CURRICULUM VITAE
(March 2024)
Virginia Latham Bartlett, PhD
PROFESSIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Center for Healthcare Ethics
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
116 North Robertson Blvd, Suite 900D
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Office Phone: 310-248-8199
Office Fax: 310-423-9638
E-mail: virginia.bartlett@cshs.org
CURRENT POSITION(S):
2010 - Assistant Director, Center for Healthcare Ethics,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2010 - Clinical Associate, PhD, Healthcare Ethics
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018 - 2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
AFFILIATED FACULTY POSITIONS
2018 - Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Department of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2020 - Program in the History of Medicine, Center for Arts and Humanities in Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2022 - Visual Arts and Artists Circle Program, Center for Arts and Humanities in Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2024 - Literature and Narrative Medicine Program, Center for Arts and Humanities in Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION:
2001 B.A. Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
Major: Double in English and Religion
AOS: Medieval Literature (English)
Cum Laude, Departmental Honors
2004 M.T.S. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
(Master of Theological Studies)
AOS: Ethics
2009 M.A. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
(Master of Art in Religion)
AOS: Ethics & Society
2010 Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Doctor of Philosophy in Religion
AOS: Healthcare Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Dissertation: Women’s Experiences with Medical, Social, and Moral Issues in Open-Uterine Surgery to Repair Spina Bifida
2005 - 2010 Clinical Ethics Fellow
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
2005 - 2009 Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2007 - 2008 Master Teaching Fellow, Graduate Department of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2006 - 2007 Teaching Fellow, Graduate Department of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Cedars-Sinai Committee Services:
2010 - Medical Center Bioethics Committee
2013 - 2015 Eliminating End of Life Harm Working Group
2014 - 2018 Leadership Development Institute
2016 - 2018 Medical Intensive Care Unit Advance Care Planning Curriculum (Project Lead)
2017 - 2020 Women’s Resiliency Working Group
2017 - 2019 CS-UCLA Women’s Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Program
2018 - 2020 Fellows-to-Faculty Mentoring Group
2019 - 2020 Women’s Mentoring Initiative
2020 - 2021 COVID ICU Task Force
2020 - 2021 COVID-19 Best Practices Committee: Code Blue Subcommittee; Coordinated Care Subcommittee
2020 - 2021 COVID-19 Triage Policy Review Committee
2022 - Cedars-Sinai Artist’s Circle, Program in Arts & Medicine
2023 - Neonatal Palliative Care Taskforce
Other Committee Services:
2014 - 2018 At Large Board Member, Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare
2016 - 2020 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Annual Meeting Program Committee (Chair, 2017 – 2018; Ad Hoc member 2019 - 2020)
2018 - 2022 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Committee (Vice-Chair, 2020 – 2021; Chair, 2021 – 2022)
Professional Associations/Society Memberships:
2005 - 2015 American Academy of Religion
2005 - American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities
2010 - Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium
2014 - Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare
Community Service:
2012 - 2017 Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium Office of the Public Guardian Working Group
2013 - 2014 Project Advisor, Coalition for Compassionate Care in California, Increasing Autonomy and Decision-making of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Within the
ConservatorshipProcess: Critical Issues and Policy Recommendations
2016 - 2018 Project Advisor, Coalition for Compassionate Care of California Supported Decision Making in Healthcare Settings Advisory Group
2017 - 2020 Los Angeles County Office of the Public Guardian Sub-Committee on Probate
Conservatorships
Mentoring:
2019-2019 Bianca Luna (undergraduate student) CSMC Research Intern
Mentor for professional development during CSMC Research Internship
2019-2020 Sonya Ringer (graduate student) John Hopkins University
Mentor for professional development through graduate studies
2019-2020 Marissa Espinoza (graduate student) St. Louis University
Mentor for professional development through graduate studies
2019-2020 Amy Reese, PharmD (ASBH member)
Mentor for a junior colleague at professional conferences
2020-2021 Sikandra Tank, MD (Hospice & Palliative Medicine fellow) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mentor for professional development, networking, work-life balance
2022 - Kelly Turner (doctoral student) St. Louis University, Clinical Ethics Consultation Affinity Group Mentorship Program
Mentor for academic/professional development, networking, conferences
2022 - 2023 Leslie Delaney (doctoral student), American Society for Bioethics & Humanities' Early Career Advisor Program.
Mentor for academic/professional development, networking, conferences
2022 - 2023 Emily Pugh (undergraduate student), American Society for Bioethics & Humanities’ Undergraduate Student Sponsorship Program.
Mentor for conference preparation, networking, professional development.
2023 Alexandra Szabo, 2022-2023 Strauss Fellow, Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (advise, resources re: eugenics/sterilization in US)
2023 Rev. Megan Visser, Ph.D., , Cedars-Sinai Chaplain Resident (advise, resources re: Sojourners Palliative Care scholars application)
2023 Bronwen Jones, MTh, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center Chaplain, Patient and Family Support Program (advise, resourcs re: American Psychosocial Oncology Society case presentation)
Editorial Services:
2011 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Ethics
2013 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics
2016 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Nursing Ethics
2017 - Ad hoc Reviewer, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
2018 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Asian Bioethics Review
2018 - Ad hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Bioethics: Empirical Bioethics
2019 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Medical Ethics
2020 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
2022 - Ad hoc Reviewer, BMC Medical Ethics
HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS:
2012 Standing Ovation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2012 Standing Ovation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2014 Standing Ovation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2017 Standing Ovation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2018 Standing Ovation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2019 Standing Ovation Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2019 Patient Experience Citation, Patient Experience Week, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2019 Presidential Citation, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
2020 Presidential Citation, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
2021 Presidential Citation, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
2022 Presidential Citation, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS:
Past Grants
2009 - 2009 Women’s Experiences of Medical, Social, and Ethical Issues in Open-Uterine Surgery to Repair Spina Bifida
Vanderbilt Institute for Community & Translational Research
PI/Sole Investigator, Vanderbilt University Research Grant
$5000
2014 - 2015 Developing Physician Responsibility: Direct Mentoring of Residents Regarding Physician Responsibilities in Conversations about Patients Goals and Values
Program/Grant Director, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Program Grant
$4000
RESEARCH FOCUS AND INTERESTS:
My research and scholarly work focus on ethics consultation, education, and practice, and how clinical ethics shapes healthcare practice as well as the experiences of patients and surrogates, clinicians, and institutions. I am also exploring the intersections of artificial intelligence in patient care, including popular and literary representations of AI. I also explore literature and healthcare experiences, with particular focus on storytelling and poetry.
INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
International Presentations
1. Co-Author (w/ Presenter Rolanda L. Johnson), “Nurses' Experiences and Perceptions of Genetics, Religion, and Health,” 20th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Cancun, Mexico, July 14, 2009.
2. Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “Advance Directives: Myths, Limits, and the Experience of Dying,” 10thAnnual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, April 24, 2014.
3. Organizer and Co-Panelist (with Mark J. Bliton, PhD, and Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “‘Just a Collection of Recollections’: Evaluating How We Evaluate Our Own Clinical Ethics Consultations,” 11th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: New York, NY, May 21, 2015.
4. Co- Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “Reasons for Requesting Ethics Consultation versus What is Said to be Most Important: Learning from Requestors’ Retrospective Reports,” 11th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: New York, NY, May 21, 2015.
5. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “Rich in Detail, Poor in Content: Excavating the Ethical Complexities in (Presumably) Clear Clinical Language,” 12th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Washington, DC, May 21, 2016.
6. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “An Actual Advance in Advance Directives: Moving from Patient Choices to Patient Voices in Advance Care Planning, 13th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: “Singapore, Singapore, May 25, 2017.
7. Organizer and Co-Panelist (with Mark J. Bliton and Stuart G. Finder), “Still Strangers in a Strange Land: Alfred Schutz and the Unending Challenge of Clinical Ethics,” 13th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Singapore, Singapore, May 27, 2017.
8. Organizer and Co-Panelist (with Mark J. Bliton and Stuart G. Finder), “Truths, Conceits, and Moral Entanglements When Telling (and Listening to) Clinical Stories: The Challenge of Re-presenting Ethics Consultation,” 14th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Oxford, United Kingdom, June 22, 2018.
9. Co- Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “It Was Awful, Let Me Tell You”: On the Necessity and Im/Possibility of Sharing and Learning from Stories of Failed Consultations,” 14th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Oxford, UK, June 23, 2018.
10. Co-Author (with Stuart Finder, Andy Kondrat, Laura Webster, and Jürgen Wallner), “This is How We Do It: New Roles, New Rules, and Knowledge Transfer for New Clinical Ethics Consultants,” 15th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2019.
11. Co-Author (with Andy Kondrat), “Behind the Numbers: Understanding Ethics Consultation Requests for Unrepresented Patients,” 15th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2019.
12. Co-Presenter (with Andy Kondrat), “Freedom from “Want” in Clinical Ethics: Challenging American Values of Choice and Desire,” 16th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Virtual, December 2, 2021.
13. Co-Presenter (with Andy Kondrat), “Philosophies of Front-Line Clinical Ethics: Responsibilities for Education and Consultation,” 16th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Virtual, December 2, 2021.
14. Co-Author (with Andy Kondrat), “When Families Can’t ‘Consent to Death’: Reimagining Clinician Responsibility,” 17th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation: Rome, Italy, June 9, 2023.
National Presentations:
1. Presenter, “Interpreting the Quires of Angels: Analogy, Angelology, and Beatrice,” University of Virginia’s Medieval and Renaissance Conference: Wise, VA, September 14, 2001.
2. Co-Presenter (w/ Rolanda L. Johnson), “Reflections, Stories, and Themes: Religion & Genomics in the Caring Professions,” Religion & Genomics: Navigating Pathways & Perspectives of Patient Care Conference: Nashville, TN, April 3, 2008.
3. Presenter, “ ‘Bring Out Your Dead’: Questioning the Motivations, Concerns, and Legal Issues Surrounding Whole Body Donation,” American Academy of Religion Annual Conference: Chicago, IL, November 3, 2008.
4. Presenter, “Vulnerability, Moral Distress, and Decision-Making: Ethics Through the Lens of Open-Uterine Surgery to Repair Spina Bifida,” 11th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities:Washington, DC, October 18, 2009.
5. Co-Presenter (with Mark J. Bliton, Ph.D.), “Once in a Lifetime: Maternal-Fetal Surgery and Ethics Consultation Across Time,” 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Minneapolis, MN, October 13, 2011.
6. Presenter, “They Called for an Ethicist – They Got Me. Now What? Transformation and Reflection in Clinical Practice,” 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Minneapolis, MN, October 15, 2011.
7. Co-Author (w/ Presenter Stuart G. Finder), “Learning from Requestors’ Retrospective Reports: Re-Presenting the Reasons for Requesting Ethics Consultations (and what is said to be most important),” 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Washington, DC, October 19, 2012.
8. Co-Presenter (with Douglas Diekema, MD), “Squeezing Ethics into Residency Training,” Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare 1st Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL, May 3, 2013.
9. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “Advance Directives, Exerting Control, and Other Myths About Endings,” 15th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Atlanta, GA, October 24, 2013.
10. Organizer and Co-Panelist, (with Drs. Kyle Galbraith, Mindy McGarrah-Sharp, and Dan Morrison), “Letters to a Young Bioethicist: Beyond the Seminar (Or How to Get Started With or Without a Degree in Bioethics,” 15thAnnual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Atlanta, GA, October 27, 2013.
11. Presenter, “APHC’s State of the Union: a 2013 Sponsored Project,” Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare 2nd Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL, May 8, 2014.
12. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “ ‘Comfort’ is the New ‘Expired’: Our New Euphemism for Death, the Problems it Creates, and the Inter-professional Response it Requires,” 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: San Diego, CA, October 16, 2014.
13. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “Ethics Consultation in the Digital Age: From Inter-professional to Extra-professional Inclusivity (or, How Can They Join Us if They Can’t Even Find Us?),” 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: San Diego, CA, October 16, 2014.
14. Presenter, “Transforming Pregnant Women into Mothers, Fetuses into Miracles, and Medical Technology into Divine Intervention: Exploring How Maternal-Fetal Surgery Influences Medical, Social, Religious, and Moral Understandings of Who We Are” American Academy of Religion 2014 Annual Meeting, Science, Technology and Religion Group: San Diego, CA, November 23, 2014.
15. Presenter, “Are We Getting Too Comfortable with “Comfort Care”?: Challenges to Clinicians’ Responsibilities and Professionalism in End of Life Care,” Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare 3rd Annual Meeting: Louisville, KY, May 8, 2015.
16. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “Understanding Time in the Evaluation of Clinical Ethics: Variations in Perception of How Long Ethics Consultants Spend “Doing” Consultations,” 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Houston, TX, October 23, 2015.
17. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “Whose Decision is it Anyway? Care Providers, End of Life Conversations, and Questioning “Shared Decision-making,” 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Houston, TX, October 23, 2015.
18. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: On the Necessity of Not Meeting Expectations Regarding Clinical Ethics Consultation,”
18th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Washington, DC, October 6, 2016.
19. Panel Organizer and Speaker, (with Mark J. Bliton, PhD and Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “Still Strangers in a Strange Land: Alfred Schutz and the Unending Challenge of Clinical Ethics,” 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Washington, D.C. October 7, 2016.
20. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “A Tale of Two Biddies: Learning Our Way In-and-Out of Clinical Consultations and Our Ethical, Institutional, Professional, and Personal Frameworks," 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Washington, D.C. October 8, 2016.
21. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “What Do You Know about Mr. X?”: Ethics Education at the Center of Patient-Centered Care,” 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Kansas City, MO, October 21, 2017.
22. Organizer and Co-Panelist (with Mark J. Bliton, Stuart G. Finder, and Andy Kondrat), “At the Moral Center of the Clinical Story: Truths and Conceits in Representing Ethics Consultation,” 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Kansas City, MO, October 21, 2017.
23. Organizer and Co-Panelist (with Mark J. Bliton, Stuart G. Finder, and Andy Kondrat), “Wolff by the Ears: ‘Surrender’ When Emotions Exceed Experience in Clinical Ethics Consultation,” 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Pittsburgh, PA, October 24, 2019.
24. Co-Presenter (with Andy Kondrat), “Revealing What’s Behind the Numbers: Understanding Ethics Consultation Through Consult Requests for Unrepresented Patients,” 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Pittsburgh, PA, October 24, 2019.
25. Co-Presenter (with members of Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs committee), “Pre-Conference Workshops - HEC-C Review Course” 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Virtual, October 14, 2020.
26. Co-Presenter (with Andy Kondrat),“What Fits, Not Wants: Reframing the Goals of Medical Interventions” 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Virtual, October 17, 2020.
27. Co-Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Presumption of Trust and the Practice of Demonstrating Trustworthiness: Lessons from a Residency Training Program” Academy for Professionalism in Health Care’s Professionalism and Trust in Health Care During a Crisis Conference,Virtual, February 19, 2021.
28. Co-Presenter (with members of Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs committee), “Pre-Conference Workshops - HEC-C Review Course” 23nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Virtual, October 12, 2021.
29. Presenter, “Mentoring Mid-Pandemic and Beyond: Developing Mentoring Networks for Women in Healthcare” 23nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Virtual, October 17, 2021.
30. Presenter, “The Devil Lurks in the Crossroads: Clinical Ethics Mid- and Post-Pandemic,” 23nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Virtual, October 16, 2021.
31. Co-Presenter (with Stuart Finder), “Conversational Crossroads: Trainees’ Understandings of Goals of Care Conversations and the Implications for Ethics Education” 23nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Virtual, October 17, 2021.
32. Co-panelist, “Social Media in Cardiology – Navigating Misinformation as Fellows-in-Training.” American Heart Association Fellows in Training Scientific Sessions: Virtual, November 13, 2021.
33. Co-Presenter (with Stuart Finder), “Conversational Crossroads: Trainees’ Understandings of Goals of Care Conversations and the Implications for Ethics Education” 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Portland, OR., October 27, 2022.
34. Co-Presenter (with Mark J Bliton), “She Should Not Consider Herself Ethically Obligated”: Using Maternal-Fetal Surgery to Probe Bioethics Frames for Decision-making in Clinical Ethics Encounters.” 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Portland, OR., October 27, 2022.
35. Co-Panelist (with Keisha Ray & Seema Shah) “ASBH 2022 Meet the Expert” 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Portland, OR.,
October 27, 2022.
36. Co-Presenter (with Mark J Bliton), “Choice by the Choiceless: Considering Open-Uterine Surgery in a Post-Roe World.” 7th Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference: Galveston, TX. January 12, 2023.
37. Co-panelist and Moderator, (with Amy DeBaets, Maggie Taylor, and Laura Webster). “The Experience of Receiving Clinical Ethics Consultation – When You’re A Clinical Ethicist.” Baltimore, MD. October 12, 2023.
Regional and Extramural Local Presentations:
1. Invited Speaker, “Epidemic Responses: Magic, Murder, and Medicine,” Anthropology 240:
Medical Anthropology, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, October 25, 2005.
2. Invited Speaker, “Theological Perspectives of Medical Ethics,” Divinity 2758: Ethics in Theological Perspectives, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, April 3, 2006.
3. Invited Speaker, “The Transformation of Christian Identity in Church and State Relations,” Divinity 2701: Formation of the Christian Tradition, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, October 20, 2006.
4. Invited Speaker and Panelist, “Alumni Career Panel,” Department of English, Linguistics, & Speech, University of Mary Washington: Fredericksburg, VA, March 26, 2008.
5. Invited Speaker, “Informed Consent and Prenatal Surgery for Spina Bifida,” Biological Science 115: Current Issues in Biomedicine, College of Arts & Sciences, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, April 10, 2008.
6. Invited Speaker, “Think of the Advantages – and Worry: Analyzing Social Fears in Dystopian Literature,” English 115F: Religion, Science, and Literature: Apocalypse, Dystopia, and Beyond, College of Arts & Sciences, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, January 27, 2009.
7. Invited Speaker, “Informed Consent and the Challenge of Prenatal Surgery for Spina Bifida,” Science 115: Current Issues in Biomedicine, College of Arts & Sciences, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, February 2, 2009.
8. Invited Speaker, “Ethical Issues in Transplantation: Navigating the Well-Mapped – and Uncharted – Territories,” 2nd Annual Multi-Organ Transplant Social Worker Meeting: Los Angeles, CA, September 23, 2011.
9. Invited Speaker, “They Called for An Ethicist: They Got Me. Now What?”, North Shore
University Health Systems Bioethics Committee, North Shore University Health Systems: Evanston, IL, December 6, 2011.
10. Speaker, “Choosing Your Own Adventure In Clinical Ethics Consultation,” Southern
California Bioethics Committee Consortium, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, March 22, 2012.
11. Invited Speaker, “From Medieval Literature to the Medical ICU: How a Background in the Humanities Led to a Career in the Medical Field,” Bioethics, Policy, and Law Program, Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ. April 19, 2012.
12. Invited Keynote Speaker, “They Called for an Ethicist. They Got Me. Now What? Choosing Your Own Adventure in Clinical Ethics Consultation,” Arizona Bioethics Network Annual Conference: Tempe, Arizona, April 20, 2012.
13. Invited Speaker, “Advance Directives and End-of-Life Decision-making,” 34th University of California-Los Angeles / Continuing Education of the Bar (UCLA/CEB) Estate Planning Institute: Los Angeles, CA, May 12, 2012.
14. Invited Speaker, “Advance Directives, Exerting Control, and Other Myths About Endings,” Brandeis National Committee – Los Angeles Chapter Men’s Group, Los Angeles, CA, April 16, 2014.
15. Invited Lecturer, “What Makes Clinical Ethics ‘Clinical’?: Healthcare Contexts, Complicating Factors, and Responsibility in Practice,” Medical Sociology 592, Seaver College, Pepperdine University: Malibu, CA, April 9, 2015.
16. Invited Keynote Address: “Caring Through the Complexities: Navigating End-of-Life Ethics with Patients, Families, Conservators, and Care Providers,” Conservatorship Association of Tennessee 2015 Annual Conference:Nashville, TN, April 30, 2015.
17. Invited Speaker, “Advance Directives, Exerting Control, and Other Myths about Endings,” Ethics of Caring National Nursing Ethics Conference: Los Angeles, CA, March 15, 2016.
18. Presenter, “California’s New End-of-Life-Option Act: What You Need to Know Now,” 16th Annual University of Southern California Psychosocial Seminar: Los Angeles, CA, June 2, 2016.
19. Invited Speaker, “What Do We Mean By ‘Healthcare Ethics’: Sources of Value in Clinical Contexts,” Keck Graduate Institute: Claremont, CA April 21, 2017.
20. Invited Speaker, “Rediscovering the Person in the Patient: Evolving Trends in Ethics, Communication, and Responsibilities in Healthcare” Keck Graduate Institute: Pomona, CA, March 28, 2018.
21. Invited Panelist (with Thomas V. Cunningham, Stuart G. Finder, and Andy Kondrat) “Ethics and Epidemics: Caring in the Time of COVID-19” Harvard Medical School’s COVID-19 Webinar Series, May 28, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSJmO6QXl-4&feature=share
22. Invited Speaker, “Mid-Pandemic Moral Challenges: Discovering What Matters and Making it Work,” Bristol Hospice Continuing Education Series: Eugene, OR, March 11, 2021.
23. Keynote speaker, Spring Ethics Tutorial/Grand Rounds, “Making Moral Space for Clinicians in Ethics Consults, ” Meriter/UnityPoint Health (Madison, WI): Virtual, May 20, 2022.
24. Keynote Speaker, “Clinical Ethic Consults: Making Space for What Matters.” Meriter/UnityPoint Health (Madison, WI), Bioethics Committee Special Session: Virtual, May 20, 2022.
25. J. Richard Williams, Sr. MD 1931 Endowed Lecture Speaker, “The Ethics of What Everybody Knows: Bringing Forward the Backstories in Clinical Encounters, ” Tulane University Medical School, Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values: New Orleans, LA & Virtual, (scheduled) December 6, 2022.
26. Invited Speaker, “Sharing Stories with Strangers: Clinical Ethics and Moral Experiences.” Introduction to Chaplaincy course, Boston University School of Theology. Virtual. November 29, 2023.
27. Invited Speaker, “Connections and Reflection in Clinical Contexts: Sharing Stories with Strangers,” St. Francis Medical Center, Patient and Family Advisory Council. Monroe, LA. March 12, 2024.
Cedars-Sinai Presentations:
1. Invited Speaker, “POLST: the Newest Form Aimed at the Oldest Questions,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, April 29, 2011.
2. Invited Speaker, “Clinical and Moral (Un)Certainty in the NICU,” Division of Neonatal Ethics Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2011.
3. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder, Ph.D.), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who, What, and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, California, August 19, 2011.
4. Speaker, “Ethics in Nursing,” Rising Stars Leadership Class, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, April 17, 2012.
5. Invited Speaker, “Communication Breakdown: Situations, Strategies, and Side-Effects,” Department of MedicineResident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, May 29, 2012.
6. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who, What, and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 2012.
7. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Ethics Policies for End-of-Life: Setting Limits and Recognizing Limitations,” Inpatient Service Providers Staff Education, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 24, 2012.
8. Invited Speaker, “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient: Taking Responsibility for Our Responses,” Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 1, 2012.
9. Invited Speaker, “Challenging Our Commitments: Responding to ‘Difficult’ Patients,” Medical Policy Committee, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, September 19, 2012.
10. Invited Speaker, “Waiting for the Miracle… Meaningful Meetings between Medicine and Miracles,” Department of Medicine Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 2013.
11. Invited Speaker, “Myths and Mysteries at CSMC: Ethics Education Year End Revue” Department of MedicineResident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, June 14, 2013.
12. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G Finder, PhD), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who, What, and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 5, 2013.
13. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G Finder, PhD), “Ethics Policies for End-of-Life: Setting Limits and Recognizing Limitations,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 2013.
14. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “What Do We Hear When Patients and Families Say “We are waiting for a miracle,” Department of Pediatrics, MD/RN Collaborative, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, October 18, 2013.
15. Invited Speaker, “What Do We Hear When Patients and Families Say ‘We are waiting for a miracle’?,” Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, November 13, 2013.
16. Presenter/Moderator, “What Do We Hear When Patients and Families Say “We are waiting for a miracle”?,” Medical Executive Committee, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, December 4, 2013.
17. Invited Speaker, “A “Bitter Pill” and “Paying Till It Hurts” – Some Critical Reflections on Healthcare Costs and Our Responsibilities,” Rising Stars Nursing Leadership Program Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 2013.
18. Invited Speaker, “Center for Healthcare Ethics: Who We Are, What We Do,” CSMC Nursing Orientation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, December 13, 2013.
19. Invited Speaker, “Four Ethics Policies Every Clinician Should Know,” Inpatient Service Provider Meeting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, January 14, 2014.
20. Invited Speaker, “Four Ethics Policies Every Clinician Should Know,” Case Management In-Service, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, February 5, 2014.
21. Invited Speaker, “Case(s) in Point: Clues to Using CSMC Ethics Policies in the ICU” Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, February 12, 2014.
22. Invited Speaker, “Case(s) in Point: Clues to Using CSMC Ethics Policies in the ICU” Critical Care Lecture Series, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, March 20, 2014.
23. Invited Speaker, “Myths and Mysteries: Ethics at CSMC” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, June 24, 2014.
24. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 18, 2014.
25. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 2014.
26. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Four Ethics Policies Every Clinician Should Know,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 28, 2014.
27. Invited Speaker, “CSMC’s Brain Death Policy,” Medical ICU Nurses’ In-service, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center:Los Angeles, CA, August 20, 2014.
28. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Clinical Ethics in Critical Care: Codes, Consents, and Challenging Conversations,” Neurosciences Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, September 9, 2014.
29. Guest Discussant, “One Legacy: Organ/Tissue Donation Best Practices,” Surgical ICU Teaching Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, September 30, 2014.
30. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Work of the Center for Healthcare Ethics,” Clinical Chiefs Quarterly Meeting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 2014.
31. Invited Speaker, “News You Can Use: Ethics Year-End Wrap-up,” Department of Medicine Resident Morning Report, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, June 18, 2015.
32. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 8, 2015.
33. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Code Status and Ethics Policies at CSMC,” Department of MedicineResident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 31, 2015.
34. Invited Speaker, Whose Decision is it Anyway? Care Providers, End of Life Conversations, and Questioning “Shared Decision-making,” Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, November 20, 2015.
35. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 18, 2016.
36. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Code Status and Ethics Policies at CSMC” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 2016.
37. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Identifying and Addressing Ethical Issues,” Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Fellow Core Lecture Series, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, December 15, 2016.
38. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Nurses’ Requests for Ethics Consultation,” Nursing Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, January 10, 2017.
39. Invited Speaker, “Whose Decision is it Anyway? Impact ICU GVP3 Overview,” MICU Nursing Advance Care Planning Workshop Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, January 30 & February 6, 2017.
40. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder), “Moral Distress,” Nursing ICU Internship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, February 28 & March 1, 2017.
41. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder), “Ethical Consults and Moral Distress,” Rising Stars Nursing Leadership Group, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, March 13, 2017.
42. Invited Speaker (with Dr. Azadeh Dashti), “Persian Perspectives of End of Life Care,” MICU Nursing Unit Practice Council, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, April 4, 2017.
43. Invited Speaker (with Andy Kondrat), “Masters in Social Work Intern Orientation,” Department of Case Management, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, August 25, 2017.
44. Invited Speaker, “Case Conference Presentation,” Department of Psychiatry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, October 5, 2017.
45. Invited Panelist, “Career Options – Advice for Residents and Fellows,” Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, December 19, 2017.
46. Invited Speaker (with Andy Kondrat) “Whose Decision is it Anyway?” MICU Night Nurses, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, January 30 & February 6 2018.
47. Invited Speaker (with Naureen Khan, MD) “MICU ACP Curriculum Updates” Pulmonary Critical Care Division, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, February 5, 2018.
48. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder), “Ethical Issues in Nursing Leadership” Rising Stars Nursing Leadership Group, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, March 5, 2018.
49. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Moral Distress,” Nursing ICU Internship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, March 7, 2018.
50. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Ethics Consultations in NeuroSciences ICU”, Neurosciences Didactics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, May 24, 2018.
51. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “History, Ethics, and Ongoing Questions about the Meaning of “Brain Death,” Death by Neurological Criteria Annual Symposium, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, June 8, 2018.
52. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder), “California’s End-of-Life Option Act,” General Internal Medicine Morning Report, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, June 20, 2018.
53. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2018.
54. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Code Status and Ethics Policies at CSMC,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 2, 2018.
55. Invited Speaker (with Andy Kondrat), “Masters in Social Work Intern Orientation,” Department of Case Management, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, September 5, 2018.
56. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder), “California’s End-of-Life Option Act – Overview and Q&A,” Department of Human Resources, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, October 23, 2018.
57. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Moral Distress,” Nursing ICU Internship Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, March 12, 2019.
58. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Platinum Medical Hospitalist Group, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, April 15, 2019.
59. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G Finder), “Healthcare Ethics and Nursing,” New Grad Nursing Residency Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA July 17, 2019.
60. Invited Speaker, “Mentoring and Self-Advocacy: Mysteries No More!” Research Interns / BEPI Interns, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 2019.
61. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Moral Distress,” Nursing ICU Internship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, July 26, 2019.
62. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 2, 2019.
63. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Healthcare Ethics and Sources of Values,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 21, 2019.
64. Invited Speaker (with Andy Kondrat), “Masters in Social Work Intern Orientation,” Department of Case Management, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, September 4, 2019.
65. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “Ethics Consultations in NeuroSciences ICU – Unrepresented Patients”, Department of Neurosciences Didactics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, September 19, 2019.
66. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Ethical Issues in Covid-19” Center for the Undiagnosed Patient, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, March 2, 2020.
67. Invited Speaker, (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Moral Distress,” Nursing ICU Internship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, March 16, 2020.
68. Invited Speaker, “Distress, Judgment, and Responsibility in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,” Perinatal Medicine Group Meeting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, June 3, 2020.
69. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 7, 2020.
70. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Healthcare Ethics and Sources of Values,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 21, 2020.
80. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Ethics Policies and Resources for Fellows,” Pulmonary Critical Care Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, September 10, 2020.
81. Invited Speaker (with Andy Kondrat), “Masters in Social Work Intern Orientation,” Department of Case Management, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, September 16, 2020.
82. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder), “CECS: Has Covid-19 Made a Difference?”, Department of Neurosciences Didactics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, September 24, 2020.
83. Invited Keynote, “Mid-Pandemic Mentoring: Discovering What Matters and Making it Work,” Women’s Mentoring Initiative, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA September 30, 2020.
84. Invited Speaker, “Ethics and Covid-19,” Perinatal Medicine Group Meeting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: January 6, 2021.
85. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 2, 2021.
86. Panelist, “EOLOA Patient in-Patient,” Hospice & Palliative Medicine Program Continuing Education Wednesday (CEW) case review, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Virtual, August 18, 2021.
87. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Healthcare Ethics and Sources of Values,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, September 9, 2021.
88. Invited Speaker, “Pregnant Patients Without Capacity” Perinatal Medicine Group Meeting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, April 6, 2022.
89. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder and Andy Kondrat), “Healthcare Ethics and Sources of Values,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 17, 2022.
90. Invited Speaker, “Choice for the Choice-less: The Example of Open-Uterine Surgery in a Post-Dobbs World” Perinatal Medicine Group Meeting, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, February 1, 2023.
91. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder, Andy Kondrat, & Maggie Taylor ), “The Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: Who What and Why,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, July 19, 2023.
92. Invited Speaker (with Stuart G. Finder, Andy Kondrat, & Maggie Taylor), “Healthcare Ethics and Sources of Values,” Department of Medicine Resident Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, August 7, 2023.
93. Invited Panelist, (with I. Glenn Cohen, Jason Moore, Graciela Garcia-Hernandez, and Melissa Wong), “Computation Biomedicine Workshop: Unmasking AI Fairness and Bias in Healthcare. ” Center for AI Research and Education, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. December 7, 2023.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Clinical Teaching:
2010 - Medical Intensive Care Unit – Weekly Teaching Rounds
2013 - Neuro-Surgery Intensive Care Unit – Weekly Teaching Rounds
2014 - General Internal Medicine Wards – Ad-hoc Teaching Rounds
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Non-Clinical Teaching:
Programs:
Nursing Education:
2013 - 2022 Nursing New Graduates – Ethics in Practice
2014 - Nursing Unit Practice Councils – Ad-hoc Ethics Roundtables
2015 - 2020 New Nurse Orientation – Ad-Hoc Presentations
2016 - 2020 Nursing Critical Care Internship – Moral Distress and Ethics
2017 - 2020 Clinical Partner Recertification – Ad-hoc Presentations
2022 - Nursing Ethics Rounds – Hematology-Oncology Unit
Graduate Medical Education:
2012 - ICU Ethics Roundtables:
Rotating Themes: Care Providers’ Moral Distress in the ICU; Taking Care of the Hateful Patient; Lawsuit Threats in Medical Care; Ethics Policies for End of Life Care; When Patients and Families “Want Everything” / Code Status Discussions; Health Care Costs, Efficiency, and Provider Responsibilities; Cross Cultural Communication in End of Life Care; ICU as Team Medicine / Communication Challenges; Institutional Politics; When Patients Die.
2014 - 2015 Goals, Values, Preferences Prognosis and Plan (GVP3) Pilot:
The GVP3 Pilot provides didactic, experiential, and reflective learning opportunities to 1st year medical residents in the department of General Internal Medicine regarding physician responsibilities in goals and values discussions.
2015 - 2015 Developing Physician Responsibility: Direct Mentoring of Residents Regarding Physician Responsibilities in Conversations about Patients Goals and Values (DPR) Project:
The DPR Pilot provides experiential and reflective learning along with direct mentoring to 3rd year medical residents in the department of General Internal Medicine regarding physician responsibilities in goals and values discussions.
2015 - 2016 Medical Affairs Quality Improvement: Goals, Values, Preferences Prognosis and Plan - Attending (GVP3-A) Pilot:
The GVP3-Attending Pilot provides experiential and reflective learning opportunities to attending-level physicians and nurse practitioners from hospitalist, Supportive Care, and community-based services regarding clinician responsibilities in goals and values discussions.
2015 - Supportive Care Medicine Fellowship Mentoring
The SCM Fellowship Mentoring sessions provide monthly journal article discussion and mentoring to SCM fellows throughout the academic year, focused on professional development and clinical responsibility.
2016 - Center for Healthcare Ethics / Graduate Medical Education / Medical Affairs: Goals, Values, Preferences, Prognosis, and Plan, or “GVP3” Project
The GVP3 Project is now provided on an ongoing, regular basis, under the leadership of the CHE, and with support from GME and Medical Affairs. Each year, GVP3 Training sessions are provided to 1st and 3rd year residents in General Internal Medicine, as well as fellows in critical care (Pulmonary, Neurology, Surgery), Breast Oncology, and Advanced Heart Failure, Supportive Care Medicine Fellows, and Hem-Onc fellows, and offered to new hires from ISP and Supportive Care Medicine, as well as to other faculty and trainees on request.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Education:
2017 – 2020 Women’s Resiliency Working Group
The WRWG developed as an informal-but-regular monthly gathering of working women focused on developing resilience by connecting with colleagues to network, support, debrief, and connect with others as part of building a full professional life.
2018 - 2020 Fellows-to-Faculty Networking Group
The Fellows-to-Faculty Networking Group was founded as a group for female fellows and meets once a month to provide networking opportunities, information and resources around professional development, as well as opportunities for peer support.
2019 - CSMC Women’s Mentoring Initiative
The Women’s Mentoring Initiative evolved from the Women’s Resiliency Working Group, the Fellows-to-Faculty Networking Group, and efforts within the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to provide networking opportunities for mentors and mentees, coordinate lectures and discussions, professional development for women in medicine and research fields, and create opportunities for peer learning, support, and access to resources.
2023 - Center for AI Research and Education (CAIRE)
Working with Dr. Tiffani Bright and colleauges at CAIRE to develop and sustain research and education projects around ethics and artificial intelligence through workshops, presentations, grants, etc.
Presentations:
1. Moderator, “DNAR Orders after Suicide Attempts,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, September 29, 2010.
2. Moderator, “Ethical Issues with New Work Hours for House-staff,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center:Los Angeles, CA, May 25, 2011.
3. Presenter/Moderator, “Taking Care of the ‘Hateful Patient’,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, May 30, 2012.
4. Presenter/Moderator, “TIME Magazine’s ‘Bitter Pill’: Some Critical Reflection,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, March 27, 2013.
5. Presenter/Moderator (with Stuart G. Finder, PhD), “What Do We Hear When Patients and Families Say ‘We are waiting for a miracle’?” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, September 25, 2013.
6. Invited Speaker, “Advance Directives, Exerting Control, and Other Myths About Endings,” CSMC Ethics Noon Conference, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, December 18, 2013.
7. Presenter/Moderator, "Lessons from Oakland and Texas: On-Going Questions about the Meaning of 'Brain Death'," Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA January 29, 2014.
8. Presenter/Moderator, “GVP3 Pilot Project 2013-2014: Learning Lessons and Burning Questions,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 2014.
9. Presenter/Moderator, “‘Comfort’ is the New ‘Expired’,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA December 3, 2014
10. Presenter/Moderator, "Clinical Ethics Consultation Service: A Year in Review," Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, May 27, 2015.
11. Presenter/Moderator, “Understanding Time in the Evaluation of Clinical Ethics: Variations in Perceptions of How Long Ethics Consultants Spend “Doing” Consultations,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA
12. Co- Presenter (with Stuart G. Finder), “Rich in Detail, Poor in Content: Excavating the Ethical Complexities in (Presumably) Clear Clinical Language,” Ethics Forum, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Los Angeles, CA, May 25, 2016.
Non-CSMC / Other Off-Campus Teaching Activities:
2006 – 2007 Teaching Fellow, Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University
“Ethics in Theological Perspective”
“Formation of the Christian Tradition”
2007 - 2008 Master Teaching Fellow, Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University
“Teaching of Religion Practicum”
2008 - 2009 Writing Tutor, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Vanderbilt University
2016 - 2016 Clinical Practicum Supervisor, Bioethics Institute, Loyola Marymount University
2022 - 2022 Panelist, ASBH’s Career Development Program, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting
2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Student Mentor, ASBH Conference Undergraduate Sponsorship Program, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Student Mentor, ASBH Conference Undergraduate Sponsorship Program, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
MEDIA
1. Virginia L. Bartlett, Interview. “How Effective Is Ethics? Ask Clinicians, Examine Processes” Medical Ethics Advisor. February 15, 2019: https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/144071-how-effective-is-ethics-ask-clinicians-examine-processes
2. Virginia L. Bartlett, with Devan Stahl and Tyler Gibb. Podcast interview: “Why is there a philosopher in the hospital?” Bioethics for the People, ep 11. January 2021. https://www.bioethicsforthepeople.com/episodes/why-is-there-a-philosopher-in-the-hospital
3. Virginia L. Bartlett, Interview. “My Favorite Artwork: Employees Reflect on Art and Healing” Cedars-Sinai Bridge Newsletter. August 23, 2021. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/employee-favorite-art-cedars-sinai.html
4. Virginia L. Bartlett, with Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN. Radio interview : “Clinical Ethics Consultation” onHealthCetera in the Catskills, WIOX Radio at www.wioxradio.org. August 10, 2022.
5. Virginia L. Bartlett, Interview. “Shared Decision-Making is Ethical Balancing Act for Clinicians” Medical Ethics Advisor Vol. 38, No. 11; 164-166. https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/shared-decision-making-is-ethical-balancing-act-for-clinicians
6. Virginia L. Bartlett, Interview. “The Doctor Is Still the Boss in the AI Era.” Cedars-Sinai Discoveries Magazine. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/discoveries/physician-responsibility-in-the-ai-era.html. Summer 2023.
7. Virginia L. Bartlett, Interview. “Ethicists Want to Improve Consults — But More (and Better) Data Are Needed.” Medical Ethics Advisor Vol. 40, No. 2; 22-24. https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/shared-decision-making-is-ethical-balancing-act-for-clinicians
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS:
Research Papers - Peer Reviewed
1. Virginia L. Bartlett and Rolanda L. Johnson. “God and Genes in the Caring Professions: Clinician and Clergy Perceptions of Religion & Genetics,” American Journal of Medical Genetics 151C:1 (February 2009), 41-51.
2. Virginia L Bartlett. “Deep Concerns About Respect for Autonomy,” ICU Director 1:6 (November 2010), 312-313.
3. Virginia L Bartlett. “Knowing (or Not): Distinctions in “Bioethics” and “Clinical Ethics” Atrium 11 (Winter 2013): 43-45.
4. Virginia L Bartlett, Mark J. Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder. "Just a Collection of Recollections: Clinical Ethics Consultation and the Interplay of Evaluating Voices." HEC Forum 28, 301–320 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-016-9301-4
5. Stuart G. Finder and Virginia L. Bartlett, “Discovering What Matters: Interrogating Clinician Responses to Ethics Consultation.” Bioethics. (2017 May) vol. 31(4):267-276. doi:10.1111/bioe.12345 .
6. Michael J. Goldfarb, Lior Bibas, Virginia Bartlett, Heather Jones, Naureen Khan, "Outcomes of Patient- and Family-Centered Care Interventions in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" Critical Care Medicine (October 2017) Vol 45(10) : 1751–1761. [First Author, Michael Goldfarb, was a fellow at CSMC. I provided theoretical and editorial support for the paper.]
7. Virginia L. Bartlett and Stuart G. Finder, “An Actual Advance in Advance Directives: Moving from Patient Choices to Patient Voices in Advance Care Planning” Asian Bioethics Review (March 2018). Vol. 10 (1) 10:21-36. Special Issue: Clinical Ethics
8. Mark J. Bliton and Virginia L. Bartlett, “Exploring Clinical Ethics' Past to Imagine Its Possible Future(s)” American Journal of Bioethics, vol. 18, no. 6 (May 2018) 55-57.
9. Virginia L. Bartlett, Mark J. Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder, “Experience and Ethics at the “Cutting Edge”: Lessons from Maternal–Fetal Surgery for Uterine Transplantation,” American Journal of Bioethics, vol. 18, no. 7 (July 2018) 29-31.
10. Virginia L. Bartlett and Stuart G. Finder, “Lessons Learned from Nurses' Requests for Ethics Consultation: Why Did They Call and What Did They Value?” Nursing Ethics, vol. 25(5) (August 2018) 601-617.
11. Virginia L. Bartlett and Stuart G. Finder. “When the Fall Is All There Is…”: Refocusing on the Critical (Unique?) Characteristic of “Dying” in Physician Aid-in-Dying. The American Journal of Bioethics vol. 19:10 (September 2019) 43-46.
12. Virginia L. Bartlett and Mark J. Bliton, “Retrieving the Moral in the Ethics of Maternal-Fetal Surgery: Clinical Ethics Consultants’ Response to Radic, et al.” Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics Vol 29 (3) (July 2020) 480-493.
13. Virginia L. Bartlett, Mark J. Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder, “Consents (and Contents) under Pressure: Maintaining Space for Moral Engagement in Research Protocols,” American Journal of Bioethics, 22:3, (March 2022) 68-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2027560
14. Stuart G. Finder and Virginia L. Bartlett, “Clinical Ethics Consultations and the Necessity of NOT Meeting Expectations: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” HEC Forum, Online First: September 20, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-022-09496-6 .
15. Virginia L. Bartlett and Mark J. Bliton, “Philosophizing Still: A Brief Reintroduction to Clinical Philosophy” American Journal of Bioethics,(November 2022) 22:3, 42-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2134489
Research Papers – Non-Peer Reviewed
1. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Biking and Clinical Ethics Consultation: ‘Potholes become Personal’,” Center for Healthcare Ethics Newsletter, 3:1 (Fall 2010), 2-3.
2. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Ms. Blake Refuses a Trache.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 5, 2014. Loyola University, Chicago. http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Ms%20Blake
3. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Mr. Ross is Unrepresented.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 5, 2014. Loyola University, Chicago. http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Mr%20Ross.pdf
4. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Mr. Dale and the World Wide Web.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 5, 2014. Loyola University, Chicago. http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Mr%20Dale.pdf
5. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Mr. Simpson’s Clinical Decline.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 5, 2014. Loyola University, Chicago. http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Mr%20Simpson.pdf
6. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Andrew and the Antibiotics.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 8, 2017. Weber State University, Ogden, UT. https://bioethicsbowl2017.eventnut.com/cases-and-rules
7. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Ms. Elliott’s Extubation.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 8, 2017. Weber State University, Ogden, UT. https://bioethicsbowl2017.eventnut.com/cases-and-rules
8. Virginia L. Bartlett, “ASBH ‘Flash Sessions’: Innovative Format Provides Opportunities for Engagement” Professional Formation Newsletter. Vol 1, no 1. December 2017.
9. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Options for the End-of-Life Option Act.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 5-6, 2019. University of South Alabama, Mobile AL. https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/philosophy/bioethicsbowl/
10. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Family, Faith, and Futility.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 5-6, 2019. University of South Alabama, Mobile AL. https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/philosophy/bioethicsbowl/
11. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Dying with Developmental Delays.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 10, 2021. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. http://nationalbioethicsbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-National-Bioethics-Bowl-Cases.pdf
12. Virginia L. Bartlett. “Caring for the Covid-Denier.” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 10, 2021. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. http://nationalbioethicsbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-National-Bioethics-Bowl-Cases.pdf
13. Virginia L. Bartlett. “On-the-Ground Ethics (retitled: We’ve Got a Runner!)” Case from the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Bioethics Bowl. April 10, 2021. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. http://nationalbioethicsbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-National-Bioethics-Bowl-Cases.pdf
14. Virginia L. Bartlett, “A Medical Ethicist Asks How Can We Regenerate, Not Restore, Life Before Covid” Zocalo Public Square (syndicated online news magazine), Feb 24, 2021. https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/02/24/medical-ethics-covid-19-pandemic/ideas/essay/
15. Virginia L. Bartlett, “Regenerating life amid the Covid-19 pandemic.” Bangkok Post, Op-ed (online), March 5, 2021. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2078591/regenerating-life-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic
Chapters:
1. Virginia L Bartlett. “The California POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment): Representing Our Responsibilities,” Estate Planning 2012: Papers from the 34th Annual UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute (2012) (ES31603), 437-456.
Other Publications:
1. Shane K. Bartlett, Virginia L. Bartlett, Mark J. Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder. Film:
“The Oral History of Healthcare Ethics: vol 1: The Life and Clinical Philosophy of Richard M. Zaner. Spring 2016. www.ohhe.org
2. Virginia L. Bartlett, “The Question” (silk floss on linen, wood frame), Cedars-Sinai Staff Group Art Exhibition. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. August 3, 2021-January 12, 2022
Abstracts:
1. Virginia L Bartlett and Stuart G. Finder. “Rich in Detail, Poor in Content: Excavating the Ethical Complexities in (Presumably) Clear Clinical Language.” Journal of Hospital Ethics: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Caring for the Ethically Complicated Patient. Vol 4 no 3, Spring 2017. Washington, DC: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, p.106.
2. Virginia Bartlett and Stuart Finder. Poster: “Lessons Learned from Nurses’ Requests for Ethics Consultation: Why Did They Call and What Did They Value?” Ethics of Caring National Nursing Ethics Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 23, 2017.
3. Kirstin Inducil, Naureen Khan, and Virginia Bartlett. Poster: “Implementing a Pilot Advance Care Planning Curriculum for Bedside Nurses in the Medical Intensive Care Unit,” Ethics of Caring National Nursing Ethics Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 8, 2018
4. Virginia L Bartlett and Stuart G. Finder. “An Actual Advance in Advance Directives: Moving from Patient Choices to Patient Voices in Advance Care Planning.” Journal of Hospital Ethics: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Caring for the Ethically Complicated Patient. Vol 5 no 2, Spring 2018. Washington, DC: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, p.76.
5. Virginia L Bartlett, Mark J, Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder. “Alfred Schutz, The Stranger, and the Unending Challenge of Engaging Ethics in Clinical Contexts.” Journal of Hospital Ethics: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Caring for the Ethically Complicated Patient. Vol 5 no 2, Spring 2018. Washington, DC: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, p.76-77.
6. Naureen Khan, Virginia L. Bartlett, Kirsten Inducil, Laura McVay, and Margaret Reed. Poster: “Impact of Multi-disciplinary Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning Education in the Medical ICU: a Pilot Project” Chest Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 22, 2019.
7. Virginia L Bartlett, Mark J, Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder. “Truths, conceits, and moral entanglements when telling (and listening to) clinical stories: The challenge of re-presenting ethics consultations.” Journal of Hospital Ethics: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Caring for the Ethically Complicated Patient. Vol 6 no 1, Spring 2019. Washington, DC: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, p.36-37.
8. Virginia L Bartlett, Mark J, Bliton, & Stuart G. Finder. “‘It was awful, let me tell you’: On the necessity of and im/possibility of sharing and learning from stories of failed consultations.” Journal of Hospital Ethics: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Caring for the Ethically Complicated Patient. Vol 6 no 1, Spring 2019. Washington, DC: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, p.24-25.
9. Naureen Khan, Virginia Bartlett, Kirsten Inducil, Laura McVay, Margaret Reed. “Impact of Multi-disciplinary Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning Education in the Medical ICU: a Pilot Project” Chest: Volume 156, Issue 4, Supplement (CHEST 2019 Annual Meeting Abstracts) Page A1005.
10. Virginia L Bartlett & Andy Kondrat. “Freedom from “Want” in Clinical Ethics: Challenging American Values of Choice and Desire.” Journal of Hospital Ethics: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Caring for the Ethically Complicated Patient. Vol 8 no 1, January 2022. Washington, DC: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, p.7-8