GRANTS
I obtained a Consultant Grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities for a study of the humanities curriculum in the College of Engineering. As a
result of discussions initiated by the consultancy, my proposal to develop a team-taught,
interdisciplinary course in engineering and humanities was supported through grants from
the Association of American Colleges and the Exxon Education Foundation.Villanova Faculty Summer Research Grants:
- 1991, for research on the Bjork-Shiley artificial heart valve case;
- 1995, Ethical Issues in Medical Staff Peer Review;
- 1999, Implanted Medial Devices.
Association for Continuing Higher Education Research Grant, with Dr.
Patricia Lawler, for the study of ethical problems in continuing higher education.
AWARDS
- Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, 1990. For my
work in interdisciplinary teaching and course development in ethics.
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
PUBLICATIONS (PARTIAL LIST)
BOOKS
The DC-10 Case: A Study in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society,
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992). Co-author: Douglas Birsch.
The Ford Pinto Case: A Study in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society,,
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994). Co-author: Douglas
Birsch.
The Challenger Disaster: A Study in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society,
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press) Co-author: Michael Davis.
In preparation.Series Editor, SUNY Press; Case Studies in Ethics, Technology and Society.
ENGINEERING ETHICS
"Philosophy and Engineering," Engineering Education, April
1979.
"Teaching Engineering Ethics," Technology and Society, March
1979.
"A Laboratory for Engineering Ethics," with William Zuspan,
Education Research and Methods, Vol.11, No.2 (Spring 1979).
"Collective Responsibility in Engineering," University of Dayton
Review, Winter, 1981-2.
"Give Goodrich a Break," Engineering and Professional Ethics
Journal, Vol.7, No.1, Spring, 1988.
BIOETHICS
"Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering: The Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve,"
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol 10, No.1, March 1991
"The Bioengineer's Obligations to Patients," Journal of
investigative Surgery, Vol.5, No.3 (July-September 1992), originally presented at the
Hunter Honors Colloquium in Bioengineering, "Ethical Issues at the Interface Between
Engineering and Medicine," Clemson, SC, 1990.
"Ethical Issues in Device Retrieval," co-authored with Jonathan Black,
Transactions of the Implant Retrieval Symposium of the Society for Biomaterials,
(Minneapolis: Society for Biomaterials, 1992).
"Breast Implants," Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol.
11, No.2 (June, 1992).
"Ethical Issues in Medical Device Implant Retrieval," Engineering
in Medicine and Biology, Vol.11, No.3 (Sept., 1992).
"The Ethical Crisis in Health Care," Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol.11, No.4 (Dec., 1992).
"Getting the Bad News About Your Artificial Heart Valve," Hastings
Center Report, March-April, 1993, p.22-28.
"Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials," Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol.12, No.1 (March, 1993).
"Fair Allocation of Resources and the Artificial Heart," Engineering
in Medicine and Biology, Vol.12, No.2 (June, 1993).
"More Bad News About Bjork-Shiley C/C Heart Valves," Engineering in
Medicine and Biology, Vol.13, No.2, April, 1994.
"The Shiley Heart Valve - Continued," Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol. 13, No.4, November/December, 1994.
"An Ethical Issue in the Bjork-Shiley Artificial Heart Valve Case," Proceedings
of the Twelfth Southern Biomedical Conference, April 2-4, 1993.
"Analyzing Ethical Problems in Medical Products: The Role of Conflicting
Ethical Theories," Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs, Vol.11, No.2,
May 1994. Co-author, Glenn Rahmoeller.
"But Doctor, It's My Hip!: The Fate of Failed Medical Devices," Kennedy
Institute of Ethics Journal, Vol.5, No.2 (June 1995). Co-author, Jonathan Black.
"Abusive Peer Review and Health Care Reform," Health Care Crisis?:
The Search for Answers, (Frederick, MD: University Publishing Group, 1995).
"Disposable Doctors: Economic Incentives to Abuse Physician Peer Review,"
The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Vol.6, No.4, Winter, 1995, 304-9
"Discarding Doctors," Engineering in Medicine and Biology,
Vol.14, No.2, March/April, 1995.
"Discarding Doctors: An Exchange," Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol.15, No.2, March/April, 1996.
"Defects and Deceptions: The Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve," Technology
and Society, Vol.14, No.3, (Fall 1995), 17-22.
"Testing Our Kids for Drugs," Engineering in Medicine and Biology,
Vol.14, No.6, November/December 1995.
"Organ Transplants," Engineering in Medicine and Biology,
Vol.16, No.2, March/April 1997.
"Ethical Issues in Managed Care," Technology and Society,
Vol.15, No.3 (Fall, 1996), p.28-31, 39. Reprinted in Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol.15, No.3 , December 1996.
"Technology and the Revolution in Health Care Economics," Guest
Editorial with Kenneth Foster, Technology and Society, Vol.15, No.3, Fall, 1996.
A Transplanted and Artificial Hearts@ (abstract) in Critical Reviews in Biomedical
Engineering, Vol. 25, Issue 2 (1997).
A The National Implant/Explant Database
Debate: Creating One That Works,@ Guest
Editorial, Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry, January 1996, p. 40-1.
TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
"Autonomous Technology, Democracy, and the NIMBYs," Philosophy and
Technology: Vol. 7. (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991).
"Philosophy and the Environmental Crisis, " in Environmental
Concerns: An Interdisciplinary Exercise, (London: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1991).
Review of In the Age of the Smart Machine, by Shoshana Zuboff (New York: Basic
Books, 1988) in Computers and the Humanities, Vol.24, Nos. 1-2 (February-April)
1990
"Technology, Discovery, and Ideology," in The Technology of
Discovery and the Discovery of Technology, edited by Joseph C. Pitt and Elena Lugo,
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of The Society for Philosophy and
Technology (Blacksburg, VA: Society for Philosophy and Technology, 1991).
"Ethics," Engineering in Medicine and Biology,Vol.10, No.4
(Dec.1991).
A Misbehavior in Science," Engineering
in Medicine and Biology, Vol.11, No.1 (Mar.1992).
"How well do Medical Devices Work?" Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol.13, No.3 (June/July 1994).
"Floors, Doors, Latches, and Locks," in The DC-1O Case: A Study in
Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society, (Albany, NY: State University of New York
Press, 1992). Co-author: Douglas Birsch.
"The Ethics and Politics of Auto Regulation," in The Ford Pinto
Case: A Study in Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society, (Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press, 1994) Coauthor: Douglas Birsch.
ETHICS
Review of Modern Moral Philosophy, by W. D. Hudson (New York;
St. Martin's Press, 1983) in Teaching Philosophy, 8:2, April 1985.
"Using the Resources of Philosophy to Analyze Ethical Problems," Proceedings
of the Conference on Promoting Ethics, Values, and Interdisciplinarity, Cambridge,
England, 1988.
"Organizational Loyalty," Journal of Business and Professional
Ethics, Vol 11, No. 1 (Spring, 1992), p.71-90.
"Ethical Issues in Emergency Response in the Workplace," in Emergency
Response in the Workplace, edited by Larry M. Starr, forthcoming from Prentice-Hall.
"Ethical Analysis of Case Studies," in The DC-10 Case: A Study in
Applied Ethics, Technology, and Society, (Albany, NY: State University of New York
Press, 1992). Co-author: Douglas Birsch, and The Ford Pinto Case: A Study in Applied
Ethics, Technology, and Society, (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press,
1994) Co-author: Douglas Birsch.
"Ethical Experts and Dr. Ethics", Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, Vol.12, No.4 (December 1994).
"Publication, Ethics, and Scientific Integrity," Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research, Vol. 30, 129-131(1996). Reprinted in Engineering in
Medicine and Biology, Vol.15, No.4, July/August 1996.
ETHICS AND EDUCATION
"Analyzing Ethical Problems in Continuing Higher Education: A Model for
Practical Use," with Patricia A. Lawler, Journal of Continuing Higher
Education, Vol.39, No.2, Spring 1991.
"Ethical Problems in Continuing Higher Education: Results of a Survey",
with Dr. Patricia Lawler, Journal of Continuing Higher Education, Vol.41, No.1
(Winter 1993).
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Society for Philosophy and Technology (Newsletter Editor, 1989-93)
- Airline Safety Advisory Panel, Airline Passengers Association of North America (Board of
Directors (1991-2)
- Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, (Associate Editor, IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Chair,
Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility)
- Advisory Panel, National Ethics Committee of the American College of Medical Quality
- Administrative Committee, IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
LAW
"Ethics in Aviation
Engineering," in Building a Just America, American Trial
Lawyers Association, 1993 Annual Convention, p. 1969-1979.
REPORTS
"Implant/Explant Databases,"
for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, August, 1995.
"Report on Notification of
Device Problems," for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health,
Food and Drug Administration, October, 1998.
"Reuse of Single-Use Devices:
Ethics, Politics, and Economics," for the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration.
VIDEO
"Testing Water…and Ethics,"
Institute for Professional Practice, 28 minutes, June, 1998. I wrote the
script and directed the project, which was taped with professional actors and
production company.
CONGRESSIONAL
TESTIMONY
"Ethical Issues in the Reuse
of Single-Use Medical Devices," Reuse of Single-Use Medical
Devices, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth
Congress, Second Session, Feb. 10, 2000, Serial No. 106-89.
CONSULTING
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Ethics Expert, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA
- Institute for Professional Practice, Verona, NJ
- Biometric Research Institute
- Bard/USCI, Medical Devices
- AccuScreen Labs, Inc.
- Compressed Gas Association (emergency oxygen)
- Center for Professional Advancement (Lecturer on ethics)
- American Drugscreens, Drug Testing; testified before the Clinical
Chemistry Panel of the Food and Drug Administration at American Drugscreens Premarket
Approval Application.
- Airline Passengers Association of North America, Aircraft Safety (Board
of Directors, 1990-1)
- Consultant/Expert witness in professional ethics, for Podhurst, Orseck,
et al., Miami, FL;
- Consultant/Expert witness in professional ethics for Deane Hillsman, MD,
in Hillsman v. Sutter Community Hospitals, Sacramento, CA
- Consultant/Expert witness for Craft and Craft attorneys, West Palm Beach,
FL.
- Consultant/Expert witness for Weitz and Luxenberg, New York, NY
- Consultant/Expert witness for Kellogg, Saccoccia and Sigelman, Atlanta
- Consultant Expert witness for John Cashion, Chicago
- Consultant Expert witness for Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis
REFERENCES
Chip Whitacre, Director, Corporate
Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, Medtronic: 763.514-4000 Larry Kessler,
Director, Office of Surveillance and Biometrics; 301.594-2812
Glenn Rahmoeller, consultant,
Rahmoeller Consulting: 301.610-9366
Robert O’Holla, Vice-President,
Regulatory Affairs, Johnson and Johnson; 732.524-6872
Ed Kellogg, attorney, Kellogg,
Saccoccia and Sigelman: 770.220-2465
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