2009 Program Sessions
“An unexpected beauty within the sorrow”
Piano Concert
by Mr. Christopher Vath
Keynote address: “Hope and care”
by Giancarlo Cesana, MD – followed by discussion
Session I: “Why do we take care of others?”
Moderator: Daniel Sulmasy, MD
- In perinatal care – Elvira Parravicini, MD
- In end of life care – Gerard Brungardt, MD
- In nursing care – Regina Kasun, RN
Session II: “Why do we take care of others?”
Moderator: Daniel Sulmasy, MD
Discussant: Edmund Pellegrino, MD
- In medical and nursing education
- Presentation by med and nursing students
Session III: “Why do we take care of others?”
Moderator: Gerard Brungardt, MD
- In clinical research – Renzo Canetta, MD
- In ethics – Daniel Sulmasy, MD
- In team work – Mark Basik, MD; Carol Seguin, RN
Presentation of the scholarship “Angelina Maria Gardner”
by Milagros Camacho Gardner
“Unexpected beauty”
by Pierre Mertens (President of the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus)
Session IV: “Why do we take care of others?”
Moderator: Peter Stockman, MD
- Changing medical practice:
Orthopedic surgery – Marc Beauchamp, MD
AIDS prevention – Filippo Ciantia, MD