Endowed Lecture Series
The Endowed Lecture Series at the Saint Louis University Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics invites speakers who offer insights into ethical business practices in medical care and research.
As part of the Saint Louis University Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, these lectures are approved for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
2021 Lecture
Ira Bedzow, MA, Ph.D. UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, New York Medical College
Topic: "How to do Well and Good in Medicine - Developing Skills for Values-Driven Leadership"
2019-20 Lecture
Zubin Austin, Ph.D.
Professor and Koffler Chair in Management at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and
the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation-Faculty of Medicine at
the University of Toronto
Topic: "The Cult of Competency: Are Professional Certifications Missing the Mark?"
Listen to Austin's Presentation
2018-19 Lecture
Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D.
Director of the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), a component of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Topic: "Some Observations about Conflicts of Interest in Research"
Listen to Menikoff's Presentation
2017-18 Lecture
Gloria Wilder, M.D., MPH
Vice President, Innovation and Preventive Health at Centene Corporation
Topic: "The Business of Social Transformation: Driving Value in the American Health Care System"
2016-17 Lecture
Davim Ray Moore Endowed Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism, professor and director of the Division of Medical Humanism and Ethics, Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Louisville
Topic: "Catalyzing Transformation in Residency Education Through and Towards Professionalism"
2015-16 Lecture
Stacey A. Tovino, J.D., Ph.D.
Lehman Professor of Law and director of Health Law Program at UNLV William S. Boyd
School of Law
Topic: "Giving Thanks: The Law and Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising"
2014-15 Lecture
Joshua E. Perry, J.D., MTS
Assistant professor of Business Law and Ethics and research coordinator in the Center
for the Business of Life Sciences at Indiana University
Topic: "Is the Business of Medicine Different? For-Profit Hospice as Case Study"
2013-14 Lecture
Ashley K. Fernandes, M.D., Ph.D.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton Children's Hospital
Topic: "Reforming Medical Business Ethics: A Personalistic Approach"
2012-13 Lecture
James DuBois Ph.D., D.Sc.
Hubert Maeder Professor of Health Care Ethics and director of the Bander Center for
Medical Business Ethics at Saint Louis University Center for Health Care Ethics
Topic: "Medical Decision-Making and the Web of Influence: Physician Narratives on Conflicts
of Interest"
2011-12 Lecture
Bernard Lo, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and the director of the Medical Ethics Program at University
of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Topic: "Partnerships Between Academic Health Centers and Industry: Opportunities, Challenges,
and Pitfalls"
2010-11 Lecture
Marcia Angell, M.D.
Senior lecturer in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Topic: "Conflicts of Interest in Medicine"
2009-10 Lecture
William Sage, M.D., J.D.
Vice provost for Health Affairs and James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence
in Law at The University of Texas at Austin
Topic: "Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine: Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We Might Be Headed"
2008-09 Lecture
Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Bioethics at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Topic: "Health Care Band-Aids: How to Fix America's Ailing Health Care System"
2008 Inaugural Lecture
Matthew Wynia, M.D., MPH
Director of the Institute of Ethics at American Medical Association
Topic: "Ethics and Pay for Performance (P4P): What is Known of the Effects of P4P on Physician Ethics and the Patient-Physician Relationship?"