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Roberto Dell'Oro
Professor of Theological Studies
Department of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive, Suite 3700
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, USA
Office: University Hall 3766
Email: rdelloro@lmu.edu
Phone: (310) 338-2752
Fax: (310) 338-1947

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Brief Vitae

Roberto Dell’Oro studied philosophy and theology in Milan, Italy (Facolta’ Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale and Catholic University), Munich, Germany (Hochschule für Philosophie) and Rome (Gregorian University), where in 1992 earned a doctorate in theological ethics with a dissertation on the phenomenology of moral experience under the direction of Klaus Demmer. From 1993 to 1995, he was a post-doctoral fellow in bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University -- with Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, the current chair of the President’s Council of Bioethics, as a mentor. In 1995, he became a senior scholar at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University, serving also as a research assistant professor in the Medical School and the department of Philosophy.

In the fall 2003, Dr. Dell’Oro moved to the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he is a professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics. At LMU, he was the Graduate Director of the Master of Arts Program in Bioethics from the spring of 2004 to the fall 2006. Also, from 2003 to 2006, he served as a clinical bioethicist at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, CA, concentrating especially on ethical issues in obstetrics, perinatology and neonatology. Currently, he holds the Saint John’s Medical Center Chair of Bioethics at St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, CA. In addition, Dr. Dell’Oro is the medical ethicist for the “Data and Safety Monitoring Board” at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at N.I.H. in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Dell’Oro teaches in the areas of bioethics, fundamental moral theology, and ethical theories, with a special interest in anthropological themes at the crossroad of theology and philosophy. He has written three books, Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Moral Anthropology, and Medicine (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2006), Esperienza morale e persona (Rome: Gregorian University Press, 1996) and History of Bioethics: International Perspectives (San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1996), translated two books from German, and published in national and international journals, such as Theological Studies; Health Progress; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy; INTAMS review; Rivista di teologia morale; Vida y Etica.

Current Positions

Associate Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Saint John’s Bioethics Chair, Saint John’s Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA

Academic Background

1993-1995 – Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

1992 - Doctorate in Theological Ethics (S.T.D.), Summa cum Laude,
Gregorian University, Rome (Italy). Dissertation: “Moral Experience and the Person: An Assessment of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Phenomenological Ethics.” Director: Prof. Klaus Demmer

1985 – Dr. Phil. (Laurea in lettere e filosofia), equivalence of the S.T.L. degree for the Italian state

1985 - Licentiate in Theology (S.T.L.), Summa cum Laude, Gregorian University. Thesis: “Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics: Paul Ricoeur’s ‘Philosophie de la Volonté’. Director: Prof. Klaus Demmer

1983 - Baccalaureate in Theology (S.T.B.), Magna cum Laude, Facolta’ Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale, Milan (Italy). Thesis: “Italo Mancini on the Hermeneutic Foundation of Philosophy of Religion.” Director: Prof. Giuseppe Colombo

1978 - Classical School State Exam (Liceo Classico). Awarded 60/60 (maximum score)

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Affiliations

Faculty Affiliate, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Associate Fellow, International Institute for Hermeneutics, Toronto (Canada)

Current Areas of Research
Dr. Dell'Oro's research is devoted to both the field of bioethics and the foundations of theological ethics. As for the former, he works on questions of method in bioethics and explore anthropological themes --like vulnerability, contingency, and fallibility -- in their significance for ethical discourse. Dr. Dell Oro especially relies upon the work of Paul Ricoeur, Klaus Demmer, William Desmond, and Jack Caputo.
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Courses Currently Teaching
Bioethics and Christian Morality
Foundations of Christian Moral Life
Methodological Issues in Bioethics
Ethical Theories in Bioethics
Moral Issues/Christian Responses
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Research and Teaching positions

Professor, Fall 2009

Associate Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, since January 2007

Associate Professor of Bioethics and Graduate Director, Master of Arts Program in Bioethics, The Bioethics Institute, Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2005-2006

Assistant Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, 2003 – 2005

Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center and Research Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Department of Philosophy and Medical School, Georgetown University, 1995-2003

Director of the Georgetown University-Bon Secours Program in Clinical Bioethics, 1997-2001

Director of the International Visiting Scholar Program, Center for Clinical Bioethics, 1995-2003

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for the Advanced Studies of Ethics and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, 1993-1995

Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, Facolta’ Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale, Milan (Italy), 1987-1990

Other professional experiences

Member of the International Forum of Catholic Bioethicists, since 2003

Saint John’s Bioethics Chair, Saint John’s Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, beginning January 2008

Medical Ethicist for the Intramural Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at N.I.H., Bethesda (MD), 2001-2007

Member of the Selection Jury for the Manuel Velasco Suarez Award in Bioethics, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), since June 2007

Clinical Bioethicist, The Family Life Center, San Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA (areas of involvement: Obstetrics, Perinatology, and Neonatology), 2003-2006

Expert Advisor for a study by RAND Corporation on “Developing a Regional Consensus on Setting Limits for Aggressive Care at the End of Life,” 2004

Member of the Institutional Advisory Board, St. Francis Career College, Lynwood, CA, 2003-2006

Bioethics Consultant, The Renaissance Pediatric Unit, Iliff Nursing Home, Dunn Loring (VA), 1999-2003

Ethicist in the Institutional Review Board of Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C, 1998-2003

Instructor of Italian Language, Graduate School USDA (Washington, D.C.) and Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Washington, D.C.), 1993-1995

Editor of NAPMR Quarterly, Leading Ministry with Persons with Mental Retardation, 1993-1995

Translator for Vita e Pensiero, Publisher of the Catholic University of Milan, 1992

Professional Societies

American Society for Bioethics and Humanity
Catholic Theological Society of America
Society for Christian Ethics
ATISM (Italian Theological Society for the Study of Ethics

Selected Publications

Books

Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology, with Carol Taylor (Washington, D.C.: GeorgetownUniversity Press, 2006)

History of Bioethics: International Perspectives, with Corrado Viafora (San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1996)

Esperienza morale e persona. Per una rilettura dell’etica fenomenologica di Dietrich von Hildebrand (Rome: Gregorian University Press, 1996)

Translated

Klaus Demmer, Shaping the Moral Life: An Approach to Moral Theology (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000), from the German Einführug in die Moraltheologie (unpublished manuscript)

Karl Rahner, Visioni e profezie: mistica ed esperienza della trascendenza (Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 1994), from the German Visionen und Prophezeiungen: Zur Mystik und Transzendenzerfahrung (Freiburg; Herder, 1989)

Articles / Book Chapters / Translations

“Living the Moral Truth: On the Ethical Hermeneutics of Klaus Demmer and Its Significance for Moral Theology,” (forthcoming, 2009)

“Theologie in der Öffentlichkeit: Ein anthropologischer Beitrag zur Bioethik,” European Society for Catholic Theology, (forthcoming, 2009)

“Voraussetzungslosigkeit in der Bioethik? Klonierung und anthropologisches Vorverständnis,” (forthcoming, 2009)

“Die Funktion der Bioethik in der Medizin: Hermeneutische Erwägungen,” (forthcoming, 2009)

“Having a Child to Save Another: Embryonic HLA Typing in Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis,” (forthcoming, 2009)

“At the Boundary: On the Contribution of Theological Anthropology to Bioethics,” in OMEGA: Indian Journal of Science and Religion (2007): 52-74

“Origins, Birth and the Devaluation of Nature: Metaphysical Observations on Reproductive Cloning,” Milltown Studies (forthcoming)

“The Physician, the Image, and the Absent Patient: Notes on the Ethics of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine,” in Proceedings of SENTINEL Workshop, European Commission (forthcoming)

“Bioéthique et recherche du sens en medicine,” in Armelle de Bouvet et Jean-Philippe Coubbaut (ed.), Une bioéthique pour un monde habitable? La bioéthique en discussion (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2006), 41-56

“La dimensione ermeneutica nell’esperienza della cura: una ricognizione fenomenologica,” in Corrado Viafora and Silvia Mocellin (ed.), L’argomentazione nel giudizio bioetico (Milano: Franco Angeli, 2006), 183-198

“La Contribucion de la Religion a la Bioetica,” in Vida y Etica, 6/1 (2005): 25-40

“Cloning, Marriage, and Family: Ideological Premises and Forgotten Issues,” INTAMS review 11(2005): 67-79

“Interpreting Clinical Judgment: Epistemological Notes on the Praxis of Medicine,” in (ed.) Corrado Viafora, Clinical Bioethics: A Search for the Foundations (Dordrecht: Springer Academic Publisher, 2005), 155-168

“Il rapporto medico paziente e i fini della medicina,” in (ed.) Marianna Gensabella Furnari, Il paziente, il medico e l’arte della cura (Messina: Rubettino, 2005), 33-51

“La tecnologia genetica: tra promessa terapeutica e responsabilita’ morale,” in S. Pisu, G.Castello and G. Caocci (ed.), Scienza e coscienza. Questioni cruciali per la bioetica (Cagliari: Edizioni CUSL, 2005), 121-134

“Contextualizando la discussion sobre clonacion: premises ideologicas y asuntos olvidados,” Vida y Etica vol. 4 (2003), no. 2: 53-65

“La bioetica clinica come etica applicata: problemi teorici della consulenza etica nell’istituzione sanitaria,” in (eds.) Mario Picozzi, Mario. Taviani and Paolo Cattorini, Verso una professionalizzazione del bioeticista (Milano: Giuffre’, 2003), 42-66

“Il rapporto medico paziente: una descrizione fenomenologica,” in (ed.) Marianna Gensabella Furnari, Alle frontiere della vita: eutanasia ed etica del morire (Soveria Mannelli: Rubettino, 2003), 20-34

“The Climate of Western Bioethics: Between Individual Liberalism and Social Solidarity,” in Bioethics in Multicultural Space: Locating Values and Translating Lessons (Proceedings of the International Academic Conference of Bioethics, Changsha, China, December 2-4, 2002)

“La Bioetica en Estados Unidos: Universidad Catolica Argentica-Georgetown Dialogos de Bioetica,” Vida y Ética 3 (2002): 19-41

“Theological Discourse and the Postmodern Condition: The Case of Bioethics,” Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 18 (2002) 3: 127-136

“L’eticista come mediatore,” in Janus 8 (2002): 50-56

“Market Ethos and the Integrity of Health Care,” Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, 18 (2002) 3: 641-647

“On the Ethics of Twins Separation: Analysis of a Recent Case,” Itinerarium 10 (2002): 89-106

“Philosophy and Program of the Center for Clinical Bioethics,” Itinerarium 10 (2002): 17-31

“Integrity and Compliance: Medicine and the Ethics of Health Care Institutions,” Health Progress (September-October 2001): 29-36

“The Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University: Philosophy and Activities,” Cuadernos de Bioetica (Edicao do Centro de Estudios de Bioética de Azores), 26 (2001): 21-36

“Confidencialidad en medecina: el problema de la proteccion de datos sanitarios,” in Actas de la I Jornadas de Proteccion de Datos Sanitarios (Madrid: Agencia de Proteccion de Deatos de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2000), 69-92

“Antropologia dell’intimita’ e segreto professionale,” in Quaderni di etica medica (Padova: CIC Edizioni Internazionali, 2000), 65- 79

(with Warren Reich) “A New Era for Bioethics: The Source of Meaning in Moral Experience,” in (ed.) Allen Verhey, Religion and Medical Ethics: Looking Back, Looking Forward (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996): 96-119

“Esperienza e verita’ morale,” Rivista di teologia morale 28 (1996): 63-82

“Antropologia ed etica: oltre al bioetica nordamericana,” Rivista di teologia morale 27 (1995): 203-220

Translated

Warren Reich, “Prendersi cura dei vulnerabili: il punto d’incontro tra etica secolare ed etica religiosa nel mondo pluralistico,” Istituto Trentino di Cultura (June 2001) [original in English]

Corrado Viafora, “Towards a Methodology for the Ethical Analysis of Clinical Cases,” European Society of Philosophy of Medicine (August 1997) [original in Italian]

Warren Reich, “Curare e prendersi cura. Nuovi orizzonti dell’etica infermieristica,” L’arco di Giano, 10 (January-April 1996): 9-24 [original in English]

Hans Martin Sass, “Cooperazione fiduciaria nel rapporto medico-paziente,” KOS: Rivista di medicina, cultura e scienze umane, 118 (July 1995): 46-51 [original in German]

Gisbert Greshake, “Coscienza ecologia e teologia della creazione,” in Questione ecologica e coscienza cristiana (Brescia: Morcelliana, 1988), 125-136 [original in German]

Book reviews

Michel Messier, Agapè: Recherches sur l’histoire de la charité (Editions Fides, 2007), in Theological Studies, (forthcoming)

Richard A. Cohen, Ethics, Exegesis and Philosophy: Interpretation After Levinas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), in Theological Studies, (forthcoming)

Benedict M. Ashley and Kevin O’Rourke, Ethics of Health Care: An Introductory Textbook, 3^rd edition (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press), in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (forthcoming)

Andreas Lienkamp, Theodor Steinbüchels Sozialismusrezeption: Eine christliche-sozial-ethische Relekture (Paderborn: Schöning, 2000) in Theological Studies, (forthcoming)

Klaus Demmer, Angewandte Theologie des Ethischen ((Freiburg: Herder, 2003) in Theological Studies, 65 (2004): 873-875

Melanie Wolfers, Theologische Ethik als Handlungsleitende Sinnwissenschaft (Freiburg: Herder, 2003) in Theological Studies, 65 (2004): 875-876

Maurizio Chiodi, Tra cielo e terra: il senso della vita a partire dal dibattito bioetico (Assisi: Cittadella Editrice, 2002) in Theological Studies, 65 (2004): 682-683

Klaus Demmer, Fundamentale Theologie des Ethischen (Freiburg: Herder, 1999), in Theological Studies, 62 (September 2001): 633-635

Michel Maret, L’euthanasie: alternative sociale et enjeux pour l’éthique chrétienne (Editions saint-Augustin, 2000), in Theological Studies, 62 (March 2001): 188-190

Hilary Bok, Freedom and Responsibility (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998), in Theological Studies, 61 (March 2000): 177-179

Quentin Smith, Ethical and Religious Thought in Analytic Philosophy of Language (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), in Theological Studies, 60 (June 1999): 379-381

Thérèse Vanier, Nick: Man of the Heart (Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1993), in NAPM Quarterly, 26 (Spring 1995): 23-24

Henri J.M. Nouwen, With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life (New York: Orbis Book, 1994), in NAPMR Quarterly, 26 (Spring 1995): 22-23

Janet Miller Rife, Injured Mind, Shattered Dreams (Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books, 1994), in NAPM Quarterly, 25 (Fall/Winter 1994): 22-23

Jean Vanier, The Broken Body (New York: Paulist Press, 1988), in NAPM Quarterly, 25 (Fall/Winter 1994), 23.

INVITED LECTURES AND CONFERENCES

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

“Living the Moral Truth: On the Ethical Hermeneutics of Klaus Demmer and Its Significance for Moral Theology,” Society for Christian Ethics, Chicago, January 11, 2009

“Theologie in der Öffentlichkeit: Ein anthropologischer Beitrag zur Bioethik,” European Society for Catholic Theology, University of Vienna, Austria, November 15, 2008

“Voraussetzungslosigkeit in der Bioethik? Klonierung und anthropologisches Vorverständnis,” Public lecture, University of Vienna, Austria, November 13, 2008

“Die Funktion der Bioethik in der Medizin: Hermeneutische Erwägungen,” International Congress, Bioethik in Mittel- und Osteuropa, Institut für Moraltheologie, University of Vienna, Austria, November 12, 2008

“Having a Child to Save Another: Embryonic HLA Typing in Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis,” A Discussion with the International Forum of Catholic Bioethicists, Bruxelles (Belgium), November 8-9, 2008

“Clinical Bioethics as Hermeneutic of Medical Practice,” Erasmus Mundus European Master of Bioethics, University of Padua, April 7, 2008

Program Director, Society of Christian Ethics – Pacific Section, Claremont School of Theology, February 15, 2008

“Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis: The Case of familial Alzheimer Disease,” A Discussion with the International Forum of Catholic Bioethicists, Bruxelles (Belgium), November 10-11, 2007

“Clinical Bioethics: Theories and Methods,” Erasmus Mundus European Master of Bioethics, University of Padua, April 16, 2007

“Ethical Issues in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine,” Sentinel Workshop, European Commission, Mercer Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, 27^th – 28^th October 2006

“Bioethics and Human Reproductive Cloning,” Symposium on Contemporary Issues in Bioethics (with Siobhan O’Sullivan, Emmanuel Agius, and Maureen Junker-Kenny), Faculty of Philosophy, Milltown Institute, Dublin, Ireland, October 26^th, 2006

“The Ethics of Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis,” A Discussion with the International Forum of Catholic Bioethicists, Bruxelles (Belgium), December 9-12, 2006

“God, the Embryo, and the Ends of Medicine: The Case of Stem Cell Research,” LMU President’s Day, Loyola Marymount University, March 18, 2006

“Orientamenti e tendenze della bioetica americana,” A Public Lecture at the University of Padua, January 27, 2006

“The Ethics of Reproductive Cloning,” A Discussion with the International Forum of Catholic Bioethicists, Bruxelles (Belgium), December 11-13, 2005

“Methods in Bioethics,” Georgetown International Health Care Ethics Colloquium, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., October 17, 2005

“Where Is Bioethics Going? Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” A Response to Paul Schotsmans, The 2005 Annual Bioethics Institute Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, September 21, 2005

“La Contribucion de la Religion a la Bioetica,” 5Congreso de Bioetica de America Latina y del Caribe, August 10, 2005, Panama

“Bioetica y Pobreza,” [panel discussion with Nancy Andrade Castro (UNICEF Panama) and Francesc Abel (Spain)] 5Congreso de Bioetica de America Latina y del Caribe, August 10, 2005, Panama

“Los Comites de Bioetica Asistenciales y su incidencia en la configuracion de una nueva cultura en las practicas hospitalarias,” [panel discussion with Leila Malave (Portorico) and Jose Torres Mejia (Mexico)] 5Congreso de Bioetica de America Latina y del Caribe, August 12, 2005, Panama

“Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultations: An American Experience,” 2^nd International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultations, University of Basel (Switzerland), March 17-20, 2005 [panel presentation]

“L’etica medica tra curare e prendersi cura”, Lanza Foundation, Padua (Italy), December 16, 2004

“The Ethics of Stem Cell Research,” A Discussion with the International Forum of Catholic Bioethicists, Bruxelles (Belgium), December 12-13, 2004

“The Ethics of Stem Cell Research: Thoughts on Proposition 71” a Panel Discussion with Prof. Brietta Clark and Rabbi Jaim Abadia, Loyola Law School, November 18, 2004

“Questions at the Boundary: Theological Anthropology and Bioethics,” a paper for the symposium on Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology, Georgetown University, November 5-6, 2004

“Bioethics: A Place of Creativity in Medicine,” A paper read on the occasion of the 20^th Anniversary of the Centre d’Éthique Médicale, Université Catholique de Lille, France, October 16, 2004

“Divine Shadows in the Nursery: Bioethics and the Suffering of Children,” The Annual Bioethics Institute Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, October 7, 2004

“To Clone or Not to Clone: Bioethics on the Threshold of a Brave New World,” Loyola Marymount University Donors Retreat, St. Helena, CA, September 25, 2004

“Nature and Function of Ethics Committees in the United States: A Bioethical Analysis," Workshop on "Ethics Committees in Medical Research and Practice," Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Rome (Italy), June 18-19, 2004

“Life in the Laboratory, Marriage and Family: A Bioethical Analysis,” Public Lecture at the International Academy of Marital Spirituality, Bruxelles, Belgium, December 16, 2003

“The New Genetics: Therapeutic Promise and Ethical Responsibilities,” University of Cagliari (Italy), May 29, 2003

“The Goals of Medicine and the Physician-Patient Relation,” Ospedale Policlinico, Messina (Italy), January 25, 2003

“The Bioethicist as a Mediator: The Ethics Consultation Service in Health Care Institutions,” Istituto Teologico San Tommaso, Messina, January 24, 2003

“Bioethics: History, Concepts and Current Challenges,” State University of Messina, January 24, 2003

“The Climate of Western Bioethics: Between Liberal Individualism and Social Solidarity,” International Conference: “Bioethics in Multicultural Space: Locating Values, Translating Lessons,” Changsha, Republic of China, December 1-4, 2002

“The Beginning of Personhood: Philosophical and Ethical Implications,” The Dean’s Biomedical Lecture Series, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, November 14, 2002

“Challenges for Bioethics in the XXI Century,” XV Conferencia Boyd B. Palmer, Universidad Interamericana de Puertorico, Recinto de San German, October 19, 2002

“Bioethics and Humanities Research: Genetics and Worldview Workshop,” National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, July 2, 2002

“Just Health Care: Moral Critique, Outrage and Response,” [with Dan Callahan, Jack Glaser and Laurie Zoloth], Center for Clinical Bioethics Conference on Justice in Health Care, Georgetown University, April 12, 2002

“The Status of the Human Embryo: Scientific Data and Ethical Interpretation,” Theology and Embryology Conference, Santa Clara University, February 14-16, 2002

“Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects,” Regulator Compliance Training Sessions for Georgetown University Investigators, November 12, 2001

“Stem Cell Research: Science, Religion and Ethics in Dialogue,” Georgetown University Bioethics Colloquium [with Kevin FitzGerald and Leroy Walters], October 29, 2001

“Market Ethos and the Integrity of Health Care,” German and American Health Care Systems, A Symposium Organized by the Catholic University Of America Law School, the School of Philosophy and the German Embassy, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., October 4, 2001

“Moral Absolutes and Bioethics,” University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, April 6, 2001

“Integrity and Compliance: The Moral Divide,” Organizational Ethics Workshop for Health Care Professionals, Georgetown University, March 15, 2001

“Clinical Ethics in the United States: An Assessment,” Cycle de formation en deux journées pour le Diplome d’Université d’Éthique de la Santé, Centre d’Éthique Medicale, Université Catholique de Lille (France), March 11-13, 2001

“Rethinking Hippocratic Ethics,” National Portuguese Conference of Bioethics, Azores (Portugal), January 27, 2001

“Clinical Ethics as Applied Ethics: The Case of Ethics Consultations,” International Conference on Clinical Bioethics, Universita’ dell’Insubria, Varese (Italy), January 22, 2001

“Ethics of Genetics,” Advanced European Bioethics Course, University of Nijmegen (Holland), November 17-19, 2000

“Aristotle Retrieved: The Changing Faces of American Principlism,” Center for Bioethics and Law, University of Leuven (Belgium), November 16. 2000

“Hospital Ethics Committees: History and Evolution,” Clinical Ethics Workshop, Georgetown University, November 9-11, 2000

“Research with Human Tissues: Regulatory and Ethical Aspects,” Van Andel Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, September 29, 2000

“Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects,” Regulatory Compliance Training Sessions for Investigators, Georgetown University Medical Center, September 12, 2000

“The Center for Clinical Bioethics: Philosophy and Activities,” International Meeting of Catholic Bioethics Centers, Vatican City, February 14-17, 2000

“Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: An Overview of the International Debate,” [with Thomas Kopfensteiner, William Buckley, and Lars Reuter], Society for Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 8, 2000

“Rethinking the Goals of Medicine,” International Conference of Clinical Bioethics, Padua (Italy), October 19-23, 1999

“From Medical Ethics to Bioethics,” International Symposium on the History of Medical Ethics, Catholic University of Rome (Italy), May 29-30, 1999

“Institutional Review Boards: A Context for Ethical Discourse,” [with Jeff Collmann] Workshop on IRBs: Member Responsibilities and Related Competences, Georgetown University, March 23-24, 1999

“Anthropology of Intimacy and Medical Confidentiality,” University Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid (Spain), January 28-29, 1999

“Bioethics in the United States: An Assessment from a European Perspective,” Lanza Foundation, Padua (Italy), May 22, 1998

“International Perspectives on the History of Bioethics,” [with James Drane, Warren Reich, John Collins Harvey and Corrado Viafora], National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, June 6, 1996

“Environmental Crisis and Ethical Awareness,” The Cultural Center of Varese (Italy), March 8, 1989

“Moral Theology and Reproductive Technologies,” Public Lecture, Centro Culturale di Varese (Italy), November 18, 1988

“The Tradition of Catholic Social Ethics,” Symposium on Social Ethics, Catholic University of Milan, February 15, 1998

Bioethics conferences for health care settings

“Curing at Any Cost? On Embryos, Stem Cell Research, and the Ends of Medicine,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, July 31, 2006

“Why Being Ethical? Meaning, Functions, and Limits of Bioethics in the Hospital Setting,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, June 27, 2006

“Western and Eastern Philosophies in Alleviating Pain and Suffering in the Dying,” 3^rd Annual Compassionate End-of-Life and Decendent Affairs Conference, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, April 22, 2006

Making Decisions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: How Do We Talk to Parents,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, November 21, 2005

“How Do We Die with Dignity? Quality of Life in Clinical Decision Making,” Critical Care Symposium, Westin Hotel, Long Beach, CA, October 14, 2005

“Honoring the Dignity of the Expiring Hospital Patient,” 2^nd Annual Compassionate End-of-Life and Decendent Affairs Conference, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, September 24, 2005

“Caring and Curing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,” 5^th Annual High-Risk Mother/Infant Conference, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, May 21, 2005

“What is Death with Dignity? Bioethical Considerations on the End of Life” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, April 4, 2005

“How Do We Die with Dignity? Ars Moriendi for the 21th Century,” 2005 Medical Humanities Lecture, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, Harbor City, CA, February 17, 2005

“Honoring the Dignity of the Expiring Hospital Patient,” 1^st Annual Compassionate End-of-Life and Decedents Affairs Conference, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, January 14, 2005

“Early Induction of Labor: Ethical Conflicts and Possible Solutions for Catholic Hospitals,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, July 21, 2004

“Whose Decision, Whose Responsibility? Thoughts on Informed Consent from the NICU,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, March 8, 2004

“Ethics in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Case of Trisomy 18,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, October 30, 2003

“Breaking the Iron Cage: Moral Integrity and Catholic Health Care,” Key Note Address, Bon Secours Health Care System Planning Board Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 3, 2001

“Moral Absolutes and Catholic Health Care Ethics,” A Retreat for the Bioethics Committee of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL, April 5, 2001

“The Future of Hospital Ethics Committees,” Bioethics Grand Round, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL, April 5, 2001

“Introduction to the Ethics of Medicine,” Lecture Series for the Association of Catholic Physicians, Milan (Italy), May 1990

“Principles of Medical Ethics,” Lecture Series for Health Care Professionals, Hospital of Monza (Italy), May-June 1988

Other Conferences

“Ethics of Life and Bioethics: Contributions from Moral Theology,” Annual Conference for Church Ministers, Diocese of San Diego, CA -- San Diego Convention Center, September 15, 2007 [in Spanish]

“Anointed to Serve,” Keynote Address, Diocese of Orange Congress, Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana, CA, September 8, 2007 [in Spanish]

“Rethinking the Gift: Origin, Creation, and the Ethics of Life,” Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim Convention Center, March 2, 2007 [in English and Spanish]

“Ethics of Life and Bioethics: the Contribution of Moral Theology,” 2006 Religious Education Congress, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, April 2, 2006 [in Spanish]

“Evangelize by Educating & Educate by Evangelizing,” Keynote Address, 2005, Congress of the Diocese of Orange, Marywood Center Institute for Pastoral Ministry, Orange, CA, September 10, 2005 [in English and Spanish]

“Cruzando el Campo de Batalla Moral Catolico: No Todo es Negro y Blanco o Gris,” Annual Theological Symposium of the Diocese of San Bernardino, Diocesan Pastoral Center, San Bernardino, CA, April 23, 2005 [in Spanish]

“Forum on the Legacy of John Paul II,” A Panel Discussion [with Dr. Bo Oppenheim, Dr. Christopher Kazor, and Dr. Michael Horan] Loyola Marymount University, April 12, 2005

“The Befuddled Stork: A Catholic Perspective on Beginnings of Life,” Public Lecture, Martin Luther King Library, Washington D.C., March 15, 2002

“The Gospel of Life,’ A Series of Lectures for the Adult Education Program, St. Mary of the Mills Church, Laurel, MD, February-March 1996

“Introduction to Theological Ethics,” Lecture Series for University Students, Milan, April-May 1990

“The Emergence of Medical Ethics in Moral Theology,” Lecture Series for the Clergy of the Diocese of Milan (Italy), April 1990

“Ethics and Culture,” Workshop for the Clergy of the Diocese of Ravenna (Italy), January 4, 1990

“Moral Theology and the Challenges of Pastoral Care,” Workshop for the Clergy of the Diocese of Milan (Italy), January 21, 1989

“Love One Another: Towards a Christian Ethics of Sexuality,” Lecture Series for University Students, Milan (Italy), January 1988

Teaching activities

Spring 2008

On Suffering: Philosophical and Theological Approaches – THST 698/PHIL 698

On Suffering: Philosophy and Theology – THST 498

Fall 2007

Foundations of Christian Moral Life – THST 660