MedConference organized by the American Association of Medicine and the Person

Friday
October 25, 2019

9:00 pm
Meeting Dr. Enzo Piccinini (video) presented by Dr. Marc Beauchamp


Saturday
October 26, 2019

9:00 am
The Therapeutic Value of Encountering the Person As They Are

Karan Dev, physical therapist
Carole Levac, psycho-analyst
Dr. Suzanne Mac Donald, pediatrician
Moderator: Dr. Cristiano Ferrario

10:30 am
Break

11:00 am
The risk of psychiatry in Africa
Dr. Benoît Des Roches, psychiatrist
Moderator: Veronique McDermott

12 noon
Lunch

2:00 pm
Trusting Doctors?
Jonathan Imber,
professor of sociology
Moderator: Dr. Mark Basik

3:00 pm
Break

3:30 pm
Over-Medicalization & the Patient-Physician Partnership
Mathieu Jackson, patient
Dr. Jessica Kovitz-Lensch, neurologist
Moderator: Catherine Bigras

5:30 pm
Dinner will be followed by a guided visit to to Hotel Dieu, located in Montreal.

Sunday
October 27, 2019

9:00 am
How Physicians Partnered With the Nazi Regime: Possible Lessons for Today

Dr. Kenneth Prager, pulmonologist and ethicists
Moderator: Dr. Elvira Parravicini

10:00 am
Break

10:30 am
Before Death There Is Life
Dr. Emanuela Ferretti,
neonatologist
Dr. Elvira Parravicini,
neonatologist and perinatal palliative care physician
Dr. Patrick Vinay, nephrologist and palliative care physician
Moderator: Dr. Gerald Batiste

12 noon
Lunch

The conference ends