7th Annual Great Lakes Bay Collaborative Health Care Ethics Conference
Theme: Healing a Broken Brain
March 31, 2017 8am- 12pm
The Alan W. Ott Auditorium, Gilbertson Hall - SVSU
Conference Schedule
8:00 am
Introductions
8:15 - 9:15 am
Keynote Speaker: Gary Dunbar, PhD
Executive Director of the Field Neurosciences Institute, St. Mary's of MichiganDirector of the Neuroscience Program and the Brain Research and Integrative Neuroscience Center, Central Michigan University. Title: "New Frontiers in Healing a Broken Brain"9:30 - 10:30 am
Speaker: James Hitt, PhD
Associate Professor, Saginaw Valley State University
Title: "Healing a Broken Brain, Healing a Broken Mind"
10:45 - 11:45 am
Panel Discussion with Great Lakes Bay Health Professionals and Speakers
Panel Members:
Margaret Abbenante, LMSW ACSW (Veterans Administration)
Social Work Executive,
Assistant Chief, Mental Health
Ethics Consultant
Wayne Hales, JD (Veterans Administration)
Ethics Consultant
Christa Persyn, MD
Physicians Administrator, Dept. of Emergency Medicine Covenant HealthCare
Assistant Clinical Professor, CMU College of Medicine
The Conference was approved by the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative for up to 3 CMEs. Central Michigan University College of Medicine approved up to 3 CMEs for physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
The conference is free with with on-line registration and is open to health professionals, students, and the public.