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Curriculum Vitae

Professor Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD

I am a bioethicist, chairing the internal research ethics committee responsible for global research with

human subjects at Philips Research. In addition to the Chair role, I mentor regarding study design and

provide research ethics training. As Sr. Ethics Officer, I am available for bioethics consultation across

Philips globally via the ethics consult service. For details about Philips Research see

http://www.philips.com/a-w/research/home.html

Skills: bioethics (900+ consults), researcher coaching, medical education (bioethics & medical

humanities), clinical research (IRB/REC consultant with 2000+ protocols reviewed; PI for numerous

studies; 100+ journal articles authored), quality engineering, RA/QA, medical affairs, patient

advocacy, consultation re organ donation & transplantation, including VCA (hand, face, uterus

transplant); living organ donor assessment; medical devices, biotech innovations, corporate

consultation/organizational ethics (pharma, device, NGO, hospital, insurance, medico-legal, film/tv.)

Founder of AskTheEthicist and Researcher Remedy™ http://www.AskTheEthicist.com

Education

Monash University Faculty of Medicine [Melbourne], Ph.D. (Community Medicine), 2002

University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Ethics Fellow 1998-2000

Loma Linda University, M.A. (Biomedical & Clinical Ethics), 1998

Loma Linda University, B.S. (Health Science), 1989

Other Ethics/Academic Employment

Ethicist, Private Practice, AskTheEthicist.com, 5 Dec 2002 – present Duties: medical student education, ethics consultation, living organ donor & VCA assessments, research,

publishing, media relations (Full time, July 2010 – Feb 2012; part time, Dec 2002 – June 2010; Mar 2012 -

present). US National Provider Identifier# 1265747471

Professor, Clinical Ethicist, Medical Ethics & Professionalism Lead, Bond University School of

Medicine, 22 May 2014 – 5 Aug 2016 Duties: provides leadership in Medical Ethics including teaching, research and clinical practice

Associate Professor, Clinical Ethicist, Medical Ethics & Professionalism Lead, Bond University

School of Medicine, 5 Mar 2012 – 21 May 2014 Duties: provides leadership in Medical Ethics including teaching, research and clinical practice

Clinical Ethicist, California Pacific Medical Center/Sutter Health, 19 Mar 2007 – 26 Jul 2010 Duties: medical student education, ethics consults, living kidney donor assessments, research, media relations

Bioethicist, Associate Staff (Faculty), Cleveland Clinic, 8 Jul 2002 – 9 Mar 2007 Duties: medical student & trainee education, ethics consults, living liver & kidney donor assessments, VAD

candidate assessments, research

Present Position Address:

Professor (Adjunct)

Bond University School of Medicine

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Firenze, ITALY 50124

Chair & Sr. Ethics Officer, Philips Research

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mailto:[email protected]

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Clinical Ethics Associate, Loma Linda University, Bioethics Center, 2 Jan 2001 – 28 Jun 2002 Duties: Institutional Review Board consultant/organizational ethics projects

Ethics Fellow, Univ. of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, 15 Aug 1998 – 31 Dec 2000 Duties: Trainee focusing on research and transplant ethics; ethics Teaching Assistant (Medicine M261).

Clinical (over 900 ethics consultations conducted using the single consultant model)

• Private Practice, AskTheEthicist.com/TransplantEthics.com, current

• Clinical Ethicist, Bond University Medical School teaching hospitals, 2012-2016

• Transplant Ethicist, Cedars-Sinai Kidney Transplant Team, 2010-2016

• Transplant Ethicist, Donor Network West/CTDN, 2010-2016

• Private Practice, AskTheEthicist.com/TransplantEthics.com, current

• Member, Ethics Consult Service, Calif Pacific Med Center, March 2007 – May 2010

• Member, Liver Transplant Selection Comm, CPMC, March 2007 – May 2010

• Member, Living Kidney Donor Team, CPMC, 2007 - May 2010

• Member, Ethics Consultation Service, Cleveland Clinic, July 2002 – March 2007

• Member, Face Transplant Team, Cleveland Clinic, 2004 - 2007

• Member, Heart Transplant Selection Comm., Cleveland Clinic, August 2002 – Mar 2007

• Member, Liver Transplant Selection Comm., Cleveland Clinic, July 2002 – Dec 2006

• Member, Living Liver Donor Advocate Team, Cleveland Clinic, Jan 2005 – Dec 2006

• Member, Ethics Consultation Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center (West Los

Angeles, CA), 1999-2000.

• Ethics Fellow, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine (supervisor, Stanley

Korenman, MD, 1998-2000)

• In-patient ethics consultation clinical training (Masters Degree) supervised by Robert Orr,

MD; 6mo plastic surgery rotation, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 1997-1998

Administrative Functions

• Lead, Health Advocate & Professional Theme (Bond University School of Medicine). 2014-

Aug 2016

• Lead, Ethics & Professionalism (Bond University School of Medicine). 2012- 2013

• Director, Division of Transplant Ethics (California Pacific Medical Center). 2009-2010

• Course Director, “Bioethics”, 3rd and 4th year medical student elective (California Pacific

Medical Center). 2008-2009

• Director, Bioethics Summer Internship Program (California Pacific Medical Center). 2007-

2009

• Director, Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Research Subject

Advocate Program, March 2003-March 2007

• Course Director, “Responsible Conduct in Research” (Cleveland Clinic). 2005-2007

• Course Director, “Ethics in Laboratory Research” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of

Medicine). 2004 – 2006

• Course Director, “Bioethics” (ETHC0301), 3rd & 4th year medical student elective

(Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine). 2003-2007

• Course Coordinator, “Responsible Conduct in Research (Medicine M261),” Univ. of Calif.

Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1999-2000

Industry (excludes industry consulting projects)

• Quality Engineer II (coronary stents): Guidant (Temecula, CA), 1997-1998

• Staff Engineer II, Dept. Supervisor (OR sets): Baxter/Allegiance (Ontario, CA), 1995-1997

(laid off; product complaint investigations transferred to Illinois)

• Sr. Quality Engineer (CABG devices): Sorin Biomedical (Irvine, CA), 1993-1995

• Sperm Bank & Lab Manager (endocrinology): Lab of Reproductive Medicine (Loma Linda,

CA), 1992 (laid off following change in personnel licensing law)

• Quality Engineer (vascular grafts): IMPRA/BARD (Tempe, AZ), 1991

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• Lab Tech/Res. Assist. (pulmonary & endocrinology): Loma Linda Univ., 1987-1991

• Quality Control Chemist, AALTO Scientific (Escondido, CA): 1986

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Committees

• The Transplantation Society, Ethics Committee, 2013 - 2016

• Bond University Human Research Ethics Committee, 2013 – 2016

• Bond University Disciplinary Board, 2015 – 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Executive Committee, 2012 - 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Curriculum Coord Committees (Yr 1, 2, 3), 2014 - 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Health & Professional Conduct Committee, 2012 - 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Board of Examiners, 2012 – 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Yr 4,5 Clinician Assessment Committee, 2015

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Pre-Clinical Placements Working Committee, 2012 - 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine MD Working Party, 2013 - 2016

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Phase1/2 Curriculum Committee, 2012 – 2014

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Curriculum Mgmt Committee, 2012 - 2013

• Bond Univ. School of Medicine Quality Teaching & Learning Committee, 2012 – 2014

• Bond University CORE 3 [Ethics]- leader, 2013

• Centre for Med. Officer Recruitment & Training (CMORE) Professionalism Working Party,

2012-13

• Chair, NATCO Ethics Committee, 2006 - 2011

• Marin County Commission on Aging: Health Committee, 2010 - 2011

• California Pacific Medical Center Ethics Committee, 2007- 2010

• External Reviewer, Trafalgar Ethics Board, 2010 - 2011

• External Reviewer, CPMC IRB, 2010 - 2011

• External Reviewer, Cleveland Clinic IRB, 2002-2007

• Cleveland Clinic Ethics Comm. Task Force: Solicitation of Living Organ Donors, 2006

• Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center Executive Comm., 2003-2007

• Cleveland Clinic General Clinical Research Center Advisory Comm., 2003-2007

• Cleveland Clinic Research Compliance Committee, 2003-2005

• Cleveland Clinic Organ Donation Committee, 2005-2007

• Cleveland Clinic Medical Student Education Council, 2003-2004

• Cleveland Clinic Intro to Clinical Medicine Curriculum [MS1, MS2] Task Force, 2003-2006

[Ethics Thread Leader]

• Cleveland Clinic Pastoral Care Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

• Veterans Admin Medical Center Bioethics Committee (West Los Angeles, CA), 1999-2000

• University of California Los Angeles Medical Center Ethics Committee, 1998-2000

• The Endocrine Society Ethics Advisory Committee (Bethesda, MD), 1998-2001

Professional Activities

Invited Lectures & Media Activities

• “Looking at Data through an Ethics Lens.” Deloitte GDPR Privacy Conference (Rotterdam,

NL): 11 May 2017.

• “Strategies to Increase VCA Donation,” TTS Webinar, 9 Sept 2016

https://www.tts.org/index.php?option=com_tts&view=presentation&id=183572&Itemid=339

• "Moving Facial Transplantation Forward." University of Zurich Hospital (Zurich, CH): 30

Nov 2015

• "The Ethical Complexity of Regenerative Medicine: Growing and Sharing Livers."

University of Zurich Institute of Biomedical Ethics (Zurich, CH): 25 Nov 2015

• “Our Hands are Not Made for Torture.” Invited speech at New South Wales Parliament

House (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG8N0RPt3_U): 28 Oct 2015

• "Managing Requests for Futile Interventions." Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand

Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 20 Oct 2015

• ""I Don't Want an ICD": When Refusal of Treatment Creates Moral Distress for the Medical

Team." Bioethics Grand Rounds/Gold Coast University Hospital (Southport, QLD): 6 Aug

2015

https://www.tts.org/index.php?option=com_tts&view=presentation&id=183572&Itemid=339

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG8N0RPt3_U

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• “Environmental Care and the Patient Experience,” Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand

Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 18 June 2015

• A block of 3 VCA ethics lectures, St. Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne, AU): 20 May 2015

• "Psychosocial Implications of Gender Mismatch in Transplantation." University of Florence,

Italy: 5 May 2015

• "Psychosocial Implications of Gender Mismatch in Transplantation." Heidelberg University

(Germany): 28 Apr 2015 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FR6BddF6g

• "Helping Families Understand VCA Donation: Assisting the Consent Process." Gold Coast

University Hospital Grand Rounds (Southport, QLD): 26 Feb 2015

• TTS Webinar, “Transplant Ethics in the Setting of VCA (Vascular Composite

Allotransplantation),” 21 Jan 2015

http://www.tts.org/component/tts/?view=presentation&id=17388&Itemid=339

• Ask the Expert [Ethicist], ABC Gold Coast 97.1FM radio interview,

https://soundcloud.com/abc-gold-coast/ask-the-expert-ethicistprof-katrina-bramstedt-15 (21

Jan 2015)

• KCBS Radio, interview regarding PAS death of Brittany Maynard, 4 Nov 2014

• “Hot Topics in Adolescent Oncology Ethics” & “Safe Social Media for Oncology Patients”,

Youth Cancer Service QLD (Brisbane, AU): 28 Oct 2014

• “Can We Cure Australia’s Dismal Rate of Organ Donation?” Princess Alexandra Hospital

(Brisbane, AU): 12 Aug 2014

• TV interview for documentary on organ selling (PBS documentary), 27 July 2014

• “Dialysis in the Setting of Dementia?” Bioethics Grand Rounds/Gold Coast University

Hospital (Southport, QLD): 29 May 2014

• “Dealing with Medical Mistakes,” Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand Rounds

(Benowa, QLD): 14 May 2014

• Vocativ, interview regarding documentary on organ selling, 3 Apr 2014

• “The Dilemma of Low Organ Donation Rates in Australia,” Pindara Private

Hospital/Bioethics Grand Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 12 March 2014

• “Hot Topics in Paediatrics and Maternal-Foetal Medicine,” Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics

Grand Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 28 Nov 2013

• “Research Ethics for You and Your Patients,” Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand

Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 22 Oct 2013

• Video interview for blog, JournLaw: “The doctor, the Fast Diet and medical journal ethics”

http://journlaw.com/2013/09/16/the-doctor-the-fast-diet-and-medical-journal-ethics/ 16 Sept

2013

• Interviewed by Medical Ethics Advisor : “Ethical Issues Involving Medical Use of Marijuana”

2013;29:105-107

• “Ethics and the Non-Compliant Patient,” Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand Rounds

(Benowa, QLD): 27 Aug 2013

• Interviewed by Medical Ethics Advisor: “Some Surrogates Overriding Patients’ wishes”

2013;29:91-92 (Aug 2013)

• “Social Media & Medical Practice”, Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand Rounds

(Benowa, QLD): 30 July 2013

• “When Your Patients are Your Friends, Family and Staff”, Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics

Grand Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 25 June 2013

• Article in The Conversation: “Should flu shots be mandatory for health-care workers?”

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June 2013

• Interviewed by New York Times [Skype video] for future article on transplant ethics/human

trafficking, 24 Apr 2013.

• “Medical Implants and EOL Care”, Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics Grand Rounds

(Benowa, QLD): 23 May 2013

• "Decision-making capacity assessment by clinical professionals: Key components and

confounders", University of Florence Department of Psychology (Italy), 17 Apr 2013

• "Living donation: the USA experience", University of Florence Department of Specialty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FR6BddF6g

http://www.tts.org/component/tts/?view=presentation&id=17388&Itemid=339

https://soundcloud.com/abc-gold-coast/ask-the-expert-ethicistprof-katrina-bramstedt-15%20(21

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Surgical Sciences (Italy), 15 Apr 2013

• “Ethical Responses to Patients Refusing Treatment”, Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics

Grand Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 26 March 2013

• “Five Top Ethical Issues in Healthcare”, AMN Healthcare News (interview 03-06-13)

• “Introduction to Healthcare Ethics”, Griffith University (Nathan, QLD): 03-04-13

• “When Patient and Family Values Collide: Now What?” Pindara Private Hospital/Bioethics

Grand Rounds (Benowa, QLD): 02-26-13

• Interviewed by Bloomberg [Munich, Germany] for future article re German transplant

scandal, 8 Feb 2013.

• “Assent, Consent, and Documentation”, Griffith University (Nathan, QLD): 02-25-2013.

• “Bill Would Clear Way for Medical Marijuana Users to Receive Transplants”, New Jersey

Spotlight, 02-07-2013

• “When Patient and Family Values Collide: Now What?” Robina Hospital/Bond Bioethics

Grand Rounds (Robina, QLD): 02-06-13

• “Ethics of postmortem implant explantation are overlooked”, Medical Ethics Advisor

(interview Feb 2013, vol 29, issue 2, pp19-21)

• “Teaching and Learning in the Professionalism Domain,” Royal Brisbane and Women’s

Hospital (Brisbane, QLD): 10-24-12

• "Unholdable" patients are ethical dilemma”, Medical Ethics Advisor (interview Sep 2012, vol

28, issue 9, p104)

• Interviewed by CBS radio and ABC tv re pediatric brain death case, 12-8-11.

• Interviewed by Associated Press (Terry Collins), ABC tv, NBC tv, CBS news, and CBS radio

re pediatric brain death case, 12-7-11.

• Interviewed by New York Times (Kevin Sack) re Good Samaritan organ donation, 11-4-11.

• “Pediatric Resuscitation and the ED Team: Managing Ethical Dilemmas,” Seton Medical

Center (Daly City, CA): 10-25-11

• “Good Samaritan Donors: How Should We Allocate Their Gifts?” University of Texas,

Transplant Centre (San Antonio, TX): 05-27-11.

• “Tampa General Hospital lung transplant patient's family needs $10,000 to save his life,” St.

Petersburg Times, 05-05-11.

• “Dealing with ‘Difficult’ Patients and Families: Hospital Setting Challenges”. Marin General

Hospital (Greenbrae, CA): 04-19-11.

• “Dealing with ‘Difficult’ Patients and Families: Office Setting Challenges”. Marin General

Hospital (Greenbrae, CA): 04-12-11.

• Radio Interview, KSVY 91.3 FM, Medical Ethics for Patients and Families. 04-11-11.

• “Positive Planning: Advance Directives”. Belvedere-Tiburon Library: 04-05-11.

• “Exploring Transplant Ethics: Good Samaritan Organ Donation”. Touro College of

Osteopathic Medicine (Vallejo, CA): 03-03-11. [lecture and labs with simulated patient; PBL

for 2nd year students]

• “The Clinical Ethicist: Your Healthcare Partner”. Sonoma County Section on Aging (Santa

Rosa, CA): 02-16-11.

• “Altruistic Kidney Donations Are on the Rise, but Some Voice Ethical Concerns”, San

Francisco Examiner, 02-06-11.

• “The Empowered Patient”. Belvedere-Tiburon Library: 01-27-11.

• “The Clinical Ethicist: Your Healthcare Partner”. Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa,

CA): 01-19-11.

• “The Clinical Ethicist: Your Healthcare Partner”. San Rafael Harbor Rotary (San Rafael,

CA): 01-18-11.

• “Weighing Risk, Benefit of Live-Donor Transplant”, USA Today, 11-14-2010.

• “Patients Without Surrogates and Patients with Cultural Complexity: Two Scenarios

Complicating EOL Care”. St. Francis Medical Center (San Francisco, CA): 11-11-10.

• “Ethics Consultation: the 4-Box Approach”. Marin General Hospital (Greenbrae, CA): 11-

08-10.

• “Bioethics for Therapists: Ethical Decision-Making”. Corstone (Sausalito, CA): 10-28-10.

• “What’s Mine is Yours: Exploring Altruism and Good Samaritan Organ Donation”. Cedars-

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Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA): 10-26-10.

• Interviewed by NPR (Ted Robbins) re transplant insurance coverage. 10-26-10.

• “The Clinical Ethicist: Your Healthcare Partner”. Marin County Section on Aging (San

Rafael, CA): 10-21-10.

• Interviewed by Associated Press (Pauline Arrillaga) re living liver donor safety and ethics.

10-04-10.

• "The Empowered Patient". Larkspur Library (Larkspur, CA). 09-30-10.

• "The Clinical Ethicist: Your Healthcare Partner”. Smith Ranch Wellness Center (San Rafael,

CA): 08-12-10.

• “Capacity to Benefit in the Setting of Transplant Ethics”. Laguna Honda Hospital Grand

Rounds (San Francisco, CA): 07-01-10

• Television interview with Henrietta Burroughs regarding organ donation and transplant

myths, Channel 27 (Palo Alto, CA): 06-24-10

• “Dealing with Difficult Patients and Families”. Novato Community Hospital Grand Rounds

(Novato, CA): 05-03-10

• “Good Samaritan Organ Donors: Encouraging Europe to Expand the Donor Pool”. University

of Florence Medical School (Florence, Italy): 04-22-10

• “The Kindness of Strangers: An Effort to Raise Awareness of and Encourage Organ

Donation”. The Bay School (San Francisco, CA): 03-23-10.

• Interviewed by Omaha World-Herald (Rick Ruggles) re organ retention due to spiritual

beliefs s/p organ transplant. 02-25-10.

• “Ethics and Professionalism in Science: What’s Your Moral Compass?” Marin Catholic High

School (Kentfield, CA): 02-22,23-10; 03-09-10.

• “The Ethical Complexities of DCD (Controlled Donation After Cardiac Death)”. CPMC

Neurosciences Grand Rounds, 01-28-10.

• “Directed Donation: Family Rights and Waiting List Impact”. California Transplant Donor

Network Semi-Annual Staff Mtg, (Oakland, CA): 01-14-10.

• CPMC Transplant Ethics Grand Rounds (San Francisco, CA): “Transplant Ethics

Consultations: Analysis of the CPMC Bioethics Consult Registry”. 11-19-09.

• “Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Ross Valley Rotary Club (CA): 11-11-09.

• “The 4 Boxes Approach to Clinical Ethics”. Marin General Hospital (Greenbrae, CA): 11-09-

09.

• “Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Belvedere-Tiburon Rotary Club (CA): 11-04-09.

• “Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Mill Valley Rotary Club (CA): 11-03-09.

• CPMC Transplant Ethics Grand Rounds (San Francisco, CA): “Issues with Non-Residents as

Living Donors”. 10-22-09.

• “Discharge Dilemmas: No Home/No Surrogate”. San Francisco Bioethics Forum (San

Francisco, CA), 08-27-09.

• “Optimizing Your Ethics Consultation Service—A Workshop”. Marin General Hospital

(Greenbrae, CA), 08-21-09.

• Interviewed by John Fowler of FOX News KTVU for a story on doctor-patient prescribing

relationships (VIP patients). July 2009.

• “Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Sausalito Rotary Club (CA): 07-30-09.

• Interviewed by TIME Magazine regarding organ solicitation via the Internet. 07-09-09.

• “Medical Marriott: A Status to Avoid”. Eden Medical Centre (Castro Valley, CA):06-09-09.

• Interviewed by San Francisco Chronicle regarding transplant ethics. 03-09-09.

• Interviewed by New York Times regarding end-of-life planning regarding pacemakers. 02-23-

09.

• Interviewed by TheFinalCall newspaper regarding organ procurement procedures, 11-07-08.

• Interviewed by San Diego Westview High School newspaper, The Nexus regarding caffeine

use by teenagers (ethics of warning labels on energy drinks). 09-29-08.

• “Ethics of Paired Exchange”. Presented at the CPMC-Emory University Peer Assist Meeting

(San Francisco, CA), 08-28-08.

• Interviewed by Deidre Kennedy of California Healthline (www.californiahealthline.org) re

the role of an ethicist in selecting patients for organ transplantation, 07-31-08.

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• Interviewed by Shaya Mohajer of Associated Press re the UCLA case in which liver

transplants were given to two gangsters, followed by large financial donations from them, 06-

05-08.

• Television interview with CBS local regarding physicians abstaining from providing medical

treatment that conflicts with their personal values, 05-28-08.

• Television interview with CBS local regarding issues with sperm banking and donor privacy,

05-14-08.

• Interviewed by Deborah Shelton of The Chicago Tribune for commentary on the use of

psychosocial criteria as exclusions for transplantation, 04-01-08.

• Interviewed by Rob Stein of The Washington Post for commentary on inactivating LVADs,

03-31-08.

• Interviewed by David France of AARP Magazine for commentary on directing marketing of

prescription medical products to patients, 03-25-08.

• Interviewed by Celia Milne of The Medical Post (Toronto, Canada) for commentary on

insurance paying for organ tourism, 03-18-08.

• St. Luke’s Hospital Ethics Committee (San Francisco, CA): “Keys to Performing Complex

Ethics Consultations”, 02-06-08.

• Interviewed by Leslie Camp of the American Case Management Association for a newsletter

article about my role as a bioethicist, 02-05-08.

• Interviewed by Alex Dominquez of Associated Press for commentary on a Johns Hopkins

study about obese patients waiting longer for kidney transplants than non-obese patients, 12-

18-07.

• “Ethical Principles II”, California Pacific Medical Center Nursing Ethics and Moral Distress

Symposium, 11-14-07.

• “When Religious Values Become a Transplant Exclusion Criterion: the Dilemma of

Jehovah’s Witnesses”, CPMC Transplant Grand Rounds, 10-19-07.

• “Acute Aortic Dissection in the Elderly: An Ethical Moment?” CPMC Cardiology Grand

Rounds, 09-19-07.

• Television interview with Ivanhoe Broadcast News with regard to physician relationships

with the pharmaceutical industry (conflict of interest and prescribing practices), 09-17-07.

• “The Ethicist as Living Donor Advocate”, California Pacific Medical Center Nursing

Symposium on End-Stage Liver and Kidney Disease, 09-14-07.

• “Ethics at the End of Life”, CPMC End of Life Nursing Ethics Consortium Conference, 08-

01-07.

• Interviewed by Caleb Hannan for a newspaper article about living organ donation (donor

protection, donor death in NY). July 2007.

• Interviewed by Carolyn Cosmos for a newspaper article (“Transplant Tourism Experts Advise

Addressing Crisis In Organ Donations”, The Washington Diplomat, August 2007, pp 17-18).

• “Hot Topics in Transplantation”. Golden State Donor Services (Sacramento, CA): 05-15-07.

• California Pacific Medical Center: “Patient Finances- A Sticky Wicket in Transplantation”,

Transplant Grand Rounds. 05-04-07.

• Interviewed by Czerne Reid for a newspaper article about organ donation (State News,

Columbia, SC). April 2007.

• Interviewed by Katy Butler for New York Times article regarding termination of pacemakers

and ICDs. January 2007 (and multiple times thereafter).

• Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “Data Safety Monitoring Boards-Why, When, Who”,

Research Grand Rounds. August 2006.

• University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center: “A Pink Slip for Your

Patient? Guidance for Terminating Relationships”. July 2006.

• Radio Interview, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), regarding the practice of clinical

ethics consultation in the USA, June 2006.

• Journal Interview, Medical Ethics Advisor, regarding the ethical issues associated with face

transplantation. May 2006.

• Interviewed by author Mac Overmyer for his book about face transplantation. March 2006

• Interviewed by author Laura Greenwald for her book about facial plastic surgery, Heroes with

a Thousand Faces. February 2006.

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• City-Wide Ethics Discussion (Cleveland, OH): “Evaluating Potential Non-Directed Living

Donors”. February 2006.

• Interviewed by Cleveland Clinic Magazine regarding IRB use of bioethics consultation

services for the face transplant project. December 2005.

• Journal Interview, IRB Advisor, “IRBs Say There’s Too Much Work, Not Enough Help”,

November 2005, pp 127-130.

• Journal Interview, Berkeley Medical Journal, regarding the ethical issues associated with face

transplantation. November 2005.

• Interviewed by Associated Press for a story about the ethical issues associated with recruiting

human subjects for medical research. October 2005.

• Television Interview, Fox News (local), regarding privacy & public health surveillance of

diabetics. July 2005.

• Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH): “Ethics in Clinical Research”, CRSP 401

lecture, July 2005.

• Television Interview, CBS News (national), regarding use of drug BiDil by African

Americans. June 2005.

• Journal Interview, IRB Advisor, “Review Warning Letters to Prepare for Audits”. May 2005,

pp 54-56.

• City-Wide Ethics Discussion (Cleveland, OH): “Use of a Bioethicist in Evaluating Potential

Liver Transplant Donors and Recipients”. March 2005.

• Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials”, Research Grand

Rounds. October 2004.

• Dobama Theatre (Cleveland, OH): “Response to ‘Domino Heart’: Ethical Issues in

Transplantation”. November 2003.

• Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “The Complexities of Informed Consent”, Research Grand

Rounds. October 2003.

• Veterans Administration Medical Center (Cleveland, OH): “Geriatric Health Care Allocation

in the Setting of High-Tech Medicine”, Geriatric Grand Rounds. April 2003.

• Cleveland Clinic (Weston & Naples, FL): “’Competency’ and Informed Consent in Clinical

Practice and Research,” Medical Grand Rounds. February 2003.

• University of Akron, Department of Philosophy (Akron, OH): “The Ethical Complexities of

the AbioCor TAH Clinical Trial.” November 2002.

• Children’s Hospital of Orange County-Cypress College (Orange, CA): “Clinical Ethicists and

the Ethics Consultation Process.” February 2002.

• Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH): “Ethical Complexities of Total Artificial Heart

Technology: Clinical Research and Future Clinical Practice.” January 2002.

• Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, CA): “Ethical Complexities of Total

Artificial Heart Technology,” Grand Rounds. November 2001.

• La Sierra High School Science Academy (Riverside, CA): “Frontiers in Transplantation.”

September 2001.

• Radio Interview, 88.5FM (Atlanta, GA): “Ethics & the Total Artificial Heart.” July 2001.

• Baxter, Hyland Division (Duarte, CA): “Topics in Bioethics.” September 2000.

• University of California Irvine, Department of Surgery (Orange, CA): “Understanding

Conflict of Interest.” July 2000.

• Veterans Administration Medical Center (West Los Angeles, CA): “The Picture of the

Patient.” January 2000.

Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International)

• 2nd Intl Chauvet Workshop on the Psychosocial Care of VCA Patients (Paris, France).

“Pediatric VCA.” 18 Sept 2016.

• 2nd Intl Chauvet Workshop on the Psychosocial Care of VCA Patients (Paris, France). “Pros

and Cons of Uterus Transplantation.” 18 Sept 2016.

• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Meeting (Brisbane, AU). "Enhancing

Opportunities for Organ Donation in Australia." 02 May 2016

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• European Society for Organ Transplantation ELPAT Congress (Rome, Italy): "Moving Facial

Transplantation Forward.” 25 Apr 2016

• European Society for Organ Transplantation ELPAT Congress (Rome, Italy): "The Ethical

Complexity of Regenerative Medicine: Growing and Sharing Livers." 25 Apr 2016

• Symposium on Ethical Challenges in Organ Donation (Doha, Qatar): "Clinical Ethics

Workshop: Understanding and Managing Ethical Issues at the End of Life." 21 Nov 2015

• Symposium on Ethical Challenges in Organ Donation (Doha, Qatar): "The Roles and Ethical

Responsibilities of Medical Subspecialities in Organ Donation." 21 Nov 2015

• 16th International Victor Chang Cardiac Symposium (Sydney, Australia): "Ethically

Optimizing Organ Donation via Pre-Mortem Interventions." 30 Oct 2015 • The International Hand and Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Society 2015 Meeting

(Philadephia, PA): "Transplant Ethics in the Setting of VCA," 17 Apr 2015

• American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2015 (San Diego, CA): “End of

life issues in LVAD patients,” 16 Mar 2015 • Annual Meeting of the Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law (Perth): oral

presentation, “Dialysis in the setting of dementia? How should we decide?”, 4 Oct 2014

• Annual Meeting of the Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law (Sydney): oral

presentation, “Suicide After Living Organ Donation: Pre-Donation Assessment and Post-

Donation Follow-Up,” 12 July 2013

• European Society for Organ Transplantation 3rd Congress on Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial

Aspects of Transplantation (Rotterdam). K. Bramstedt co-Chairs session and presents

workshop on role of hospital websites in patient/donor education, "Conventional and modern

media," 22 Apr 2013

• Joint Congress of the International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS) and the Italian Society

for Safety and Quality in Transplantation (SISQT), Florence, Italy: "Good Samaritan living

donation in Australia," 9 Apr 2013

• Annual Meeting of the Australasian Society for Bioethics & Health Law (Auckland, New

Zealand): "Harms and Responsibilities Associated with Battery-Operated Implants (BOI):

Who Controls Post-Mortem Explantation?" 14 July 2012

• Annual Meeting of the American Transplant Congress (Boston, MA): “Sold to the Highest

Bidder.” 6 Jun 2012

• 36th Annual Meeting of NATCO (San Francisco, CA): “Transplant Tourism: How Do We

Respond to Patients Who Receive Their Organs in Other Countries?” 15 Aug 2011

• 36th Annual Meeting of NATCO (San Francisco, CA): “The High-Risk Donor: How Much Do

You Have to Tell the Patient?” 16 Aug 2011

• 36th Annual Meeting of NATCO (San Francisco, CA): “Exploring the Ethical Complexities of

Organ Tourism,” 16 Aug 2011

• NATCO Education Conference (Tempe, AZ): “Medical Ethics for the Transplant

Professional,” 24 Jun 2011

• UNOS Region 5 Meeting (Las Vegas, NV): “First Person Consent”, 8 Jun 2011

• Canadian Cardiovascular Nurses Society (Vancouver, BC): "Palliative Care and the VAD

Highway: Knowing the Destination and Knowing When to End the Journey," 1 Jun 2011

• John Muir Medical Centre Current Ethical Considerations in Healthcare Conference (Walnut

Creek, CA): “Hot Topics in Transplant Ethics,” 11 Feb 2011

• CMS Consortium Meeting (San Francisco, CA): "First Person Consent and Organ Donation,"

2 Dec 2010


Professional,” 15 Nov 2010

• Sutter Health IRB Symposium (Green Valley, CA): "Ethical Issues in Netnography," 21 Sep

2010

• 35th Annual NATCO Meeting (Hollywood, FL): "When Widening the Donor Pool Creates

Ethics Waves: Chain Donation, Directed Donation & Non-Resident Donation,” 1 Aug 2010


Professional,” 25 Jun 2010

• European Society of Organ Transplantion Transplant Ethics Conference (Rotterdam,

Netherlands): “The Problem (?) of Organ Solicitation.” 19 Apr 2010. Via Skype video.

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• Annual Meeting of the American Family Trial Lawyers Association (San Francisco, CA):

“Seeking Rescue from the Organ Waiting List: Sherpas & Hiking Cleats vs. Passively

Waiting: Is Solicitation of Organ Donors Unethical?” 04-17-10.

• CPMC Kidney Transplant Symposium: Spotlight on Living Donation (Granite Bay, CA):

“Hot Topics in Transplant Ethics.” 03-23-10.

• CPMC Division of Transplant Ethics Annual Community Education Event (San Francisco,

CA): “Hot Topics in Transplantation.” 09-01-09.

• CPMC Program in Medicine & Human Values Annual Summer Workshop (San Francisco,

CA): “Documentation of Ethics Consultations,” 06-06-09.

• Marin General Hosp. Ethics Conference (San Anselmo, CA): “Enigmatic Refusals—Now

What?” 03-12-09.

• Marin General Hosp. Ethics Conference (San Anselmo, CA): “Futility: A Status to Avoid”

03-12-09.

• 33rd Annual Meeting of NATCO (Boston, MA): “Being Sherlock Holmes: The Internet as a

Tool for Assessing Unrelated Live Organ Donors,” 08-11-08.

• 33rd Annual Meeting of NATCO (Boston, MA): “How to Fire a Transplant Patient,” 08-12-

08.

• University of San Francisco School of Nursing Ethical Issues in Access to Care Conference

(San Francisco, CA): Keynote speaker, “Access Issues in Solid Organ Transplantation,” 08-

02-08.

• International Bioethics Retreat (Paris, France): “Exploring the Ethical Complexities of Organ

Tourism,” 06-23-08.

• CPMC Program in Medicine & Human Values Annual Summer Workshop (San Francisco,

CA): “Clinical Assessment of Capacity: The Clinical Ethicist’s Role,” 06-14-08.

• 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Boston,

MA): “Transplanting Foreign Nationals—Truth or Consequences,” 04-09-08.


Professional,” 11/02/07.



• UNOS Region 5 Educational Forum (San Francisco, CA): “Health Insurance and Organ

Tourism: An Emerging Relationship,” 05-18-07.

• American Transplant Congress 2007 (San Francisco, CA): “Ethical Issues in Pediatric

Retransplantation,” 05-05-07.

• NATCO Transplant Institute Symposium for the Advanced Transplant Professional (Marco

Island, FL): “Got My Mind Made Up: Informed Consent in Living Donation”, 01/13/07.

• Ohio Lactation Consultant Association Meeting (Independence, OH): “Ethical Design and

Conduct of Lactation Research,” 11/11/06.



• International Transplant Nurses Society 4th Annual Focus on Transplantation (Cleveland,

OH): “Advertising for Donors--Panel discussion, Drs Bramstedt, Augustine, and Poggio,

10/27/06.

• UNOS Region 10 Clinical Forum (Chicago, IL): “Organ Transplantation in China:

Allegations, Findings, Guidance,” 10/05/06.

• Advances in Transplantation Conference (Washington DC): “The Basics of Ethical Decision-

Making,” 10/01/06.

• Advances in Transplantation Conference (Washington DC): “Defining Ethical Dilemmas in

Transplantation--Patient Selection Issues,” 10/01/06.

• Advances in Transplantation Conference (Washington DC): “Case Study Applications—

Panel Discussion, Drs. Bramstedt, Veatch and Samaniego”, 10/01/06.

• 31st NATCO Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL): “Is it Right to Proceed? Case Studies in

Transplantation and Donation”, August 2006.

• 31st NATCO Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL): “Non-Directed Living Donation: A Debate [with

Sheldon Zink, PhD], August 2006.


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Professional”, June 2006.

• Stanford University Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights Conference (Palo

Alto, CA): “Caffeine Use by Children: The Quest for Enhancement”, May 2006.

• 27th Annual Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions (Boston, MA): “Ethical Aspects of

Deactivating Pacemakers and ICDs in Terminally Ill Patients”, May 2006. [Abstract for oral

presentation, Mueller PS, Hayes DL, Bramstedt KA et al.]

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) General Clinical Research Center Annual Meeting

(Washington DC): “Informed Consent: A Domain for the Research Subject Advocate”, March

2006.

• American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005 (Dallas, TX): "Informed Consent for

Destination Ventricular Assist Device Support”, November 2005.

• American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005 (Dallas, TX): "End of Life Care for

Patients with Ventricular Assist Device Support”, November 2005.

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting (Washington DC):

“Selecting HLA-Matched Embryos through PGD when a Sibling Needs a Solid Organ

Transplant”, October 2005. [Abstract for oral presentation, Kalfoglou A, Bramstedt KA].

• XVX European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (Barcelona, Spain):

“When Microchip Implants do More than Drug Delivery: Blending, Blurring, and Bundling of

Protected Health Information and Patient Monitoring”, August 2005.

• 11th Meeting of the International Liver Transplantation Society (Los Angeles, CA).

“Regional Approach To Maximize Split Liver Graft Utilization: A Preliminary Report”,

[poster presentation], July 2005.


(Washington DC): “Opportunities for Research Subject Protection in Genetic Studies”, April

2005.


(Washington DC): “A Strategy for Evaluating Data and Safety Monitoring Board Members

and Charters”, April 2005.

• Northern Ohio Lactation Consultant Association Meeting (Cleveland, OH): “Addressing the

Ethical Complexities of Formula Discharge Packs”, April 2005.

• Cleveland Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Legal and Ethical Issues in Ophthalmology

(Independence, OH): “Topics in Ethics and Ophthalmology Research”, December 2004.

• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity Conference on

Research Integrity (San Diego, CA): “A Study of Warning Letters Issued to Clinical

Investigators by the FDA”, November 2004.

• American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting, Neuromodulation

2004: Defining the Future (Cleveland, OH): “Protecting Human Subjects: Psychogenic

Dystonia as an Exclusion Criterion for Deep Brain Stimulation Trials”, [poster presentation],

October 2004.

• Thoratec, At the Heart of the Matter: Improving Clinical Outcomes for Patients with End-

Stage Heart Failure (Hollywood, FL): “End of Life Care for Patients with VADs”, October

2004.


(Chicago, IL): “Research Subject Advocacy and Litigation in Clinical Research”, April 2004.

• American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting (Boston, MA): “Now We Lay Them Down to

Sleep: Ethical Issues with the use of Pharmacologic Coma for Adult Status Epilepticus”,

[poster presentation], December 2003.

• Heart Failure Summit VIII (Cleveland, OH): “Terminating Mechanical Cardiac Support”,

October 2003.

• Fifth Annual Cleveland Clinic Foundation-University Hospital Transplant Research Day

(Cleveland, OH): “Shopping for a Transplant: When Non-compliant Patients Seek Wait

Listing at Multiple Hospitals”, May 2003.

• Annual Meeting of the Cleveland Consultation Liaison Society (Bratenahl, OH): “Shopping

for a Transplant: The Dilemma of Multiple Listing and Non-compliant Patients”. Winner,

“Best Presentation”-Mahmoud Parsa Award, May 2003.

• Sixth Symposium World Artificial Organ, Immunology & Transplantation Society (Ottawa,

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Canada): “Informed Consent and the Total Artificial Heart”, August 2001.

• Society of Geriatric Cardiology Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA): “Concerns Against the use

of Age-based Categorical Standards in Cardiac Health Care Decision-Making for the

Elderly”, [poster presentation], April 2000.

• First International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering (Clemson, SC):

“LVADs: an Ethical Analysis”, September 1997.

Conference Activities

• Scientific Program Committee Member & Abstract Reviewer, International Society of

Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation 2017 Meeting (Salzburg, Austria)

• Scientific Program Committee Member, Invited Speaker, Session Moderator: European

Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) “Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of

Organ Transplantation” 2016 (Rome, Italy)

• Abstract Reviewer: American Transplant Congress 2016 (Boston, MA)

• Abstract Reviewer: 26th Intl Congress of The Transplantation Society 2016 (Hong Kong)

• Scientific Program Committee Member, Invited Speaker, Abstract Reviewer: The

International Hand and Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Society 2015 Meeting

(Philadephia, PA)

• Program Committee Member & Abstract Reviewer, Annual Meeting of the Australasian

Association of Bioethics and Health Law, 2014 & 2015

• Working Group Co-Chair and Plenary Session speaker, The Transplantation Society Pediatric

Organ Donation Conference, Geneva, Switzerland: Ethical Challenges in End of Life Care.

03-22-2014

• Convenor, Bond Bioethics Grand Rounds, 2013 - 2014

• Convenor, Bioethics Grand Rounds, Pindara Private Hospital, 2013 - present

• Session Co-Chair, 3rd Congress of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (“Ethical,

Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation”), Amsterdam, April 2013.

• Abstract Reviewer, 11th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities

(Washington DC), October 2009.

• Conference planning consultant, 18th Annual Meeting of the International Transplant Nurses

Society (Montreal, Canada), September 2009.

• Ethics Track Session Moderator, 33rd Annual Meeting of NATCO Transplant Society

(Boston, MA): 08-12-08.

• Abstract Reviewer, 28th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the International Society of

Heart and Lung Transplantation (Boston, MA), April 2008.

• Ethics Track Session Moderator, 31st NATCO Annual Meeting (Chicago), August 2006.

• Education Committee, NIH General Clinical Research Center Annual National Meeting

(Chicago, IL), April 2004.

• Grand Awards Judge (Medicine & Health Sciences), Intel International Science and

Engineering Fair (Cleveland, OH), May 2003.

• Program Committee & Session Chair, Clinical Ethics Consultation: First International

Assessment Summit (Cleveland, OH), April 2003.

Consultation (non-inclusive list)

• Consultant, John Flynn Hospital Uterus Transplant Team (Australia). 2015 – 2016.

• Consultant, EURO-ALARM (Denmark). 2016

• Consultant, Donor Network West/CTDN (Oakland, CA). 2010 – 2016

• Consultant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Kidney Transplant Program (Los Angeles). 2010 -

2016

• Consultant, Gold Coast Integrated Care/Queensland Health (Southport, QLD). 2015

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• Expert Witness, Transplant Ethics medico-legal cases. 2009 - 2016

• Consultant, California Pacific Medical Center Dept of Transplantation (CA). 2010 - 2012

• Advisor, “The Practice” (tv series). 2011

• Advisor, “To Save a Life” (tv series). 2010

• Advisor, “The Power of Two” (film). 2010 -- present

• Consultant, Center for Medical Technology Policy (San Francisco). 2008

• Consultant, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Grant reviewer. 2005-2006

• Consultant, Israel Science Foundation (Jerusalem, Israel). Grant reviewer. 2005

• Consultant, Thoratec (Pleasanton, CA). End of life care for patients with VADs. 2004

• Consultant, US Food and Drug Admin. Medical Devices Advisory Comm. 2003-2011

• Consultant, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (Heidelberg, Australia). Regarding

creating a clinical ethics consultation service for the facility. 2002

• Consultant, Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, CA). Office of Sponsored Research. Audit

prep, document review, human subjects policy and procedure manual completely overhauled.

2001

• Consultant, The Endocrine Society (Bethesda, MD). Research ethics and the ethics of clinical

practice of endocrinology. 1998-2001

Journal/Referee Service

• Associate Editor, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2008-March 2016)

• Editorial Consultant, The Lancet (2005-present)

• Editorial Board, Progress in Transplantation (2008-2016)

• Editorial Board, Plagiary (2006)

• Manuscript Reviewer, American Journal of Transplantation

• Manuscript Reviewer, Clinical Transplantation

• Manuscript Reviewer, Xenotransplantation

• Manuscript Reviewer, American Journal of Bioethics

• Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Medical Ethics

Grants & Projects

• “What’s Mine is Yours: A Follow-Up Study of Good Samaritan Organ Donors,” 2015 - 2016.

Role: PI

• Is Art Good Medicine for Medical Students? (ARGOS Study)” 2016. Role: PI

• “Optimizing donation opportunities for vascularized composite allografts: An analysis of

worldwide donor registries and procurement organization web content (VOLAR Study),”

2016. Role: PI

• “Masculinity and Medication Adherence with Sex-Mismatched Hand Transplants (ADAM

Study),” 2016. Role: PI

• “Social Death as an Inclusion Criterion for Limb, Face, Larynx, Uterus, and Penis

Transplants,” 2016. Role: PI

• “Looking the world in the face: The benefits and challenges of facial transplantation for blind

patients,” 2016. Role: PI

• “Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Organ Donors: International Review of Policy and

Practice,” 2015 – 2016. Role: Co-I

• “Experience of Ethical Issues among Professionals Working in Donation and

Transplantation,” 2015 – 2016. Role: Co-I

• “Developing a Living Donation App [Donor] for Facebook,” 2013 - 2016. Role: Co-I

• “Ethics Consultation Registry,” 2013 - 2016. Sponsor: Bond University. Role: PI

• “Fitness to Practice Medicine Registry,” 2013 - 2016. Sponsor: Bond University. Role: Co-I

• “Art is Good Medicine,” 2014 – 2016. Role: PI

• “Bond University Bioethics Grand Rounds,” 2014 ($550). Sponsor: Australasian Association

of Bioethics and Health Law. Role: Convenor

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• “Exploring the Perceptions of Australian and US Medical Students and their Teachers about

Clinical Professional Attire [LAPEL Study],” 2014 - 2015. Role: PI

• “Paediatric Hand Transplantation: Perspectives of Australian Hand Surgeons and Hand

Therapists,” 2013. Role: PI

• “Teaching Safe Social Media Strategies to Medical Students in their Clinical Years.” 2013.

Role: PI

• “Good Samaritan Organ Donation: A Comparative Study Between New Zealand and

Australia,” 2013. Sponsor: Bond University. Role: Co-I

• “The Future is Here: Telemedicine as an Ethics Teaching Tool for Medical Students,” 2012-

2013. Sponsor: Bond University. Role: PI

• “The Silence of Good Samaritan Organ Donation in Australia: A Survey of Hospital

Websites,” 2012. Role: PI

• “Division of Transplant Ethics,” CPMC Foundation, 2009-2010 ($28,000). Role: Dir

• “The Organ Donor Experience: Good Samaritans and the Meaning of Altruism,” 2008-2010.

Role: Bioethicist (published as book, 2011)

• “Proactive Ethics Intervention to Improve ICU Care,” various donors, 2007-2010

($300,000+). Role: Bioethicist

• “Ethics Consultation Report System [Creation of a Research Registry],” Sponsor: CPMC,

2007-2010. Role: PI

• “Examining the root cause of surrogate conflicts in the ICU and general wards,” 2009. Role:

Co-I.

• “Too poor for transplant: Finance and insurance issues in transplant ethics,” Sponsor: CPMC

Dept of Transplantation, 2009. Role: Co-I

• “Exploring the ethical complexities of organ tourism.” Sponsor: NATCO, 2008-2009

($4200). Role: PI

• “Protocol for Composite Facial Allograft Transplantation [Face Transplant].” Sponsor:

Cleveland Clinic, 2004-2007. Role: Bioethicist.

• “Developing a Mentorship Program for Clinical Researchers,” NIH funded, 2006. Role: Co-I

• “Recruiter’s perceptions of ethical issues in genetic research,” NIH funded, 2005-2006.

CGREAL Grant. Joint project with Case Western Reserve University & Cleveland Clinic. E.

Jeungst/Griffin MT, Cassano J, Bramstedt KA (co-investigator).

• “Solid organ transplantation as reported by Chinese hospitals: a follow up to the Matas-

Kilgour Report,” 2006. Role: Co-I

• “Termination of ICDs and Pacemakers,” 2004-2006. Joint project with Mayo Clinic and

Cleveland Clinic. Mueller PS, Jenkins SM, Bramstedt KA (co-investigator), et al.

• “General Clinical Research Center,” NIH, 2003-2008 (~$2.5 mil/yr). Role: RSA Director

• “Automatic Control of Cardiovascular Assist Devices,” NIH, 2003-2007 ($679,000). Role:

Faculty Development Mentor

• “Code of Professional Ethics,” The Endocrine Society, 1998-2001 ($25,000). Role: Co-I

• “Responsible Conduct in Research,” University of California Los Angeles School of

Medicine, 1999-2000 ($20,000). Role: Co-I

• “Endo-00: Understanding the Professional Norms of endocrine scientists and clinicians,” The

Endocrine Society, 2000 ($5000). Role: PI

• “Endo-99: Understanding the Professional Norms of endocrine scientists and clinicians,” The

Endocrine Society, 1999 ($5000). Role: PI

Professional Organizations

• The Transplantation Society, 2013 – 2016

• European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2016 - present

• International Hand and Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Society, 2013 - 2016

• Australasian Assoc. of Bioethics and Health Law, 2012 - 2016 (Stream Leader, Teaching

Ethics, 2012-2015)

• American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation, 2012 - 2013

• NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals, 2006 - 2011

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• American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2010 - 2011

• American Philosophical Practitioners Association, 2010 - 2011

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, 1998 - 2011

• American Society of Transplantation, 2009

• Society of Research Subject Advocates (SRSA), 2003-2006

• SRSA Research and Accomplishments Committee, 2005

• Cleveland Consultation Liaison Society, 2003

• American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), 2003-2006

• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), 2003-2008

• ISHLT Councils on Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine; Mechanical Circulatory Support;

Xenotransplantation; and Nursing and Social Sciences, 2003-2008

• American Geriatrics Society, 1999 – 2002

• Society of Geriatric Cardiology (SGC), 1999 – 2002

• SGC Public Policy Committee, 2001-2002

Medical Humanities Exhibits

• Art is Good Medicine 2016, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 10 March 2016. Role: Curator.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/art-is-good-medicine/id1132472239?mt=11


https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/art-is-good-medicine-2015/id1025612961?mt=13



Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

1. Lahey T, Bramstedt KA, Arora KS, Heesters AM, Krishnamurti T. Impossible-to-

comprehend Forms ‘Make a Sham of Informed Consent’. Med Ethics Advisor 2017;33:70-

71.

2. Bramstedt KA. What’s Mine is Yours: Long-Term Experiences of Good Samaritan Organ

Donors. J Patient Exper 2017;4:in press.

3. Mukesh N, Bramstedt KA. Perspectives of United States' and Australian hand therapists

about pediatric hand transplantation. Prog Transpl 2017;27:73-78.

4. Bramstedt KA, Plock J. Looking the world in the face: The benefits and challenges of facial

transplantation for blind patients. Prog Transpl 2017;27:79-83.

5. Bramstedt KA, Cameron AM. Beyond the billboard: the Facebook Donor app and its guided

approach to facilitating living organ donation. Am J Transpl 2017;16:336-340.

6. Bramstedt KA. Increasing donation opportunities for vascularized composite allografts: An

analysis of worldwide donor registries and procurement organization web content (VOLAR

Study). Prog Transpl 2016;26:372-377.

7. Kumar K, King EA, Muzaale AD, Bowring MG, Konel JM, Segal G, Arnold J, Bramstedt

KA, et al. A Smartphone App for Increasing Live Organ Donation. Am J Transpl

2016;16:3548-3553.

8. Bramstedt KA, Hoang J-B. Technology- and Policy-Based Strategies for Increasing Supply

of Deceased Donor Livers. AMA J Ethics 2016;18:143-152.

9. Bramstedt KA. Exploring the dilemma of hospital refusal to perform controlled organ

donation after circulatory death (DCD). Swiss Bioethica Forum 2016;9:39-42.

10. Rogers W, Trey T, Singh MF, Bridgett M, Bramstedt KA, Lavee J. Smoke and mirrors:

Unanswered questions and misleading statements obscure the truth about organ sources in




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China. J Med Ethics 2016;42:552-553.

11. Gali K, Spaderna H, Smits JMA, Bramstedt KA, Weidner G. Smoking status and mortality

while waiting for a heart transplant. Prog Transpl 2016;26:117-121.

12. Bramstedt KA. The use of visual arts as a window to diagnosing medical pathologies. AMA

J Ethics 2016;18:843-854.

13. Bramstedt KA. International access to clinical ethics consultation via telemedicine. AMA J

Ethics 2016;18:521-527.

14. Bramstedt KA, Colaco CMG, De Silva E, Rehfield PL, Blumenthal-Barby JS. Exploring the

Perceptions of Australian and US Medical Students and their Teachers about Clinical

Professional Attire (LAPEL Study). J Am Osteopath Assoc 2016;116:244-254.

15. Bramstedt KA. Medical boards and fitness to practice: the case of Teleka Patrick, MD. J Clin

Ethics 2016;27:146-153.

16. Martin DE, Nakagawa TA, Siebelink MJ, Bramstedt KA, et al. Pediatric Deceased Donation-

A Report of the Transplantation Society Meeting in Geneva. Transplantation. 2015;99:1403-

1409.

17. Nagi K, Srinivasan M. Lekamlage PB, Bramstedt KA. Exploring the success of Good

Samaritan organ donation in New Zealand. Prog Transpl 2015;25:160-64;75.

18. Smith J, Wolfe C, Springer S, Martin M, Togno J, Bramstedt K, et al. Using cultural

immersion as the platform for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in an

undergraduate medical curriculum. Rural Remote Health 2015;15:article#3144 (online).

19. Bramstedt KA, Prang M, Dave S, Shin PNH, Savy A, Fatica RA. Telemedicine as an ethics

teaching tool for medical students within the nephrology curriculum. Prog Transpl

2014;24:294-297.

20. Bramstedt KA, Ierna B, Woodcroft-Brown V. Using SurveyMonkey® to teach safe social

media strategies to medical students in their clinical years. Comm Med 2014;11:117-124.

21. Spaderna H, Zahn D, Pretsch J, Connor SL, Zittermann A, Schulze Schleithoff S, Bramstedt

KA, et al. Dietary habits are related to outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure

awaiting heart transplantation. J Card Fail 2013;19:240-250.

22. Bramstedt KA. Dave S. The silence of Good Samaritan organ donation in Australia: A

survey of hospital websites. Clin Transpl 2013;27: E244-248.

23. Bramstedt KA. Harms and responsibilities associated with battery-operated implants (BOI):

Who controls post-mortem explantation? PACE (Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology)

2013;36:7-10.

24. Bramstedt KA. Family refusals of registered consents: the disruption of organ donation by

double-standard surrogate decision-making. Int Med J 2013;43: 120-123.

25. Bramstedt KA, Moolla A, Rehfield P. The use of standardized patients to teach medical

students about living organ donation. Prog Transpl 2012;22:86-90.

26. Bramstedt KA, Delmonico FL. Assessing the motives of living, non-related donors. Virtual

Mentor (American Medical Association Journal of Ethics) 2012;143:186-189.

27. Neidich E, Neidich A, Cooper J, Bramstedt KA. The ethical complexities of online organ

solicitation via donor-patient websites: Avoiding the “beauty contest”. Am J Transpl

2012;12: 43-47.

28. Bramstedt KA, Popovich M. Managing patients whose family members are clinicians.

Minerva Anestesiol 2012;78:63-68.

29. Bramstedt KA. Ethical minefields in medical tourism. Sonoma Med 2010;62:37-38.

30. Bramstedt KA. Closing the medical buffet. Marin Med 2010;56:20-21.

31. Bramstedt KA. Probing transplant and living donor candidates about their participation in

organ vending. Prog Transpl 2010;20:292-295.

32. Rubin AN, Bramstedt KA. Examining the root cause of surrogate conflicts in the ICU and

general wards. Monash Bioethics Rev 2010;29: 6.1-6.11.

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33. Veys CG, Bramstedt KA. Stranger donors: a key link in transplant chains. Prog Transpl

2010;20: 366-371.

34. Laurentine KA, Bramstedt KA. Too poor for transplant: Finance and insurance issues in

transplant ethics. Prog Transpl 2010;20:178-185.

35. Bramstedt KA, Katznelson S. Being Sherlock Holmes: Using the Internet as a tool for

assessing unrelated live organ donors. Clin Transplant 2009;23:157-161.

36. Neidich A, Bramstedt KA, Mahatny HD. Exploring transplant opportunities in Hmong

culture: a case report. Prog Transpl 2009;19:188-191.

37. Bramstedt KA et al. Optimizing the documentation practices of an Ethics Consultation

Service (ECS). J Med Ethics 2009;35:47-50.

38. Bramstedt KA. Hoping for a miracle: supporting patients in transplantation and cardiac assist

programs. Curr Op Supp Pall Care 2008;2:252-255.

39. Mueller PS, Jenkins SM, Bramstedt KA, et al. Deactivating implanted cardiac devices in

terminally ill patients: Practices and attitudes. PACE (Pacing and Clinical

Electrophysiology) 2008;31:560-568.

40. Bramstedt KA, Xu J. China: a case study regarding transplant publishing practices. J Infor

Ethics 2008;17:12-22.

41. Bramstedt KA. Alcohol abstinence criteria for living liver donors and their organ recipients.

Curr Opin Organ Transpl 2008;13:207-210.

42. Bramstedt KA. Destination nowhere: a potential dilemma with ventricular assist devices.

ASAIO Journal 2008;54:1-2.

43. Bramstedt KA, Xu J. Checklist: passport, plane ticket, organ transplant. Am J Transpl

2007;7:1698-1701.

44. O’Hara JF, Bramstedt KA, Flechner S, et al. Ethical issues surrounding high-risk kidney

recipients: implications for the living donor. Prog Transpl 2007;17:180-182.

45. Bramstedt KA. Exploring the gap in healthcare for injured and uninsured research

participants in the United States. Monash Bioeth Rev 2007;26:11-20.

46. Basta LL, Bramstedt KA. Turning off an implanted life-saving device. Virtual Mentor AMA

J Ethics 2007;9:91-98.

47. Bramstedt KA. Recruiting healthy volunteers for research participation using Internet

advertising. Clin Med Res 2007;5:91-97.

48. Blixen CE, Papp KK, Hull AL, Rudick RA, Bramstedt KA. Developing a mentorship

program for clinical researchers. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2007;27:86-93.

49. Bramstedt KA, Chalfant A, Wright C. Emergency consultation in the setting of transplant

medicine: dilemmas for social workers and bioethicists. Prog Transpl 2007;17:36-39.

50. Bramstedt KA. Living donor transplantation between twins: guidance for Donor Advocate

Teams. Clin Transpl 2007;21: 144-147.

51. Siemionow M, Bramstedt KA, Kodish EK. Ethical issues in face transplantation. Curr Opin

Organ Transpl 2007;12:193-197.

52. Bramstedt KA. Caffeine use by children: the quest for enhancement. Subst Use Misuse

2007;42: 1237-1251.

53. Bramstedt KA. When pharmacists refuse to dispense prescriptions. Lancet 2006;367:1219-

1220.

54. Schneider PS, Bramstedt KA. When Psychiatry and Bioethics disagree about patient decision-

making capacity (DMC). J Med Ethics 2006;32:90-93.

55. Bramstedt KA, Ford P. Protecting human subjects in neurosurgical trials: the challenge of

psychogenic dystonia. Contemp Clin Trials 2006;27:161-164.

56. Bramstedt KA, Young JB. Use of the Internet by US heart transplant centers to promote

transparency in the process of patient selection. Telemed J E Health 2006;12:359-362.

57. Bramstedt KA. Is it ethical to prioritize patients for organ allocation according to their values

about organ donation? Prog Transpl 2006;16:170-174.

58. Bramstedt KA. Transfusion contracts for Jehovah’s Witnesses receiving organ transplants:

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Ethical necessity or coercive pact? J Med Ethics 2006;32:193-195.

59. Bramstedt KA. Supporting organ transplantation in Non-Resident Aliens within limits.

Ethics Med 2006;22:75-81.

60. Bramstedt KA. Living liver donor mortality: where do we stand? Am J Gastroenterol

2006;101:755-759.

61. Bramstedt KA, Stowe J, Lemberg B. The dilemma of alcohol use by potential living liver

donors. Prog Transplant 2006;16:24-27.

62. Bramstedt KA, Jabbour N. When alcohol abstinence criteria create ethical dilemmas for the

liver transplant team. J Med Ethics 2006;32:263-265.

63. Bramstedt KA. Ethical treatment when funds are short. Endocrine News 2006;31:26-27.

64. Bramstedt KA, Florman S, Miller CM. Ethical challenges in live organ donation. Curr

Opinion Organ Transpl 2005;10:340-344. Bramstedt KA, Schneider PS. Saying ‘good-bye’:

Ethical issues in the stewardship of bed spaces. J Clin Ethics 2005;16:167-172.

65. Bramstedt KA, Macauley R. A case of deception. Hastings Center Rep 2005;35:13-14.

66. Bramstedt KA, Nash P. When death is the outcome of informed refusal: the dilemma of

rejecting ventricular assist device therapy. J Heart Lung Transpl 2005;24:229-230.

67. Bramstedt KA. Bioethicists: Practitioners of applied philosophy. Philosoph Practice

2005;1:77-81.

68. Bramstedt KA. When microchip implants do more than drug delivery: Blending, blurring,

and bundling of protected health information and patient monitoring. Technol Health Care

2005;13:193-198.

69. Bramstedt KA, Molner M, Carlson K, Bilyeau, S. When families complicate patient care:

guidelines for handling resultant ethical dilemmas. MEDSURG Nursing 2005;14:122-125.

70. Jabbour N, Gagandeep S, Bramstedt KA, et al. To do or not to do living donor hepatectomy

in Jehovah’s Witnesses: Single institution experience of the first 13 resections. Am J

Transplantation 2005;5:1141-1145.

71. Bramstedt KA. A study of warning letters issued to clinical investigators by the US Food and

Drug Administration (FDA). Clin Invest Med 2004;27:129-134.

72. Bramstedt KA. Surrogate consent for live organ donation. (Letter) JAMA 2004;291:2077-

2078.

73. Bramstedt KA. A guide to informed consent for clinician-investigators. Cleve Clin J Med

2004;71:907-910.

74. Bramstedt KA. When names make claims: Ethical issues in medical device marketing. Ethics

Med 2004;20:47-57.

75. Bramstedt KA, Kassimatis K. A study of warning letters issued to Institutional Review

Boards by the US Food and Drug Administration. Clin Invest Med 2004;27:316-323.

76. Bramstedt KA, Morris H, Tanner A. Now we lay them down to sleep: ethical issues with the

use of pharmacologic coma for adult status epilepticus. Epilepsy Behav 2004;5:752-755.

77. Bramstedt KA, Stowe J, Kotz M. Shopping for a transplant: When non-compliant patients

seek wait listing at multiple hospitals. Prog Transplant 2004;14:217-221.

78. Bramstedt KA. Elective inactivation of total artificial heart technology in non-futile

situations: inpatients, outpatients, and research subjects. Death Studies 2004;28:423-433.

79. Bramstedt KA, Arroliga A. On the dilemma of refusal of life-saving therapy. Chest

2004;125:630-633.

80. Blixen C, Bramstedt KA, Hammel J, Tilley B. A pilot study of health education via a nurse-

run telephone self-management program for elderly people with osteoarthritis. J Telemed

Telecare 2004;9:44-49.

81. Bramstedt KA. When value and meaning become monetary rather than moral: issues in

geriatric health care allocation. Ethics Law Aging Rev 2003;9:143-149.

82. Bramstedt KA. Questioning the decision-making capacity of surrogates. Int Med J

2003;33:256-259.

83. Bramstedt KA. Research subject advocates: To whom are they loyal. Clin Invest Med

2003;26:64-69.

84. Bramstedt KA. Using animals in medical research: Are there ethical concerns and biblical

parameters on such use? Dialogue 2003;15:24-25.

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85. Bramstedt KA. Aortic valve replacement in the elderly: frequently indicated yet frequently

denied. Gerontology 2003;49:46-49.

86. Bramstedt KA. Contemplating total artificial heart inactivation in cases of futility. Death

Studies 2003;27:295-304.

87. Bramstedt KA. Replying to Veatch’s concerns: Special moral problems with total artificial

heart inactivation. Death Studies 2003;27:317-320.

88. Bramstedt KA, Simeon DJ. The challenges of responding to ‘high-tech’ cardiac implant

patients in crisis. Prehosp Emerg Care 2002;6:425-432.

89. Bramstedt KA. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) as an informed consent tool for

investigational cardiothoracic devices. ASAIO J 2002;48:293-296.

90. Bramstedt KA. Left ventricular assist devices and the slippery slope of ageism. Intl J Cardiol

2001;81:201-203.

91. Bramstedt KA. Ethical issues associated with the determination of patient selection criteria

for total artificial heart technology. Cardiovasc Eng 2001;6:258-261.

92. Bramstedt KA, Wenger NS. When the withdrawal of life sustaining care does more than

‘allow death to take its course’: the dilemma of left ventricular assist devices. J Heart Lung

Transpl 2001;20:544-548.

93. Bramstedt KA. Informed consent documentation for total artificial heart technology. J Artif

Organs 2001;4:273-277.

94. Bramstedt KA. The use of advance directives and DNR orders in decision-making regarding

the inactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in terminal patients. Cardiovasc

Rev Rep 2001;21:175-176.

95. Bramstedt KA. Ethics for scientists: a call for stewardship. Dialogue 2001;13:28-29.

96. Bramstedt KA. Why an alternate recipient list for heart transplantation is not a form of

ageism. New Zeal Bioethics J 2001;2:27-32.

97. Korenman SG, Bach M, Bramstedt KA, et al. Code of ethics of the Endocrine Society.

Endocrinology 2001;142:3701-3714.

98. Bramstedt KA. Scientific breakthroughs: cause or cure of the aging ‘problem’. Gerontology

2001;47:52-54.

99. Bramstedt KA. Age-based health care allocation as a wedge separating the person from the

patient and commodifying medicine. Rev Clin Gerontol 2001;11:185-188.

100. Bramstedt KA. Resisting the blame game: visualizing the high cost of dying and accepting

the duty of technology stewardship for all patient populations. A review. Arch Gerontol

Geriatr 2001;33:53-59.

101. Korenman SG, Bramstedt KA. Your spouse/partner gets a skin infection and needs

antibiotics—is it ethical for you to prescribe them? West J Med 2000;173:364.

102. Bramstedt KA. Arguments for the ethical permissibility of transgenic xenografting. Gene

Ther 2000;7:633-634.

103. Bramstedt KA. Ethics and the clinical utility of animal organs. Trends Biotech 1999;17:428-

429.

104. Bramstedt KA. Left ventricular assist devices: an ethical analysis. Sci Eng Ethics 1999;5:89-

98.

Abstracts

1. Bramstedt KA, Voeglin E. An ethical analysis of the journey toward insurance funded VCA.

ELPAT 2016 poster# PP21, Rome, Italy.

2. Cameron A, Bramstedt KA, et al. The Evolution of the Facebook Living Donor App.

Abstract# C2084. Am J Transpl 2014;14(Suppl 3):837. World Transplant Congress

Distinguished Poster Award.

3. Bramstedt KA. The Use of Telemedicine for Clinical Ethics Consults Pertaining to Donation

and Transplant. Abstract# B837. Am J Transpl 2014;14(Suppl 3): 819. World Transplant

Congress Distinguished Poster Award.

4. Bramstedt KA et al. Decisions about paediatric hand transplantation: Perspectives of

Australian and US hand therapists.

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5. Bramstedt KA et al. The future is here: Telemedicine as an ethics teaching tool for medical

students.

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6. Spaderna H, Weidner G, Connor SL, Zahn D, Bramstedt KA, et al. Fluid and salt intake

predict high-urgency transplantation in the Waiting for a New Heart Study.

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7. Miller C, Aucejo F, Fayek S, Winans C, Bramstedt K, et al. Regional Approach To

Maximize Split Liver Graft Utilization: A Preliminary Report. Liver Transpl 2005;11:C78.

8. Bramstedt KA, Morris H, Serje A. Now we lay them down to sleep: ethical issues with the

use of pharmacologic coma for adult status epilepticus. Epilepsia 2003;44 (Suppl 9):121.

9. Bramstedt KA, Kendall K. Proposed role of a bioethicist in P.A.C.T. (Psychosocial

Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation) scoring. ASAIO J 2003;49:141.

10. Bramstedt KA. Development of a clinical trial participant handbook for total artificial heart

recipients. Cardiovasc Eng 2001;6:24.

11. Bramstedt KA. Concerns against the use of age-based categorical standards in cardiac health

care decision-making for the elderly. Am J Geriatr Cardiol 2000;9:112.

12. Winslow GR, Bramstedt KA. Ventricular assist devices and the misguided ethics of rescue.

Crit Rev Biomed Eng 1997;25:106-108.

Books

1. Bramstedt KA. 2016. Art is Good Medicine 2016 Exhibit. Salvataggio Press: AU. ISBN-13:

9780992597733, 70 pages, e-book, https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/art-is-good-

medicine/id1132472239?mt=11


9780992597726, 65 pages, e-book, https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/art-is-good-medicine-

2015/id1025612961?mt=11


9780992597702, 51 pages, e-book, https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/art-is-good-

medicine/id911676429?mt=11

4. Bramstedt KA. 2014. Trapped in my own labyrinth: Poetry spawned by vertigo (Revised

Edition). Salvataggio Press: AU. ISBN-13: 978992597719, 60 pages, e-book,

https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/trapped-in-my-own-labyrinth/id928994688?mt=11

5. Bramstedt KA. 2012. Finding Your Way: A Medical Ethics Handbook for Patients and Families

(2nd Edition). Hilton Publishing: IN. ISBN-13: 978-0984756643, 165 pages, paperback.

6. Bramstedt KA, Jonsen AR. 2011. Finding Your Way: A Medical Ethics Handbook for Patients

and Families (1st Edition). Hilton Publishing: IN. ISBN-13: 978-0984144730, 122 pages,

paperback.

7. Bramstedt KA, Down R. 2011. The Organ Donor Experience: Good Samaritans and the

Meaning of Altruism. Rowman & Littlefield: MD. ISBN-13: 978-1442211155, 201 pages,

hardcover.

8. Bramstedt KA. 2011. Trapped in My Own Labyrinth: Poetry Spawned by Vertigo. Salvataggio

Press: Sausalito. ASIN: B004ZXVPDE, Kindle e-book.

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Book Chapters

1. Bramstedt KA. 2014. The Ethical Complexity of Transfusion-Free Medicine, Surgery, and

Research. In Jabbour N (ed) Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery. Wiley-Blackwell: NY, 19-

27.

2. Bramstedt KA. 2011. Informed Consent for Facial Transplantation. In Seimeinow M (ed) The

Know How of Facial Transplantation. Springer: London, 255-260.

3. Bramstedt KA. 2008. Ethical dilemmas in therapy withdrawal. In Beattie J and Goodlin S (eds)

Supportive Care for Heart Failure. Oxford University Press: London, 443-449.

4. Bramstedt KA. 2008. Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Medicine. In Korn S (ed) A Combined

Medical and Surgical Approach to Heart Failure. Armonk, NY: Futura, 289-303.

Reports

• Private Health Insurance Consultation 2015‐2016. A report to the Australian Health

Department, Minister of Health, The Honorable Sussan Ley MP, regarding expat organ

tourism funded by Australian private health insurance. Dec 3, 2015. [Project Lead and co-

author with Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH).]

• Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Chapter 7: Vascularised Composite

Allotransplantation, In Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors: Eligibility Criteria and

Allocation Protocols. Dec 2014. [co-author]

Dissertation

Bramstedt, Katrina A. 2002. Formulating a Philosophy of Just Care for the Geriatric Population

Amid the Opportunities of Modern Medicine. Melbourne, Australia: Monash University, 242pp.

Awards

• Australian Award for University Teaching 2015, Citation for Outstanding Contributions to

Student Learning [national award]

• Bond University School of Medicine Certificate of Teaching Excellence, 2015, Semester 152,

(fall-winter).


(summer).

• Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Bond University, 2014.

• Award for Teaching Excellence, Bond University Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine,

2014.


(fall-winter).

• Bond University School of Medicine Certificate of Teaching Excellence, 2013, Semester 133

(spring).

• Bond University School of Medicine Certificate of Teaching Excellence, 2013, Semester 132

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(fall-winter).

• NATCO Research Award 2007 (Exploring the Ethical Complexities of Organ Tourism).

• Cleveland Clinic Bernard A. Loeschen Pastoral Care Award, 2005 (teaching award).

• Cleveland Consultation Liaison Society Mahmoud Parsa Award, 2003 (award for best

presentation, “Shopping for a Transplant: The Dilemma of Multiple Listing and Non-

compliant Patients.”)

Education/Teaching Activities

1. Course Director: Basics in Bioethics; Ethical Issues in Animal Research; Ethical Issues in

Imaging Research; Ethical Issues in Oral Health Research; Ethical Issues in Wearables

Research; Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Research; Ethical Issues in

Data Research (Philips Research). 2016-2017. All courses offered in online modules.

Basics in Bioethics also offered live with multiple online versions depending on context, e.g.,

China, India, Africa.

2. Convenor/Faculty: Bioethics Grand Rounds (Pindara Private Hospital, Benowa, QLD; Gold

Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD [via Medicine Grand Rounds]). Formerly offered

onsite at Bond University Medical School since 2012. In 2014 & 2015 these sessions were

offered at two local Bond affiliate hospitals, providing medical ethics education to hospital

staff and students.

3. Faculty and Lead, MBBS Ethics and Professionalism Theme (Bond University School of

Medicine). 2012 – 2013. Faculty and Lead, MBBS/MD Health Advocate & Professional

Theme (2014-2016). Curriculum design, teaching and assessment with regard to

professionalism, general medical ethics, clinical ethics, research ethics, genethics, end of life

care, social media, fitness to practice, transplant ethics, authorship ethics, disability ethics,

spirituality and medicine, reflective thinking and writing, and medical humanities. PBL case

author (renal,cardiac, and hepatology) and session facilitator. Manage curriculum maps.

4. Co-Faulty, “Professional Issues” (Griffith University, Masters/Graduate Diploma Clinical

Physiology). 2013 – present. Teaching and assessment of the following topics: general

medical ethics, documentation/charting, privacy & confidentiality, informed consent.

5. Faculty, “Ethical Issues in Research Involving Organ Donation & Transplantation”

(Monash University). 2012. This is an on-line module for HREC member training (section 4,

http://www.cems.monash.org/online-ethics-training-course.html)

6. Co-Faculty, “Transplant Ethics”, required lecture and lab seminar for 2nd year medical

students (Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine). 2011-2012. New seminar that I created

using a simulated patient for the lab session.

7. Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics”, 3rd & 4th year medical student elective (California

Pacific Medical Center). 2008-2009. New elective created with clinical and research ethics

components.

8. Faculty, “New Resident Orientation” (California Pacific Medical Center). 2007- 2009.

Medical ethics education session for incoming residents every July. 5. Faculty, “Residents

Noon Conference” (California Pacific Medical Center). 2007 – 2010. Ten medical ethics

educations sessions for PGY1-3 CPMC residents each year.

9. Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics for Chaplains”, CPE course, (California Pacific

Medical Center). 2010. A 4-week course in introductory clinical ethics, as well as special

topics such as transplant ethics, EOL, pediatrics and maternal-fetal ethical dilemmas. This is

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a case-based course with readings.

10. Co-faculty, “Introduction to Clinical Research” (Cleveland Clinic/MPH 620 Cleveland

State University). 2002-2006. This course includes the following: how to look for research

funding, grantwriting, writing protocols and consent/assent forms, biostatistical concerns,

institutional review boards, ethical issues with genetic research and placebos. I teach the

session on consent, genetics and placebos.

11. Co-faculty, "Introduction to Clinical Research and Proposal Development" (Clevland

Clinic, CMED 401), 2007. I teach a one hour session on research ethics (informed consent,

issues with genetics studies and stored samples). Audience: first year medical students, as

well as physicians.

12. Co-faculty, “Introduction to Clinical Medicine” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of

Medicine). 2003- 2006. As the Ethics Thread Leader I co-developed this course which

includes professionalism and clinical ethics woven through all organ systems for MS1 and

MS2 students.

13. Faculty & Course Director, “Ethics in Laboratory Research” (Cleveland Clinic Lerner

College of Medicine). 2004 – 2006. This is a 2hr workshop on ethics and laboratory science

(good research practice, collegiality, authorship, data integrity, research misconduct,

whistleblowing). I created and teach this 50-minute lecture and 60-minute discussion of 3

ethics cases for Year One medical students.

14. Faculty & Course Director, “Responsible Conduct in Research” (Cleveland Clinic). 2005-

2007. This is a 2hr workshop on ethics and laboratory science (good research practice,

collegiality, authorship, mentoring, data integrity, research misconduct, whistleblowing, and

research with animals). I created and teach this 50-minute lecture and 60-minute discussion

of 3 ethics cases. I also created an on-line version of this course.

15. Faculty & Course Director, “Responsible Conduct in Research for Animal Technicians”

(Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute). 2006. A variation of the above course, this is a

2hr workshop on ethics specifically geared toward animal technicians who work in the

vivarium. I created and teach this 50-minute lecture and 60-minute discussion of 3 ethics

cases.

16. Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics” (ETHC0301), 3rd & 4th year medical student

elective (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine). 2003-2007. I re-designed this

elective in 2004 to include a research ethics rotation.

17. Faculty, resident, post-doc, & allied health bioethics education, Cleveland Clinic. 2002-2007

18. Biomedical Engineering bioethics education, Cleveland Clinic. 2002-2006

19. Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics for Social Workers”, CEU course, Cleveland Clinic.

2003-2005. I created this seminar to satisfy State licensing requirements for Social Workers.

20. Faculty & Course Director, “Bioethics for Chaplains”, CPE course, Cleveland Clinic. 2003-

2005. I created this 5-week course as part of a national Clinical Pastoral Education

Association program.

21. Faculty & Course Director, “Research Subject Advocate Workshops”. 2002 – 2006. One

hour workshops for research nurses, coordinators and clinical investigators on various topics

such as adverse event reporting, informed consent, study auditing, research subject

protections.

22. Patient education: The Cleveland Clinic Heart Transplant Evaluation Process (available at

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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/transplant/services/heart.htm#evaluation)

23. Research subject educational brochure, “Clinical Research: What is it All About?” (Adult

and pediatric versions of this brochure are available).

24. Loma Linda University Manual of Standard Operating Procedures for Studies in Human

Subjects. Halstead LG and Bramstedt KA, 2001. (Separate annotated version, Bramstedt

KA, 2001).

25. Total Artificial Heart Human Clinical Trial Protocol—Informed Consent, Subject Selection

Criteria, Participant Handbook, Engineering Issues. Bramstedt KA, 2000

26. West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center Ethics Committee Training

Handbook. Schneider PL, Bramstedt KA, 2000

27. Course development and co-faculty, “Responsible Conduct in Research” (Medicine M261).

UCLA School of Medicine graduate/post-graduate research ethics: 1999, 2000. This is a 5-

week course (five, 2 hr- sessions) covering the following topics: research with animals,

human subjects research, misconduct, professionalism, and recording and reporting of data.

28. Course development and co-faculty, “Ethics for Scientists” (RELE 525). Loma Linda

University graduate research ethics: 1998. This is a 10-week course covering general ethical

issues in basic science and clinical research, including hot topics in research.

Trainees

Fellows

Rebecca Volpe, PhD(c) fall 2009 – spring 2010

Bioethics Fellowship (CPMC)

Carmen Paradis, MD fall 2005 – spring 2006

Bioethics Fellowship (CCF)

Interns

Ariff Moolla-winter 2011

BA Mathematics, BS Biology

San Francisco State University

General bioethics internship (AskTheEthicist.com); “The use of standardized patients to teach medical

students about living organ donation”.

Chris Veys-summer 2009

4th year neurobiology & Latin majors, University of Washington

Transplant Ethics internship (CPMC); “Stranger donors: a key link in transplant chains”.

Kyle Laurentine-summer 2009

2nd yr undeclared major, Johns Hopkins University

Transplant Ethics internship (CPMC); “Too poor for transplant: Finance and insurance issues in

transplant ethics”.

Allison Rubin-summer 2009

BS, Santa Clara University

General bioethics internship (CPMC); “Examining the root cause of surrogate conflicts in the ICU and

general wards”.

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Ruchika Mishra, PhD fall 2008 – winter 2009

Bioethics internship (CPMC)

Atiba Rougier-summer 2008

BS, Union College

General bioethics internship (CPMC)

Alon Neidich-summer 2007 through winter 2008

BS, University of Chicago

General bioethics internship (CPMC); “Optimizing the documentation practices of an Ethics

Consultation Service (ECS)”.

Evan Topal-summer 2004

3rd year Bioethics major, University of Virginia

mini-internship (CCF)

Graduate Students

Alexander Curtis-fall 2004

PhD Candidate, Bowling Green University Department of Philosophy

(CCF research rotation-PHIL791): general bioethics rotation

Jennifer Sproul-Swindell-winter & spring 2004


(CCF research rotation-PHIL791) “A Review of United States’ Advance Directive Templates with

Regard to Life-Sustaining Interventions”

Jason Gatliff- fall & winter 2003


(CCF research rotation-PHIL791) continuation of dissertation research

Katherine Ohnsorge- winter 2003

PhD Candidate, Institut fur Angewandete Ethik und Medizinethik, Basel

CCF Bioethics internship

Medical Students

Jean-Baptiste Hoang-summer 2015

2nd year medical student, Bond University School of Medicine

Project: Optimizing deceased liver donation through technology and policy.

Melissah Crane-spring 2014 to autumn 2016

1st year medical student, Bond University School of Medicine

Project: The burdens of elderly informal carers who look after individuals with Alzheimer’s disease

Ben Ierna, Victoria Woodcroft-Brown – summer 2014 to summer 2015

3rd year (BI) and 4th year (VWB) medical students, Bond University School of Medicine

Project: Using SurveyMonkey® to teach safe social media strategies to medical students in their

clinical years.

Clinton Colaco-winter 2014 to spring 2015

5th year medical student, Bond University School of Medicine

Project: Exploring the perceptions of Australian and US Medical Students and their teachers about

clinical professional attire (LAPEL Study)

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Nitin Mukesh-winter 2013 to winter 2015


Project: Paediatric Hand Transplantation: Perspectives of Australian and US Hand Therapists

Moohambika Srinivasan, Piyumi Balasooriya Lekamlage, Kusam Nagi-winter & spring 2013

2nd year medical students, Bond University School of Medicine

Project: Good Samaritan Organ Donation: A Comparative Study Between New Zealand and Australia

Melissa Prang, Sameer Dave, Paul Ng Hung Shin, Amani Savy-spring 2012 to spring 2013

3rd year medical students, Bond University School of Medicine

Project: The Future is Here: Telemedicine as an Ethics Teaching Tool for Medical Students

Sameer Dave-winter & spring 2012


Project: The Silence of Good Samaritan Organ Donation in Australia: A Survey of Hospital Websites

Brock Helms-spring 2009

4th year medical student, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Project: Reflective blogging re ethics consultation service experiences (CPMC)

James Thompson-winter 2009

4th year medical student, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Project: Creation of a DNAR Form (CPMC)

Diana Lee-winter 2009

4th year medical student, Touro University

“The ethics of quality: corporate and personal responsibility meet the peanut” (CPMC)

Jun Xu-summer 2006

2nd year medical student, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

“Solid organ transplantation as reported by Chinese hospitals: a follow up to the Matas-Kilgour

Report” (CCF)

Sherwin Yee-summer 2005

2nd year medical student, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Patient selection criteria for septal defect surgery (CCF)

Kate Conway-winter 2005

4th year medical student, Wright State University

Shadowed bioethics consultations (CCF)

Samuel J. Youssef –winter 2004

5th year medical student, Kigezi International School of Medicine, UK

“Attaining Grace: Vitalism and Baby ‘M’” (CCF)

Craig Eldridge-winter 2003

4th year medical student, Ohio State University

“Scientific, Economic, and Ethical Aspects of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation and Banking”

(CCF)

Dan Valentino-summer 2003

4th year medical student, Ohio State University

Shadowed bioethics consultations, no research project. (CCF)

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Thesis Supervision/Mentoring

Eitan Neidich

Cornell University, BA, College Scholars Program (Phi Beta Kappa), 2010

Thesis: “Social Networking and the Online Solicitation of Organ Donors”

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