Events

Join us for lectures, discussions, and gatherings that bring together scholars, clinicians, and students to explore the ethical dimensions of medicine.

Annual Events

Lisio Family Lecture

The annual Lisio Family Lecture was endowed by Drs. Arnold Lisio and Anne Moore to bring nationally renowned speakers to Columbia University Medical Center to address important ethical issues at the core of medical practice. The Lisio family's vision is that this lectureship contribute to the ethical formation of medical students and the flourishing of the doctor-patient relationship.

An internist, Dr. Lisio came to Columbia in 1961, and led an active clinical practice until his retirement in 2015. Dr. Moore is a 1969 graduate of Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. She is a medical oncologist on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine.

Past Lecturers:

  • October 9, 2024 
    • Title: Using Your Stories of Suffering to Connect with Patients
    • Speaker: Cortessa Russell, MD, Columbia University Medical Center
  • October 4, 2023
  • September 20, 2022
    • Title: Reading for Resilience & Resistance: How Great Books Make Better Doctors
    • Speaker: Abraham M. Nussbaum, MD, University of Colorado, Denver Health
  • September 20, 2021
    • Title: Mere Healers: What Medical Training Is For and Why It Matters
    • Speaker: Farr A. Curlin, MD, Duke University

Medicine and the Art of Ethics Colloquium

A small group of vocational artists, physicians, ethicists, philosophers, and theologians meet yearly or twice-yearly to discuss their work related to the intersection of medicine, ethics, and aesthetics. Participation is by invitation only. The colloquium is sponsored by the McDonald Agape Foundation.

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