Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics

🚨New article alert! Check out our very own, Dr. Justin Hawkins' thoughts on "Critiquing the Country You Love":

Critiquing the Country You Love Real patriotism often calls for tough love

Congratulations to our medical students on graduating yesterday! The new doctor title suites you so well 🩺💉🥼💊😉 Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

We are so proud of four of our graduating CCC students: Eli, Garrett, Meghana and Nadia who were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society today. We will miss you so much!

Tomorrow at 4:30pm! Grab your free ticket while you still can today.

🎶🎙️We have the incredibly talented jazz artist, Ruth Naomi Floyd, presenting on When Rest Sings: Sabbath and the African American Witness on May 12! Reception starts at 4:30pm, Concert-Lecture starts at 5:30pm. Get your free tix now: https://eventbrite.com/e/1988350577101?aff=oddtdtcreator

🎶🎹 Classical music fan? On May 13 we will hear from the renowned pianist Mia Chung-Yee and Rabbi Mychal Spring on The Longing for Rest in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas in Dialogue with the Pausing of Shabbat. Get your free tix now: https://eventbrite.com/e/1988350683419?aff=oddtdtcreator

🎶🎙️We have the incredibly talented jazz artist, Ruth Naomi Floyd, presenting on When Rest Sings: Sabbath and the African American Witness on May 12! Reception starts at 4:30pm, Concert-Lecture starts at 5:30pm. Get your free tix now: https://eventbrite.com/e/1988350577101?aff=oddtdtcreator

🎓 Huge congratulations to our graduating Columbia Character Cooperatives student, Ryan Leone, for being featured in the Columbia University spotlight news. We are so proud of you Ryan!

Preparing for a Career in Military Medicine, at Home and Abroad Ryan Leone hopes to use his medical degree, which he’ll earn next spring, to treat both service members and veterans.

🚨📜 NEW ARTICLE ALERT | Read Dr. Dugdale's latest article in the Free Press, "How ‘City on a Hill’ Became ‘America First’" 🇺🇸 here:

How ‘City on a Hill’ Became ‘America First’ America’s founding ideal emphasized mercy, humility, and mutual obligation, writes Lydia Dugdale. Its modern counterpart does much the opposite.

A powerful documentary about the human side of medicine is coming to New York City and Montclair, NJ.

The Chaplain & The Doctor, created by ICU physician and filmmaker Jessica Zitter, MD follows her partnership with hospital chaplain Betty Clark as they work together to bring compassion, curiosity, and connection into patient care.

Continuing education credits are available to attendees for physicians, social workers, nurses, and physician assistants.
Following the screening, Dr. Zitter and Chaplain Clark will join the audience for a live conversation and Q&A.

🎉 National Tour Premiere 🎉
🗓️ April 23, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍Angelika Theater
👉🎟️ Ticket Link: https://events.humanitix.com/angelika?c=ccethic

New Jersey Screening
🗓️ April 25, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM
📍Clairidge Theater
👉🎟️ Ticket Link: https://events.humanitix.com/clairidge?c=ccethic

NYC Film Week
🗓️ April 27 - May 3
⏰ 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM
📍Maysles Theater
👉🎟️ Ticket Link: https://events.humanitix.com/maysles427?c=ccethic

NEW ARTICLE ALERT🚨 CONGRATS to our CCME team, especially our post-doc Justin Hawkins, on our latest publication "Magnanimity in Medicine: The Role of an Ancient Virtue in Health Care" in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Check it out here:

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