The Geisel-Dartmouth Bioethics & Social Interest Group is excited to announce an event focusing on issues of brain death and the concept of death in medicine.

Monday, July 22nd from 6:15 – 7:30,125 Haldeman

Dr. James Bernat, professor of Neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine and internally renowned medical ethicist, will facilitate a dinner discussion addressing the ethics and policies surrounding brain death.

The event is intended for a smaller group and will feature a more “round-table discussion” setup than the more formal formats of the previous sessions. You will be able to pose your questions to Dr. Bernat directly as well as to voice your opinions in a more personal setting. All are welcome whether or not you are a pre-health or medical student!  Panera will be served and we hope to see you there!

Space is limited so please R.S.V.P (and direct any questions) to Katie Tai ([log in to unmask]) by Thursday, July 18th.  Please indicate any dietary restrictions.



More information on James Bernat from his faculty biography:
Dr. Bernat has been a Dartmouth Medical School faculty member since 1976 and has held the rank of Professor of Medicine and Neurology since 1989. Dr. Bernat is the Director of the Program in Clinical Ethics at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He is a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. In 2011, he received the Presidential Award from the American Academy of Neurology for lifetime service to American neurology.

Dr. Bernat's scholarly interests are in ethical and philosophical issues in neurology. He has authored over 200 articles and chapters on topics in neurology and clinical ethics. He testified on the vegetative state before the United States Senate Health Committee and was a consultant on brain death to the Institute of Medicine, the Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the Pontifical Academy for Life. He chaired the US DHHS HRSA Division of Transplantation panel on determining death in organ donors and serves  on the World Health Organization international committee on standards for death determination.