Moderator/Discussants:
Stephanie Cavanaugh, MD, FAPM
Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
Charles Hebert, MD
John L. Shuster Jr., MD, FAPM

Lead Speakers:
David J. Banayan, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Michael J. Peterson, MD, PhD
Saba Syed, MD, FAPM, DFAPA

Speakers:
Kristin Beizai, MD
Monika Chaudhry, MD
Yamanda M. Mack Edwards, MD
Darin M. Lerner, MD
Kai-Hong J. Mao, MD
Josephine Mokonogho, MD
Maria L. Tiamson-Kassab, MD, FAPM, DFAPA

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Moderators/Discussants: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM and Suad Kapetanovic, MD

Presentations:

• I am only 18, please accept my 5 wishes before I say goodbye—Nicole Mavrides, MD
• The value of Bedside Psychotherapy for Young Adult HIV Patient—Christina Y. Bilyeu, MD
• Anxiety Disorder in an Adult HIV Patient: Can we talk about my funeral?—Deyadira Baez-Sierra, MD
• Race, Culture, and Disclosure in Older Adults with HIV Disease—Karen Johnson, MD, FAPM

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Moderator/Discussant: Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD, FAPM

Speakers:

• M. Cornelia Cremens, MD, MPH, FAPM
• Madeleine A. Becker, MD, FAPM
• James M. Wilkins, MD, DPhil
• Jenry R. Bleier, MD, MBA
• Andrew M. Siegel, MD

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Chair: Saba Syed, MD, FAPM

Discussants: John L. Shuster, MD, FAPM; Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM; & Rachel Lynn, MD

Presentations:

• CPR and Concept of Medical Futility—Robert Dasher, MD
• Societal Views of CPR: Popular Medical TV Dramas—David Sheski, MD
• Patient Survey about their Perception and Knowledge of CPR—Maria Mariano, MD

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Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Discussants: Maryland Pao, MD, FAPM & Suad Kapetanovic, MD

Presentations:

• When Ethics, Legal, Obstetrics, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics (and the Patient) Can’t Agree: A Pregnant Woman Who Refuses to Disclose to Her Husband that She is HIV Positive—Catherine Harrison-Restelli, MD
• Bioethical Issues Raised in the Cases of Two Adolescents with Vertically Transmitted HIV—Nicole Mavirides, MD

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Chairs: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM & Talin Dadoyan, MD

Discussant: Rabbi Bennett Blum, MD

Presentations:

• Overview of Healthcare Reforms for Older Adults: The Past and the Future—Talin Dadoyan, MD
• Bioethical Issues in Capacity Evaluations of Older Adults—Jaroslava Salman, MD
• Probate Conservatorship and Placement Issues—Saba Syed, MD
• Medical Problems, Polypharmacy, & Substance Abuse in Older Adults—Sarah Gelberd, MD

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Chair: Henry R. Bleier, MD, MBA

Discussants: James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD, FAPM & Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Presentations:

• Bioethical Challenges to Determination of Decisional Capacity: A Practical Approach—Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
• Capacity for Self Determination: What Is It?—Henry R. Bleier, MD, MBA
• Decisional Capacity Determinations: From Informed Consent to Dispositional Capacity—James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD, FAPM
• In the Trenches: A Resident’s Perspective—Katharine B. Dalke, MD, MBE
• The State of Legal Affairs: What Is Our Jeopardy?—John K. Northrop MD, PhD

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NOTE: At 116 attendees, this symposium set the record for the highest attendance ever at any of our Bioethics SIG symposia!

Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Discussant: Lewis M. Cohen, MD, FAPM

Presentations:

• Delay in Medical Treatment Due to Complex Mental Health Laws in California—Jaroslava Salman, MD
• Coercion by the System to Conserve Patients—Saba Syed, MD
• The Evaluation of Capacity, Medical Decision-Making, and Interphysician Conflicts: Who Decides?—Jewel Shim, MD
• Literature Review of Guidelines (or lack thereof) for Surrogate Decision-Making—Talin Dadoyan, MD

Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Discussant: Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD, FAPM

Presentations:

• An Empirical Study of the Role of the Clinical Ethics Consultant—Donald S. Kornfeld, MD
• Ethical Dilemmas in Child
  Psychosomatic Medicine and Their Impact on Quality of Care—Susan Beckwitt Turkel, MD, FAPM
• Medical-Decision-Making Assistance
  Team: Impact on Quality of Care—Charles Schwartz, MD, FAPM
• National Standards for Ethics
  Consultations—Asher D. Aladjem, MD, FAPM

Moderator: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Discussant: Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD

Presentations:

• A Prospective Study of Consultations for Capacity–A Cry for Help—Philip R. Muskin, MD, FAPM
• Challenges in Specialized Capacity Decisions—Robert Martin, MD, FAPM
• Psychopathology and Decisional Capacity: Results of Two Studies—Debra Kahn, MD & James Bourgeois, MD, FAPM
• Evaluating Capacity of the Surrogate Decision-Maker—Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD

Moderator: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Discussant: Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD & Donna Chen, MD, MPH

Presentations:

• Disclosure of Medical Errors—Laura Prager, MD
• Decisional Capacity to Care for a Child—Robert Martin, MD, FAPM & Inessa Meyerovitch, MD

Moderator: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Discussant: Edwin Cassem, MD, FAPM

Presentations:

• Negative
  Effects of Religion and How to Transform into Positive—Cynthia Geppert, MD, PhD, MPH, FAPM (in absentia, presented by Dr. Cohen)
• Ethics and Religious Dilemmas
  Encountered on a Consultation Psychiatry Service—Edwin Cassem, MD, FAPM
• Spiritual and Ethical Challenges at
  the End of Life—William Breitbart, MD, FAPM
• Ethical Boundaries in
  Incorporating Spirituality into Patient Care—Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD, FAPM

Moderator: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Presentations:

• Ethical Dilemmas Involving the Discharge of Active Alcohol-Dependent Persons Who Are Homeless and Refuse Further Treatment for Alcohol Addiction—Robert D. Martin, MD, FAPM
• Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Hospital Discharge in Persons with Impaired Decision Making—Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD
• Black Box Warnings and the Ethics of Treatment—Donna T. Chen, MD, MPH

Moderator: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM

Presentations:

• Bioethical Dimensions of Bariatric Surgery—Pauline Powers, MD
• The Moral Community Model—Jose Maldonado, MD, FAPM
• Psychodynamic Aspects of Capacity Consultation—John Barnhill, MD
• The Role of the C-L Psychiatrist
  on Bioethics Committees: The Results of the 2004 APM Membership
  Survey—Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM