PRESENTATION TITLE
Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person

PRESENTER
Robert Klitzman, M.D.

PRESENTER BIO
Robert Klitzman, M.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Director of the Online and In-Person Bioethics Masters and Certificate Programs at Columbia University. He has written over 190 scientific journal articles, ten books, and numerous chapters on critical issues in bioethics regarding doctor-patient relationships and communication, research, genetics, mental health, pandemics, and other areas. His books include Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person, The Ethics Police?: The Struggle to Make Human Research Safe, and When Doctors Become Patients.

He has received numerous awards for his work, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the Aaron Diamond Foundation, the Hastings Center and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has been a gubernatorial appointee to the Empire State Stem Cell Commission and served on the U.S. Department of Defense's Research Ethics Advisory Panel, and is a regular contributor to the New York Times, CNN, and Psychology Today. 

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Time: April 3, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to: 

• Examine the existential, spiritual, and religious challenges patients and their families confront
• Demonstrate how chaplains can help patients and families confront these challenges
• Explore how physicians, nurses, chaplains, and other providers can enhance their abilities to address these concerns

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TRANSCRIPT
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