On October 19th, 2011, Bernard Gert, PhD, Professor of Social Medicine, UNC Medical School, Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Emeritus, Dartmouth College and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, recently headlined UGC’s Bioethics Breakfast series.

Dr. Gert’s presentation, “Honoring Advance Directives: the Conscientious Clinician’s Dilemma” explored how clinicians use and interpret advance directives for incompetent patients where life prolonging treatments are available and when food and nutrition issues arise. Dr. Gert is author of Common Morality: Deciding What to Do.

The Bioethics Breakfast is a series of free events, open to the public, that feature international bioethics experts discussing hot topics in the emerging field. They are sponsored by The Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. They are held at the UGC campus.

The Bioethics Program provides competency based bioethics education for those who seek the skills, credentials and specialized expertise demanded of today's bioethics professionals. Working professionals typically complete the program in two to three years. Full-time students may complete the program in one year.