Research and Scholarship
The Saint Louis University Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics faculty, fellows, staff and student affiliates are committed to research and scholarship on medical business ethics. The following are highlights of projects by The Bander Center.
Posters and Presentations
- Anne Sescleifer and Jason Keune. “Are Clinical Microaggressions Responsible for Disparities in Outcome by Race?” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Annual Meeting October, 2019.
- Harold Braswell and Jason Keune. “Gut Bioethics” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Annual Meeting October, 2019.
- “Experiential Knowing: A Course in Medicine for PhD Students in Health Care Ethics”. Ninth Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education. Reid Hall, Paris, France. July 5, 2019.
- “Woodruff’s Reverence as a Foundational Virtue for Bioconservatism” 14th World Congress of Bioethics. Bengalore, India. December 6, 2018
- “True Patient-Centered Care Needs the Strong Objectivity of Sarah Harding to Obtain” 12th Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Conference. Bangalore, India. December 3, 2018.
- Markee, M; Ascencio, C; Brugger-Gardner, L; Keune, J; van den Berg, S; Matsuo, H. (2018, October). Healthcare Perceptions from Consumers, Healthcare Providers, and Health Insurance Providers: a Grounded Theory Approach. Washington University Institute for Public Health 11th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
- “Contextualizing Surgery in a Twenty-First Century Catholic Health Care System: Pope Francis” The Catholic Theological Society of America 2018 Convention. Indianapolis, IN. Saturday, June 9, 2018
2017
- Graca M, Keune JD. The CMS Quality Payment Program; a New Financial Conflict of Interest of Physicians. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. October 25, 2017: San Diego, CA. (Poster)
- Graca M, Keune JD. The CMS Quality Payment Program; a New Financial Conflict of Interest of Physicians. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Conference. October 22, 2017: Kansas City, MO. (Abstract)
- Graca M, Keune JD. The CMS Quality Payment Program; a New Financial Conflict of Interest of Physicians. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. October 25, 2017: San Diego, CA. (Poster)
- Keune JD. Beyond "Disinfectant": Entanglement in Physician-Industry Relationships. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities. October 21, 2017: Kansas City, MO. (Abstract)
- O'Brien G, Keune JD, Bakanas E. Who Selects Quality Measures in the 21st Century? Washington University Institute for Public Health Annual Conference. September 27, 2017: St. Louis, MO (Poster)
2016
- Zahrli T. Rectifying Key Problems to Advance the Medical Professionalism Movement. Academy for Professionalism in Health Care (APHC). April 29, 2016: Philadelphia, PA.
- Zahrli T. Developing the Professional Decision-Making in Medicine (PDM) Measure. Academy for Professionalism in Health Care (APHC) Regional Meeting. April 28, 2016: Philadelphia, PA.
- Zahrli T, Dineen K. Practical Strategies for Improving Professional Decision-Making in Medicine. American Physician Scientists’ Association (APSA) 2016 Annual Meeting. April 16, 2016: Chicago, IL.
- Zahrli T, Bendtsen K. Bound by Bias: Current Limits of Medical Professionalism. Annual Health Care Ethics Research Conference. February 26, 2016: St. Louis, MO.
2015
- Zahrli T, Bach M, Dubois J, Dineen K. Virtue Ethics and Medical Professionalism: Something Lost in Translation. American Physician Scientists’ Association (APSA) 2015 Regional Meeting. October 24, 2015: St. Louis, MO.
- Yandamuri T, Zahrli T. Interdisciplinary Support for the Shared Decision-Making Model. American Physician Scientists’ Association (APSA) 2015 Regional Meeting. October 24, 2015: St. Louis, MO.
- Dineen K. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. Panel presentation at: 2015 Annual Health Law Professors Conference. June 9, 2015; St. Louis, MO.
- Zahrli T, Dineen K, Volpe R. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. Workshop presented at: 2015 Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation. May 21, 2015; New York, NY.
- Zahrli T, Bakanas E, Dineen K, Volpe R. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. Workshop presented at: Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare 2015 Annual Conference. May 9, 2015: Louisville, KY.
- Zahrli T. APSA Local Chapter Initiative. American Physician Scientists’ Association 11th Annual Meeting. April 25, 2015: Chicago, IL.
- Zahrli T. A Movement Towards Insincerity in Modern Medicine? Second Annual Health Care Ethics Research Conference. March 27, 2015: St. Louis, MO.
- Bakanas E, Zahrli T. Teaching Medical Business Ethics: An Introduction to the Bander Center’s Casebook. Medical Education. 2015; 17(8): 744-749.
2014
- Zahrli T, Antes A, DuBois J. Developing the Professional Decision-Making in Medicine (PDM) Measure. APSA Regional Meeting. November 15, 2014: Cleveland, OH.
- Volpe R, Bakanas E, Dineen K, Dubois J, eds. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. St. Louis, MO: Saint Louis University; 2014.
- DuBois JM, Kraus EM, Gursahani K, Mikulec A, Bakanas E. Curricular Priorities for Business Ethics in Medical Practice and Research: Recommendations from Delphi Consensus Panels. BMC Med Educ 2014(1):235–248.
- Kraus EM, Bakanas E, Gursahani K, DuBois JM. Establishing the need and identifying goals for a curriculum in medical business ethics: a survey of students and residents at two medical centers in Missouri. BMC Res Notes. 2014;7(1):708.
2013
- DuBois JM, Kraus EM, Mikulec AA, Cruz-Flores S, Bakanas E. A humble task: Restoring virtue in an age of conflicted interests. Acad Med. 2013 Jul;88(7):924–8.
2011
- Conflicting Interests in Medicine: A Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics Special Issue. With seed funding from the BF Charitable Foundation, Dr. DuBois edited a narrative symposium on conflicting interests in medicine. The symposium includes personal stories from 10 physicians on the impact of financial relationships to medical research or practice, with commentary articles from leading scholars. Three past Bander Fellows, Govind Nagaldinne, Anthony Mikulec, and Salvador Cruz, all contributed personal narratives. Elena Kraus co-authored a commentary article.
2009
- AMA Virtual Mentor Special Issue on "The Growing Importance of Business to Medical Students" was edited by two medical student affiliates of the Bander Center, Nathaniel Brown and Jeffrey Dueker. The issue explores how the business of medicine shapes medical student's decisions on specialty choice.
- UPWARD Project. With seed funding from the BF Foundation and an NIH R21, Dr. DuBois, Elena Kraus, and others are studying 120 cases of wrongdoing in medical research and practice. The project will identify the environmental factors associated with wrongdoing, and will inform educational and prevention efforts.
- Bander Essay Contest in Medical Business Ethics was co-sponsored by the Bander Center and AMA's Virtual Mentor until 2013. The first 2 prize winning essays include "Reforming the Carrot-and-stick of Health Care Payment Systems," by Amanda J. Redig, M.D., Ph.D., and "Ethics and Retail Clinics," by Thomas Heyne, M.D., M.St.