Redmond Ethics Center

The Ethics Committee has a periodic column in EyeNet called “Ask the Ethicist” where ethical questions on weighty issues as well as routine, everyday dilemmas are asked and answered. Check the links below to see if your question might be answered in one of these Ask the Ethics columns.

• Do I Need an IRB to Publish Research? 
• Written Agreements in Comanagement Arrangements
• Promoting Surgery with Vacation Discount Program 

Anthony J. Aldave, MD
6^th Annual Allan & Claire Jensen, MD Lecture in Professionalism and Ethics

The Jensen Ethics Lecture, “Ethical Aspects of Global Ophthalmic Practice,” was presented to a large audience at AAO 2019 in San Francisco.  Anthony J. Aldave, MD, Professor and Walton Li Chair in Cornea and Uveitis at The Jules Stein Eye Institute, enthusiastically addressed the ethical challenges presented to physicians and trainees who choose to work and teach internationally. Dr. Aldave shared with the audience his extensive international experiences to illuminate the global burden of vision impairment and blindness and the ethical challenges involved in providing care in the global arena.

Learn more about the Jensen Lecture