February 12, 2022 | San Francisco, CA | Converging Roads

MOST REV. SALVATORE J. CORDILEONE
Archbishop of San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was born in San Diego on June 5, 1956. He attended public school through 12th grade and earned his BA in philosophy from the University of San Diego in 1978. He earned a second bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1981. Archbishop Cordileone was ordained to the priesthood on July 9, 1982. He continued his studies at Gregorian University from 1985-89, earning a doctorate in canon law. He was appointed Judicial Vicar for the Diocese of San Diego in 1990 and served as an assistant to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura from 1995-2002. On July 5, 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed him the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, where he served until his appointment as Bishop of Oakland on March 23, 2009. On July 27, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the ninth Archbishop of San Francisco. He was installed on October 4, 2012. Archbishop Cordileone chairs the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage and sits on the Committee for Canonical Affairs. He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Theological Institute and the Subcommission on the Liturgy for the Anglican Ordinariates.

PAUL W. HRUZ, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine

Paul W. Hruz is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Cellular Biology and Physiology at Washington University in St. Louis. Hruz received his Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Marquette University in 1987. As a member of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he received his Ph.D. Degree in Biochemistry in 1993 and M.D. Degree in 1994. He completed Residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle and a Pediatric Endocrinology fellowship at Washington University. Hruz served at the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Washington University from 2012-2017. He is a member of the University's Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD) Multidisciplinary Care Program. Hruz is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology. He has also received certification in Healthcare Ethics from the National Catholic Bioethics Center. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts, scientific reviews and book chapters.

CYNTHIA HUNT, MD
Psychiatrist and Chair of Catholic Medical Association National Opioid Task Force

Dr. Cynthia Hunt is a graduate of Loyola Stritch School of Medicine and Board Certified practitioner in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, which includes a year of fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She currently maintains an active practice at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, where she is the Chief of the Department of Psychiatry. She is also an Adjunct Faculty Member of St. Patrick’s Archdiocesan Seminary in Menlo Park, CA . She has been privileged to serve the Catholic Church over the last 12 years in the Exorcism and Deliverance ministry as psychiatric consultant to priests, exorcists and Bishops and is on the Advisory Board for the Pope Leo XIII Institute. She has been invited to give presentations on this topic in many settings including Priest/ Clergy Days, Deaconate Training, National Meetings of the Catholic Medical Association and the Catholic Psychotherapy Association as well as conferences with laity and SCRC. Dr. Hunt has also worked within the Catholic Medical Association for many years and has served as President of the Fresno Guild, member of the FIRE Committee, and as a speaker for CMA national and local conferences. She is currently a CMA Board Member and is Chair of the national CMA Opioid Task Force, meeting with Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. Recently she participated in representing North America at an International Meeting on Addictions at the Vatican through the Dicastery of Integral Human Development. An accomplished pianist, Lay Carmelite, and member of the Board of the Foundation of Prayer for Priests, she has been blessed with her husband of 27 years and their three children.

MARICELA P. MOFFITT, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

Maricela P. Moffitt, MD, MPH, FACP graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1986. She is Board certified in Internal Medicine and has practice Medicine for 28 years in Arizona. She obtained a Masters degree in Public Health in 1994 at the University of Arizona. Her research interest include Tuberculosis and medical education. She is currently holds the academic rank of Professor of Medicine and serves as the Director of the Doctoring Curriculum at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix where she teaches communication and physical exam skills to medical students. She is a part-time Hospitalist at the VA Hospital in Phoenix. She has served on the 1st Way (a crisis pregnancy center) Board of Directors; The HOPE Mobile Ultrasound Unit Board; The national Catholic Medical Association Board (President 2012) and current Board member. She currently serves on the Phoenix Diocesan Medical Ethics Board, the Catholic Medical Association Phoenix Board and Livanta LLC Board (Healthcare Quality Improvement). She teaches with her husband in the RCIA program at Corpus Christi parish. She is married to Dr. Robert A. Moffitt. They have three adult children.

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.

DEACON MICHAEL J. DEEM, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics; Program Director, Multidisciplinary Master of Public Health; Core Faculty, Center for Bioethics & Health Law; Secondary Faculty, Department of Community Health Services and Rehabilitation Sciences – University of Pittsburgh, Permanent Deacon – Catholic Diocese of Pittsburg

Michael J. Deem is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics and Core Faculty in the Center for Bioethics & Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh, and serves as the Director of the Multidisciplinary Master of Public Health Program in the Pitt School of Public Health. He is also a Resident Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science, Associate Director of the Bioethics Certificate Program, and Secondary Faculty in the Department of Department of Community Health Services and Rehabilitation Sciences at Pitt. Dr. Deem received his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and completed the Pediatric Ethics and Genomic Fellowship at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City. He is the author of more than 20 scholarly articles and book chapters on philosophy of science, bioethics, ethical theory, and empirical health research. He is currently completing a monograph for Cambridge University Press on fundamental concepts in genomic medicine, and is co-editor of two books for Oxford University Press: The Oxford Handbook of Genetic Counseling and Nursing Ethics: Normative Foundations, Advanced Concepts, and Emerging Issues. Dr. Deem lives outside Pittsburgh with his wife, Katerina, and their five children. They belong to Saint Aidan Parish, where is a Deacon.

MICHEL ACCAD, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Accad practices cardiology and internal medicine in San Francisco. He holds a certificate in bioethics with distinction from the National Catholic Bioethics Center. He is the author of Moving Mountains: A Socratic Challenge to the Theory and Practice of Population Medicine. He has written numerous articles and editorials for medical and philosophical journals, including the Linacre Quarterly, The Thomist, BMJ, and the American Journal of Cardiology. He hosts the blog Alert and Oriented and co-hosts the podcast The Accad and Koka Report. He is a member of the St. Elias Melkite Church in San Jose, California. He is married and has 2 children.

GWYNETH ANNE SPAEDER, MD
Pediatrician

Gwyneth Anne Spaeder, MD, attended the University of Dallas where she graduated with a degree in Political Philosophy. She then attended The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating in 2005. She is a Board-Certified Pediatrician and has practiced in both community ER and private practice settings. She completed a certificate in Health Care Ethics through the National Catholic Bioethics Center in 2015 and has published several articles pertaining to vaccine ethics. She also served as the guest editor for a NCBC Quarterly edition focused on Pediatric-specific issues. She is a recurrent presenter at Theology of the Body workshops for teens and for NFP/Marriage prep within the Diocese of Raleigh. She is a member of the Catholic Medical Association Triangle Guild. She lives in Wake Forest, NC with her husband and three children.

7:30 AM	Check-In Begins
8:15 AM	Opening Remarks
8:25 - 9:25 AM	Can Moral Medicine Be Practiced in a Secular Health Care System?
9:30 - 10:30 AM	New Challenges Post-Pandemic: Health of Health Care Professionals
10:30 AM	Break
10:45 - 11:45 AM	The Mental Health Crisis for Children and Adolescents
12:00 - 12:40 PM	Mass Celebrated by Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone
12:45 - 2:30 PM	Hippocratic Oath Luncheon
1:25 -2:25 PM	End of Life Care and Allocation of Resources
2:30 PM	Break
2:50 - 3:50 PM	Vaccines: Moral Obligations, Prudential Judgments, Personal Responsibility, and the Common Good
3:50 PM	Break
4:00 - 5:00 PM	Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adults: Science, Ideology, and Ethics
5:00 PM	Closing Remarks
5:10 - 6:00 PM	Wine & Cheese Reception

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

Can Moral Medicine Be Practiced in a Secular Health Care System?

Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adults: Science, Ideology, and Ethics

End of Life Care and Allocation of Resources

The Mental Health Crisis for Children and Adolescents

New Challenges Post-Pandemic: Health of Health Care Professionals

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MOST REV. SALVATORE J. CORDILEONE Archbishop of San Francisco

PAUL W. HRUZ, MD, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine

CYNTHIA HUNT, MDPsychiatrist and Chair of Catholic Medical Association National Opioid Task Force

MARICELA P. MOFFITT, MD, MPH, FACPProfessor of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

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

MICHEL ACCAD, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

GWYNETH ANNE SPAEDER, MDPediatrician

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