Conference on Medicine, Bioethics, and the Holocaust

Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future: A Conference on Medicine, Bioethics, and the Holocaust

Drew University’s Caspersen School of Graduate Studies’ Department of Medical Humanities, in conjunction with the Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study, is pleased to present this full-day conference. Please join us as we explore the participation of the medical community in the labeling, persecution, and eventual mass murder of millions of people deemed eugenically “unfit” in Nazi Germany and the ramifications for current issues in medicine, science, human rights, ethics, and healthcare policy. We are offering Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit for physicians and physician assistants who participate, as well as Professional Development Credit for K-12 educators. For more information regarding the schedule of events for the day, speaker bios, and to register, please visit: http://www.drew.edu/medhumconf

For questions or more information, please contact Dr. Stacy Perlstein Gallin, Conference Chair, at sgallin@drew.edu

Conference Schedule

8:30—9:00 AM: Conference Registration/Check-in

9:00—9:20 AM: Opening Remarks

9:30—10:15 AM: Tessa Chelouche, M.D.: “The UNESCO Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust: An

International, Humanitarian Perspective”

10:30—11:15 AM: Patricia Heberer-Rice, Ph.D.: “Nazi Physicians, Genetic Research, and the Mission of

Racial Eugenics”

11:30—12:15 PM: Michael Berenbaum, Ph.D.: “Medicine, Ethics, and the Holocaust”

12:30—2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00—2:45 PM: Survivor Testimony

3:00—4:15 PM: Discussion Panel-The Lasting Legacy of the Holocaust for Medicine, Ethics, Health Policy

and Human Rights Endeavors: Tessa Chelouche, M.D., Patricia Heberer-Rice, Ph.D., Allen

Keller, M.D., Michael Berenbaum, Ph.D., Michael Perlin, J.D., and Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.

4:30—6:00 PM: Heuristic Sessions - Three concurrent workshops dedicated to brainstorming ideas for

integrating the lessons of Nazi medicine into current education and/or outreach within the

medical, academic, and general communities

6:00—7:00 PM: Refreshments

7:00 – 8:00 PM: Keynote Speech by Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., “Euthanasia in Germany, Assisted Dying in

Europe and the U.S. Today—What are the Lessons from the Past?

For more information or to register, please visit our website: http://www.drew.edu/medhumconf