Medicine Grand Rounds

"Ethical Challenges in the COVID Pandemic"
Catherine "Bree" Johnston, MD

Bree Johnston has been with The University of Arizona and Banner University Medical Center since February of 2017.  She is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine. She is Director of the Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program and the Palliative Medicine service at the University of Arizona, Tucson. She spends the majority of her time teaching on the inpatient palliative care service at Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, and also works with the Arizona Center on Aging.  Dr. Johnston received her education and training from UC Santa Cruz (BA), UC Berkeley (MPH), UC San Francisco (MD), UC Davis (primary care internal medicine residency), and Stanford University (geriatric fellowship).  From 1996 to 2011, Dr. Johnston was the Director of Geriatrics Education at UC San Francisco, where she also served as the Director of the Geriatric Fellowship Program. From 2011-2016, She was the Director of Palliative Care at PeaceHealth Medical System, serving hospitals in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.  She was also Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington at that time.   She is the author of numerous book chapters and journal articles, and has spoken extensively on numerous geriatrics and palliative care topics. She is the past Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine geriatrics exam writing committee.  She splits her time between Tucson, Arizona and Bellingham, Washington.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All faculty, CME Planning Committee members and CME office reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.
Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians