Children's Mercy Certificate Program in Pediatric Bioethics: 15th Anniversary Symposium: Reflecting on the Past, Envisioning the Future

Join us as we celebrate 15 years of the CM Bioethics Certificate Program! 
This special symposium will highlight the program’s lasting impact by showcasing the contributions of our dedicated facilitators and the accomplishments of our graduates. Together, we will look ahead to the evolving landscape of bioethics and explore how pediatric-focused ethics education strengthens teams, enhances institutional decision-making, and supports patients and their caregivers. 

1. Self-report increased knowledge of key historical milestones and cases frameworks that have shaped the field of pediatric bioethics.
2. Apply bioethics frameworks to current clinical, research and policy scenarios in pediatrics.
3. Identify at least one strategy to engage interprofessional teams, families, and patients in ethical deliberation to address contemporary and emerging challenges.

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Children’s Mercy Kansas City is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by VTL Center for Professional Development, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Children's Mercy Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Children's Mercy Hospital  designates this for a maximum of 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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The Children’s Mercy Hospital, CEU Evaluator has approved this program for 4.8 Live Respiratory Care CEU’s, on behalf of the Kansas Respiratory Care Society, a chapter society of the AARC. Providership #KRCS 003

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Children's Mercy Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Kara Curry, RN
Senior Policy and Ethics Advisor
American Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights

Faculty

Dawn Hood-Patterson, PhD, PhD, M.DIv, HEC-C
Clinical Ethicist
Children's Health, Dallas

Faculty

Naomi Laventhal, MD, MD, MA, FAAP, HEC-C
Charles Neil Weller Children's Development Research Professor, Center for History, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Ethics in Medicine Clinical Professor Pediatrics, Division Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Associate Chair, Career Development,
University of Michigan Medical School

Faculty

Vanessa Madrigal, MD, MD, MSCE, HEC-C, FAAP
Director Pediatric Ethics Program, Associate Professor
Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University and Pediatric Critical Care Attending

Faculty

Stacy C Smith, BSN, MA, MLS, BSN, RN, HEC-C
Bioethicist; Mediator, Registered Nurse, Social Scientist, Founder and CEO
Convergence Healthcare Consulting

Faculty

Julie Swaney, Other, M.Div
Director, Spiritual Care Services at University of Colorado Hospital (retired)
University of Colorado Hospital

Faculty

Benjamin S Wilfond, MD
Professor, Divisions of Bioethics & Palliative Care and Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine

Faculty

Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, Ph.D. MA, RN, HEC-C
Director of Ethics, Affiliate Faculty
Children's Minnesota; Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Angela Knackstedt, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
Children's Mercy
Kansas City, MO

Nurse Planner, Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Brian S Carter , MD
Children’s Mercy
Kansas City, MO

Other Planning Committee Member

Kelstan Ellis, DO
Assistant Professor
Childrens Mercy Kansas City
Leawood, KS

Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Jeremy Garrett, PhD
Research Faculty in Bioethics
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Stephanie K. Kukora, MD
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO

Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Brenda Mooney, MHA
Program and Quality Manager
The Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City , MO

Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Friday, May 15, 2026