Curriculum Vitae
Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD
Present Position
Ethics Consultant
www.AskTheEthicist.com
Ethics Consultant
California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN), www.ctdn.org
Address:
PO Box 1992
Sausalito, CA 94966 USA
Ph (415) 889-9189
txbioethics@yahoo.com
Education
Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Ph.D. (Community Medicine & General Practice-Bioethics emphasis), 2002
University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Fellow (Biomed. & Res. Ethics),
1998-2000
Loma Linda University, M.A. (Biomedical & Clinical Ethics), 1998
Loma Linda University, B.S. (Health Science), 1989
Clinical/Academic
Clinical Ethicist, California Pacific Medical Center, March 2007 – May 2010 (laid off)
Bioethicist, Associate Staff (Faculty), Cleveland Clinic, July 2002–March 2007
Clinical Ethics Associate, Loma Linda University, Bioethics Center, January 2001-June 2002
Ethics Fellow, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1998-2000
Teaching Assistant, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1999-2000
Administrative
Course Director, “Bioethics”, 3rd and 4th year medical student elective (California Pacific
Medical Center). 2008-2009
Director, Bioethics Summer Internship Program (California Pacific Medical Center).
2007 - 2009
Director, Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Research Subject
Advocate Program, March 2003-March 2007
Course Director, “Responsible Conduct in Research” (Cleveland Clinic). 2005-2007
Course Director, “Ethics in Laboratory Research” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine). 2004 – 2006
Course Director, “Bioethics” (ETHC0301), 3rd & 4th year medical student elective
(Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine). 2003-2007
Course Coordinator, “Responsible Conduct in Research (Medicine M261),” Univ. of
Calif. Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1999-2000
Industry
Quality Engineer II (coronary stents): Guidant Vascular Intervention (Temecula, CA),
1997-1998
Staff Engineer II, Dept. Supervisor: Baxter/Allegiance (Ontario, CA), 1995-1997
Sr. Quality Engineer (CABG devices): Sorin Biomedical (Irvine, CA), 1993-1995
Lab Manager (endocrinology): Lab of Reproductive Medicine (Loma Linda, CA), 1992
Quality Engineer (vascular grafts): IMPRA/BARD (Tempe, AZ), 1991
Lab Tech/Res. Assist. (pulmonary & endocrinology): Loma Linda Univ., 1987-1991
Quality Control Chemist, AALTO Scientific (Escondido, CA): 1986
Katrina A. Bramstedt, curriculum vitae
Clinical (over 800 ethics consultations conducted using the single consultant model)
Member, Ethics Consultation Service, California Pacific Medical Center, March 2007 –
May 2010
Member, Liver Transplant Selection Comm, CPMC, March 2007 – May 2010
Member, Living Kidney Donor Team, CPMC, 2007 - May 2010
Member, Ethics Consultation Service, Cleveland Clinic, July 2002 – March 2007
Member, Heart Transplant Selection Comm., Cleveland Clinic, August 2002 – Mar 2007
Member, Liver Transplant Selection Comm., Cleveland Clinic, July 2002 – Dec 2006
Member, Living Liver Donor Advocate Team, Cleveland Clinic, Jan 2005 – Dec 2006
Member, Ethics Consultation Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center (West
Los Angeles, CA), 1999-2000.
Ethics Fellow, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1998-2000
In-patient ethics consultation clinical training supervised by Robert Orr, M.D., Loma
Linda University Medical Center, 1997-1998
Committees
California Pacific Medical Center Ethics Committee, 2007- 2010
Cleveland Clinic Ethics Comm. Task Force: Solicitation of Living Organ Donors, 2006
Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center Executive Comm., 2003-2007
Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center Advisory Comm., 2003-2007
Cleveland Clinic Research Compliance Committee, 2003-2005
Cleveland Clinic Organ Donation Committee, 2005-2007
Cleveland Clinic Medical Student Education Council, 2003-2004
Cleveland Clinic Intro to Clinical Medicine Curriculum Task Force, 2003-2006 [Ethics
Thread Leader]
Cleveland Clinic Pastoral Care Advisory Committee, 2004-2005
Veterans Administration Medical Center Bioethics Committee (West Los Angeles,
CA), 1999-2000
University of California Los Angeles Medical Center Ethics Committee, 1998-2000
The Endocrine Society Ethics Advisory Committee (Bethesda, MD), 1998-2001
Professional Activities
Invited Lectures & Media Activities
“Dealing with Difficult Patients and Families”. Novato Community Hospital Grand
Rounds (Novato, CA): 05-03-10
“Good Samaritan Organ Donors: Encouraging Europe to Expand the Donor Pool”.
University of Florence Medical School (Florence, Italy): 04-22-10
“The Kindness of Strangers: An Effort to Raise Awareness of and Encourage Organ
Donation”. The Bay School (San Francisco, CA): 03-23-10.
Interviewed by Omaha World-Herald (Rick Ruggles) re organ retention due to spiritual
beliefs s/p organ transplant. 02-25-10.
“Ethics and Professionalism in Science: What’s Your Moral Compass?” Marin Catholic
High School (Kentfield, CA): 02-22,23-10; 03-09-10.
“The Ethical Complexities of DCD (Controlled Donation After Cardiac Death)”. CPMC
Neurosciences Grand Rounds, 01-28-10.
“Directed Donation: Family Rights and Waiting List Impact”. California Transplant
Donor Network Semi-Annual Staff Mtg, (Oakland, CA): 01-14-10.
“Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Ross Valley Rotary Club (CA): 11-11-09.
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Invited Lectures & Media Activities, continued…
“The 4 Boxes Approach to Clinical Ethics”. Marin General Hospital (Greenbrae, CA):
11-09-09.
“Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Belvedere-Tiburon Rotary Club (CA): 11-04-09.
“Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Mill Valley Rotary Club (CA): 11-03-09.
“Discharge Dilemmas: No Home/No Surrogate”. San Francisco Bioethics Forum (San
Francisco, CA), 08-27-09.
“Optimizing Your Ethics Consultation Service—A Workshop”. Marin General Hospital
(Greenbrae, CA), 08-21-09.
Interviewed by John Fowler of FOX News KTVU for a story on doctor-patient
prescribing relationships (VIP patients). July 2009.
“Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Sausalito Rotary Club (CA): 07-30-09.
Interviewed by TIME Magazine regarding organ solicitation via the Internet. 07-09-09.
“Medical Marriott: A Status to Avoid”. Eden Medical Centre (Castro Valley, CA):0609-09.
Interviewed by San Francisco Chronicle regarding transplant ethics. 03-09-09.
Interviewed by New York Times regarding end-of-life planning associated with
pacemakers. 02-23-09.
Interviewed by TheFinalCall newspaper regarding organ procurement procedures, 1107-08.
Interviewed by San Diego Westview High School newspaper, The Nexus regarding
caffeine use by teenagers (ethics of warning labels on energy drinks). 09-29-08.
“Ethics of Paired Exchange”. Presented at the CPMC-Emory University Peer Assist
Meeting (San Francisco, CA), 08-28-08.
Interviewed by Deidre Kennedy of California Healthline (www.californiahealthline.org)
re the role of an ethicist in selecting patients for organ transplantation, 07-31-08.
Interviewed by Shaya Mohajer of Associated Press re the UCLA case in which liver
transplants were given to two gangsters, followed by large financial donations from
them, 06-05-08.
Television interview with CBS local regarding physicians abstaining from providing
medical treatment that conflicts with their personal values, 05-28-08.
Television interview with CBS local regarding issues with sperm banking and donor
privacy, 05-14-08.
Interviewed by Deborah Shelton of The Chicago Tribune for commentary on the use of
psychosocial criteria as exclusions for transplantation, 04-01-08.
Interviewed by Rob Stein of The Washington Post for commentary on inactivating
LVADs, 03-31-08.
Interviewed by David France of AARP Magazine for commentary on directing marketing
of prescription medical products to patients, 03-25-08.
Interviewed by Celia Milne of The Medical Post (Toronto, Canada) for commentary on
insurance paying for organ tourism, 03-18-08.
St. Luke’s Hospital Ethics Committee (San Francisco, CA): “Keys to Performing
Complex Ethics Consultations”, 02-06-08.
Interviewed by Leslie Camp of the American Case Management Association for a
newsletter article about my role as a bioethicist, 02-05-08.
Interviewed by Alex Dominquez of Associated Press for commentary on a Johns
Hopkins study about obese patients waiting longer for kidney transplants than nonobese patients, 12-18-07.
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Invited Lectures & Media Activities, continued…
“Ethical Principles II”, California Pacific Medical Center Nursing Ethics and Moral
Distress Symposium, 11-14-07.
“When Religious Values Become a Transplant Exclusion Criterion: the Dilemma of
Jehovah’s Witnesses”, California Pacific Medical Center Transplant Grand Rounds,
10-19-07.
“Acute Aortic Dissection in the Elderly: An Ethical Moment?” California Pacific
Medical Center Cardiology Grand Rounds, 09-19-07.
Television interview with Ivanhoe Broadcast News with regard to physician
relationships with the pharmaceutical industry (conflict of interest and prescribing
practices), 09-17-07.
“The Ethicist as Living Donor Advocate”, California Pacific Medical Center Nursing
Symposium on End-Stage Liver and Kidney Disease, 09-14-07.
“Ethics at the End of Life”, California Pacific Medical Center End of Life Nursing
Ethics Consortium Conference, 08-01-07.
Interviewed by Caleb Hannan for a newspaper article about living organ donation (donor
protection, donor death in NY). July 2007.
Interviewed by Carolyn Cosmos for a newspaper article (“Transplant Tourism Experts
Advise Addressing Crisis In Organ Donations”, The Washington Diplomat, August
2007, pp 17-18).
“Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Golden State Donor Services (Sacramento, CA): 0515-07.
California Pacific Medical Center: “Patient Finances- A Sticky Wicket in
Transplantation”, Transplant Grand Rounds. 05-04-07.
Interviewed by Czerne Reid for a newspaper article about organ donation (State News,
Columbia, SC). April 2007.
Interviewed by Katy Butler for New York Times article regarding termination of
pacemakers and ICDs. January 2007.
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “Data Safety Monitoring Boards-Why, When, Who”,
Research Grand Rounds. August 2006.
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center: “A Pink Slip for Your
Patient? Guidance for Terminating Relationships”. July 2006.
Radio Interview, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), regarding the practice of
clinical ethics consultation in the USA, June 2006.
Journal Interview, Medical Ethics Advisor, regarding the ethical issues associated with
face transplantation. May 2006.
Interviewed by author Mac Overmyer for his book about face transplantation. March
2006
Interviewed by author Laura Greenwald for her book about facial plastic surgery, Heroes
with a Thousand Faces. February 2006.
City-Wide Ethics Discussion (Cleveland, OH): “Evaluating Potential Non-Directed
Living Donors”. February 2006.
Interviewed by Cleveland Clinic Magazine regarding IRB use of bioethics consultation
services for the face transplant project. December 2005.
Journal Interview, IRB Advisor, “IRBs Say There’s Too Much Work, Not Enough Help”,
November 2005, pp 127-130.
Journal Interview, Berkeley Medical Journal, regarding the ethical issues associated with
face transplantation. November 2005.
Interviewed by Associated Press for a story about the ethical issues associated with
recruiting human subjects for medical research. October 2005.
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Invited Lectures & Media Activities, continued…
Television Interview, Fox News (local), regarding privacy & public health surveillance
of diabetics. July 2005.
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH): “Ethics in Clinical Research”, CRSP
401 lecture, July 2005.
Television Interview, CBS News (national), regarding use of drug BiDil by African
Americans. June 2005.
Journal Interview, IRB Advisor, “Review Warning Letters to Prepare for Audits”. May
2005, pp 54-56.
City-Wide Ethics Discussion (Cleveland, OH): “Use of a Bioethicist in Evaluating
Potential Liver Transplant Donors and Recipients”. March 2005.
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials”, Research Grand
Rounds. October 2004.
Dobama Theatre (Cleveland, OH): “Response to ‘Domino Heart’: Ethical Issues in
Transplantation”. November 2003.
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “The Complexities of Informed Consent”, Research
Grand Rounds. October 2003.
Veterans Administration Medical Center (Cleveland, OH): “Geriatric Health Care
Allocation in the Setting of High-Tech Medicine”, Geriatric Grand Rounds. April
2003.
Cleveland Clinic (Weston & Naples, FL): “’Competency’ and Informed Consent in
Clinical Practice and Research”, Medical Grand Rounds. February 2003.
University of Akron, Department of Philosophy (Akron, OH): “The Ethical Complexities
of the AbioCor TAH Clinical Trial”. November 2002.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County-Cypress College (Orange, CA): “Clinical
Ethicists and the Ethics Consultation Process”. February 2002.
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “Ethical Complexities of Total Artificial Heart
Technology: Clinical Research and Future Clinical Practice”. January 2002.
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, CA): “Ethical Complexities of
Total Artificial Heart Technology”, Grand Rounds. November 2001.
La Sierra High School Science Academy (Riverside, CA): “Frontiers in
Transplantation”. September 2001.
Radio Interview, 88.5FM (Atlanta, GA): “Ethics & the Total Artificial Heart”. July
2001.
Baxter, Hyland Division (Duarte, CA): “Topics in Bioethics”. September 2000.
University of California Irvine, Department of Surgery (Orange, CA): “Understanding
Conflict of Interest”. July 2000.
Veterans Administration Medical Center (West Los Angeles, CA): “The Picture of the
Patient”. January 2000.
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Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International)
European Society of Organ Transplantion Transplant Ethics Conference (Rotterdam,
Netherlands): “The Problem (?) of Organ Solicitation”. 04-19-10.
Annual Meeting of the American Family Trial Lawyers Association (San Francisco,
CA): “Seeking Rescue from the Organ Waiting List: Sherpas & Hiking Cleats vs.
Passively Waiting: Is Solicitation of Organ Donors Unethical?” 04-17-10.
CPMC Kidney Transplant Symposium: Spotlight on Living Donation (Granite Bay, CA):
“Hot Topics in Transplant Ethics”. 03-23-10.
CPMC Transplant Ethics Grand Rounds (San Francisco, CA): “Transplant Ethics
Consultations: Analysis of the CPMC Bioethics Consult Registry”. 11-19-09.
CPMC Transplant Ethics Grand Rounds (San Francisco, CA): “Issues with NonResidents as Living Donors”. 10-22-09.
CPMC Division of Transplant Ethics Annual Community Education Event (San
Francisco, CA): “Hot Topics in Transplantation”. 09-01-09.
CPMC Program in Medicine & Human Values Annual Summer Workshop (San
Francisco, CA): “Documentation of Ethics Consultations”, 06-06-09.
Marin General Hospital Ethics Conference (San Anselmo, CA): “Enigmatic Refusals—
Now What?” 03-12-09.
Marin General Hospital Ethics Conference (San Anselmo, CA): “Futility—A Status to
Avoid” 03-12-09.
33rd Annual Meeting of NATCO Transplant Society (Boston, MA): “Being Sherlock
Holmes: The Internet as a Tool for Assessing Unrelated Live Organ Donors”, 08-1108.
33rd Annual Meeting of NATCO Transplant Society (Boston, MA): “How to Fire a
Transplant Patient”, 08-12-08.
University of San Francisco School of Nursing Ethical Issues in Access to Care
Conference (San Francisco, CA): Keynote speaker, “Access Issues in Solid Organ
Transplantation”, 08-02-08.
International Bioethics Retreat (Paris, France): “Exploring the Ethical Complexities of
Organ Tourism”, 06-23-08.
CPMC Program in Medicine & Human Values Annual Summer Workshop (San
Francisco, CA): “Clinical Assessment of Capacity: The Clinical Ethicist’s Role”,
06-14-08.
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28 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
(Boston, MA): “Transplanting Foreign Nationals—Truth or Consequences”, 04-0908.
NATCO Education Conference (Tempe, AZ): “General Medical Ethics”, 11/02/07.
NATCO Education Conference (Tempe, AZ): “General Medical Ethics”, 06/01/07.
UNOS Region 5 Educational Forum (San Francisco, CA): “Health Insurance and Organ
Tourism: An Emerging Relationship”, 05-18-07.
American Transplant Congress 2007 (San Francisco, CA): “Ethical Issues in Pediatric
Retransplantation”, 05-05-07.
NATCO Transplant Institute Symposium for the Advanced Transplant Professional
(Marco Island, FL): “Got My Mind Made Up: Informed Consent in Living
Donation”, 01/13/07.
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Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International), continued…
Ohio Lactation Consultant Association Meeting (Independence, OH): “Ethical Design
and Conduct of Lactation Research”, 11/11/06.
NATCO Education Conference (Tempe, AZ): “General Medical Ethics”, 11/03/06.
International Transplant Nurses Society 4th Annual Focus on Transplantation
(Cleveland, OH): “Advertising for Donors--Panel discussion, Drs Bramstedt,
Augustine, and Poggio, 10/27/06.
UNOS Region 10 Clinical Forum (Chicago, IL): “Organ Transplantation in China:
Allegations, Findings, Guidance”, 10/05/06.
Advances in Transplantation Conference (Washington DC): “The Basics of Ethical
Decision-Making”, 10/01/06.
Advances in Transplantation Conference (Washington DC): “Defining Ethical Dilemmas
in Transplantation--Patient Selection Issues”, 10/01/06.
Advances in Transplantation Conference (Washington DC): “Case Study Applications—
Panel Discussion, Drs. Bramstedt, Veatch and Samaniego”, 10/01/06.
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31 NATCO Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL): “Is it Right to Proceed? Case Studies in
Transplantation and Donation”, August 2006.
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31 NATCO Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL): “Non-Directed Living Donation: A Debate
[with Sheldon Zink, PhD], August 2006.
NATCO Education Conference (Tempe, AZ): “General Medical Ethics”, June 2006.
Stanford University Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights Conference
(Palo Alto, CA): “Caffeine Use by Children: The Quest for Enhancement”, May
2006.
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27 Annual Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions (Boston, MA): “Ethical Aspects
of Deactivating Pacemakers and ICDs in Terminally Ill Patients”, May 2006.
[Abstract for oral presentation, Mueller PS, Hayes DL, Bramstedt KA et al.]
National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Clinical Research Center Annual Meeting
(Washington DC): “Informed Consent: A Domain for the Research Subject
Advocate”, March 2006.
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005 (Dallas, TX): "Informed Consent
for Destination Ventricular Assist Device Support”, November 2005.
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005 (Dallas, TX): "End of Life Care
for Patients with Ventricular Assist Device Support”, November 2005.
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting (Washington DC):
“Selecting HLA-Matched Embryos through PGD when a Sibling Needs a Solid
Organ Transplant”, October 2005. [Abstract for oral presentation, Kalfoglou A,
Bramstedt KA].
XVX European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (Barcelona,
Spain): “When Microchip Implants do More than Drug Delivery: Blending, Blurring,
and Bundling of Protected Health Information and Patient Monitoring”, August
2005.
11th Meeting of the International Liver Transplantation Society (Los Angeles, CA).
“Regional Approach To Maximize Split Liver Graft Utilization: A Preliminary
Report”, [poster presentation], July 2005.
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Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International), continued…
National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Clinical Research Center Annual Meeting
(Washington DC): “Opportunities for Research Subject Protection in Genetic
Studies”, April 2005.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Clinical Research Center Annual Meeting
(Washington DC): “A Strategy for Evaluating Data and Safety Monitoring Board
Members and Charters”, April 2005.
Northern Ohio Lactation Consultant Association Meeting (Cleveland, OH): “Addressing
the Ethical Complexities of Formula Discharge Packs”, April 2005.
Cleveland Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Legal and Ethical Issues in Ophthalmology
(Independence, OH): “Topics in Ethics and Ophthalmology Research”, December
2004.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity Conference on
Research Integrity (San Diego, CA): “A Study of Warning Letters Issued to Clinical
Investigators by the FDA”, November 2004.
American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting,
Neuromodulation 2004: Defining the Future (Cleveland, OH): “Protecting Human
Subjects: Psychogenic Dystonia as an Exclusion Criterion for Deep Brain
Stimulation Trials”, [poster presentation], October 2004.
Thoratec, At the Heart of the Matter: Improving Clinical Outcomes for Patients with
End-Stage Heart Failure (Hollywood, FL): “End of Life Care for Patients with
VADs”, October 2004.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Clinical Research Center Annual Meeting
(Chicago, IL): “Research Subject Advocacy and Litigation in Clinical Research”,
April 2004.
American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting (Boston, MA): “Now We Lay Them Down
to Sleep: Ethical Issues with the use of Pharmacologic Coma for Adult Status
Epilepticus”, [poster presentation], December 2003.
Heart Failure Summit VIII (Cleveland, OH): “Terminating Mechanical Cardiac
Support”, October 2003.
Fifth Annual Cleveland Clinic Foundation-University Hospital Transplant Research Day
(Cleveland, OH): “Shopping for a Transplant: When Non-compliant Patients Seek
Wait Listing at Multiple Hospitals”, May 2003.
Annual Meeting of the Cleveland Consultation Liaison Society (Bratenahl, OH):
“Shopping for a Transplant: The Dilemma of Multiple Listing and Non-compliant
Patients”. Winner, “Best Presentation”-Mahmoud Parsa Award, May 2003.
Sixth Symposium World Artificial Organ, Immunology & Transplantation Society
(Ottawa, Canada): “Informed Consent and the Total Artificial Heart”, August 2001.
Society of Geriatric Cardiology Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA): “Concerns Against the
use of Age-based Categorical Standards in Cardiac Health Care Decision-Making for
the Elderly”, [poster presentation], April 2000.
First International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering (Clemson,
SC): “LVADs: an Ethical Analysis”, September 1997.
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Conference Activities
Abstract Reviewer, 11th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics &
Humanities (Washington DC), October 2009.
Conference planning consultant for the 18th Annual Meeting of the International
Transplant Nurses Society (Montreal, Canada), September 2009.
Ethics Track Session Moderator, 33rd Annual Meeting of NATCO Transplant Society
(Boston, MA): 08-12-08.
Abstract Reviewer, 28th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the International
Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Boston, MA), April 2008.
Ethics Track Session Moderator, 31st NATCO Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL), August
2006.
Education Committee, NIH General Clinical Research Center Annual National Meeting
(Chicago, IL), April 2004.
Grand Awards Judge (Medicine & Health Sciences), Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (Cleveland, OH), May 2003.
Program Committee & Session Chair, Clinical Ethics Consultation: First International
Assessment Summit (Cleveland, OH), April 2003.
Consultation
Consultant, California Transplant Donor Network (Oakland, CA). 2010
Expert Witness, Transplant Ethics cases. 2009 - present
Consultant, Center for Medical Technology Policy (San Francisco). 2008
Consultant, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Grant reviewer. 2005-2006
Consultant, Israel Science Foundation (Jerusalem, Israel). Grant reviewer. 2005
Consultant, Thoratec (Pleasanton, CA). End of life care for patients with VADs. 2004
Consultant, US Food and Drug Administration Medical Devices Advisory Comm. 2003present
Consultant, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (Heidelberg, Australia). Regarding
creating a clinical ethics consultation service for the facility. 2002
Consultant, Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, CA). Office of Sponsored Research.
Audit preparation, document review, human subjects policy and procedure manual
completely overhauled. 2001
Consultant, The Endocrine Society (Bethesda, MD). Research ethics and the ethics of
clinical practice of endocrinology. 1998-2001
Journal/Referee Service
Associate Editor, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2008-present)
Editorial Consultant, The Lancet (2005-present)
Editorial Board, Progress in Transplantation (2008-present)
Editorial Board, Plagiary (2006-present)
Manuscript Reviewer, ASAIO Journal (Am. Soc. of Artificial Internal Organs Journal)
Manuscript Reviewer, American Journal of Transplantation
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Medical Ethics
Manuscript Reviewer, JAMA
Manuscript Reviewer, NEJM
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Grants
“Division of Transplant Ethics”, CPMC Foundation, 2009-2010 ($28,000). Role: Dir
“Proactive Ethics Intervention to Improve ICU Care”, various donors, 2007-2010
($300,000+). Role: Bioethicist
“Exploring the ethical complexities of organ tourism”. A multicenter study with CPMC
and Cedars Sinai Medical Centre. Sponsor: NATCO, 2008-2009 ($4200). Role: PI
“Recruiter’s perceptions of ethical issues in genetic research”, NIH, 2005-2006.
CGREAL Grant. Joint project with Case Western Reserve University & Cleveland
Clinic. E. Jeungst/Griffin MT, Cassano J, Bramstedt KA (co-investigator).
“Termination of ICDs and Pacemakers”, 2004-2006. Joint project with Mayo Clinic and
Cleveland Clinic. Mueller PS, Jenkins SM, Bramstedt KA (co-investigator), et al.
“General Clinical Research Center”, NIH, 2003-2008 (~$2.5 mil/yr). Role: RSA Director
“Automatic Control of Cardiovascular Assist Devices”, NIH, 2003-2007 ($679,000).
Role: Faculty Development Mentor
“Code of Professional Ethics”, The Endocrine Society, 1998-2001 ($25,000). Role: Co-I
“Responsible Conduct in Research”, University of California Los Angeles School of
Medicine, 1999-2000 ($20,000). Role: Co-investigator.
“Endo-00: Understanding the Professional Norms of endocrine scientists and clinicians”,
The Endocrine Society, 2000 ($5000). Role: PI
“Endo-99: Understanding the Professional Norms of endocrine scientists and clinicians”,
The Endocrine Society, 1999 ($5000). Role: PI
Professional Organizations
Chair, NATCO Ethics Committee, 2006-present
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, 1998 - present
American Society of Transplantation, 2009
Society of Research Subject Advocates (SRSA), 2003-2006
SRSA Research and Accomplishments Committee, 2005
Cleveland Consultation Liaison Society, 2003
American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), 2003-2006
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), 2003-2008
ISHLT Council on Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine, 2003-2008
ISHLT Council on Mechanical Circulatory Support, 2003-2008
ISHLT Council on Xenotransplantation, 2003-2008
ISHLT Council on Nursing and Social Sciences, 2003-2008
American Geriatrics Society, 1999 – 2002
Society of Geriatric Cardiology (SGC), 1999 – 2002
SGC Public Policy Committee, 2001-2002
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Publications
Peer-reviewed Articles
1. Bramstedt KA. Probing transplant and living donor candidates about their participation
in organ vending. Prog Transpl 2011;21: in press.
2. Rubin AN, Bramstedt KA. Examining the root cause of surrogate conflicts in the ICU
and general wards. Monash Bioethics Rev 2011;30: in press.
3. Veys CG, Bramstedt KA. Stranger donors: a key link in transplant chains. Prog
Transpl 2010;20: in press.
4. Laurentine KA, Bramstedt KA. Too poor for transplant: Finance and insurance issues
in transplant ethics. Prog Transpl 2010;20: in press.
5. Bramstedt KA, Katznelson S. Being Sherlock Holmes: Using the Internet as a tool for
assessing unrelated live organ donors. Clin Transplant 2009;23:157-161.
6. Neidich A, Bramstedt KA, Mahatny HD. Exploring transplant opportunities in Hmong
culture: a case report. Prog Transpl 2009;19:188-191.
7. Bramstedt KA et al. Optimizing the documentation practices of an Ethics Consultation
Service (ECS). J Med Ethics 2009;35:47-50.
8. Bramstedt KA. Hoping for a miracle: supporting patients in transplantation and cardiac
assist programs. Curr Op Supp Pall Care 2008;2:252-255.
9. Mueller PS, Jenkins SM, Bramstedt KA, et al. Deactivating implanted cardiac devices
in terminally ill patients: Practices and attitudes. PACE (Pacing and Clinical
Electrophysiology) 2008;31:560-568.
10. Bramstedt KA, Xu J. China: a case study regarding transplant publishing practices.
J Infor Ethics 2008;17:12-22.
11. Bramstedt KA. Alcohol abstinence criteria for living liver donors and their organ
recipients. Curr Opin Organ Transpl 2008;13: 207-210.
12. Bramstedt KA. Destination nowhere: a potential dilemma with ventricular assist
devices. ASAIO Journal 2008;54: 1-2.
13. Bramstedt KA, Xu J. Checklist: passport, plane ticket, organ transplant. Am J Transpl
2007;7:1698-1701.
14. O’Hara JF, Bramstedt KA, Flechner S, et al. Ethical issues surrounding high-risk
kidney recipients: implications for the living donor. Prog Transpl 2007;17:180-182.
15. Bramstedt KA. Exploring the gap in healthcare for injured and uninsured research
participants in the United States. Monash Bioeth Rev 2007;26:11-20.
16. Basta LL, Bramstedt KA. Turning off an implanted life-saving device. Virtual Mentor
AMA J Ethics 2007; 9:91-98.
17. Bramstedt KA. Recruiting healthy volunteers for research participation using Internet
advertising. Clin Med Res 2007;5:91-97.
18. Blixen CE, Papp KK, Hull AL, Rudick RA, Bramstedt KA. Developing a mentorship
program for clinical researchers. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2007;27:86-93.
19. Bramstedt KA, Chalfant A, Wright C. Emergency consultation in the setting of
transplant medicine: dilemmas for social workers and bioethicists. Prog Transpl
2007;17:36-39.
20. Bramstedt KA. Living donor transplantation between twins: guidance for Donor
Advocate Teams. Clin Transpl 2007;21: 144-147.
21. Siemionow M, Bramstedt KA, Kodish EK. Ethical issues in face transplantation. Curr
Opin Organ Transpl 2007;12: 193-197.
22. Bramstedt KA. Caffeine use by children: the quest for enhancement. Subst Use Misuse
2007;42: 1237-1251.
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Peer-reviewed Articles, continued…
23. Bramstedt KA. When pharmacists refuse to dispense prescriptions. Lancet
2006;367:1219-1220.
24. Schneider PS, Bramstedt KA. When Psychiatry and Bioethics disagree about patient
decision-making capacity (DMC). J Med Ethics 2006;32:90-93.
25. Bramstedt KA, Ford P. Protecting human subjects in neurosurgical trials: the challenge
of psychogenic dystonia. Contemp Clin Trials 2006;27:161-164.
26. Bramstedt KA, Young JB. Use of the Internet by US heart transplant centers to
promote transparency in the process of patient selection. Telemed J E Health
2006;12:359-362.
27. Bramstedt KA. Is it ethical to prioritize patients for organ allocation according to their
values about organ donation? Prog Transpl 2006;16:170-174.
28. Bramstedt KA. Transfusion contracts for Jehovah’s Witnesses receiving organ
transplants: Ethical necessity or coercive pact? J Med Ethics 2006;32:193-195.
29. Bramstedt KA. Supporting organ transplantation in Non-Resident Aliens within limits.
Ethics Med 2006;22:75-81.
30. Bramstedt KA. Living liver donor mortality: where do we stand? Am J Gastroenterol
2006;101:755-759.
31. Bramstedt KA, Stowe J, Lemberg B. The dilemma of alcohol use by potential living
liver donors. Prog Transplant 2006;16:24-27.
32. Bramstedt KA, Jabbour N. When alcohol abstinence criteria create ethical dilemmas
for the liver transplant team. J Med Ethics 2006;32:263-265.
33. Bramstedt KA. Ethical treatment when funds are short. Endocrine News 2006;31:2627.
34. Bramstedt KA, Florman S, Miller CM. Ethical challenges in live organ donation. Curr
Opinion Organ Transpl 2005;10:340-344.
35. Bramstedt KA, Schneider PS. Saying ‘good-bye’: Ethical issues in the stewardship of
bed spaces. J Clin Ethics 2005;16:167-172.
36. Bramstedt KA, Macauley R. A case of deception. Hastings Center Rep 2005;35:13-14.
37. Bramstedt KA, Nash P. When death is the outcome of informed refusal: the dilemma of
rejecting ventricular assist device therapy. J Heart Lung Transpl 2005;24: 229-230.
38. Bramstedt KA. Bioethicists: Practitioners of applied philosophy. Philosoph Practice
2005;1:77-81.
39. Bramstedt KA. When microchip implants do more than drug delivery: Blending,
blurring, and bundling of protected health information and patient monitoring. Technol
Health Care 2005;13:193-198.
40. Bramstedt KA, Molner M, Carlson K, Bilyeau, S. When families complicate patient
care: guidelines for handling resultant ethical dilemmas. MEDSURG Nursing 2005;14:
122-125.
41. Jabbour N, Gagandeep S, Bramstedt KA, et al. To do or not to do living donor
hepatectomy in Jehovah’s Witnesses: Single institution experience of the first 13
resections. Am J Transplantation 2005;5:1141-1145.
42. Bramstedt KA. A study of warning letters issued to clinical investigators by the US
Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Clin Invest Med 2004;27:129-134.
43. Bramstedt KA. Surrogate consent for live organ donation. (Letter) JAMA
2004;291:2077-2078.
44. Bramstedt KA. A guide to informed consent for clinician-investigators. Cleve Clin J
Med 2004;71:907-910.
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Peer-reviewed Articles, continued…
45. Bramstedt KA. When names make claims: Ethical issues in medical device marketing.
Ethics Med 2004;20:47-57.
46. Bramstedt KA, Kassimatis K. A study of warning letters issued to Institutional Review
Boards by the US Food and Drug Administration. Clin Invest Med 2004;27:316-323.
47. Bramstedt KA, Morris H, Tanner A. Now we lay them down to sleep: ethical issues
with the use of pharmacologic coma for adult status epilepticus. Epilepsy Behav
2004;5:752-755.
48. Bramstedt KA, Stowe J, Kotz M. Shopping for a transplant: When non-compliant
patients seek wait listing at multiple hospitals. Prog Transplant 2004;14:217-221.
49. Bramstedt KA. Elective inactivation of total artificial heart technology in non-futile
situations: inpatients, outpatients, and research subjects. Death Studies 2004;28:423433.
50. Bramstedt KA, Arroliga A. On the dilemma of refusal of life-saving therapy. Chest
2004;125:630-633.
51. Blixen C, Bramstedt KA, Hammel J, Tilley B. A pilot study of health education via a
nurse-run telephone self-management program for elderly people with osteoarthritis. J
Telemed Telecare 2004;9:44-49.
52. Bramstedt KA. When value and meaning become monetary rather than moral: issues in
geriatric health care allocation. Ethics Law Aging Rev 2003;9:143-149.
53. Bramstedt KA. Questioning the decision-making capacity of surrogates. Int Med J
2003;33:256-259.
54. Bramstedt KA. Research subject advocates: To whom are they loyal. Clin Invest Med
2003;26:64-69.
55. Bramstedt KA. Using animals in medical research: Are there ethical concerns and
biblical parameters on such use? Dialogue 2003;15:24-25.
56. Bramstedt KA. Aortic valve replacement in the elderly: frequently indicated yet
frequently denied. Gerontology 2003;49:46-49.
57. Bramstedt KA. Contemplating total artificial heart inactivation in cases of futility.
Death Studies 2003;27:295-304.
58. Bramstedt KA. Replying to Veatch’s concerns: Special moral problems with total
artificial heart inactivation. Death Studies 2003;27:317-320.
59. Bramstedt KA. Patient productivity as a value and a variable in geriatric health care
allocation. Cambridge Quart Healthcare Ethics 2002;11:94-96.
60. Bramstedt KA, Simeon DJ. The challenges of responding to ‘high-tech’ cardiac implant
patients in crisis. Prehosp Emerg Care 2002;6:425-432.
61. Bramstedt KA. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) as an informed consent
tool for investigational cardiothoracic devices. ASAIO J 2002;48:293-296.
62. Bramstedt KA. Left ventricular assist devices and the slippery slope of ageism. Intl J
Cardiol 2001;81:201-203.
63. Bramstedt KA. Ethical issues associated with the determination of patient selection
criteria for total artificial heart technology. Cardiovasc Eng 2001;6:258-261.
64. Bramstedt KA, Wenger NS. When the withdrawal of life sustaining care does more
than ‘allow death to take its course’: the dilemma of left ventricular assist devices. J
Heart Lung Transpl 2001;20:544-548.
65. Bramstedt KA. Informed consent documentation for total artificial heart technology. J
Artif Organs 2001;4:273-277.
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Peer-reviewed Articles, continued…
66. Bramstedt KA. The use of advance directives and DNR orders in decision-making
regarding the inactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in terminal patients.
Cardiovasc Rev Rep 2001;21:175-176.
67. Bramstedt KA. Ethics for scientists: a call for stewardship. Dialogue 2001;13:28-29.
68. Bramstedt KA. Why an alternate recipient list for heart transplantation is not a form of
ageism. New Zeal Bioethics J 2001;2:27-32.
69. Korenman SG, Bach M, Bramstedt KA, et al. Code of ethics of the Endocrine Society.
Endocrinology 2001;142:3701-3714.
70. Bramstedt KA. Scientific breakthroughs: cause or cure of the aging ‘problem’.
Gerontology 2001;47:52-54.
71. Bramstedt KA. Age-based health care allocation as a wedge separating the person from
the patient and commodifying medicine. Rev Clin Gerontol 2001;11:185-188.
72. Bramstedt KA. Resisting the blame game: visualizing the high cost of dying and
accepting the duty of technology stewardship for all patient populations. A review.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2001;33:53-59.
73. Korenman SG, Bramstedt KA. Your spouse/partner gets a skin infection and needs
antibiotics—is it ethical for you to prescribe them? West J Med 2000;173:364.
74. Bramstedt KA. Arguments for the ethical permissibility of transgenic xenografting.
Gene Ther 2000;7:633-634.
75. Bramstedt KA. Ethics and the clinical utility of animal organs. Trends Biotech
1999;17:428-429.
76. Bramstedt KA. Left ventricular assist devices: an ethical analysis. Sci Eng Ethics
1999;5:89-98.
Abstracts
1. Miller C, Aucejo F, Fayek S, Winans C, Bramstedt K, et al. Regional Approach To
Maximize Split Liver Graft Utilization: A Preliminary Report. Liver Transpl
2005;11:C78.
2. Bramstedt KA, Morris H, Serje A. Now we lay them down to sleep: ethical issues with
the use of pharmacologic coma for adult status epilepticus. Epilepsia 2003;44 (Suppl
9):121.
3. Bramstedt KA, Kendall K. Proposed role of a bioethicist in P.A.C.T. (Psychosocial
Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation) scoring. ASAIO J 2003;49:141.
4. Bramstedt KA. Development of a clinical trial participant handbook for total artificial
heart recipients. Cardiovasc Eng 2001;6:24.
5. Bramstedt KA. Concerns against the use of age-based categorical standards in cardiac
health care decision-making for the elderly. Am J Geriatr Cardiol 2000;9:112.
6. Winslow GR, Bramstedt KA. Ventricular assist devices and the misguided ethics of
rescue. Crit Rev Biomed Eng 1997;25:106-108.
Book
Bramstedt KA, Jonsen AR. Finding Your Way: A Medical Ethics Handbook for Patients
and Families. Hilton Publishing: NY, In Press. [Available for purchase January 2011]
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Book Chapters
1. Bramstedt KA. Informed Consent for Facial Transplantation. In Seimeinow M (ed) The
Know How of Facial Transplantation. Springer: London. In press.
2. Bramstedt KA. 2007. Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Medicine. In A Combined
Medical and Surgical Approach to Heart Failure, ed S Korn. Armonk, NY: Futura:
289-303.
3. Bramstedt KA. 2008. Ethical dilemmas in therapy withdrawal. In Supportive Care for
Heart Failure, eds. J Beattie and S Goodlin. London: Oxford University Press: 443-449.
4. Bramstedt KA and Korenman SG. 2001. Collaborative Science. In Responsible
Conduct of Research: An Introductory Guide, ed. M Kalichman: Washington DC:
Office of Research Integrity: 69-75.
5. Bramstedt KA and Korenman SG. 2001. Research Misconduct. In Responsible
Conduct of Research: An Introductory Guide, ed. M Kalichman: Washington DC:
Office of Research Integrity: 86-95.
Dissertation
Bramstedt, Katrina A. 2002. Formulating a Philosophy of Just Care for the Geriatric
Population Amid the Opportunities of Modern Medicine. Melbourne, Australia: Monash
University, 242pp.
Awards
NATCO Research Award 2007 (Exploring the Ethical Complexities of Organ Tourism).
Cleveland Clinic Bernard A. Loeschen Pastoral Care Award, 2005 (teaching award).
Cleveland Consultation Liaison Society Mahmoud Parsa Award, 2003 (award for best
presentation, “Shopping for a Transplant: The Dilemma of Multiple Listing and Noncompliant Patients”.)
Education/Teaching Activities
1.
Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics”, 3rd & 4th year medical student elective
(California Pacific Medical Center). 2008-2009. New elective created with clinical and research
ethics components.
2.
Faculty, “New Resident Orientation” (California Pacific Medical Center). 2007- 2009.
Medical ethics education session for incoming residents every July.
3.
Faculty, “Residents Noon Conference” (California Pacific Medical Center). 2007 –
2010. Ten medical ethics educations sessions for PGY1-3 CPMC residents each year.
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4.
Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics for Chaplains”, CPE course, (California Pacific
Medical Center). 2010. A 4-week course in introductory clinical ethics, as well as special topics
such as transplant ethics, EOL, pediatrics and maternal-fetal ethical dilemmas. This is a casebased course with readings.
5.
Co-faculty, “Introduction to Clinical Research” (Cleveland Clinic/MPH 620
Cleveland State University). 2002-2006. This course includes the following: how to look for
research funding, grantwriting, writing protocols and consent/assent forms, biostatistical
concerns, institutional review boards, ethical issues with genetic research and placebos. I teach
the session on consent, genetics and placebos.
6.
Co-faculty, "Introduction to Clinical Research and Proposal Development" (CMED
401), 2007. I teach a one hour session on research ethics (informed consent, issues with genetics
studies and stored samples). Audience: first year medical students, as well as physicians.
7.
Co-faculty, “Introduction to Clinical Medicine” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine). 2003- 2006. I co-developed this course which includes professionalism and clinical
ethics.
8.
Faculty & Course Director, “Ethics in Laboratory Research” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner
College of Medicine). 2004 – 2006. This is a 2hr workshop on ethics and laboratory science
(good research practice, collegiality, authorship, data integrity, research misconduct,
whistleblowing). I created and teach this 50-minute lecture and 60-minute discussion of 3 ethics
cases for Year One medical students.
9.
Faculty & Course Director, “Responsible Conduct in Research” (Cleveland Clinic).
2005-2007. This is a 2hr workshop on ethics and laboratory science (good research practice,
collegiality, authorship, mentoring, data integrity, research misconduct, whistleblowing, and
research with animals). I created and teach this 50-minute lecture and 60-minute discussion of 3
ethics cases. I also created an on-line version of this course.
10.
Faculty & Course Director, “Responsible Conduct in Research for Animal
Technicians” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute). 2006. A variation of the above
course, this is a 2hr workshop on ethics specifically geared toward animal technicians who work
in the vivarium. I created and teach this 50-minute lecture and 60-minute discussion of 3 ethics
cases.
11.
Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics” (ETHC0301), 3rd & 4th year medical student
elective (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine). 2003-2007. I re-designed this elective
in 2004 to include a research ethics rotation.
12.
2007
Faculty, resident, post-doc, & allied health bioethics education, Cleveland Clinic. 2002-
13.
Biomedical Engineering bioethics education, Cleveland Clinic. 2002-2006
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14.
Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics for Social Workers”, CEU course, Cleveland
Clinic. 2003-2005. I created this seminar to satisfy State licensing requirements for Social
Workers.
15.
Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics for Chaplains”, CPE course, Cleveland Clinic.
2003-2005. I created this 5-week course as part of a national Clinical Pastoral Education
Association program.
16.
Faculty & Course Director, “Research Subject Advocate Workshops”. 2002 – 2006.
One hour workshops for research nurses, coordinators and clinical investigators on various topics
such as adverse event reporting, informed consent, study auditing, research subject protections.
17.
Patient education: The Cleveland Clinic Heart Transplant Evaluation Process (available
at http://www.clevelandclinic.org/transplant/services/heart.htm#evaluation)
18.
Research subject educational brochure, “Clinical Research: What is it All About?”
(Adult and pediatric versions of this brochure are available).
19.
Loma Linda University Manual of Standard Operating Procedures for Studies in Human
Subjects. Halstead LG and Bramstedt KA, 2001. (Separate annotated version, Bramstedt KA,
2001).
20.
Total Artificial Heart Human Clinical Trial Protocol—Informed Consent, Subject
Selection Criteria, Participant Handbook, Engineering Issues. Bramstedt KA, 2000
21.
West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center Ethics Committee Training
Handbook. Schneider PL, Bramstedt KA, 2000
22.
Course development and co-faculty, “Responsible Conduct in Research” (Medicine
M261). UCLA School of Medicine graduate/post-graduate research ethics: 1999, 2000. This is
a 5-week course (five, 2 hr- sessions) covering the following topics: research with animals,
human subjects research, misconduct, professionalism, and recording and reporting of data.
23.
Course development and co-faculty, “Ethics for Scientists” (RELE 525). Loma Linda
University graduate research ethics: 1998. This is a 10-week course covering general ethical
issues in basic science and clinical research, including hot topics in research.
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Trainees
Fellows
Rebecca Volpe, PhD(c) fall 2009 – spring 2010
Bioethics Fellowship, CPMC
Carmen Paradis, MD fall 2005 – spring 2006
Bioethics Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Interns
Ruchika Mishra, PhD fall 2008 – winter 2009
Bioethics internship, CPMC
Graduate Students
Alexander Curtis-fall 2004
PhD Candidate, Bowling Green University Department of Philosophy
(CCF research rotation-PHIL791): general bioethics rotation
Jenny Sproul-Swindell-winter & spring 2004
PhD Candidate, Bowling Green University Department of Philosophy
(CCF research rotation-PHIL791) “A Review of United States’ Advance Directive
Templates With Regard to Life-Sustaining Interventions”
Jason Gatliff- fall & winter 2003
PhD Candidate, Bowling Green University Department of Philosophy
(CCF research rotation-PHIL791) continuation of dissertation research
Katherine Ohnsorge- winter 2003
PhD Candidate, Institut fur Angewandete Ethik und Medizinethik, Basel
CCF Bioethics internship
Medical Students
Brock Helms-spring 2009
4th year medical student, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Project: Reflective blogging re ethics consultation service experiences
James Thompson-winter 2009
4th year medical student, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Project: Creation of a DNAR Form
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Trainees, cont…
Diana Lee-winter 2009
4th year medical student, Touro University
“The ethics of quality: corporate and personal responsibility meet the peanut”
Jun Xu-summer 2006
2nd year medical student, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
“Solid organ transplantation as reported by Chinese hospitals: a follow up to the MatasKilgour Report”
Sherwin Yee-summer 2005
2nd year medical student, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Patient selection criteria for septal defect surgery
Kate Conway-winter 2005
4th year medical student, Wright State University
Shadowed bioethics consultations (CCF)
Samuel J. Youssef –winter 2004
5th year medical student, Kigezi International School of Medicine, UK
“Attaining Grace: Vitalism and Baby ‘M’” (CCF)
Craig Eldridge-winter 2003
4th year medical student, Ohio State University
“Scientific, Economic, and Ethical Aspects of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation and
Banking” (CCF)
Dan Valentino-summer 2003
4th year medical student, Ohio State University
Shadowed bioethics consultations, no research project. (CCF)
Undergraduate Students
Chris Veys-summer 2009
4th year neurobiology & Latin majors, University of Washington
Transplant Ethics internship (CPMC)
Kyle Laurentine-summer 2009
2nd yr undeclared major, Johns Hopkins University
Transplant Ethics internship (CPMC)
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Trainees, cont…
Allison Rubin-summer 2009
BS, Santa Clara University
General bioethics internship (CPMC)
Atiba Rougier-summer 2008
BS, Union College
General bioethics internship (CPMC)
Alon Neidich-summer 2007 through winter 2008
BS, University of Chicago
General bioethics internship (CPMC)
Evan Topal-summer 2004
3rd year Bioethics major, University of Virginia
mini-internship (CCF)
Work in Progress
Bramstedt KA, Popovich M. Managing patients whose family members are clinicians.
Under submission.
Young JB, Bramstedt KA, Hsich E. The dynamics and deliberations of transplant selection
committees: A proposal. Draft in progress.
Bramstedt KA, Mahatny HD. Clearing an ethical path for cross-country paired exchange
living kidney transplants. Draft in progress.
Bramstedt KA, Osorio R. Arguments for the obligation to ensure bed space for patients
awaiting transplant. Draft in progress.
May 27, 2010