May 9, 2026


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast and Registration


9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

Opening Remarks
Namir Khandker MD - Chair, Bioethics Committee Medical Director, Neurocritical Care Ochsner Health, New Orleans LA


9:05 AM - 9:30 AM

Ethical Issues with the Care of Undocumented Patients
Eric Drury, JD Vice President President-Associate General Counsel Ochsner Health, New Orleans LA


9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Defining Death
Aasim I Padela, MD MSc FACEP FISSR - Professor & Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship Professor of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliate, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, Boston, MA


10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Break/Q&A


10:20 AM - 11:30 AM

Keynote Session: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Medical Education
Mark Aulisio PhD - Professor and Chair, Department of Bioethics Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland OH


11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Mark Aulisio PhD, Narinder Singh, Jason Hill MD, Fawad Khan MD, Moderated by Michael White MD


12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

LUNCH


1:00 PM - 1:40 PM

Panel Discussion: Ethical Perspectives at the End of Life
Susan Nelson MD, Michael Hagan MD, Todd Whirley MDiv Moderated by Barley Halton MD


1:40 PM - 2:10 PM

When is Enough Enough in Pediatric Care?
Michael Hagan MD Pediatric Physical Medicine Ochsner Health, New Orleans LA


2:10 PM - 2:20 PM

Break/Q&A


2:20 PM - 3:00 PM

Panel Discussion: The Case for “Good Persons” in Bioethical Deliberations
Joanne Marier JD, Rev Anthony Deconcillis CSC, D.Min., Ph.D. Vice President of IMESO at Ochsner Health, Adjunct Professor University of Queensland/Ochsner Health, Aasim I. Padela MD Moderated by Michael White MD


3:00 PM - 3:10 PM

Closing Remarks
Fawad Khan MD CPPS - Section Head and Fellowship Director, Epilepsy Division Section Head, The McCasland Family Comprehensive Headache Center Ochsner Neurosciences Institute, New Orleans LA


3:10 PM - 4:00 PM

Reception




May 9, 2026


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