{"id":108888,"date":"2022-11-15T12:58:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=108888"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:55:43","slug":"edelstein-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/what-can-i-attend\/development-office-events\/edelstein-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan and Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alan &amp; Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture 2025<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Ethics of End of Life Care<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NpcthLZsplo?si=HG0hNuILBlOj2psE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6pm (ET)<\/strong> the 2025 virtual lecture took place, featuring the topic the <strong>Ethics of End-of-Life Care.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moderator:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/Dr.-David-Edelstein-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Edelstein Photo\" width=\"186\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-119258\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>David R. Edelstein, MD (CAMED\u201980)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. David R. Edelstein is the Former Chief of Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH) and the former Chair of Otolaryngology at Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH). He is a clinical professor of otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and is nationally known for work in endoscopic sinus surgery, CT-guided nasal surgery, balloon sinuplasty, hearing loss, nasal polyps, and nasal aging. He is a past chair of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAOHNS), the senior editor of Revision Surgery in Otolaryngology, and has won numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from AAOHNS, the Practitioner of the Year from AAOHNS, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Boston University Avedisian &amp; Chobanian School of Medicine (BUSM)\u00a0 and from the Physician Attending Association of LHH, and several Patients\u2019 Choice Awards. He has been included among the \u201cBest Otolaryngologists in New York\u201d by New York Magazine, \u201cNew York Super Doctors,\u201d \u201cAmerica\u2019s Top Doctors,\u201d and \u201cNew York\u2019s Most Compassionate Doctors\u201d for many years. He also sits on the Deans Advisory Board at Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/carver-alan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"171\" class=\" wp-image-138924 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/carver-alan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/carver-alan-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/carver-alan-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>Alan Carver, MD (CAMED\u201995) \u2013 <\/strong>Neurologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carver is an Attending Neurologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Weil Cornell School of Medicine.\u00a0 Dr. Carver advocates passionately for the Basic Human Right of patients to be cared for by health care providers whose skill set includes state of the science palliative medicine at all stages of illness.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine and following his Residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital\/Cornell and Fellowship at MSKCC, Dr. Carver earned dual Board Certification in Neurology and in Hospice &amp; Palliative Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carver joined his chief mentor, Dr. Kathleen Foley, in surveying members of The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) as to their attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge regarding end of life care (<em>Neurology<\/em> 1999; 53:2, 284-293).\u00a0 As a result of this groundbreaking publication, they established a new course, <u>Palliative Care in Neurology<\/u> at the annual meeting of The American Academy of Neurology in 2001, initiating programs, seminars, annual meetings, publications, and more for neurologists and allied professionals on the principles and practice of palliative medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, Drs. Carver &amp; Foley were Co-Editors of the first-ever volume of <em>Neurologic Clinics<\/em> dedicated to Palliative Care.\u00a0 This pioneering text defined best practice standards and evidence-based palliative care guidelines in several categories of neurologic disease.\u00a0 \u00a0The following year Dr. Carver was recruited to develop a Division of Pain Medicine at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Carver\u2019s leadership skills, public speaking abilities, engaging teaching style, and sharp clinical acumen were duly noted.\u00a0\u00a0 In recognition of these attributes, he was invited to serve as Associate Dean of Admissions at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carver returned to the Dept. of Neurology at MSKCC in 2010 to help develop essential palliative care competency standards in the care of patients with brain tumors and their families.\u00a0 He has developed a clinical practice for patients with neurologic complications of cancer and its treatment, and trains others in excellence in communication among other elements of state of the art palliative and end of life care.<\/p>\n<p>Co-Sponsored by Weill Cornell Medical College, The Salzburg Seminars, The Austrian-American Foundation, and George Soros\u2019 Open Society Institute, Drs. Carver and Foley launched <em>\u201cNeurology, Neuro-Oncology, &amp; Palliative Care,\u201d <\/em>in Salzburg, Austria, to improve the care of dying patients and those in the advanced stages of neurologic illness throughout Eastern Europe.\u00a0 Neurologists, Nurse Practitioners, Palliative Care specialists, Internists, Surgeons, and others have since travelled to Salzburg to broaden their knowledge and learn how to become palliative care champions in their home countries.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Carver and his faculty have returned by invitation to Salzburg multiple times in recent years, most recently, and for the sixth time, in the Spring, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carver was elected to the two-year position of Chairman of the Pain and Palliative Medicine Section of the American Academy of Neurology. \u00a0\u00a0Dr. Carver is the two-time recipient of The Annual Weill Cornell Medical College Award for Excellence in Teaching, and is regularly listed among the \u201cBest Doctors\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Believing that the rights of the Disabled, the Dying, and the Elderly, among other vulnerable groups are threatened by the current national appetite for legalization of physician assisted suicide, Dr. Carver continues to devote much of his professional career to advocating on behalf of patients families struggling with the devastating impact of advanced cancer and other life limiting illnesses.\u00a0 Such patients deserve to be cared for by providers whose skill sets extend far include basic competency in the art and science of palliative medicine.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Brandon-Oddo-Formal-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" class=\" wp-image-138925 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Brandon-Oddo-Formal-2.png 350w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Brandon-Oddo-Formal-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Brandon-Oddo-Formal-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Brandon-Oddo-Formal-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/>Brandon Oddo (CAMED Student)\u2013 <\/strong>Co-founder of GRACE, current Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine medical student presently on leave from medical school for two years to pursue a master&#8217;s degree at Duke&#8217;s Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" class=\" wp-image-138923 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/ShellyRambo2024-e1732547675561-600x600-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/>Shelly Rambo, PhD \u2013 <\/strong>Professor of Theology, Boston University School of Theology:\u00a0\u201cMeaning Making at the End of Life\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rambo<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is Professor of Theology at Boston University School of Theology. Her research and teaching interests focus on religious responses to trauma and moral injury. She is author of two single-authors books <em>Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining<\/em> (Westminster John Knox, 2010), <em>Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma<\/em> (Baylor University Press, 2017), and recently completed a third (<em>Sustaining Spirits on the Open Sea: Meaning Making from Sites of Care<\/em>)<em>\u00a0<\/em>which features the rich meaning-making work of contemporary chaplains in responding to collective trauma. Her work at the intersection of trauma and theology has led to partnership with chaplains and international educators in Northern Ireland, Norway, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>She is co-author, with sociologist Wendy Cadge, of a textbook now widely used to educate spiritual care providers, <em>Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction<\/em> (UNC Press, 2022). Inspired by the work of military chaplains, she was instrumental in designing Boston University School of Theology\u2019s MDiv track in Chaplaincy. Her current grant project,\u00a0Trauma-Responsive Congregations, focuses on supporting urban Christian congregational leaders responding to collective trauma.\u00a0It is funded by Lilly Endowment and is a collaboration between scholars at BU School of Theology and the School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/beth-suereth_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" class=\" wp-image-138926 alignleft\" \/>Beth Rooney Suereth (CAS\u201985) &#8211; <\/strong>Founder &amp; Caregiving Partner, Caregiving Pathways<\/p>\n<p>Beth earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston University before beginning her career in health care marketing and communications. She later shifted her focus to family caregiving and served as a family caregiving consultant for the AARP Public Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. She now works as a care manager for Careforth in Yarmouth, where she continues to support caregivers and families. She is the founder and family caregiving partner of Caregiving Pathways, a consultancy dedicated to educating family caregivers on managing the caregiving journey and end-of-life planning. She has coached for certification programs, conducted peer reviews for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and developed educational content for multiple organizations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">View 2024 Edelstein Lecture<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alan &amp; Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture 2024<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Genetic Testing: Ethical Dilemmas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pJd4vA3M9Y?si=FEejASZ-1cC2GBAq\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On <strong>Monday, March 25, 2024 at 6pm (ET)<\/strong> the 2024 virtual lecture took place, featuring the topic of <strong>Genetic Testing: Ethical Dilemmas.\u00a0 <\/strong>The <span title=\"\">program featured a panel of Alumni and Faculty <span>moderated by <strong title=\"\">David R. Edelstein, MD &#8217;80.<\/strong>\u00a0 The lecture also <\/span><\/span><span title=\"\">included i<\/span><span><span title=\"\">ntroductions by <\/span><strong title=\"\">Marcia Edelstein Herrmann, MD &#8217;78<\/strong><\/span><span title=\"\">\u00a0and <strong>Greg Grillone MD<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2024\/04\/04\/third-annual-alan-and-sybil-edelstein-professionalism-ethics-in-medicine-lecture-tackles-genetic-testing\/\"><strong>Read the article<\/strong><\/a> about the 2024 Alan and Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture on Genetic Testing.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/Dr.-David-Edelstein-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Edelstein Photo\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-119258 \" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>David R. Edelstein, MD &#8217;80: <\/strong>Chief of Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David R. Edelstein is the Chief of Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH) and the former Chair of Otolaryngology at Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH). He is a clinical professor of otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and is nationally known for work in endoscopic sinus surgery, CT-guided nasal surgery, balloon sinuplasty, hearing loss, nasal polyps, and nasal aging. He is a past chair of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAOHNS), the senior editor of Revision Surgery in Otolaryngology, and has won numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from AAOHNS, the Practitioner of the Year from AAOHNS, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Boston University Avedisian &amp; Chobanian School of Medicine (BUSM)\u00a0 and from the Physician Attending Association of LHH, and several Patients\u2019 Choice Awards. He has been included among the \u201cBest Otolaryngologists in New York\u201d by New York Magazine, \u201cNew York Super Doctors,\u201d \u201cAmerica\u2019s Top Doctors,\u201d and \u201cNew York\u2019s Most Compassionate Doctors\u201d for many years. He also sits on the Deans Advisory Board at Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<h3><span title=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2024 Panelists<\/span>:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/02\/Jodi-Dana-Hoffman-424x636.jpg\" alt=\"Jodi D Hoffman, MD\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\" class=\" wp-image-119446 alignleft\" \/>Jodi Hoffman, MD<\/strong>: Chief of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Topic: <em>The Ethics of Genetic Testing<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hoffman graduated from Harvard University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She did her residency in Pediatrics at Yale Children\u2019s Hospital and was a Fellow in Medical Genetics at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia\/Hospital of the Univ. of PA. She is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University, Chief of the Division of Genetics, Chair of the BUMC Genetics Oversight Committee, Medical Director of the BU Genetic Counseling Master\u2019s Degree Program and Chair of the BUMG Work-Life Harmony group. She served 9 years on the Tufts Medical Center Ethics Committee. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Program Committee for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and previously chaired the ACMG Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/frhkpzf9-636x587.png\" alt=\"Margaret A. Kenna, MD, MPH '79\" width=\"225\" height=\"208\" class=\" wp-image-119260 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/frhkpzf9-636x587.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/frhkpzf9-1024x945.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/frhkpzf9-768x709.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/frhkpzf9-1536x1418.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/frhkpzf9.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Margaret A. Kenna, MD, MPH &#8217;79:\u00a0<\/strong>Sarah Fuller Chair for Hearing Loss and Hearing Restoration, Director of Clinical Research, Dept. of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital;\u00a0Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,\u00a0Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Topic: <em>From Conception to College: Genetic Diagnosis of Pediatric Hearing Loss<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kenna received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MD from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship at Children\u2019s Hospital of Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine). She completed a Master\u2019s in Public Health degree (MPH) in the area of Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Before coming to Boston Children\u2019s, Dr. Kenna was on the academic faculty at Children\u2019s Hospital Pittsburgh and Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Kenna has been a member of the Pediatric Otolaryngology faculty at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital since 1995. She co-founded the Boston Children\u2019s Hospital Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and was its Director from 1995-2003. Since 2003, she has been the Director of Clinical Research in the Dept. of Otolaryngology, Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, and is Director of the Hearing Loss Program.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kenna\u2019s early research focused on otitis media, and she and her group published several articles demonstrating that chronic suppurative otitis media could be managed medically, rather than surgically, changing the standard of care. Over the past 2 decades, she has focused on the causes of pediatric hearing loss, including genetics, congenital cytomegalovirus, structural anomalies of the temporal bone, and hearing loss secondary to ototoxicity in patients with Cystic Fibrosis. She is a long-standing member of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee of the MA Dept. of Public Health, and is a founding member of the Harvard Medical School Center for Hereditary Deafness, the MA Coalition for Congenital CMV, and of the American Society for Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO).<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE-496x636.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Faden, MD, FACS '11\" width=\"211\" height=\"270\" class=\" wp-image-119259 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE-496x636.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE-768x985.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE-1197x1536.jpg 1197w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE-1597x2048.jpg 1597w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/01\/DLFMEE.jpg 1952w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>Daniel Faden, MD, FACS &#8217;11:\u00a0<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School;\u00a0Head and Neck Surgeon,\u00a0Mass. Eye and Ear<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Topic: <em>Current role of Genetic Testing and Personalized Medicine in Head and Neck Cancer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Faden MD, FACS, is a head and neck surgical oncologist and scientist in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. After completing medical school he was a Howard Hughes Research Scholar in the National Human Genome Research Institute studying cancer genomics. He then completed residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UCSF where he was embedded in the laboratory of HHMI Investigator Joe DeRisi studying viral oncogenesis. He completed three fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh in head and neck surgical oncology, in cranial base surgery, and a T32 research fellowship in the laboratory of Robert Ferris, MD PhD. In 2018 he returned to Boston where he is an attending surgeon in the division of head and neck surgical oncology at Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital and an associate member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The Faden lab is a translational research laboratory focused on head and neck cancer biomarker discovery. The lab is currently funded by three NIH grants, as well industry and foundation awards, to utilize tissue and blood-based approaches for studying head and neck cancer genomics with a focus on development of liquid biopsies for detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring HPV-associated cancers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2019\/12\/Erica-Holland-1.jpg\" alt=\"Erica Holland\" width=\"148\" height=\"224\" class=\" wp-image-90563 alignleft\" \/>Erica Holland, MD:\u00a0<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine; Interim Director, Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Boston Medical Center<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Topic: <em>Prenatal genetic testing: ethical questions and challenges <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Erica Holland, MD is the Interim Division Director for Maternal and Fetal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her BA from Cornell University and her MD from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed a Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Boston University\/Boston Medical Center, a Fellowship in Maternal and Fetal Medicine from Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, and a Fellowship in Bioethics from the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. She was recently awarded funding through the Greenwall Foundation to study the ethics issues surrounding urine drug testing of pregnant patients. She is a member of the ethics committee at Boston Medical Center and is currently serving on the national ethics committee for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2020\/12\/Kuohung_Wendy-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot Dr. Wendy Kuochung\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" class=\" wp-image-90874 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/12\/Kuohung_Wendy-150x150-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/12\/Kuohung_Wendy-150x150-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>Wendy Kuohung, MD<\/strong>: Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Boston Medical Center; Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Topic: <em>Ethical Dilemmas in Preimplantation Genetic Testing<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wendy Kuohung, MD is the Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Boston Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Kuohung received her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine and has been in practice for over 20 years. She completed her residency in OB\/GYN at BMC and fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital. She is an expert in treating infertility, in vitro fertilization, fertility preservation, menstrual disorders, fibroids, endometriosis, mullerian anomalies, and minimally invasive and robotic gynecologic surgery. Her research interests lie in disparities in reproductive care, placental and reproductive tract development, and the microbiome of the reproductive tract.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/02\/Kathlee-Swenson.png\" alt=\"Kathleen Swenson, MS, MPH, CGC\" width=\"286\" height=\"198\" class=\" wp-image-119687 alignleft\" \/>Kathleen Swenson, MS, MPH, CGC:<\/strong> Director of the Master\u2019s Program in Genetic Counseling and Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Sciences &amp; Education, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Topic: <em>The Value of Genetic Counselors for Patients and Providers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kathleen received an MS in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MPH from Columbia University focusing on Population and Family Health. Kathleen\u2019s contributions to the genetic counseling profession include a range from clinical care across many specialties (reproductive care, pediatrics, neurology, and cancer) in New York City and Boston. She led advocacy work at the national level with the Children\u2019s Tumor Foundation and at the community level with the Dominican Women\u2019s Development Center. She collaborated with industry to develop an online genetic counseling platform, which broadened access to genetic counseling services nationally. She is currently active on committees for the National Society of Genetic Counselors and the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling. She is former President of the New England Regional Genetics Group and is a current member of the Executive Committee for the Genetic Counselor Educators Association. Kathleen is passionate about teaching the next generation of genetic counselors. She was recognized as the 2019 Graduate Medical Sciences Educator of the Year and for Outstanding Mentorship in 2021. She will complete her EdD doctorate in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">View 2022 Edelstein Lecture<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ycXIMRCv8zs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alan &amp; Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture: The Ethical Challenges of the COVID Crisis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_108899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108899\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DRE-formal-portrait-cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Edelstein, MD '80\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-108899 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DRE-formal-portrait-cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DRE-formal-portrait-cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DRE-formal-portrait-cropped-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moderator David Edelstein, MD &#8217;80<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, November 30, 2022 for the 2022 virtual lecture took place, with the topic of <strong>The Ethical Challenges of the COVID Crisis.\u00a0 <\/strong>The <span title=\"\">program featured a panel<span>\u00a0of BUMC Faculty &amp; Residents moderated by <strong title=\"\">David R. Edelstein, MD &#8217;80.<\/strong>\u00a0 The lecture also <\/span><\/span><span title=\"\">included i<\/span><span><span title=\"\">ntroductions by <\/span><strong title=\"\">Marcia Edelstein Herrmann, MD &#8217;78<\/strong><\/span><span title=\"\">, <strong>Greg Grillone MD<\/strong>, and<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Ken Grundfast MD.<\/strong><\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span title=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2022 Panelists<\/span>:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span title=\"\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2021\/11\/Davidoff_Ravin-e1636566847711.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Dr. Davidoff\" width=\"175\" height=\"257\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-98717 size-full\" \/>Ravin Davidoff, MBBCh, FACC, FAHA, FASE<\/strong>: Executive Medical Director, Boston Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Davidoff grew up in South Africa and went to the University of Witwatersrand Medical School. He was a resident and chief resident in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital between 1981 and 1985 and completed a cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to University Hospital in 1990 and is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In July of 2008 he assumed the role of Chief Medical Officer and is Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Boston Medical Center. He served for over 10 years as Associate Editor of the Journal <em>Circulation <\/em>and Senior Associate Editor for <em>Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging<\/em>. He is the author of over 100 original articles and book chapters. Dr Davidoff has received numerous teaching awards including the Excellence in Teaching Award in Medicine at University Hospital\/Boston Medical Center in 1992, 1996, 2003 and 2006 as well as the Stanley L Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award from Boston University School of Medicine in 1994.<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Michael-Ieong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59885 alignleft\" \/>Michael Ieong, MD<\/strong>: Medical Director Medical Intensive Care Units and Co-Chair Ethics Committee and Critical Care, Boston Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Michael Ieong is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine and faculty in the Center of Bioethics at Harvard Medical School.\u00a0 He is the medical director for the Medical Intensive Care Unit and director of the ethics consult service at Boston Medical Center (BMC).\u00a0 In his roles as co-chair of the Critical Care Executive Committee and co-chair of the Ethics Committee at BMC he was at the nexus of the rapidly evolving clinical and ethical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March 2020 and throughout much of 2021.\u00a0 As part of a multi-team effort, he helped launch and collaborated in BMC\u2019s efforts to establish their Crisis of Standards Protocol in addition to helping develop guiding ethical principles hospital leaders could employ as difficult decisions over limited resources began to rapidly surface.\u00a0 He was also a member of the Region 4 group of ICU directors and other city-wide clinical leaders that, with State support, met near daily to effectively coordinate ICU capacity and the sharing of resources among the Boston-metro academic medical centers (AMCs).\u00a0 He was also a member of the Harvard Ethics Leaders Group that met regularly throughout the pandemic to assess and address pandemic-related ethical concerns.\u00a0 His research interests are in healthcare ethics consultation and ICU process implementation and outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2017\/12\/Jessica-Pisegna-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"wp-image-81625 size-full alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/12\/Jessica-Pisegna-1.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/12\/Jessica-Pisegna-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2017\/12\/Jessica-Pisegna-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>Jessica Pisegna, PhD:\u00a0<\/strong>Section Chief of Speech Language Pathology, Boston Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jessica M. Pisegna, PhD, MS-CCC-CLP, MEd received her doctoral degree in 2016 from Boston University: Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery at Boston University and is a clinical Speech Pathologist at Boston Medical Center, where she is also the Director of the Voice and Swallowing Center and Section Chief of the Speech Pathology services. Her doctoral work propelled her to researching adult voice and swallowing disorders, which has been a passion of hers. In the world of medical speech language pathology, she particularly enjoys the detective-like skills required to figure out why someone may have trouble voicing, swallowing, or breathing. She specializes in rehabilitating adults with swallowing disorders caused from stroke, head\/neck cancer, trauma, and other diseases or disabilities. Her clinical work and research goals aim to improve diagnosis of swallowing disorders to improve diagnosis and recovery time.<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/FACULTY-2018-OFFICIAL-Hamer_David-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Hamer, MD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-108897 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/FACULTY-2018-OFFICIAL-Hamer_David-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/FACULTY-2018-OFFICIAL-Hamer_David-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/FACULTY-2018-OFFICIAL-Hamer_David-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>David Hamer, MD:\u00a0<\/strong>Professor of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine; Professor of Global Health, Boston University Schools of Public Health<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Davidson Hamer, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH, FISTM is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hamer, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, has extensive field experience in neonatal and child survival research including studies of micronutrient interventions, maternal and neonatal health, malaria, pneumonia, and diarrheal diseases. During the last 20+ years, he has supervised and provided technical support to more than 50 studies in developing countries that evaluated interventions for improving neonatal survival, improving access for pregnant women to emergency obstetrical care, treatment and prevention of malaria, HIV\/AIDS, micronutrient deficiencies, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia. Dr. Hamer received a MD from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and a BA in biology and French from Amherst College. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the International Society of Travel Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hamer currently has active projects in Bangladesh, Zambia, South Africa, and the United States. Major current projects include neonatal sepsis prevention using prebiotics and probiotics in Bangladesh; using community health workers to improve early childhood development in rural South Africa, antiretroviral adherence among congenitally infected HIV-positive children in Lusaka, Zambia; and a scaled-up evaluation of community-based mothers\u2019 groups for improving early child development in rural Zambia. In addition, Dr. Hamer is the PI for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, a global network of 70 sites in 31 countries that conducts surveillance of emerging infectious diseases using returning travelers, immigrants, and refugees as sentinels of infection (www.istm.org\/geosentinel).<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/Jacob-Bloom-MD.png\" alt=\"Jacob Bloom, MD\" width=\"204\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-108898 size-full\" \/>Jacob Bloom, MD<\/strong>:\u00a04th year Resident, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Program, Boston University Medical Center<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jacob is a current 4th year resident in the Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery program at Boston University Medical<span>\u00a0<\/span>Center. Prior to starting residency, he graduated from Albany Medical College in 2015, where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Before medical school, he graduated with honors from the University of Washington with a major in Neurobiology and a minor in Music. He spent two years participating in basic science murine research under Dr. Nino Ramirez at Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital Research Institute. This work culminated in a publication in Nature regarding the physiology of unconscious breathing. Jacob grew up in Seattle, Washington, and enjoys writing and performing music. One of the albums he recorded was ranked as the #30 album of the year in 2015 by Rolling Stone Magazine. He lives in Boston, MA with his wife, Nicole, who is finishing her Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To support the work of Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine, please donate to the<strong> Alan and Sybil Edelstein Lecture Fund for Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Online: via the <a href=\"https:\/\/give.bu.edu\/campaigns\/59704\/donations\/new?designation_id=9300011576\">Online Giving Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By check: Make payable to<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Trustees of Boston University<\/strong>,<strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and in the memo on your check (or an accompanying note) list the<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>\u201cAlan and Sybil Edelstein Lecture Fund for Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine\u201d <\/span><\/strong>to ensure your donation is deposited to the correct fund. You can mail the check to the address below:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Boston University Development<br \/>\nGift Processing<br \/>\nC\/O JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co.<br \/>\nPO Box 22605<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10087-2605<\/p>\n<p>For any questions about donations, please contact<span> <\/span><a href=\"mailto:cameddev@bu.edu\">cameddev@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan &amp; Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture 2025 The Ethics of End of Life Care On Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 6pm (ET) the 2025 virtual lecture took place, featuring the topic the Ethics of End-of-Life Care.\u00a0 Moderator: David R. Edelstein, MD (CAMED\u201980) Dr. David R. 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