Why They Blow the Whistle: Luncheon Book Talk with Carl Elliott, MD, PhD

12:00 pm on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the Herman Room in the
Healey Family Student Center, Georgetown University

Moderator: Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, Director,  Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Discussant: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, Director of Pharmed Out

Join us for a luncheon book talk with Carl Elliott MD PhD, who will be discussing his new book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No. Dr. Elliott, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, is trained in medicine and philosophy, and uses his own experience as a whistleblower to frame six stories of unethical medical research, from the U.S. Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis in Tuskegee, Alabama to lethal synthetic trachea transplants at the Karolinska Institute.

Space is limited so register now!

Co-sponsored by the  Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and Pharmed Out (new window) at Georgetown University Medical Center.

This event is wheelchair accessible. Please notify us of accessibility needs through the registration form or contact Dawn Sjurset, Kennedy Institute Administrator (kennedyinstitute@georgetown.edu or 202.687.8099) with specific questions or requests. We ask that accommodation requests be made by June 17, 2024.  A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests received after June 17.