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Barefoot Student Union Building, Harvey Auditorium

The Future of Healthcare: Conscience, Justice, and Cognitive Enhancement

Title: "Cognitive Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Neuroethics in the Mortar and Pestle"

Speaker: Dr. William P. Cheshire – Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Florida

Bio: William P. Cheshire is a physician specializing in autonomic neurology. Since 1992 he has practiced at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, where he is Professor of Neurology and Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory. Author of more than one hundred articles on neurology and medical ethics, he is past chair of the Autonomic Nervous System Section of the American Academy of Neurology and serves on the editorial board of Autonomic Neuroscience. He is also Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations and Senior Research Fellow for Neuroethics at the Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. He contributes an ongoing series entitled Grey Matters to the journal Ethics & Medicine.

He received his A.B. in biochemical sciences from Princeton University, his M.A. in bioethics from Trinity International University, and his M.D. from West Virginia University. He completed a residency in neurology and fellowship in pain at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Cheshire lives on the northeastern coast of Florida with his wife and four children.

Event Sponsor: Institute for Intellectual Discipleship, Union University