Plenary Speakers
Engelhardt Award Winner
Presented by The Ohio State University Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities and The Foundation for Bioethics
Presented by The Ohio State University Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities and The Foundation for Bioethics
Jeffrey P. Bishop, M.D.
Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Theological Studies, Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University
Jeffrey Bishop holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University, where he also directed the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics for nine years. He is also Professor of Philosophy and his research explores the historical, political, and philosophical conditions that underpin contemporary medical and scientific practices and theories. His first book, The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power, and the Care of the Dying (University of Notre Dame Press), explores the care of the dying, from ICU to palliative care.
Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Theological Studies, Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University
Jeffrey Bishop holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University, where he also directed the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics for nine years. He is also Professor of Philosophy and his research explores the historical, political, and philosophical conditions that underpin contemporary medical and scientific practices and theories. His first book, The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power, and the Care of the Dying (University of Notre Dame Press), explores the care of the dying, from ICU to palliative care.
"Precedented Times: The Jewish Response to Pandemics Over the Centuries"
Rabbi Eddie Reichman, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor in the Division of Education and Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Edward Reichman is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor in the Division of Education and Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and writes and lectures internationally in the field of Jewish medical ethics. He is the recipient of a Kornfeld Foundation Fellowship, and has been a member of the advisory boards of the Institute for Genetics and Public Policy, the New York Organ Donor Network, the Halakhic Organ Donor Society, and the Rabbinical Council of America. He has been a mentor of the Medical Ethics Society of Yeshiva University since its inception. His research is devoted to the interface of medical history and Jewish law.
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor in the Division of Education and Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Edward Reichman is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor in the Division of Education and Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and writes and lectures internationally in the field of Jewish medical ethics. He is the recipient of a Kornfeld Foundation Fellowship, and has been a member of the advisory boards of the Institute for Genetics and Public Policy, the New York Organ Donor Network, the Halakhic Organ Donor Society, and the Rabbinical Council of America. He has been a mentor of the Medical Ethics Society of Yeshiva University since its inception. His research is devoted to the interface of medical history and Jewish law.
"The Influence of Early Muslim Physicians and Classical Islamic Scholars
on the Development of Modern Psychiatry"
on the Development of Modern Psychiatry"
Rania Awaad, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Rania Awaad, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Muslim Mental Health Lab and Wellness Program and Director of the Diversity Clinic. She pursued her psychiatric residency training at Stanford where she also completed a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Her research and clinical work are focused on the mental health needs of Muslims. Her courses at Stanford range from teaching a pioneering course on Islamic Psychology, instructing medical students and residents on implicit bias and integrating culture and religion into medical care to teaching undergraduate and graduate students the psychology of xenophobia. Her most recent academic publications include an edited volume on "Islamophobia and Psychiatry" (Springer, 2019) and upcoming texts on Islamic Psychology (Routledge, 2020) and Muslim Mental Health. She has also produced a toolkit, fact sheet, CME course, and is now editing a clinical textbook on Muslim mental health for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Awaad is particularly passionate about uncovering the historical roots of mental health care in the Islamic intellectual heritage. Through her outreach work at Stanford, she is also the Clinical Director of the San Francisco Bay Area branches of the Khalil Center, a spiritual wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants for her work. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Dr. Awaad has also served as the first female Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College, a Muslim Liberal Arts College in Berkeley, CA where she taught courses on Shafi'i Fiqh and Women's Fiqh and Qur'anic sciences for nearly a decade. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. At Rahmah, she oversees the Murbiyyah spiritual mentoring program for girls. Dr. Awaad is a nationally recognized speaker, award-winning teacher, researcher and author in both the Islamic and medical sciences.
Professor of Psychiatry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Rania Awaad, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Muslim Mental Health Lab and Wellness Program and Director of the Diversity Clinic. She pursued her psychiatric residency training at Stanford where she also completed a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Her research and clinical work are focused on the mental health needs of Muslims. Her courses at Stanford range from teaching a pioneering course on Islamic Psychology, instructing medical students and residents on implicit bias and integrating culture and religion into medical care to teaching undergraduate and graduate students the psychology of xenophobia. Her most recent academic publications include an edited volume on "Islamophobia and Psychiatry" (Springer, 2019) and upcoming texts on Islamic Psychology (Routledge, 2020) and Muslim Mental Health. She has also produced a toolkit, fact sheet, CME course, and is now editing a clinical textbook on Muslim mental health for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Awaad is particularly passionate about uncovering the historical roots of mental health care in the Islamic intellectual heritage. Through her outreach work at Stanford, she is also the Clinical Director of the San Francisco Bay Area branches of the Khalil Center, a spiritual wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants for her work. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Dr. Awaad has also served as the first female Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College, a Muslim Liberal Arts College in Berkeley, CA where she taught courses on Shafi'i Fiqh and Women's Fiqh and Qur'anic sciences for nearly a decade. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. At Rahmah, she oversees the Murbiyyah spiritual mentoring program for girls. Dr. Awaad is a nationally recognized speaker, award-winning teacher, researcher and author in both the Islamic and medical sciences.