MUSC Catalyst 10-10-2014

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Oct. 10, 2014

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA

Vol. 33, No. 8

I care about

DoMEsTic ViolEncE Pitts Lecture topic: Domestic Violence

because I can start the conversation.

because MUSC should lead in men stopping it.

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See Pitts on page 6

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Local experts discuss the Ebola virus.

Staff Reports his year’s annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics featuring the theme, “Dangerous to Stay, Dangerous to Leave: Ethical and Legal Issues in Domestic Violence,” will be held Oct. 22 and 24. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m., Oct. 22. All sessions will be held in the MUSC Bioengineering Building, Room 110, 68 President Street. Now in its 21st year, the lectureship has featured a range of bioethical issues including clinicalbioethical, legal–bioethical, social– bioethical and policy–bioethical. Robert Sade, M.D., Department of Surgery and director of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care, is pleased that the committee has chosen the topic of domestic violence as this year’s theme. “Issues relating to domestic violence are extremely important today. We have coordinated several key topics that will be led by a range of local and national experts to address various areas of domestic violence from outcomes to reporting and sharing solutions. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell is a national

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because no one should ever get hurt.

because it has affected someone very close to me.

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New MRI procedure offers benefits for children.

because true love never hurts.

because everyone deserves to be treated with compassion and respect.

2 DAISY 5 Meet Annie 10 Wellness T h E c aTa ly s T onlinE

MUSC faculty and staff participate in the Do No Harm campaign. Top left and working clockwise, participants include Dr. Jill Mauldin, Dr. Walter Limehouse, Gina Garrett, R.N., Dr. Don Handel, Cindy Little, R.N. and Dr. Patrick Cawley. See story on page 6.

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