August 27, 2022 | Baton Rouge, LA | Converging Roads

ROLAND MILLARE, STD
Vice President of Curriculum and Director of Clergy Initiatives, St. John Paul II Foundation

Dr. Roland Millare, a native Houstonian, serves as the Vice President of Curriculum and the Director of Clergy Initiatives for the St. John Paul II Foundation (Houston, TX). Dr. Millare served as a member of the Theology Department at St. John XXIII College Preparatory (Katy, TX) for over 15 years. He received a BA in Theology from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. He has a MA in Theological Studies (with a concentration in Moral Theology) from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College (Alexandria, VA) and a Licentiate (STL) and Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) in Dogmatic Theology (with a specialization in Sacramental Theology) from the University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein, IL). Dr. Millare also serves as an adjunct professor of theology for permanent deacon candidates, seminarians, undergraduate and graduate students at the University of St. Thomas, St. Mary’s Seminary, the Diocese of Fort Worth and the University of Dallas. He has published various theological articles for Logos, Antiphon, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, and the Heythrop Journal. He has published the book, A Living Sacrifice: Liturgy and Eschatology in Joseph Ratzinger (Emmaus Academic, 2022). Dr. Millare has also contributed an article to a forthcoming lexicon on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger (Ignatius Press). Dr. Millare is a member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Academy of Catholic Theology, and the Society for Catholic Liturgy. Dr. Millare enjoys the gift of life and love with his beautiful wife Veronica and their three children.

REV. NICANOR PIER GIORGIO AUSTRIACO, OP, PHD, STD,
Professor of Biology and Professor of Theology, Providence College, USA,
and Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Sacred Theology, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summacum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College (www.austriacolab.com) is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

CLAUDIA R. SOTOMAYOR, MD, DBe
Chief of the Ethics Consultation Service MGUH and Assistant Professor at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Dr. Claudia Sotomayor, is the Chief of the Clinical Consultation Service of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, a Cura Personalis Fellow and an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine of GUMC. She holds an M.D. from Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, in Chihuahua, Mexico and a Doctorate in Bioethics from Loyola University in Chicago Il, USA. Claudia also completed a fellowship in Clinical Bioethics at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston TX. (USA). She has been a Research Scholar for UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights since 2012 where she has worked in the area of Multiculturalism, Bioethics and Religion. She has also served as a member of the Ethics committee in different hospitals in the USA. Before coming to the USA, she worked in different hospitals in Mexico as a primary care physician, and was the health committee coordinator for FUNDESPEN, a non-profit that provides medical care to Mayan communities in rural areas of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

DOMINIQUE J. MONLEZUN, MD, PHD, PHD, MPH
Professor of Bioethics, Italian Pontifical Athenauem Regina Apostolorum and Mexican Universidad Anahuac, Professor (Adjunct Asst.) of Cardiology, UT MD Anderson and UT-Houston, Chief Data Scientist, Global System Analytics & Structures

Dominique J. Monlezun, MD, PhD, PhD, MPH, is Professor of Bioethics at the Italian Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and Mexican Universidad Anáhuac, Professor (Adjunct Asst.) of Cardiology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and UT-Houston McGovern Medical School, Chief Data Scientist at Global System Analytics & Structures, Research Scholar for the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics & Human Rights, and Principal Investigator and Senior Data Scientist for over 50 biomedical randomized and cohort trials. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and AΩA Honor Medical Society. Dr. Monlezun received his MD from Tulane University School of Medicine, his first AI-focused PhD in Global Health Management & Policy from Tulane University School of Public Health, and his second PhD in Bioethics from Regina Apostolorum. Dr. Monlezun has co-authored nearly 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference presentations, and book chapters in addition to the first four comprehensive books on AI-driven human rights and equity in global bioethics, multicultural metaphysics, healthcare system management, and global public health, while practicing and teaching medicine, public health, data science, and ethics for graduate students on 4 continents.

JEFFREY P. BISHOP, MD, PHD
Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Theological Studies & Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics at Saint Louis University

Jeffrey Paul Bishop is a philosopher, bioethicist, and the Tenet Endowed Chair of Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. The former director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, he is most widely recognized and cited for work in medical ethics as relating to death and dying in addition to contributions in the field of medical humanities. Bishop is a physician, holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Dallas and serves on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and the Journal of Christian Bioethics for Oxford University Press.

MICHAEL REDINGER, MD, MA,
Co-Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

Michael Redinger, MD, MA. Mike is an Associate Professor and is Co-Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, and Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He serves on the Boards of the Michigan State Medical Society and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Kalamazoo and as an Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association. Dr. Redinger received his medical degree and master’s in bioethics and health policy from Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Redinger’s research focuses on clinical ethics, Catholic healthcare ethics, psychiatric ethics, and professionalism in healthcare and has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and other leading journals in medicine, psychiatry, and medical ethics.

DEACON PATRICK W. LAPPERT, MD

Deacon Patrick W. Lappert, MD, is recently retired from his private practice in Plastic Surgery. Dr. Lappert received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science. Following his internship, he served as a Flight Surgeon in a forward deployed Marine Corps fighter squadron. He trained in General Surgery at the Oakland Naval Hospital/ UC Davis East Bay Consortium. He was board certified in General Surgery in 1992. He served as Clinical Professor in Surgery for the same program until his selection for training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University of Tennessee, Memphis. Following that residency, he was board certified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1997, and recertified in 2008. He served as a staff reconstructive surgeon at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital from 1994-2002. While there, he established a center for the care of problem wounds. Additionally, Dr. Lappert established the multidisciplinary Pediatric Cleft/ Craniofacial Deformities Clinic which he chaired for 7 years. Dr. Lappert was Chief of the Plastic Surgery Department from 1997 to 2002. He was appointed Specialty Leader in Reconstructive Surgery to the Office of the Surgeon General, USN, a position which he held from 1997 to 2002. Dr. Lappert retired from military service after 24 years with the rank of Captain, USN. Dr. Lappert has authored journal articles in breast reconstruction, facial reconstruction, and endoscopic repair of facial trauma. With the Chairman of Plastic Surgery of Harvard University, Dr. Lappert authored a textbook chapter on the plastic surgical management of combat trauma. More recently, Dr. Lappert was a chapter author on the subject of the surgical interventions used on self-identified transgender persons which appears in the recently released anthology, Sexual Identity; the Coherence of Philosophy, Science, and Revelation, John Desilva Finley, 2002. For the past 7 years, Dr. Lappert has given many lectures on the subject of human anthropology and the moral and ethical problems of transgender medicine and surgery. His audiences have ranged from medical students and residents, to diocesan priest retreats, to middle and high school students. Deacon Lappert serves at Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church in Decatur, Alabama. He is a Chaplain for the Courage Apostolate in the Diocese of Birmingham, and also serves on the Board of Directors for Courage International. Dr. Lappert has been married to Patrice Ann Oberst for 41 years, and together they raised 6 children. They have one grandchild.

8:00 AM	Mass
8:30 AM	Check-In Begins
9:15 AM	Opening Remarks
9:25 - 10:25 AM	Key Principles in Bioethics
10:30 - 11:30 AM	The Hippocratic Oath: Pluralism, Profit, and the Prioritization of the Patient
11:30 AM	Break
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM	Vaccines: Moral Obligations, Prudential Judgements, Personal Responsibility, and the Common Good
12:40 - 2:15 PM	Hippocratic Oath Luncheon
1:10 -2:10 PM	The Redemptive Meaning of Human Suffering
2:15 PM	Break
2:35 - 3:35 PM	An Ethical Allocation of Resources and Care
3:40 - 4:40 PM	Gender Dysphoria: Science, Ideology, and Ethics
4:40 PM	Break
4:55 - 5:55 PM	Genetic Screening, Genetic Engineering, the Gift of Life, and the Dignity of the Human Person
6:00 - 6:45 PM	Wine & Cheese Reception

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Key Principles in Bioethics

The Hippocratic Oath: Pluralism, Profit, and the Prioritization of the Patient

Vaccines: Moral Obligations, Prudential Judgements, Personal Responsibility, and the Common Good

The Redemptive Meaning of Human Suffering

An Ethical Allocation of Resources and Care

Gender Dysphoria: Science, Ideology, and Ethics

Genetic Screening, Genetic Engineering, the Gift of Life, and the Dignity of the Human Person

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ROLAND MILLARE, STD Vice President of Curriculum and Director of Clergy Initiatives, St. John Paul II Foundation

REV. NICANOR PIER GIORGIO AUSTRIACO, OP, PHD, STD,Professor of Biology and Professor of Theology, Providence College, USA,and Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Sacred Theology, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

CLAUDIA R. SOTOMAYOR, MD, DBe Chief of the Ethics Consultation Service MGUH and Assistant Professor at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

DOMINIQUE J. MONLEZUN, MD, PHD, PHD, MPHProfessor of Bioethics, Italian Pontifical Athenauem Regina Apostolorum and Mexican Universidad Anahuac, Professor (Adjunct Asst.) of Cardiology, UT MD Anderson and UT-Houston, Chief Data Scientist, Global System Analytics & Structures

JEFFREY P. BISHOP, MD, PHDProfessor of Philosophy, Professor of Theological Studies & Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics at Saint Louis University

MICHAEL REDINGER, MD, MA,Co-Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

DEACON PATRICK W. LAPPERT, MD

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