Arizona Bioethics Network
Creating a space to explore ethical issues and share knowledge and skills across an extended network.
Our Current Focus
Provide ethics resources with particular attention to those affecting Arizonans.
Foster the work and use of ethics committees in health care and biomedical research settings.
Focus on the role of leadership, preventive ethics, and conflict management in ethical decision-making.
Mission
Arizona Bioethics Network (ABN) is dedicated to increasing the understanding of bioethical issues. ABN provides access to resources, offers educational programs, and provides networking opportunities with the goal of improving the health and quality of life for individuals and across communities.
Values
Innovation – Explore change and creatively engage with dynamic bioethical challenges
Integrity – Commit to honest and inclusive principles of practice in the care of individuals and communities
Quality – Deliver leading edge programs and services
Collaboration – Create a network to enhance collaboration within the community
Inclusion – Provide opportunities on a broad spectrum to enhance perspective with regard for the diversity of constituencies we serve
Webinars & Events
ABN hosts regular webinar series addressing a wide variety of topics in bioethics and health law.
These webinars are free and take place on the third Wednesday of the month.
Upcoming Webinar
Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 – 4:00 PM (Arizona)
Beyond the Obvious: Uncharted Ethical Frontiers of AI in Medicine
David H. Beyda, MD
Chair and Professor, Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism
Professor, Child Health
Director, Global Health Program
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Most ethical conversations remain focused on familiar ground: diagnostic accuracy, bias, and privacy. These questions matter, but they overlook emerging challenges that will soon redefine the physician–patient relationship.
This presentation explores five new ethical frontiers of AI in medicine.
Participants will be able to:
- Propose 5 new ethical frontiers of AI in medicine: authority, empathy, counterfactual medicine. Triage and health biography
- Explore how emerging concepts may change the physician-patient relationship
- Discuss how these concepts challenge healthcare leaders to evaluate AI not just as a clinical tool but to consider its effects on human dignity
Dr. Beyda is a pediatric critical care specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, having served as Division Chief of Critical Care Medicine for over 35 years, now retired. He is Chair and Professor of the Department of Bioethics, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix where he directs the Ethics Theme and the Global Health programs. He was appointed as a Visiting Fellow and Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University where he completed his training in medical ethics. In addition to being a nationally and internationally recognized author and guest lecturer, he also volunteers his expertise abroad by traveling to care for underprivileged children in third world countries.
He has also been the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Annual Scientific Award, the J. Kipp Charlton Humanitarian Award for Community Service and other national and local Humanitarian Awards.
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