The Center for Cultural and Pastoral Research is pleased to announce a symposium on “Healing or Human Enhancement? The Future of Medicine” at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America on April 17-18, 2015.

Medicine, by almost all accounts, faces an uncertain future. There are the skyrocketing costs and the regulatory concerns that have plagued medicine for years. There are the many changes brought about by the Affordable Care Act. Yet more fundamentally, rapid technological and biomedical advances, though they hold out great diagnostic and therapeutic promise, have put the very nature and end of medicine in question. Is the goal of medicine the traditional end of human healing, or is it the new ‘posthuman’ goal of human enhancement? Is this distinction sustainable?

This symposium will discuss the profound questions surrounding the new possibilities not only for healing but also for so-called human “enhancement” by exploring the effect these have on our expectation of health and the practice of contemporary medicine.

Physicians attending the symposium may claim Continuing Medical Education credits.**

Registration

• General
• Clergy, Religious, and Students
• Alumni
• Institute Students

Accommodations

Rooms are available at a discounted rate for conference participants at the following hotels:

• Courtyard Marriott  (Deadline for reservation: March 20th)
• Silver Spring Hilton Doubletree (Deadline for reservation: March 27th)

Schedule

**This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Providence Hospital and the Pontifical John Paul II Institute. Providence Hospital is accredited through MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Providence Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The following committee members, planners, and staff have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationship to disclose: Dr. P. Evans, MD, Dr. J. Meyer, and Sam Ninan. The speakers do not have relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Speakers do not have financial interest in the past 12 months. Speakers will not discuss unlabeled/unapproved or investigational use of any product during the presentation.