Making Ethical Healthcare Decisions

This panel discusses medical choices, including the role of healthcare providers and patients as well as religious, spiritual and cultural considerations. Moderator Jason Callahan, Palliative Chaplain and Instructor, David Flemming, President & CEO of Donate Life, America, Dr. Danielle Noreika, Medical Director of Palliative Services, and Amarachi Onyejekwe, student president of Black Men in Medicine discuss ways to advocate on behalf of patients and be agents of change.

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Meet your panelists

Moderator: Jason Callahan, MDiv, MS, BCC is the chaplain for the Thomas Palliative Care Unit at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center and also serves as an instructor for the Departments of Patient Counseling and Pastoral Care at VCU.

David Fleming, President & CEO, Donate Life America

Dr. Danielle Noreika is the Medical Director of Palliative Services and an Associate Professor of Medicine in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care.

Amarachi Onyejekwe, VCU Student

Dr. Leslie Randall, director of Gynecologic Oncology at VCU’s Massey Cancer Center