CURRICULUM VITAE Date of Preparation: January 25, 2017
KENNETH PRAGER
1. PERSONAL DATA Birth date: January 3, 1943 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Marital Status: Married, 4 children Office Address: Columbia University Medical Center, Atchley-Irving Pavilion, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10032
2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING College: Columbia, B.A., 1964 Medical School: Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1968 Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1968-69 Residency: CPMC, Internal Medicine, 1971-72 Chief Medical Resident: University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, Billings Hospital, 1972-73
3. MEDICAL LICENSURE New York State, 1969 # 104006
4. MEDICAL BOARD SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION American Board of Internal Medicine, 1973
5. MILITARY SERVICE Senior Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, 1969-70
Assistant Surgeon and Acting Medical Director, U.S. PHS Indian Hospital, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, 1970-71
6. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Medical Association American College of Physicians, Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Medical Society of the State of New York American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 7. HONORS New York State Regents Medical School Scholarship, 1964 B.A. Cum Laude, Columbia College, 1964 Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia College, 1964 Rafael Award for Medicine, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel, 1984 Fellow, American College of Physicians Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine One of New York City's Best Pulmonologists, "The Best Doctors in New York," New York Magazine, 1991; 1998; 1999; 2007; 2008 One of New York City's Best Internists/Pulmonologists, Castle Connoly Guide: How to Find the Best Doctors for You and Your Family, New York Metro Area, 1994, 1997, 1999-2016. Guide to America’s Top Physicians 2003-6, Consumers’ Research Council of America Best Doctors in America 2003-2016 Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2003-14 Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2009-12 National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals 2004-05 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Housestaff Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Senior Faculty, 1999-2000 Department of Nursing “Physician of the Year Award 2003,” New York- Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Award of Appreciation, New York Organ Donor Network, April 2005 The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Columbia University P&S Graduation, May 2006 Alfred Markowitz Service Award, NY Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Center, Society of Practitioners, June, 2006 Ewig Clinical Education Award, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 2007-2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Society of the Alumni of New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, November 14, 2012 Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2015 Academy of Clinical Excellence, Columbia University College of physicians and Surgeons, 2017
8. COMMUNITY HONORS Rafael Award for Medicine, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel, 1984 Service Award, Moriah School of Englewood, January 11, 1986 Guardian of Israel Award, Boys Town Jerusalem, June 2, 2003 Ruth Swift Service Award; Cong. Ahavath Torah; Englewood, N.J.; June 2009 Tikun Olam Award, Yeshivat Chovevey Torah Rabbinical School March, 2011
9. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Clinical Instructor in Medicine, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1972-73 Associate in Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1973-75 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia P&S, 1975-88 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia P&S, 1989-99 Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia P&S, 1999-2007 Professor of Clinical Medicine, 2007-2013 Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center 20013- Faculty Associate, Columbia University Center for Bioethics, 2003-2015 Director of Clinical Ethics, Columbia University Center for Bioethics, 2007-2015
10. HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS Assistant Attending Physician, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1973-88 Associate Attending Physician, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1989-99 Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 1999- Director of Medical Ethics, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Center, June 1998- Co-Director Center for Supportive Care and Clinical Ethics 2013-
11. HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, 1994- Member Pediatric Medical Ethics committee, 1994- Associate Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, 1992-94 Member, Pastoral Care Advisory Board, 2004-2010 Member, Executive Committee Society of Practitioners, 1995-2012 Medical Resident Selection Committee, 1978-2003 Member, Institutional Review Board, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, April-May, 1997 Member, Psychiatric Institute Institutional Review Board, May 1998-Feb. 1999 Member, Admissions Committee, Ben Gurion University of the Negev M.D. Program in International Health, 1997- Executive Committee of the Administrative Council, Columbia University Center for Bioethics, 2004- Director of the Meltzer Medical Ethics Fellowship, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2012- Senior Faculty Learning Environment Advisor, Department of Medicine 2015-
12. TEACHING Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; New York Presbyterian Hospital: Instructor, Introduction to the Patient Pulmonary Attending In-Patient Pulmonary Consult Service 1980- Pulmonary Attending CPMC AIDS/TB Unit Pulmonary Attending Medical ICU CPMC Pulmonary Pathophysiology Instructor Columbia P&S Lecturer, Pulmonary Subjects, Medical Housestaff, Presbyterian Hospital Medical Preceptor 4th Year Columbia P&S Students Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Instructor Pulmonary Fellows Attend on Pulmonary Consult Service one month per year supervise and teach fellow, residents and medical students Discussant at Morning Report for Medical Residents Chief of Service Rounds, Department of Medicine 1995-2010 Guest Lecturer, Ben Gurion University of the Negev M.D. Program in International Health and Medicine; Beer Sheva, Israel; Pulmonary pathophysiology course; Lectures on medical ethics, 1999-2014
13. ETHICS TEACHING
Annual introductory medical ethics lectures to first and second year P&S students—part of Foundations of Clinical Medicine series
Annual lecture: Ethics for Nurses to first year class nursing school, Columbia School of Nursing
Series of lectures on clinical ethics to students in the Columbia University Masters in Bioethics program 2012-
Introduction to Clinical Ethics lecture to journalism students, Columbia School of Journalism 2010-13
Developed and taught elective in clinical ethics for fourth year Columbia P&S students, monthly 2005-12
Columbia University Center for Bioethics Gold Foundation Ethics for Lunch Seminar Series: 1-2 presentations and discussions annually of difficult cases from the CUMC Ethics Committee, October 2003- (attended by all interested disciplines in medical center as well as members of the surrounding community)
Critical Care Grand Rounds, CUMC, twice annual discussion of difficult medical ethics cases at Critical Care Grand Rounds, 2002-
Luncheon Ethics Rounds with P&S students on medicine rotation (twice per rotation) 2011-
Ethics Rounds with P&S students on surgery rotation (twice per rotation), 2010-
Annual Grand Rounds discussion of difficult ethics cases: Departments of ophthalmology, urology, cardiac electrophysiology, emergency medicine
Annual Introduction to Clinical Ethics Lectures to residents and fellows in departments of medicine, pulmonology, critical care medicine, oncology, obstetrics-gynecology, cardiology, neurology, nephrology
Annual Introduction to Medical Ethics Lecture to social work interns at Columbia and Cornell medical centers
Director of the Meltzer Medical Ethics Fellowship for Medicine Residents, CUMC, 2012-
Assisted neurology fellow in developing a program for ethics seminars for neurology house staff CUMC 2013—article describing program published in Neurology
Lectures on Pulmonary Subjects Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Anaerobic Pulmonary Infections, 1980 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Malignant Mesothelioma, 1984 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Current Medical Practice in the USSR, Personal Observations, 1986 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: Ethics and Economics in the ICU, 1990 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds: The Failure of Out Patient Treatment of Asthma, 1994 Harlem Hospital Grand Rounds: Current Management of Asthma, 1995 Lecturer, Pulmonary Review for Internal Medicine Recertification Course, 1995 Chronic Pulmonary Disease—When is it GERD? CME Seminar NYC GERD Network, “The Extraesophageal Manifestations of GERD,” October 1, 2003.
13. OTHER PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNIAL ACTIVITIES Past reviewer for Chest, publication of the American College of Chest Physicians Reviewer British Medical Ethics Board of Health, Englewood, New Jersey, 1989-1992 Chairman, Medical Advisory Board, Sanz Medical Center, Netanya, Israel 1984- Policy Advisor, American Council on Science and Health, 1994-2010 Board of Directors, American Council on Science and Health, 2001-2010 Member, Board of Directors, Halachic Organ Donor Society, 2011- Member, Board of Directors, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, 2012-
Selected Lectures on Medical Ethics "The Doctor's Dilemma-Ethical Issues in Treating Aids Patients," Jewish Medical Ethics Series, Jewish Community Center of the Palisades, May 11, 1987 "Ethical Issues Concerning Artificial Nutritional Support of the Elderly,” Geriatrics Symposium, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, October, 1991 Panelist, "Jewish Perspectives on Medical Ethical Issues," 92nd Street Y, January, 1996 Panelist, "Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Choices," 92nd Street Y, Feb., 1997 "Torah Perspectives on Jewish Diseases," The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life at Columbia University, Lincoln Square Synagogue, November 8, 1998 "Medical Ethics of Managed Care," Educational Conference, New York Association for Healthcare Quality, Inc., Mt. Sinai Medical Center, November 16, 1998 “Medical Ethics Case Presentations,” Ben Gurion Medical School; Beer Sheva, Israel; October 27, 1999 Critical Care Grand Rounds; Columbia Presbyterian Med. Center, “Ethics in the ICU, Past, Present, and Future;” February 10, 2000 “Medical Ethics Case Presentations,” Ben Gurion Medical School, Beer Sheva, Israel; October 27, 1999; October 30, 2000 “Jewish Medical Ethics in End-of-Life Issues,” Medical Ethics Committee, New York Hospital Division, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, May 17, 2000 Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Rounds: “Ethical Issues Relating to Surgery— Pre-Op Consent; Post Operative Care Issues in the Surgical ICU,” August 3, 2000 “A Jewish Prayer in the Journal of the American Medical Association—Asher Yatzar.” Symposium on Modern Medicine and Jewish Law, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, December 31, 2000 “Societal trends in End of Life Issues: Jewish vs. Secular Outlook,” Congregation Ohav Zedek, New York City, January 16, 2001 Critical Care Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Med. Center, “Ethical Issues in Critical Care: Case Discussions,” February 8, 2001 “Controversies and Trends in End of Life Medical Ethics,” Columbia University Seminar on Death, February 14, 2001 Department of Otololaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Grand Rounds, CUMC, “Ethical Issues in End of Life Decisions,” March 8, 2001 Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, CUMC, “DNR in the OR,” April 5, 2001 Keynote Address, Columbia P&S and NY Presbyterian Hospital CME Course, Cardiovascular Issues in Geriatrics, “The Age-Old Question: Ethical Issues in the Care of the Elderly,” May 19, 2001 Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, “Ethical Issues in Pathology,” September 25, 2001 3rd Annual Conference, Advances in Pulmonary Medicine, Classic Problems, 21st Century Solutions, Columbia College of P&S: “Legal and Ethical Issues for Patients with Advanced Lung Disease,” December 9, 2001 Bioethics Grand Rounds, The New York Ethics Network at the New York Academy of Medicine; Presentation and Discussion of a Case of Medical Futility; February 19, 2002 Discussant at Ethics Grand Rounds, New Milford Hospital, New Milford, Connecticut, May 1, 2002 Critical Care Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, “Ventricular Assist Device Removal: Ethical and Legal Issues,” May 23, 2002 Annual Meeting North Shore University Hospital Physicians Organization: “Hepatitis C: The Ethical Obligations of Physicians and Patients,” June 13, 2002 Nursing Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, “The Issue of Futility in Medical and Nursing Care,” Nov. 26, 2002 New York Gastroenterology Association: “Ethical Issues in Living Related Donor Liver Transplantation,” February 13, 2003 Critical Care Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, “Requests For Inappropriate Withdrawal of Care,” June 12, 2003. Annenberg Lecture, Jewish Community Center, Tenafly, New Jersey, “Jewish Medical Ethics,” June 26, 2003 Annual Convention, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization (NATCO), “More and Better Transplants: More and Harder Ethical Dilemmas,” July 30, 2003, New Orleans, LA Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Nurses Multicultural Workshop, “Ethical and Cultural Considerations in Health Care Decision Making,” October 24, 2003 Columbia University Center for Bioethics, The Gold Foundation Seminar Series; “Difficult Cases from the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Ethics Committee,” October 2003; March 2004; October 2004; May 2005; November, 2005; May 2006; November 2006; May 2007; November 2007; May 2008; November 2008; May 2009; November 2009-14 Transplant in Clinical Practice—Course for Transplant Professionals; New York- Presbyterian Clinical transplant Council; “Ethical Issues in Transplant,” Nov. 9, 2003 Advances in Pulmonary Medicine, Columbia P&S and N.Y. Presbyterian Hospital; “Ethical and Legal Issues Related to Isolation and Quarantine of Infectious Patients,” December 14, 2003 Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, “The Futility of Trying to Deal With Medical Futility” Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, April 29, 2004 CU Medical Center Nursing Department Task Force on the Care of the Dying Patient, “Care of the Dying Patient: Ethical and Legal Perspectives,” May 5, 2004 Manhattan Jewish Experience, “Medical Ethics and Judaism: Traditional Influences on a Jewish Doctor,” May 5, 2004 American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2004 Symposium, “Do Hospitals Need medical Ethics Consultants? Reflections on 10 Years of Ethics at the Bedside,” October 28, 2004. Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia P&S and NY- Presbyterian Hospital: “Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care.” Dec. 12, 2004 Women’s Board of the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Women’s Wellness Symposium, Keynote Address, “Medical Ethics-Decisions in Crisis,” March 14, 2005 "Ethics and Organ Transplantation 2005: Testing the Limits." Plenary Session. UNOS Transplant Management Forum. Memphis, TN. April 12, 2005. “Expanding the Definition of Acceptable Living Organ Donors—Ethical Considerations” UNOS Region 9 OPO and Clinical Forum, April 21, 2005 “The Schiavo Case: Medical Ethics’ Perfect Storm. A Retrospective Analysis.” Columbia University Center for Bioethics, The Gold Foundation Ethics for Lunch Seminar, May 3, 2005 “The Dignity of Life at the End of Life,” Jewish Medical Ethics Conference, Columbia University Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Columbia Kraft Center, May 22, 2005. Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia P&S and NY Presbyterian Hospital: “The Year in Medical Ethics: Stem Cells, Directed Organ Donation, Terry Schiavo.” Dec 12, 2005. Medical Grand Rounds, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, “Clinical Ethics at Columbia: Past, Present and Future,” April 5, 2006 “Clinical Ethics and End of Life Issues at Columbia University Medical Center,” Professional Advisor’s Circle, C.U. Medical Center, May 24, 2006 Social Work Grand Rounds, Lois Kingsley Boots Lecture: “Decision Making: Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Social Workers in Contemporary Practice,” NY Presbyterian Hospital, CU Medical Center, March 14th, 2007 The New York City Speech, Hearing and Language Association; Professional Seminar: “Medical Ethics: Application to Communication and Swallowing Disorders,” January 16, 2008 Riverdale Women’s Health and Halacha Day. “Musings of a Jewish Medical Ethicist: Keeping Patient’s Whole in a Specialized World.” March 30, 2008 Harlem Children Society, “Medical Ethics,” August 13, 2008 The New York Academy of Medicine and The Metropolitan Ethics Network: Ethics Grand Rounds. “Must We Always Obey the Health Care Agent? Can We Define the Tipping Point of Unreasonableness?” Sept. 16, 2008 UJA Federation of New York, Lawyers Division, Health Care Division, “An Evening on Legal and Medical Ethics” February 4, 2009 Columbia University Law School, Youth Justice Association: “Reproductive Law in American Society: the Recent Case of Octuplets; Ethical Issues,” March 9, 2009 Surgery Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, “Money, Morals, and Medicine” April 23, 2009 Keynote Speaker, Temple University Medical School Grand Rounds Ethics Symposium, “Ethical Dilemmas in Treating the Homeless Patient,” May 6, 2009 Society for Transplant Social Workers annual meeting, “Ethics and Organ Transplantation 2009: Testing the Limits,” Cleveland, Ohio, October 15, 2009 The New York Academy of Medicine and The Metropolitan Ethics Network: Ethics Grand Rounds. “Medical Futility at the Bedside: More Sophisticated Technology, More Difficult Medical Decisions.” October 22, 2009 Medical Grand Rounds, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel, Ethical Quandaries With Advancing Medical Technology, November 3, 2009 Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, “New York State Law and the Ethics of Resuscitation,” November 12, 2009 The Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies, Grand Rounds, Ethical Dilemmas in Treating the Homeless Patient, November 19, 2009 Grand Rounds, NY Downtown Hospital, “Ethical Issues in the ICU,” December 15, 2009 Temple University Psychiatry Grand Rounds, “Ethical Dilemmas in Treating the Homeless Patient,” January 13, 2010 United Nations International School Bioethics Conference; “Ethical Challenges in Increasing the Supply of Organs for Transplant”; delivered at United Nations Trusteeship Council, March 4, 2010 Medical Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical Center, Organ Donation and Manipulating the Definition of Death, March 10, 2010 AOA Distinguished Lecture, Uniformed Services University Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland, May 6, 2010 John Jones Surgical Society Symposium, Transplantation—A Glimpse at Past, Present and Future; Columbia University Medical Center, “Pushing the Envelope: Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation,” May 21, 2010 Transplant & Translational Immunology Speaker Series, “Ethical Challenges in Expanding the Organ Donor Pool,” Columbia University Medical Center, February 3, 2011 Medical Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein Medical Center, New York City, “Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine—Case Studies,” March 11, 2011 Stony Brook University Medical Center, “The Question of Presumed Consent,” Conference on Organ Donation, April 11, 2011 Conference on “Defeating Denial: How to Properly Plan for Your Future,” Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, “Challenges to Halacha Posed by Medical technology,” May 10, 2011 Inaugural Sandra Solomon Memorial Lecture, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA, The Challenges of Technology to Humanism in Medicine: Can Dr. Kildare Survive? May 19, 2011 Inaugural Khalid Butt Lecture Series, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y., Pushing Ethical Boundaries in the Pursuit of Organs, November 15, 2011 Beth Israel Hospital Medical Ethics Committee, New York City, “The Evolution of Medical Ethics at Columbia University Medical Center,” February 27, 2012 Maclean Center for Medical Ethics, Program on Medicine and Religion, University of Chicago, “Reflections on Being a Religious Jew and Teaching and Practicing Secular Medical Ethics at Columbia University Medical Center,” September 10, 2012 Grand Rounds, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York City, “Organ Donation and Manipulating the Definition of Death.” September 28, 2012. Princeton University Hillel, Jewish Medical Ethics: “Ancient Sources, Modern Dilemmas,” April 23, 2013 Tisch Hospital/NYU Langone Medical Center Medical Ethics Committee, “Organ Donation and Manipulating the Definition of Death,” April 18, 2013 Medicine Grand Rounds, Columbia University Medical center, “The woman who forgot to die: autonomy and the deactivation of a cardiac pacemaker,” Drs. Craig Blinderman and Kenneth Prager, September 25, 2013 Annual Sheinberg Memorial Lecture on Medical Ethics, “‘Doctor don't tell my mother she has cancer’: Ethical issues involved in sharing medical information” Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford, CT, October 20, 2013 Keynote address, Rutgers University Bioethics Society Annual Symposium, March 12, 2014, “Future end-of-life issues in medical ethics: prolonging dying and hastening death.” Panelist, “Palliative Care and Ethics Committees: Diverse Approaches to Conflict,” New York City Bar Association, Committee on Bioethical Issues, March 20, 2014 Speaker at Straus Semikhah Seminar, Yeshiva University, February 24, 2015: “Pitfalls in Determining Capacity,” Transplant Nursing Update, The Rockefeller University, “Current Ethical Issues in Organ Transplant,” April 29, 2015 Dignity and Healthcare at the End-of-Life: Abrahamic Faiths in a Bioethics Conversation. Bayan Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California. “Lessons From a Goses: Tension in Jewish Law Between the Sanctity of Life and Avoidance of Suffering When Death is Near,” October 23, 2015 Panelist, “Dying in America,” sponsored by the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, N.Y. Academy of Medicine, May 5, 2016 Speaker at One to One Global Forum, June 21, 2016, NY Public Library Panelist, Jewish Law Symposium, September 26, 2016. Law, Medicine and the Right to Decide: Ethical Dilemmas from Cradle to Grave “DNR in New York State: Past, Present and Future,” Hudson Valley Hospital, Cortlandt Manor, New York, April 20, 2017 Keynote speaker, American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, “Bioethics: Where We Are Today and How We Got There,” May 13, 2017. Speaker at annual convention Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, May 1, 2018, Phoenix AR: “Ethical Principles in Advanced Circulatory Support” Speaker at “Is it Time to Rethink Brain Death? A Rabbinic Colloquium,” June 14, 2018, a Jewish Theological Seminary. “A New Definition of Death: Its Impact on Organ Transplantation and on Those Who Do Not Accept It.”
Commencement Addresses: Medical School graduation, Ben Gurion University MD Program in International Health and Medicine; Beersheva, Israel, May 27, 2003 Invocation at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Graduation, May, 2006
Scholar in Residence November, 2006, Congregation Shara Tzedeck, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September, 2008, Congregation Beth Israel, Schenectady, N.Y. December, 2009, Congregation Ohav Zedek, N.Y., N.Y. January, 2010, Congregation Sherith Israel, Nashville, Tennessee March, 2010, Congregation Beth Shalom, Rochester, N.Y. May, 2010, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Newton, Massachusetts February, 2012, Congregation Sons of Israel, Briarcliff Manor, NY November, 2013 Congregation Ohel Ari, Raanana, Israel
14. MISCELLANEOUS Established first medical student exchange between a U.S. and Russian (formerly Soviet) Medical School: Columbia P&S and First Moscow Medical Academy, 1990
Established Annual Joseph N. Muschel Medical House Staff Award and Lecture, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1996-
“Prager’s List—A Physician’s Journey to Auschwitz,” Holocaust memorial Program, Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood, NJ, April 25, 2006
15. PUBLICATIONS
Prager, K. Primary Extra-Genital Cutaneous Gonorrhea, Archives of Dermatology 1973; 107:112.
Prager, K. Alcoholism and the American Indian. Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin. 46:20-25, 1972. Reprinted in Mni Wakan & The Sioux: Respite, Release and Recreation, Edited by Rodger Hornby and Richard Dana, Jr., Justin Publishing, 1984, p.3-13
Grewal, R, Prager, K, Austin, J, Rotterdam, H. Long-term survival in non-encapsulated primary liposarcoma of the mediastinum, Thorax 1993; 48:1276-77.
Prager, K. "For Everything A Blessing," in "A Piece of My Mind" column in JAMA, 1997; 277:1589
Prager, K. Is Prescribing Placebos Ethical? Yes. Point and Counterpoint, Priorities, American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), December, 1998.
Prager, K. “The List,” in “A Piece of My Mind” column in JAMA, 2001; 285:2692
Prager K, Groeger J, Weiser M, Lederberg M, Rubin D, Siegler M. Ethics Committees at Work. Can Doctors Say “Enough”? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2003;12:215-223.
Prager, K. “Alice’s Husband,” in “A Piece of My Mind” column in JAMA; 2003, 289:2333
Prager, K. Medical Care for the Elderly: Should Limits Be Set? Virtual Mentor. American Medical Association Journal of Ethics; 2008;8(6):404-410.
Maurer MS, Raina A, Hesdorffer C, Bijou R, Colombo P, Deng M, Drusin R, Haythe J, Horn E, Lee SH, Marboe C, Naka Y, Schulman L, Scully B, Shapiro P, Prager K, Radhakrishnan J, Restaino S, Mancini D. Cardiac transplantation using extended-donor criteria organs for systemic amyloidosis complicated by heart failure. Transplantation. 2007: 15;83(5):539-45
Romano M, Wahlander S, Lang B, Li G, Prager K. Mandatory Ethics Consultation Policy. Mayo Clin Proc. 2009;84(7):581-585.
Woo J. Prager K. Substituted Misjudgment Clin Ethics 2009; 4(4): 208—210.
Lioke JD, Gillick M, Mayer S, Prager K, Simon J, Steinberg A, Tendler MD, Willig M, Fischbach RL. The critical role of religion: Caring for the dying patient from an Orthodox Jewish perpsective. J Palliat Med. 2010 Oct;13(10):1267-71.
Marvin MR, Prager KM, Wohlauer MV, Chandler JG. Sanctity and organ donation’s societal value. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2012;97(1): 12-23.
Prager K. The Crisis of Medical Humanism: Challenges to Resuscitating the Weakened Heart of American Medicine. MD Advisor. Spring 2012, 37-40.
Acres C, Prager K, Hardart G, Fins J. Credentialing the Clinical Ethics Consultant: An Academic Medical Center Affirms Professionalism and Practice. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. Summer 2012. 156-164.
Goswami S., Evans A, Das B, Prager K, Sladen RN, Wagener G. Determination of Brain Death by Apnea test Adapted to Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. J Cardiothoracic Vasc Anesth 2013: Apr;27(2) 312-4.
Goswami S, Prager K, Sladen RN, Wagener G. Reply to Drs. Rady and Verheijde, J Cardiothoracic Vasc Anesth 2013: Apr;27(2) e9-10
Prager K. When Physicians and Surrogates Disagree about Futility. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15:1022-1026. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2013/12/ecas2-1312.html.
Abrams DC, Prager K, Blinderman CD, Burkart KM, Brodie D. The Appropriate Use of Increasingly Sophisticated Life-Sustaining Technology. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15:1050- 1055. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2013/12/stas2-1312.html.
Abrams DC, Prager K, Blinderman CD; Burkart K M; Brodie D. Ethical Dilemmas Encountered With the Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adults. Chest. 2014;145(4):876-882.
Tolchin B, Willey J, Prager K. Education Research: A case-based bioethics curriculum for neurology residents. Neurology 2015;84;e91-e93.
Choi HA, Fernandez A, Jeon SB, Schmidt JM, Connolly ES, Mayer S, Claassen J, Badjatia N, Prager KM, Lee K. Ethnic Disparities in End-of-Life Care After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care 2015 22:423-428
Karel-Bart C, Prager K. Health Care Ethics Consultation in the United States AMA Journal of Ethics. 2016; 18:475-478.
George E. Hardart, M.D., M.P.H., Matthew K. Labriola , M.D., Kenneth Prager , M.D. & Marilyn C. Morris , M.D., M.P.H. Consent for organ donation after circulatory death at U.S. transplant centers. American Journal of Bioethics, August 2, 2017.
Rubin J, Prager K, Guide to Considering Nonpsychiatric Medical Intervention Over Objection for the Patient Without Decisional Capacity. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 5, 2018.
Prager K, Lessons From a Goses, Conversations, Journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, Spring 2018
Editorials Prager K. The Failure of Out Patient Treatment of Asthma Among the Indigent, RT The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners, 1995:8:14
Edwards N, Prager K. Nothing is Fair or Good Alone [ethical issues in setting age limits for heart transplant candidates], The Journal of Thoracic and Cadiovascular Surgery, 2003:125;23-24
Prager K, Hardart G. Ethical Challenges Posed by Trisomy 18 Infants. The Israel Medical Association Journal. 2012;14:498-500.
Textbook Chapters
Prager, K. Medical ethics issues in the elderly. In: Edwards, N., Maurer, M., eds. Cardiac Surgery in the Older Patient: Comprehensive Management. New Jersey: The Humana Press, Inc. 2002, 149-163.
Neuberg G, Prager K. Ethical challenges after cardiac surgery. In: Sladen RN, ed. Postoperative Cardiac Care. A Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Monograph. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011:385-400.
Prager,K. Non heart-beating donation: the ethical challenges involved,in Halakhic Realities, In: Collected Essays on Brain Death, ed. Zev Farber, Maggid Books, 2015, pps.107-113
Letters in Medical Journals
Prager K. Use of BCG Vaccine, The New England Journal of Medicine, 1969, 281: 965- 966.
Prager K. Obstacles To Transplant Technology, The New England Journal of Medicine, 1988, 318:451
Prager K. High Hopes--And Many Morals [re: New York State's DNR Law], JAMA, p. 2297, May 2, 1990.
Prager K. Alcohol and the Future of Native Americans, JAMA, p. 471, January 27, 1993.
Prager K, Oz M. Proposed Policy for Ventricular Assist Device Removal, Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1688-96
Neuberg GW, Prager KM. Don’t blame advance directives for poor end-of-life care. Ann Intern Med. Annals online (www.annals.org). Aug.30, 2007.
Prager K. When is the request of a surrogate too unreasonable to follow? Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;88(5):1723; author reply 1723-4.
Blinderman C, Prager K. The Right to Information—A First Step Toward Improving End-of-Life Care, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, March 26, 2011
ABSTRACTS 1995-1996
Anesthetic Management in Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy for Severe Emphysema, M. Argenziano, N. Moazami, A.M. DiMango, B. Thomashow, J. Edsall, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, P.A. Jellin, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg and E.S. Delphin. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Depts. of Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesiology, New York, NY.
Spirometry and Exercise Tolerance are Significantly Improved in Patients Who Undergo Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy for Treatment of Advanced Emphysema. A.M. DiMango, P.F. Simonelli, M. Argenziano, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, B. Thomashow, J. Edsall. Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY
Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy is not Contraindicated in Emphysema with Severe Hypercapnea. M. Argenziano, N. Moazami, A.M. DiMango, J.J. DeRose, B. Thomashow, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, J. Edsall, P.A. Jellin, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg. Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY.
Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy Allows Resection of Thoracic Tumors in Patients With Severe Emphysema. J.J. DeRose, Jr., M. Argenziano, N. El-Amir, N. Moazami, B. Thomashow, J. Edsall, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, P.A. Jellen, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg. Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY
Extended Indications for Volume Reduction Pneumonectomy in Advanced Emphysema. M. Argenziano, N. Moazami, A.M. DiMango, J.J. DeRose, B. Thomashow, C. Yip, K.M. Prager, J. Edsall, P. A. Jellin, L.A. Gorenstein, K.M. Steinglass, M.E. Ginsberg. Columbia U. College of P&S, Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY
Op-Ed Opinion Articles
Soviet Health Care's Critical Condition. The Wall Street Journal, p.26, January 29, 1987.
"What? Physicians Won't Treat AIDS?" Op-Ed Page, The New York Times, p.39, October 23, 1987.
Medicare Meddling. Op-Ed Page, The New York Times, September 12, 1988.
How CPR Can Threaten The Desperately Ill. The Wall Street Journal, p. A16, March 9, 1989.
Israeli Health Care Is Saving Palestinian Lives. The Jewish Week, p. 25, December 22, 1989.
Clozaril: Tort's Dangerous Side Effects. The Wall Street Journal, p. A18, December 6, 1990.
A PC Approach To TB Control. The Wall Street Journal, p. A6, December 30, 1992.
Infant Mortality, Mother's Morality. The Wall Street Journal, p. A12, February 1, 1995.
When Medical Treatment Is Futile. The Wall Street Journal, p.A16, June, 1995.
When the Patient is Silent. The New York Times, Jan.2, 2005. Co-author, Ellen Morrison, M.D.
The Answers Lie in Love for Our Daughter, The New Jersey Jewish Standard, October 28, 2010.
The Ethical Imperative of Organ Donation, The New York Jewish Week, August 31, 2016.
Letters in Non-Medical Media
Public Health in China, The New York Times, December 12, 1971
The Smoking Hazard Is A Closed Question, The New York Times, March 3, 1982.
Lesson of AIDS Cases In Soviet Hospital, The New York Times, March 6, 1989.
You Can't Die In Peace In A New York Hospital, The New York Times, April 6, 1990.
"Patient Heal Thyself," The New York Times, February 15, 1994.
Legal Euthanasia Imperils Medical Integrity, The New York Times, November 7, 1994.
Assisted Suicide Poses Threat to Society, The New York Times, April 5, 1996
Senior Citizen Mothers? The New York Times, April 27, 1997
Who's Needlessly Prolonging Life? The New York Times, March 2, 1999
Transplants in China, The New York Times, October 24, 2001
Heal the Prisoners and the Rest of Us, The New York Times, February 5, 2002
When the Fetus is Abnormal, The New York Times, June 23, 2004
Ending Life (critical discussion of Schiavo case article), Commentary, October 2005
A Long Line for Transplants: Is It Fair? The New York Times, July 17, 2009
Prager K. and Schluger N., Rabbinical Council of America and Brain Death, The Jewish Week, December 7, 2010
A Death Row Donation of Organs? The New York Times, March 12, 2011
Why Health Care Costs Are So High, The New York Times, June 4, 2013
A Talk Before Dying, The New York Times, September 6, 2014
Seeking a More Humane Way to Die, The New York Times, February 18, 2016
What is Right for Baby Charlie Gard? The New York Times, July 6, 2017
Monthly Column
Cortlandt Forum. Monthly magazine published by The Cortlandt Group, Inc. 55 monthly columns on medical topics between 1988 and 1994.
Editorialist
Medical Outlook. Commentary on Taped Interviews With Experts On Socio-Medical Topics. 1988-1994.
Medical Tribune. Editions For Internists and Ob/Gyn. 1995-96