Innovation in Healthcare: The Necessity of Contemplation and Mercy

Saturday, February 22, 2025

8:00 AM - Opening Mass with Bishop Martin Amos
St. Albert the Great Church (6667 Wallings Rd., North Royalton 44133)

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Conference
St. Albert the Great Parish Life Center

Breakfast and lunch included

General registration fee: $45 (students free)
Registration fee for those receiving medical education credits* (5.25 hrs): $190
* For information about credits provided by the Christian Medical & Dental Associations, please click HERE. A link to the completion certificate will be provided upon conclusion of the conference.

The conference theme, Innovation in Healthcare - The Necessity of Contemplation and Mercy, was chosen since innovation is essential in medicine to develop new therapies and approaches to help alleviate suffering and eradicate illness. Advances in medicine with new technologies including artificial intelligence (Al) platforms are rapidly changing the manner in which care is provided to patients. Such strategies offer the hope of more efficient and reproducible modes of healthcare delivery. However, as we proceed with these approaches particular care must be given to avoid dehumanizing interactions between healthcare professionals and patients. Furthermore, efforts must not be restricted to focus on a patient’s physical well-being alone. Attention to the spiritual well-being of patients is also necessary to help bring forth definitive healing. By fostering a spirit of contemplation and striving to always show mercy, healthcare professionals may deliver the highest form of care to others while enhancing their own well-being.

To view the conference flyer, please click HERE.

Speakers

- Jesse Felts, MD, Assistant Professor at Case Western University Medical School, Academic Hospital, Internal Medicine, Cleveland VA Medical Center; Vice President of the Cleveland Guild of the Catholic Medical Association: “Point of Care Ultrasound, Functional Medicine, and Parts Work: New Paradigms for the Pursuit of Truth”

- Rev. Joseph Brankatelli, Chaplain of the Cleveland Guild of the Catholic Medical Association: “Moral and Ethical Concerns with the Use of AI in Medicine: How Religious Moral Teachings Cautions in the Medical Community about Potential Challenges with AI”

- Christopher Klofft, S.T.D., Moral Theologian, Associate Professor of Theology at Assumption University, Worcester, MA: “Enhancing the Dignity of patients in an Era of Emergent Medical Technologies”

- Katherine Taljan, MD, Reproductive Psychiatrist with Silver Lake Psychiatry, Westlake, OH: “Advances in Postpartum Depression Treatment”

- Christopher Klofft, S.T.D., Moral Theologian, Associate Professor of Theology at Assumption University, Worcester, MA: “Emergent Medical Technologies and Their Effects on the Relationships Between Healthcare Professionals and Patients”

- Andrew Trew, LLB, Dip Law; Adjunct Professor/Systematics at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology; Bioethicist of the Cleveland Guild of the Catholic Medical Association: “The Promises and Pitfalls of AI & Robotics in Healthcare: A Catholic Bioethics Perspective”

- Ronald M. Sobecks, MD, Professor of Medicine, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic; President of the Cleveland Guild of the Catholic Medical Association: “Approaches to merciful Healthcare in an Era of Innovation: Enhancing the Patient Experience”

For questions about the conference, please call 216-312-4172.

For online registration assistance, please contact Debra Sudy, 216-696-6525 x 3670.