Mapping out an Islamic Bioethics: an Intensive Workshop
Aug 1st-3rd 2014The University of Chicago Law School (Classroom 5)
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Workshop Overview
Hosted by the Initiative on Islam & Medicine within the Program on Medicine and Religion and the Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, and co-sponsored by the American Islamic College, the 3-day workshop provides an in-depth introduction to the field of Islamic bioethics and will cover key concepts within Islamic theology, law and ethical frameworks as they relate to bioethics. In addition the participant will gain practical skills and tools that enable them to read Islamic bioethics literature and engage in moral reasoning about clinical ethics cases. Allied health professionals, academic researchers, bioethicists, chaplains, Imams and policy makers all will leave equipped with an enhanced literacy in Islamic bioethics.
Workshop Learning Objectives
- Conduct a conceptual review of the actors and producers of Islamic bioethics discourse
- Introduce the theological and ethico-legal frameworks of the Islamic moral tradition and how they are brought to bear in constructing the field of Islamic bioethics
- Describe approaches to carrying out Islamic bioethics-related research and the limitations of particular methods and relevant source-materials
Speakers
Ahsan Arozullah, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Astellas Pharma Global Development and Board of Directors, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Shaykh Amin Kholwadia
Director, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc
Course Director
Director, the Initiative on Islam & Medicine; Faculty, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; Assistant Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago
Issam Eido, PhD
Visiting Instructor of Islamic Studies and Arabic, University of Chicago Divinity School
Katherine Klima DNP
Former Ethics Fellow, Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics; Former Doctoral Research Trainee, Initiative on Islam and Medicine
Faisal Qazi DO
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Western University of the Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Islamic Bioethics, Bayan College, Claremont Lincoln University
Daniel Sulmasy MD PhD
Director, Program on Medicine and Religion, Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Professor of Medicine and the Divinity School, The University of Chicago
Ahmed Khitamy MD
Secretary, National Committee for Bioethics, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Elham Mireshghi, PhD(c)
Assistant Course Director
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
Jawad Qureshi PhD(c)
Instructor of Arabic, American Islamic College; PhD Candidate the University of Chicago Divinity School
Schedule
CME
The workshop has been approved for 15 CME hours by APPNA. For more information, including learning objectives, please visit the APPNA CME event page.
Thank you to Our Sponsors!
