Atlanta and associate in the department of
pediatrics at the Emory Medical School. She is also executive director of the
Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia. Neonatal and perinatal ethics is
one of her research interests. Contact 404-727-2201, kkinlaw@emory.edu.
• Loretta
M. Kopelman is professor of medical humanities in the Brody School of Medicine
of East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Her books include (as co-editor)
Children and Health Care: Moral and Social Issues. Contact 252-744-2621,
kopelmanlo@ecu.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Dr. Bonnie
J. Taylor is professor of pediatrics in the neonatology section at the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and medical director of Arkansas Children’s
Hospital in Little Rock. She has chaired the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Ethics
Committee. Contact 501-364-7800, TaylorBJ@archildrens.org.
• Dr. Brian
S. Carter is professor of pediatrics in the division of neonatology at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. His research and teaching interests
include clinical ethics. He is author of “Ethical
Issues in Neonatal Care” on e-Medicine and co-editor of Palliative Care
for Infants, Children and Adolescents: A Practical Handbook. Contact 615-322-3475,
brian.carter@vanderbilt.edu.
• Mark A.
Rothstein holds the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and is director
of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville
School of Medicine. He is co-editor of Genetic Ties and the Family: The
Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children. Contact 502-895-4688,
mark.rothstein@louisville.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Dr. Stephen
M. Modell is research area specialist and dissemination activities director
at the Michigan
Center for Genomics & Public Health and instructor in health management
and policy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is the author of
“Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in the Light of Religious Dialogue” in
the March 2007 Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. Contact 734-615-3141,
mod@umich.edu.
• Jessica
Wilen Berg is professor of law and bioethics at Case Western Reserve University
in Cleveland, where she has a joint appointment in the School of Law and the
department of bioethics at the Medical School. Her writings include “Of Elephants
and Embryos: A Proposed Framework for Legal Personhood,” forthcoming in Hastings
Law Journal; and “You say person, I say property: Does it really matter
what we call an embryo?” (winter 2004) and “Risky Business: Evaluating Oocyte
Donation” (fall 2001), both in The American Journal of Bioethics.
Contact 216-368-6363, jwb14@po.cwru.edu.
• Dr. Richard
Gunderman is associate professor in the department of philosophy, vice chairman
of radiology and director of pediatric radiology at Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis. He is also co-author of “Ethics and the Limits of Neonatal
Viability” in the August 2005 issue of the journal Radiology. Contact
317-274-8698, rbgunder@iupui.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• Dr. Joseph
A. Garcia-Prats is professor of pediatrics and professor of medical ethics
in the Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues at Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston. He is also medical director of the Arnold J. Rudolph Memorial Newborn
Intensive Care Unit at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston. Contact 713-873-3515,
josephg@tmc.edu.
• Thomas
W. Mayo is an associate professor at Dedman School of Law and director of
the Cary M. Maguire
Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, both at Southern Methodist
University. He is also adjunct associate professor of internal medicine at the
University
of Texas-Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He has given many presentations
on issues of neonatal ethics. Contact 214-768-3767, tmayo@mail.smu.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Anita
Joy Catlin is professor of nursing at Sonoma
State University in California and a certified ethics consultant. She is
author of “Thinking outside the box: Prenatal care and the call for a prenatal
advance directive” in the April/June 2005 Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal
Nursing and co-author of “End of Life in the NICU: A Study of Ventilator
Withdrawal” in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing (May/June
2001) and “Applying Palliative Care Principles in the Care of High-Risk Newborns”
in the book Palliative Care for Infants, Children and Adolescents: A Practical
Handbook. Contact 707-644-2640, catlin@sonoma.edu.
• Dr. Mark
Merkens is associate professor of pediatrics at Oregon
Health & Science University in Portland and co-author of “The Oregon
Health Plan and the Ethics of Care for Marginally Viable Newborns” in the 2001
Journal of Clinical Ethics. Contact 800-452-3563, merkensm@ohsu.edu.
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