The 33rd Annual Florida Bioethics Conference: Debates, Decisions, Solutions
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3
About the FBN
Founded 33 years ago, the Florida Bioethics Network is one of the oldest and largest bioethics networks in the country. It is committed to education and to identifying practical solutions to daily challenges faced by Florida hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes. For more information visit https://fbn.miami.edu/index.html or email fbn@med.miami.edu.
1:10 PM | Session 1, Carlos McDonald: State of the Art in Service and Practice: Guardianship in Florida
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2:10 PM | Session 2, Drs. Amanda Alladin and Jeffrey Brosco: The South Florida Pediatric Bioethics Consortium
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3:10 PM | Session 3, Dr. Kenneth Goodman: Bioethics in Sad and Peculiar Times: Reflections on the Florida Bioethics Network and its Future
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Amanda Alladin, MD
Chair, Pediatric Bioethics Committee, Jackson Memorial Hospital Chair, South Florida Pediatric Bioethics Consortium
Dr. Alladin is Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami and Chair of the University of Miami/Holtz Children’s Hospital Pediatric Bioethics Committee at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She is an attending physician in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She will be completing her master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago this fall. Dr. Alladin is from Trinidad and Tobago and graduated from the University of The West Indies, Trinidad, in 2006. She was a former Chair and Vice Chair of the Pediatric Palliative Care Committee for the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She is currently the Chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s Education Committee. Her research interests include pediatric palliative care education and pediatric delirium.
Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs, Maternal Child Health Bureau, U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration Director, Population Health Ethics; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Brosco is a clinician-educator who contributes to science by translating evidence-based clinical and organizational practice into ethically optimized public policy. His broad areas of interest are the organization of health care services for children with special health care needs, the education of professionals in family-centered, interprofessional practice, and public policy regarding public health programs such as newborn screening. Since 2022 he has served as division director at the Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs, part of the federal government’s Maternal Child Health Bureau (HRSA). Dr. Brosco leads a team tasked with ensuring that every child in the U.S. receive the medical care and family support they need to play, go to school, and grow up to be healthy and productive adults. In addition to his health policy work, Dr. Brosco continues to practice and teach general pediatrics and developmental-behavioral pediatrics. He was an Arsht Distinguished Ethics Faculty Fellow (2012-2015) and for a decade served as Chair of the Pediatric Bioethics Committee at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD
Director, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy Director, Florida Bioethics Network
Dr. Goodman has directed the UM Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy for more than 30 years. He chairs ethics committees at the University of Miami and Jackson Health Systems. His research has emphasized ethical issues in biomedical informatics and in public health.
Carlos McDonald
Executive Director, Guardianship Program of Dade County, Inc. President, Florida State Guardianship Association
Mr. McDonald has more than 35 years of senior management experience in both the private and public sectors. For the last 11 years, he has served as director of the state’s oldest and largest public guardianship. The Guardianship Program of Dade County represents nearly 1,600 adults annually and has a full-time staff of more than 65 employees. He previously served as the Executive Deputy of the Florida Attorney General’s Office during his 16 years in Tallahassee. He also serves as president of the Florida State Guardianship Association (FSGA). He is a member of and helped initiate State Attorney Katherine Rundle’s on-going Elderly Abuse and Exploitation Task Force. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Cava and County Commissioner Rene Garcia are its co-chairs. Mr. McDonald is the County Mayor’s designee on the County’s Building Better Communities Citizen’s Advisory Board, which reviews the on-going, $2.9 billion general obligation bond program for capital projects.
