Speaking and Writing Topics

I have spoken for parishes, seminaries, schools, medical professionals, pro-life leaders, etc. Conferences I have spoken at include the Catholic Medical Association Annual Educational Conference, Converging Roads Conferences for the St. John Paul II Foundation, SEEK, Legatus Chapter Meetings, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference.

Following are some topics on which I have presented and written. I would be happy to design a presentation for your group based on your individual needs and goals.

Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care
Key Conversations and Communication in Advanced Illness
Catholic End of Life Teachings
Advance Directives
Virtue and Joy in Medicine
Spirituality and Medicine
End of Life Ethical Issues
Human Suffering
Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Here are links to a few conferences where I have spoken, a couple recordings of my talks, and some articles I have written.

Fundamental health care: Be as Christ to the sick

Medical Ethics Conference, San Francisco CA, March 2024

I spoke to medical professionals in the Archdiocese of San Francisco about being a Good Samaritan in healthcare today, particularly in the setting of the seriously ill and dying.

Catholic medical professionals reminded about importance of listening

Medical Ethics Conference, Columbus OH, Spring 2023

I spoke to medical professionals in the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio about End-of-Life Decision Making and Palliative Care.

Providing care in isolation

Denver Catholic article Spring 2020

This article was written about the challenges of practicing palliative care in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. To note, this article came out before I was married, so you’ll see my maiden name!

Samaritanus Bonus and the hope of ‘remaining’

Denver Catholic article fall 2020

This article reviews the papal document Samaritanus Bonus (The Good Samaritan): On the Care of Persons in the Critical and Terminal Phases of Life and how palliative care is a pro-dignity approach to accompany people during this time of their lives.

January 2024 SEEK Conference Impact Session: “Fighting for Dignity at the End of Life”

At FOCUS’s SEEK conference, I spoke to college students on issues affronting the dignity of life around serious illness and the end of life.

October 2023 parish talk “Catholic End of Life Issues and the Eucharist”

I spoke to parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Carmel, Indiana, providing guidance and Church teachings around the end of life.

Palliative Care: Intensive caring when it is needed most

Messenger, Newspaper of Covington, Kentucky Diocese March 2023

I wrote for the Pro-Life column of a diocesan newspaper about palliative care and pro-dignity end-of-life care.

On Being a Catholic Palliative Medicine Physician

Lineacre Quarterly, Journal of the Catholic Medical Association, 2018

I wrote an article on practicing my work in the world today.