Bruce Gelb, a transplant surgeon in New York City, contracted COVID in early March 2020. Since recovering, he has been on the frontline, attending to the most critically ill patients in New York City. The speaker will discuss his personal experiences, and how health systems and governments have variably addressed the pandemic, global healthcare challenges [...]
Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine – drugs used against malaria – have raised significant controversy. Data on treatment or prophylaxis for COVID-19 is limited. Some studies have shown that these drugs may be helpful, others caution about serious side effects. This Webinar will discuss the role of randomized controlled clinical trials [...]
Recently, New York City has become an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals are running short of Personal Protective Devices (PPEs) and ventilators. Doctors will need to “choose” who shall receive this support. The webinar uses an interactive approach about the various frameworks to justify the allocation of scarce life-saving resources, including “Ventilators [...]
The speakers will discuss the critical importance of pandemic preparedness, response, and continued readiness. Some aspects of previous outbreaks involving hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as the limited changes that have occurred in healthcare readiness will be presented. A review of the current U.S. response efforts to the challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak [...]
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New reproductive and genetic technologies are providing people with the opportunity almost allover the world to have children. Variations in legislation across countries, however, are giving place to the phenomenon of cross-border reproductive care, where people cross international borders to access a variety of reproductive services fertility treatment, egg procurement, and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. This raises a host of ethical concerns about whether women’s rights [...]
Graduations always signify turning points; we’re so glad that our participants spent these past few weeks with us, and we hope they have learned a lot! We know we have! It is our hope that our students will take what they have learned through our summer program and apply it to their future endeavors, whatever [...]
NEW YORK, December 12, 2014: Global Bioethics Initiative held a screening of the HBO documentary film: "Tales from the Organ Trade." An expert panel discussion followed the screening with special guests: Dr. Bruce Elliot Gelb, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director of Renal Transplantation in the Department of Transplant Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center and Dr. Lloyd E. Ratner, M.D., [...]
NEW YORK, February 10, 2014: Ana Lita attended the recent panel discussion entitled, “Is Aging Reversible? Can We Reset the Clock?” organized by the German Center for Research and Innovation, located at the German House, 871 United Nations Plaza. The event was also co-sponsored by Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences. As life expectancy increases, age-related [...]
