Ethics Program Faculty

John Z. Sadler, M.D.
Ethics Program Director
Professor, Medical Ethics, Psychiatry and Clinical Sciences
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D.
Professor, Program in Ethics in Science & Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Sergio Huerta, M.D.
Professor, Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ethics Consultation Service, Chair
VA North Texas Health Care System

Monika Kumar, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Hematology Oncology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Staff Physician and Clinical Ethicist
VA North Texas Health Care System

Michael A. Rubin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology and Neuro-Critical Care
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Angela Scheuerle, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics - Genetics and Metabolism
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Jennifer Wimberly, M.D.
Medical Director, Resiliency and Chair, Institutional Ethics Committee
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Urology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Lectures

John Z. Sadler, M.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Corruption in Clinical Research
  • What is a Virtuous Physician?
  • Clinical Expertise and the Art of Living Well
  • Bad Blood: A Brief History and Ethics of Perioperative Infection Control
  • Behavioral Health Ethics in the 21st Century (interactive seminar, three 40-minute modules)
  • Comparing Methods in Criminal Law and Psychiatry
  • Criminality and the DSM
  • Intrusive Regulations and the Medical Profession: Modest Lessons from Recent History
  • The Instrument Metaphor, Hyponarrativity, and the Generic Clinician
  • The Major Findings of Mental Health Literacy Research and Why They Matter
  • Ten Weird Things About Western Psychiatry: What Western Clinicians Should Know about Their Own Culture.
Public Lectures:
  • Basics of Informed Consent for Research (interactive video forum)
  • Mad vs. Bad Revisited: Rethinking an Old Problem About Stigma and Mental Illness
  • Psychiatric Diagnosis – What the Public Should Know
  • The Ethics of Ethics Committees
  • The Major Findings of Mental Health Literacy Research and Why They Matter
  • The Nature of Mental Disorder and the Special Moral Responsibility of the Psychiatrist

Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Human Research Ethics and Genetics
  • Research Integrity and Everyday Practice of Science
Public Lectures:
  • Charles Pierce – Discovery and Abduction
  • Human Research Ethics and Genetics
  • Neils Boher – Complementarily in the Social World
  • Research Integrity and Everyday Practice of Science
  • Science and Religion – Different Ways of “Practicing” the World

Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D.

  • Tailoring Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Education to Underrepresented Minority Trainees and Population Health Research
  • Rethinking Research Ethics Education
  • Ethical Issues in International Research Experiences for Graduate Students
  • Gene Drives on the Horizon
  • Informing the Development of Responsible Governance with Responsible Science
  • International Perspectives on Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity – At Home and Abroad

Sergio Huerta, M.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Ethical Consultations in Veteran Patients: Unique Aspects of Care for an Aging Population
  • Weight Reduction Surgery: Risks, Benefits, and Ethical Issues
  • Ethics in Global Health Mission Trips to Central America
Public Lectures:
  • Global Health and Ethics
  • Ethics of Bariatric Surgery

Monika Kumar, M.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Current Ethical Challenges in Oncology Management
  • End of Life Issues in Oncology

Michael A. Rubin, M.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Coma/Brain Death/Persistent Vegetative State
  • End of Life Decision Making
  • Medical Futility in the ICU
  • Professionalism in Medicine
  • Purpose/Function of an Ethics Consult

Angela Scheuerle, M.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Nonketotic Hyperglycinema and End-of-Life Care
  • Universal Genomic Testing of Newborns: Bowl of Cherries or Can of Worms?
  • Ethical Considerations in Genetic Testing: Ethics and Informed Consent of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Public Lectures:
  • Ethical Considerations of Genetic Testing
  • Ethics and Informed Consent of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Jennifer M. Wimberly, M.D.

CME Lectures:
  • Developing a Hospital Ethics Committee to Support Physicians and Patients
  • Updated Mass Critical Guidelines for Hospital and ICU Triage: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Intersex: Implications of Umbrella Terms in the Interest of Science
  • Reconstructing the Medical Experience for the Non-Cisgender Patients
  • The Deconstruction of Informed Consent
  • Frequently Asked Questions for Ethics Education
  • Ethical Considerations in Disorders of Sexual Development Patients
  • Pilot Study on Patient Willingness for Hands-On Training for Post-Graduate Learning of New Surgical Techniques
Public Lectures:
  • Health-Related Reporting Solutions for Sex and Gender Minorities as Research Participants
  • Dilemmas in Education: Addressing Moral and Religious Concerns and Objections to Care for Children and Adolescents