Ethics at the Edge: Bioethics, AI, and the Courage to Lead with Arthur Caplan, PhD

What does it take to build a culture of ethics inside a health system — and what happens when leaders lack the courage to defend it?

In this episode of SoundPractice, host Mike Sacopulos sits down with Arthur Caplan, PhD, one of the world's foremost bioethicists and the founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine's Department of Population Health.

Dr. Caplan traces his path into bioethics from a childhood hospitalization for polio to graduate training at Columbia, where he witnessed firsthand the ethical gaps in medicine's early encounters with IVF, informed consent, and research oversight. That experience shaped a career devoted not just to theorizing about ethics, but to solving real problems in real institutions.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Caplan and Mike Sacopulos explore:

• What an effective ethics infrastructure looks like

• The defining bioethical challenges of the next decade

• Compassionate use and unproven therapies

• Misinformation and informed consent

• Rationing and equity

• Bioethics training for the next generation

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