36th Annual Messer Lecture
Can We Avoid Death with Dementia?
Dena S. Davis, JD, PhD
Presidential Chair in Health
Professor of Bioethics
Lehigh University
March 29, 2019
35th Annual Messer Lecture
Combatting the High Price of Drugs: What does patient empowerment have to do with it?
Peter A. Ubel, MD
Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Professor
Duke University
March 23, 2018
34th Annual Messer Lecture
Caring for and Allying with Undocumented Youth: Ethical and Practical Considerations
Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD
The Fr. Michael I. English, SJ, Professor of Medical Ethics
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
March 31, 2017
33rd Annual Messer Lecture
A Brief and Astonishing History of Abortion and Contraception
Lisa Tetrault, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
April 1, 2016
32nd Annual Messer Lecture
"When Doctor's Can't or Don't Say No"
Barron Lerner, MD
March 27, 2015
31st Annual Messer Lecture
"Ethical Issues in Pain Management"
Kathleen M. Foley, MD
April 4, 2014
30th Annual Messer Lecture
"What Makes ‘Difficult’ Patients Difficult?"
Michael W. Kahn, MD
March 29, 2013
29th Annual Messer Lecture
"What Are Health Disparities and Health Equity? And Why Do the Definitions Matter?"
Paula Braveman, MD, MPH
April 13, 2012
28th Annual Messer Lecture
"The Ethics, Psychology and Politics of Rationing: Death Panels, Mammogram Guidelines and Chemotherapy"
Peter Ubel, MD
April 15, 2011
27th Annual Messer Lecture
"The President’s Council White Paper and the Problems with It"
Alan Shewmon, MD
April 16, 2010