Medicine, Professionalism & #MedBikini

Bioethics for the People

This episode features Devan’s famous TikTok dancing, and, perhaps more interestingly, Dr. Alyssa Burgart about professionalism, medical education, bioethics, and host of other topics.

Dr. Burgart specializes in pediatric anesthesia and pediatric abdominal transplant anesthesia. She has special interest in transplantation, PANS/PANDAS, spinal muscular atrophy, and trauma. Dr. Burgart is committed to finding the most successful way for each child to interact with the anesthesia team, in order to create an overall positive experience. She champions a program specifically supporting children with unique needs, such as those with sensory integration differences. Dr. Burgart has a joint appointment in the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, serves as the Co-Chair of the LPCH Ethics Committee and as a member of the SHC Ethics Committee. She provides ethics consultation services for people of all ages. Her ethics interests include pediatric ethics, organ transplantation, communication skills, disability rights, women's healthcare access, adolescent decision-making, ethics education, and excellence in ethics consultation. She also is active on Twitter @BurgartBioethix

Read More of Dr. Burgart’s work below:

• “Vaccinate Me, But not First,” (Bioethics.net)

• “Poorly Conducted Science is Unprofessional,” (Journal of Vascular Surgery)

• “Machine-Learning Implementation in Clinical Anesthesia: Opportunities and Challenges,” (Anesthesia & Analgesia)

• “Fairness and Transparency in an Expanded Access Program: Allocation of the only treatment for SMA1,” (American Journal of Bioethics)