Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhD

Chair, Department of Medical Humanities

Associate Professor

Rev. Kevin FitzGerald

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School of Medicine
Medical Humanities
Graduate School
Medical Humanities (Master of Arts)
Medical Sciences (Master of Science)
Jesuit Community

Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhD

Chair, Department of Medical Humanities

Associate Professor

Department

Medical Humanities

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Endocrine-Related Cancer
    De Oliveira Andrade Fabia, Effects of Jaeumkanghwa-tang on tamoxifen responsiveness in preclinical ER breast cancer model
    26:3, p. 339 - 353 2019
  • Xenotransplantation
    Paris Wayne, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Theological Perspectives about Xenotransplantation
    25:3, p. e12400 - e12400 2018
  • The American Journal of Bioethics
    McAdams Douglas C., How We Should Conceive of Creation: Natural Birth as an Ethical Guidepost for Neonatal Rescue
    17:8, p. 42 - 44 2017
  • The American Journal of Bioethics
    Conley II W. Kevin, Beneficence In Utero: A Framework for Restricted Prenatal Whole-Genome Sequencing to Respect and Enhance the Well-Being of Children
    17:1, p. 28 - 29 2017

Presentations

  • "Health Promotion: Prevention, Enhancement or Selection?" Philosophical Café for Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, Germany. 2019
  • "Ethical Perspectives on Clinical Use of Germline Gene Editing," panel moderator and participant, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy Policy Summit, Washington, DC. 2019
  • "Direct-to-consumer Genomics: what is it, and what should it be?" Hawai'i Department of Health, Honolulu, HI. 2019
  • "Genomic Medicine: Rapidly Advancing, but Where and to What End?" Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI. 2019
  • "A Catholic Guide to Genomic Medicine," and "Inter-professional Ethics Education in the 21st Century," University of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. 2019
  • "Human Genome Editing: Rapidly Advancing, but Where and to What End?" and Panelist for Homo technicus/technologicus: Biotechnology, Health Promotion and Ethics of Human Flourishing, International Symposium at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, Germany. 2018
  • Panelist, CRISPRcon: Conversations on Science, Society and the Future of Gene Editing, Boston, MA. 2018
  • Panelist, "Combating the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Workshop to Strengthen Faith-Based Engagement," U.S. State Department, DC. 2017
  • "Catholic and Christian Views on Theological Issues Associated with Xenotransplantation," International Xenotransplantation Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2017
  • "Promise and Peril of Genomic Medicine," United Faculty for Life Annual Meeting, University of St. Thomas Law School, Minneapolis, MN. 2017
  • "The Virtue of Genomic Medicine," 4th Annual Pellegrino Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. 2017

Other

  • The Hastings Center: “Goals and Practices for Next-Generation Prenatal Testing” Project Working Group Member, 2014-18.

  • GU Complex Moral Challenges Grant: Improving Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Healthcare and Clinical Guidelines Through Community Engagement and Leadership, Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhD; Samantha Wu, BS; Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, FAAFP; Rebecca Reingold, JD, 2016-18.

  • Building the National Center for Infectious Disease Analysis (NCIDA): a collaboration among the public health departments of the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York State and Virginia with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Georgetown University. Ethics Principle Investigator, 2017-2018.

  • Global Comprehensive and Integrative Medicine Project (Korea Federal Government and Daegu City Government funding with by Daegu Catholic University Medical Center): GU Program Director, November, 2012-July, 2018.

  • “The Business of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: A Complex Moral Challenge,” Co-Principle Investigator, Georgetown University Complex Moral Challenges Grant (July 2015-June 2019).

  • Global Engagement Faculty Committee International Collaborative Grant awarded to Drs. Kevin FitzGerald and James Giordano, “When in ‘Roam'...Transnational Patients: Practical and Ethical Implications for Medical Practices and Health Promotions Policy,” to bring together international scholars for a meeting on this topic. 2016-17.

Consulting

  • Consultant
    Catholic Health Association
    2015 - 2019
  • Consultor
    Pontifical Council for Culture
    2014 - 2014