A Multidisciplinary Conference on Islamic Theology, Law, and Biomedicine
April 15-17, 2016
Gordon Center, University of Chicago
Conference Overview
Hosted by the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, the Center of Middle Eastern Studies, and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, this conference attends to the scholarly and discursive gaps impeding Islam and Science dialogues by convening a 3-day multidisciplinary conference focused at the intersection of Islamic tradition and contemporary biomedicine.
Keynote Speakers
Shaykh Mohammad Amin Kholwadia
Executive Director and Founder, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Ebrahim Moosa, Ph.D.
Professor of Islamic Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Univ. of Notre Dame
Ingrid Mattson, Ph.D.
London & Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies, Huron Univ. College at the Univ. of Western Ontario
Pre-Conference Workshop: An Introduction of Islamic Bioethics
Aasim Padela, MD. MSc
Director of The Initiative on Islam and Medicine
Jawad Qureshi, Ph.D(c)
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, American Islamic College
Shaykh Mohammad Amin Kholwadia
Executive Director and Founder, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Opening Plenary
The Meeting Points of Moral Theology and Medical Care
Syed Hasan Raza Jafri MBBS
Assistant professor of Medicine,Division of Oncology, UT Health McGovern School of Medicine
Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim, Ph.D
Emeritus Professor, Comparative Religion, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Mohammad Syifa Amin Widigdo, PhD(c)
PhD candidate, Religious Studies, Indiana University
The Soul and Holism in Healing
Ahsan Arozullah, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Astellas Pharma
Khurram Khadim Ahmed, MDiv
Master of Divinity in Islamic Chaplaincy candidate, Bayan Claremont
Neuroscientific Findings and Metaphysical Realities of the Soul
Noam Stadlan, MD
Neurosurgeon, Northshore University Health System, Chicago, IL
Faisal Qazi, DO
Associate Professor of Neurology, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sirajul Husain, PhD
Research Director, Interdisciplinary Research and Development Council, Virginia
Aamna Sajid
Undergraduate, Michigan State University
Shaykh Jihad Brown
Director, Research, Tabah Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Doctors and Jurists in Dialogue: Framing the Discourses
Muhammed Volkan Yildiran Stodolsky, PhD
Chair, Department of Islamic Law, Darul Qasim Islamic Institute
Jawad Qureshi, Ph.D(c)
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, American Islamic College
Omar Qureshi, Ph.D(c)
PhD candidate, Cultural and Education Policy Studies: Philosophy of Education, Loyola University
Researching Muslims/Islamic Bioethics
Roukayya Oueslati, MSc, MA
Lecturer & Researcher, Leiden University
Mehrunisha Suleman, BMBCh, MA, BA, MSc
PhD student, Research Ethics, Oxford University’s Ethox center
Hooman Keshavarzi, MA, PsyD
Director and Therapist, Khalil Center, Chicago
Taylor Purvis, MS1
John Hopkins School of Medicine
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