Presentations

“What Spending Eight Weeks in the Neuro ICU Waiting Room of Cook County Hospital Can Teach You About God,” Inaugural National Conference on Medicine and Religion, Chicago, May 2012.

“Finding Meaning in Suffering,” Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs, Bayside, NY, June 26, 2011.

“Finding Meaning in Suffering,” Resurrection Byzantine Catholic Church, Smithtown, NY, June 5, 2011.

“Social Justice and Health Care,” Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY, April 6, 2011.

“Finding Meaning in Suffering,” St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church, Douglaston, NY, March 18, 2011.

“Spiritual Resources to Help Families Who Have Loved Ones in Varying Stages of Unconsciousness,” Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center:Music Therapy & Disorders of Consciousness,” New York, February 2011.

“Spiritual Resources for Caring for TBI Patients,” Foundling Hospital, New York, November 2010.

“Catholic Tradition of Dying,” St. John’s University, November 2010.

“Feminism in the United States,” St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church, Douglaston, NY, October 2010.

“Migrant Women and Health Care,” International Conference of Catholic Moral Theologians, Trento, Italy, July 2010.

“Caritas in Veritate,” St. John’s University, February 2010.

Panel: “The Neurosciences and Christian Anthropology,” Society of Christian Ethics, San Jose, CA. January 2010.

“Women and Family Caregiving” United Nations, March 2009.

“Relationship as Gift,” St. John’s University, March 2009.

“Ethical Issues Surrounding Care Giving of TBI Patients” to staff at Landstuhl Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, July 2008.

“Ethical Concerns Surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury,” sponsored by the Long Island Head Injury Association, March 2008.
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Moderator of the Movie, “Bella,” St. John’s, March 2008.

“Ethical Issues Surrounding AIDS,” St. John’s, November 2007.

“Children’s Best Interests,” Grand Rounds, Foundling Hospital, New York, November 2007.

“Caregiving Concerns in Traumatic Brain Injury,” American Society of Bioethics and the Humanities, Washington, D.C., October 2007.

“Accessing Customized Wheelchairs,” presentation to the staff of Weill Cornell Medical College, June 2007.

Talk: “Into your Hands,” St. Ignatius Parish, New York, April 6, 2007
Workshop: “Social Justice Towards Persons with Disabilities,” St. Ignatius Parish, New York, March 24, 2007.

“The Person and Society,” Disability Conference, St. John’s University, March 2007.

Series on “Making Moral Decisions,” to Diocese of Rockville Centre Deacons, November 2006.

“Wounded Warriors: Identity Issues and Justice.” International Conference of Catholic Moral Theologians, Padua, Italy, July 2006.

TV Appearance, Good News with Father Jim, Telecare presentation of UN work on Women, April 2006.

“What Does Society Owe Those in a Minimally Conscious State?” Society of Christian Ethics, Phoenix, January 2006.

“In the Best Interest of Children,” Grand Rounds at the Foundling Hospital, November 2005.

“Conscientious Objections of Pharmacists,” American College of Clinical Pharmacy, St. John’s University, November 2005.

“Ethical Issues Surrounding TBI,” New York State Brain Injury Association, June 2005.

“Stem Cell Research: A Catholic Perspective,” part of an invited panel at Long Island University, Staten Island, N.Y., April 2005.

“The Ethical and Theological Issues of the Terri Schiavo Case,” St. John’s University, April 2005.

“Women and Justice,” International Conference on Gaudium et Spes, Rome, Italy, March 2005.

“Establishing Hope In the Professions,” St. John’s University Law School, February 2005.

“In the Best Interests of Children,” Grand Rounds Presentation at St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, November 2004.

“Ethical Decision Making for Children,” Grand Rounds Presentation at Foundling Hospital, New York, June 2004.

“The Paradox of the Cross,” St. Edward’s Parish, Syosset, NY, April 2004.

“War’s Dirty Little Secret.” American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, March 2004.

“Service and the Eucharist,” St. Boniface Parish, Sea Cliff, NY, March 2004.

“Clergy Ethics Panel,” Association of Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati, February 2004.

“Ethical Issues Surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury,” New York State Department of Health, Albany October 2003.

“Moving from Dirt to Creativity: The Reconstruction of Persons with Disabilities.” Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Pittsburgh, Penna., January 2003.

“Agency in Persons Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injury,” American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities, Baltimore, Md. October 2002.

“Ethical Responsibilities of the Pharmacy Professional,” Pharmacy Ethics Symposium, St. John’s University, October 2002.

“The Best Interests of Children, ” Grand Rounds at Foundling Hospital, New York, June 2002.

“Living the Good Life,” at Saint Andrew Avellino Parish, Flushing, N.Y., December 2001

TV Appearance on New York One, October 2001, discussing the religious impact of September 11th.

Faculty Colloquium, “Faith in Crisis,” September 2001.

“Timothy McVeigh and the Death Penalty,” Live Interview USA America Radio, June 2001.

“Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation in a Home Care Setting,” at Disability Conference sponsored by Loyola Medical School, Northwestern University Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, June 2001.

“Hospitality as a Key to Spiritual Growth,” St. Boniface Martyr Parish, Sea Cliff, N.Y. , March 2001.

“A Case Study in Rehabilitation Medicine,” at Seventh International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, New York, September 2000.

“Towards a Theology of Children.” St. Joseph’s Parish, Kings Park, N.Y., March 2000.

“Making Health Care Decisions without a Prognosis: Life in a Brain Trauma Unit,” at Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Arlington, Va., January 2000.

“Personally Speaking.” Catholic Communication Campaign on WNET, November 1999.

“Just Distribution of Rehabilitation Resources for Persons Suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury,” at Sixth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Niagra, N.Y., October 1999.

“Involving Families and Patients in Rehabilitation Decision-Making,” at New York State Department of Health, Sixth Annual Conference of Traumatic Brain Injury, Albany, N.Y, October, 1999.

“Families and Eucharist,” Eucharistic Congress of the Diocese of Brooklyn, June 1999.

“A Mother’s Ministry,” on Lowe & Keeler Show, Telecare TV Network, April 1999.

“Remaining Faithful in the Face of Suffering,” Lenten Series, St. John’s University, March 1999.

“Caring for Yourself While You Care for Others: Reflections of a Theologian Who is a Mother,” Women in the Ministering Church Series, St. John’s University, February, 1999.

“Does the Market Have an Obligation to Support Families?” at Fourth International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Garden City, New York, October, 1997

“Developing Virtuous Children: A Theological Perspective,” Seventh Annual Conference for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies, St. John’s University, October 24, 1997.

“A Dialogue on Bishop McGann’s Pastoral: ‘Comfort My People,” St. Boniface Martyr Parish, May, 1997.

“Ethical Issues in Death and Dying,” Gathering of Ministers Day for the Diocese of Brooklyn, Douglaston, May, 1997.

“Human Rights,” Honors Society Symposium, April, 1997.

“Physician-assisted Suicide,” University Forum, April, 1997.

“Dying a Christian Death,” Invited presentation at Barry University’s Biomedical Forum, Miami, April 1997.

“Ethical Codes: Advantages and Deficiencies,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists, New York, February 1997.

“The Ethics of the Economics of Patenting Human Genome,” at Third International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Niagara, New York, November 1996.

“Law and Spirit in the Contemporary Catholic University,” University Forum, November, 1996.
“Ethics and the Teaching Profession,” University Forum, November, 1996.

Talk, “Capital Punishment and the Moral Imagination,” to Catholic Alumni Club of the Archdiocese of New York, June 1996.

Three day retreat at Resurrection Parish, Farmingville, New York, March, 1996.

“Ethics and the Family,” December 1995, Marymount Manhattan College, New York.

“Russia: The Unknown Ethical Issues,” at Second International Conference Promoting Business Ethics (November, 1995) in New York.

“The Current State of Ethics in the United States,” at St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy, St. Petersburg, Russia, October, 1995.

“Thomas and Tinkertoys: Why Thomas Aquinas’s Theory of Moral Reasoning is More at Home in the Nursery than the Classroom,” at tri-regional AAR convention (March/April 1995) in Boston.

Appearance on Brooklyn Cable discussing Catholic Films, March 1995.

“A Forum for Raising Morally Correct Children.” Saint Joseph’s Church, Kings Park, NY, February 5 and February 12, 1995.

“Ethics of Life and Parenting.” Saint Joseph’s Church, Kings Park, NY, October 6, 1994.