Peter DePergola

Institution College of Our Lady of the Elms

Position Shaughness Family Endowed Chair in Humanities; Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Executive Director, Center for Ethics, Religion, and Culture

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Email Address depergolap@elms.edu

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Prior Educational Background

PhD, Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
MTS, Ethics, Boston College
BA, Philosophy and Religious Studies, College of Our Lady of the Elms
Fellowship, Clinical Bioethics, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency, Clinical Bioethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Advanced Training, Clinical Bioethics, Harvard Medical School

Research Interests

Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Business Ethics
Economic Ethics
Ethics and Education
Fundamental Moral Theology
Gender and Sexual Ethics
HIV/AIDS
Law
Philosophical Ethics
Social Ethics
Virtue Ethics

Recent Publications

DePergola II, Peter A. “Ethical Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).” Journal of Health Ethics 16, no. 1, a. 4 (2020): 1-57.
DePergola II, Peter A. “The Bionic Brain: Pragmatic Neuroethics and the Moral Plausibility of Cognitive Enhancement.” In The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration, ed. Steven S. Gouveia, 241-52. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2020.
DePergola II, Peter A. “The Neuroethical Role of Narrative Identity in Ethical Decision Making.” Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 6, no. 2 (2019): 17-46.
Mapes, Marianna V., Peter A. DePergola II, and William T. McGee. “Patient-Centered Care and Autonomy: Shared Decision Making in Practice and a Suggestion for Practical Application in the Critically Ill.” Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (2019).
DePergola II, Peter A. “The Historical Emergence in Neuroscience of Crucial Categories for Ethical Decision Making.” EC Neurology 11, no. 9 (2019): 766-88.
DePergola II, Peter A. “Cooperation in Confidential Withholding of HIV Status from Partners of Sexually-Active Patients: A Role for Organizational Moral Agency.” Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 4, no. 1 (2019): 45-49.
DePergola II, Peter A. “The Bionic Brain: Pragmatic Neuroethics and the Moral Plausibility of Cognitive Enhancement.” Journal of Health Ethics 15, no. 2, a.7 (2019): 1-10.
DePergola II, Peter A. “Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Palliative Sedation: A Brief Clarification and Reinforcement of the Moral Logic.” Journal of Health Ethics 14, no. 2, a. 4 (2018): 1-9.
DePergola II, Peter A. “The Neurostructure of Morality and the Hubris of Memory Manipulation.” The New Bioethics 24, no. 3 (2018): 199-227.
DePergola II, Peter A. “The False Hope of Deliberate Forgetting: A Critical Response to Proponents of ‘Limited-Use’ Memory Manipulation.” Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 5, no. 3 (2018): 54-85.
DePergola II, Peter A. “The Inclusion of Children in Nontherapeutic Medical Research: A Role for Double Effect Reasoning in the Moral Justification of Pediatric Experimentation.” Pediatric Ethicscope 31, no. 1 (2018): 72-85; 90.
DePergola II, Peter A. “Communicating Shared Value in Healthcare: Wisdom from Aristotle’s Transcendent Third.” Ethikos 32, no. 4 (2018): 15-17.
DePergola II, Peter A. Forget Me Not: The Neuroethical Case Against Memory Manipulation. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2018.

Professional Activities and Affiliations

Chief Ethics Officer and Senior Director of Clinical Ethics, Baystate Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Research Scholar in Bioethics, TEDMED Foundation
Member & Research Scientist in Neuroethics, American Academy of Neurology
Associate Editor, Journal of Health Ethics
Member & Bureau Expert, International Neuroethics Society
Editorial Board Member, International Medicine
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Global Ethical Theory and Practice
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Philosophy

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