"Are Feeding Tubes Obligatory?"

Presented by
Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D.
Soros Faculty Scholar of the Project on Death in America
Author of The Healer's Calling

Wednesday, April 5
8:00 p.m.
Andreas Hall, Room 112

Dr. Sulmasy, a Franciscan Friar, holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, St. Vincent 's Manhattan . He is the author of a book on spirituality for health care professionals entitled, The Healer's Calling , and is co-editor of Methods in Medical Ethics . He serves as editor-in-chief of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics . His numerous articles have appeared in medical, philosophical, and theological journals, and he has lectured widely both in the U.S. and abroad. Sulmasy's research interests include both theoretical and empirical studies of end-of-life decision making, ethics education, and the ethics of cost-containment in medicine.

Dr. Sulmasy received his A.B. and M.D. degrees from Cornell University and completed his residency, chief residency, and post-doctoral fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital . He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1995. From 1991 to 1998, he served on the faculty at Georgetown , where he was Director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics and Senior Research Scholar of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

We look forward to seeing you! For more information, contact:
Barry University , Department of Theology and Philosophy 305-899-3469, 305-899-4887.

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This lecture is part of the St. Thomas/St. Catherine Lecture series.

Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM
Chair in Ethics at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers,
St. Vincent 's Manhattan