In July 2020 The Pellegrino Center launched a newsletter for medical professionals at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH). This resource, created in collaboration with the MGUH Clinical Ethics Committee, supplements the Pellegrino Center’s Ethics Consultation Service by providing easily digestible, critical information as well as by responding to inquiries about issues in bioethics.

March 2023: “Ethics in the Management of a Severely Anemic Bloodless Medicine Patient”
by Kelly K. Johnson-Arbor, MD, Medical Director, Hyperbaric Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Physician Leader, MedStar Patient Blood Management Committee

February 2023: “On Brain Death” by Allen H. Roberts II, MD

January 2023: “The Ethical and Religious Directives on Social Responsibility” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

December 2022: “Hope for the Holidays” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

November 2022: “Social Determinants of Health in the NICU” A Conversation with Siva Subramanian, MD and G. Kevin Donovan, MD, MA

October 2022: “Dilemmas in the Absence of a Surrogate” by Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe

September 2022: “Nurses in the Service of Ethics” by Eileen Farrell, MS, BSN, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

August 2022: “About the Ethics Consultation Service for MedStar Georgetown” by Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe

July 2022: A Special Welcome to New Colleagues: “The Covenant of Medicine” by Allen H. Roberts II, MD and “Care and Solidarity” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

June 2022: “Capacity and Consent” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

May 2022: “The Ethics of Safety” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD and “Reflecting with Resolve” by Sarah Vittone, MSN, DBe

April 2022: “Defining Futility” by Allen H. Roberts II, MD

March 2022: “Autonomy in Context” by Allen H. Roberts II, MD

February 2022: “Health Care Providers?” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

January 2022: “Navigating End-of-Life Care with the Ethical and Religious Directives” by Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe

December 2021: “Nurturing Hope” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

November 2021: “It is a passion to take care of a patient” — An Interview with Siva Subramaniam, MD

October 2021: “Threading the Needle in Cases of Biomedical Futility” by Allen Roberts II, MD, MA

September 2021: “Spirituality in Health Care” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

August 2021: The Ethics Consultation Service at MGUH: Meet the Consult Team

July 2021: “The Role of Virtue in Medical Ethics” by Allen Roberts, II, MD, MA

June 2021: “Reflections on Professionalism” by Jeevan M. Puthiamadathil, MD

May 2021: “What an Ethics Consult is Not” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD and Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe

April 2021: “On Trust” by Allen Roberts, II, MD, MA

March 2021: “On Suffering” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

February 2021 “The Ethicist’s Role in IMOC Rounds” by Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe

January 2021: “The Ethical and Religious Directives Explained” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

December 2020: “Finding Hope in Trying Times” by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD

November 2020: “Ask the bioethicist:  How should we explain brain death?”  by Allen Roberts, II, MD, MA

October 2020: “African Americans and Healthcare Advance Directives: What It Means to Do ‘Everything We Can’” by Lawrence Prograis, MD

September 2020: “When are two doctors better than one?” by G. Kevin Donovan, MD, MA

August 2020 (new window): “Moral Distress” by Claudia Sotomayor, MD, DBe and Sarah Vittone, MSN, DBe

Inaugural Issue — July 2020: “Pandemic and Pandemonium” by Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD