Dr. Jacob Appel to Speak on Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Medicine at the Scarsdale Forum

The Scarsdale Forum invites the community to hear Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, discuss "Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Medicine: What Every Citizen Should Know," at it's Sunday Speaker Series on February 28th at 3pm in the Scott Room of the Scarsdale Public Library, 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale. The event is free and refreshments will be served. Don't miss this opportunity to discuss the tough issues of today with one of Scarsdale High School's finest graduates.

Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, is a psychiatrist and professional bioethicist who writes about issues at the nexus of law, medicine and morality. Dr. Appel taught bioethics for many years at Brown University and later at NYU and Columbia, before joining the faculty at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has been a regular ethics columnist at the Huffington Post, Opposing Views and Education Update, and has contributed Op-Eds and commentary to dozens of national and regional newspapers including The New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, San Francisco Chronicle and Providence Journal. He publishes in such journals as Hastings Center Report, The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, The Journal of Medical Ethics, The Journal of Bioethical Inquiry and numerous law reviews. His essays, which have been shortlisted for Best American Essays on multiple occasions, were recently collected in the volume, Phoning Home (University of South Carolina Press, 2014). His seventh volume of fiction, a collection of short stories, was published by Black Lawrence Press in July 2015.

The Scarsdale Forum is a civic non-profit that seeks to foster citizen participation and enhance community spirit in Scarsdale...a spirit that is fun, friendly, ethical and honors the people who live here by maintaining an excellent quality of life. The Forum's popular Sunday Speaker Series brings in accomplished speakers in a variety of fields to speak on topics of general interest. Visit www.scarsdaleforum.com for more information.