Learn More2026-05-14 10:00:002026-05-14 11:00:00America/New_YorkHealth Policy Research Seminar: Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaCCB 08-031, 8th Floor, 3600 Civic Center Blvd. (Note: Virtual attendees can join by accessing this link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95740259034.)Penn Medical Ethics
Learn More2026-05-19 12:00:002026-05-19 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): "Organ Diversion or Match Run Deviation? Ethical Considerations in Allocation Out of Sequence" - Andrew M. Courtwright, MD, PhD
Organ Diversion or Match Run Deviation? Ethical Considerations in Allocation Out of Sequence
Andrew M. Courtwright, MD, PhD
Clinician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Adjunct Professor, University of Utah Department of Philosophy
University of Utah Health
The rise of Allocation Out of Sequence (AOOS) in organ transplantation in the United States has raised significant ethical concerns. By the end of 2024, 20% of kidneys were transplanted out of the standard match sequence, drawing regulatory scrutiny. Critics argue that AOOS amounts to organ diversion: it fails to prevent organ nonuse, does not address underlying inefficiencies in organ allocation, lacks transparency, and worsens transplant-related disparities.
In this talk, Dr. Courtwright discusses the factors contributing to the expansion of AOOS and evaluates the normative arguments for and against its use. Drawing on a constructivist framework, he argues that AOOS violates the expectation that allocation policies be grounded in collective agreement. Dr. Courtwright identifies considerations that should inform Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network policy revisions, emphasizing the need for shared norms to ensure procedural legitimacy.
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Learn More2026-06-02 12:00:002026-06-02 13:00:00America/New_YorkResearch Ethics & Policy Series (REPS): Returning Results to Participants in Pragmatic Trials - Catherine Auriemma, MD, MSHP
Returning Results to Participants in Pragmatic Trials
Catherine Auriemma, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
Core Faculty at the PAIR Center
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Catherine (Katie) Auriemma is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care and Core Faculty at the PAIR Center. She cares for patients in the medical intensive care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and maintains an outpatient pulmonary clinic at the Harron Lung Center. She is passionate about providing longitudinal follow-up care for survivors of critical illness.
Dr. Auriemma’s research focuses on improving the value of serious illness care by better aligning interventions with the values and preferences of patients and their families. She is building a research program that approaches this goal in three complementary ways: (1) striving to understand how communication, documentation, and decision-making can be improved for patients and families prior to a clinical decompensation event; (2) developing and validating novel patient-centered outcome measures; and (3) enhancing the rigor of robust patient and stakeholder engagement in research. Her scholarship combines qualitative and mixed methods research, clinical epidemiology, and prospective observational cohort studies.
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Registration required; Lunch provided.
Streaming available via Zoom.
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Learn More2026-06-16 12:00:002026-06-16 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): "Commercial Neurotechnologies and the Risks of Cognitive Warfare” - Łukasz Kamieński, PhD, MSc
Łukasz Kamieński, PhD, MSc
Professor
International and Political Studies
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Prof. Kamieński holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Jagiellonian University (2005) as well as an M.Sc. in International Relations (London School of Economics and Political Science, 2001) and an M.A. in political science with a minor in international relations (Jagiellonian University, 2000). He is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania (2025-2026).
Dr. Kamieński's research interests include: American art of war; new military technologies (particularly biotechnologies); history of wars; history and philosophy of military technology; and the ethics of war.
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Learn More2026-06-23 12:00:002026-06-23 13:00:00America/New_YorkPenn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): DDVP Lecturer - Rana A. Hogarth, PhD, MHS
Rana A. Hogarth, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor
History of Science / History of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Rana A. Hogarth holds a Ph.D. in History, with a concentration in History of Science/History of Medicine from Yale University. She also holds an M.H.S. in Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her work focuses on medical and scientific constructions of race during the era of slavery and beyond. Her scholarship brings together the fields of African American History, History of Medicine, and Atlantic World History.
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