Medical Ethics Expert to Give Lecture at UNM

Professor Thaddeus Pope, an associate professor of Law at Widener University Law School, will a give a free public lecture that will focus on medical ethics, specifically relating to issues of making medical decisions. The lecture will be held Saturday, Aug. 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church located at 425 University N.E. The lecture itself begins at 10 a.m. Light refreshments will be served beforehand.

Recruited to speak here by Dr. Aroop Mangalik from the UNM Cancer and Research Center, Pope’s expertise is concentrated in issues of medical ethics. He will also be addressing the medical community at the UNM Medical Center and UNM Health Sciences Center on Aug. 28-29 including topics of health law, bioethics and torts, which he specializes in.