Patient Safety: Who Decides?

The American Philosophical Society and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia convene experts in medicine, law, and ethics to discuss legislation that dictates boundaries of medical care and its consequences for patient safety. 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 2:00 PM
Benjamin Franklin Hall 
Philadelphia, PA 

Organizers 

• The College of Physicians of Philadelphia (1787) 
  Advancing the cause of health, while upholding the ideals and heritage of medicine 

• American Philosophical Society (1743) 
  Held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge 

Panels 

Medicine 

• Julia A. Haller, MD, FCPP, Moderator 
  Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Hospital 
  Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 
  Board Chair, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
• Joel A. Fein, MD, MPH, FCPP 
  Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 
  Director of Advocacy and Health Policy for the Division of Emergency Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP 
• Alhambra Frarey, MD, MSHP
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital 

Ethics 

• Janet Haas, MD, FCPP, Moderator 
  Chair Emeritus, The William Penn Foundation 
  Trustee, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
• Nora Jones, PhD, FCPP 
  Associate Director, Director of Education 
  Center for Urban Bioethics, Katz School of Medicine, Temple University 
• Audiey Kao, MD, PhD 
  Vice President, Ethics Group, American Medical Association 
  Internist, University of Chicago Hospital 

Law 

• Mira Bjelotomich Irons, MD, FACMG, FAAP, FCPP, Moderator 
  President & CEO and The Thomas W. Langfitt Chair, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
• Rachel Rebouché, BA, LLM, JD
  Dean, James E. Beasley Professor of Law, Temple University  
• Kimberly Mutcherson, JD
  Co-Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers University 

Reception for All Attendees 

Franklin Hall 
5:00 PM

Keynote Address: Crime and Punishment in American Medicine  

Keynote address will be available to watch via .

Franklin Hall 
6:00 PM 

Introduction 

• Clyde F. Barker, MD, FCPP
  Donald Guthrie Professor of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
  President Emeritus, American Philosophical Society 

Address

• The Honorable Donna E. Shalala, PhD 
  18th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 
  5th President of the University of Miami 
  President Emeritus of the Clinton Foundation 

Conversation with Discussants:

• Robert Mason Hauser, PhD, Moderator 
  Vilas Research Professor and Samuel Stouffer Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
  Executive Director Emeritus, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Academies of Sciences 
  Executive Director, American Philosophical Society 
• Anita L. Allen, JD, PhD
  Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School 
• Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH 
  Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair, Medical Ethics and Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
• Julia A. Haller, MD, FCPP
  Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Hospital 
  Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 
  Board Chair, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 

About Donna. E. Shalala

Donna E. Shalala is a distinguished educator and Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy at the University of Miami. One of the most honored academic leaders of her generation, she has been elected to seven national academies including the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Education, The National Academy of Public Administration, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Shalala is one of the country’s first Peace Corps Volunteers (Iran), her public service also includes serving as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration for eight years. In 2008 President George W. Bush selected her as the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. She was named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report (2005), received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights (2010), and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (2011).

She has led three universities: Hunter College, 1980-87; University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987-1993; and the University of Miami, 2001-2015.

Professor Shalala received her A.B. from Western College for Women and her PhD from The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University