Medical Ethics

Armand H. Matheny Antommaria, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P., A.D.R.P.-M.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Divisions of Inpatient Medicine and Medical Ethics,
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine - Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities,
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

 Armand Antommaria

Correspondence:
Department of Pediatrics
Primary Children's Medical Center
100 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84113 (801) 662-3650 mailto:armand.antommaria@hsc.utah.edu

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Education  Training

  • Certificate, Conflict Resolution Certificate Program, University of Utah, 2006 
  • Pediatric Resident, University of Utah, 2000-2003
  • Ph.D., The University of Chicago Divinity School (Religious Ethics), 2000
  • M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, 2000
  • B.S.E.E., Valparaiso University, with High Distinction, 1987
  • B.S., Valparaiso University, (Chemistry),

Honors / Awards Since 2000

  • 2005-6 Fellow, Medical Scholars Program, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • 2004-5, Principal Investigator, "Potential Patients' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Participating in Medical Education: Can They be Interpreted in Terms of Presumed Consent?" Interdisciplinary Research in Applied Ethics and Human Values, University Research Committee, University of Utah, $8,000.00 Grant.

Present Positions / Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, (Tenure Track), University of Utah School of Medicine, Divisions of Inpatient Medicine and Medical Ethics
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics
  • Chair, Primary Children’s Medical Center Bioethics Committee
  • Chair, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Ethics Consultation Subcommittee

  • Member, Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics

Interests

  • Pediatric Medical Ethics
  • Medical Education
  • Theological Ethics

Selected Publications since 2004

Selected National / International Presentations since 2004

  • 2008, Speaker, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, “Qualitative Analysis of Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Policies at Children’s Hospitals,” Cleveland, OH, October 26.

  • 2008, Invited Conference Faulty, Conscience and Clinical Practice: Medical Ethics in the Face of Moral Controversy, The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, “Defending Positions or Identifying Interests: The Uses of Ethical Argumentation in the Debate over Conscience in Clinical Practice,” Chicago, IL, March 18.

  • 2007, Speaker, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, “Bioethics Consultation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Opportunities for Collaboration,” Washington, DC, October 21.

  • Armand H. Matheny Antommaria and Jeannie DePaulis. 2007, Speaker, National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions Annual Meeting, “Using Mediation to Address Conflict and Form Stronger Therapeutic Alliances,” San Antonio, TX, October 9.

  • 2007, Symposium Speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies in End-of-Life Decisions, The Ohio State University Mortiz College of Law, "The Representation of Children in Disputes at the End-of-Life," Columbus, Ohio, January 18.

  • "Bioethics Mediation: A Critique," American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 28, 2006. 

  • "Jehovah’s Witnesses, Roman Catholicism, and Calvinism: Religion and State Intervention in Parental, Medical Decision-Making," Keynote Speaker, Decisions and Families, Journal of Law and Family Studies and The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, September 23, 2005.
  • "’He Is Not His Brain:’ Accommodating Objections to ‘Brain Death,’" Pediatric Ethics: Setting an Agenda for the Future, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, September 9, 2005. 
  • "Verification and Balance: Reporting Within the Constraints of Patient Confidentiality," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Spring Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 13, 2004.