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Converging Roads 2025 Coming to Aquinas College

"Where Health Care Ethics and Medicine Converge"

About Converging Roads: 

Converging Roads is a regional conference series offering continuing education for health care professionals that equips them to practice the highest ethical and medical standards of their profession. Converging Roads has 6 conferences coming up in different cities all over the US. One of them is in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Aquinas College. To learn more about Converging Roads, .

Please register using this link:

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Schedule

SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025

 

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Aquinas College, Albertus Magnus Hall

1607 Fulton Street E
Grand Rapids, MI 49506

For More Information:
The Conference Coordinator
832.779.1070
CR@forlifeandfamily.org

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Speakers

Paul W. Hruz, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Washington University, School of Medicine

Bio: Paul W. Hruz is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Cellular Biology and Physiology at Washington University in St. Louis. Hruz received his Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Marquette University in 1987. As a member of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he received his Ph.D. Degree in Biochemistry in 1993 and M.D. Degree in 1994. He completed residency training in pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle and a Pediatric Endocrinology fellowship at Washington University. Hruz served as the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Washington University from 2012 to 2017. He is a member of the University's Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD) Multidisciplinary Care Program. Hruz is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology. He has also received certification in Healthcare Ethics from the National Catholic Bioethics Center. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts, scientific reviews and book chapters.

Gwyneth Anne Spaeder, MD
Pediatrician

Bio: Gwyneth Anne Spader, MD, attended the University of Dallas where she graduated with a degree in Political Philosophy. She then attended The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating in 2005. She is a Board Certified Pediatrician and has practiced in both community ER and private practice settings. She completed a certificate in Health Care Ethics through the National Catholic Bioethics Center in 2015 and has published several articles pertaining to vaccine ethics. She also served as the guest editor for an NCBC Quarterly edition focused on Pediatric-specific issues. She is a recurrent presenter at Theology of the Body workshops for teens and for NFP/Marriage prep within the Diocese of Raleigh. She is a member of the Catholic Medical Association Triangle Guild. She lives in Wake Forest, NC with her husband and three children.

Sr. Michaela Serpa, FSE, M.A., PharmD, BCPS

Bio: Sister Michaela Serpa, FSE, M.A., PharmD, BCPS is a clinical pharmacist licensed to practice pharmacy in four states, a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist, a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) where she serves on the Ethics in Pharmacy Committee. Sister Michaela received her B.A. Psychology from Carroll College, Helena, MT, an M.A. Theology with emphasis in Bioethics from Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT in conjunction with a certificate in bioethics from the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), and her PharmD from Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID. Sister Michaela was a member of the adult ethics committee at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT for 12 years.

 

Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids

Bio: Most Rev. David J. Walkowiak, J.C.D., is the 12th Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cleveland in 1979. He was ordained and installed as Bishop of Grand Rapids on June 18, 2013, following his appointment by Pope Francis. He obtained his bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Mary Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio, and his licentiate and doctorate degrees in canon law from The Catholic University of America.

 

Professor, Director of Training for PsyD Program, Chatham University

Bio: Anthony Isacco, PhD, is a professor of Graduate Psychology at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA and Director of Training for the PsyD in Counseling Psychology program. He is a licensed psychologist in PA and authorized to provide telepsychology services in approximately 40 states. He maintains a small private practice with a niche focus on the psychological assessment of clergy candidates to the Catholic Church. Dr. Isacco has published widely through his books, popular press articles, and academic journals on the psychological health of seminarians, fatherhood, and the psychology of men and masculinity. He sits on the Advisory Board of Saint Paul Seminary, Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Formation Team of Saint Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Pittsburgh Byzantine Eparchy, and Catholic Psychotherapy Association Board of Directors. He is a proud graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville (BA, '02), Boston College (MA, '04), and Loyola University Chicago (PhD, '09). He is married to Celeste and has four daughters, Sophia, Claire, Gianna and Monica.

 

Sister Colleen Ann Nagle, FSE, LPC

Bio: Raised in Wisconsin, Sister Colleen Ann Nagle, FSE, LPC, made Final Vows within the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist in 1981. Sister Colleen has a degree in Elementary Education, Viterbo College. She completed a Master's Degree in Counseling and Child Development at Michigan State University in 1985 and a Master's in Moral Theology at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in 2007. Sister Colleen Ann taught elementary grade school from 1971 to 1981. She directed the Life Process Center preschool 1981 - 1991. She was a clinician and directed the Franciscan Life Process Center 1991 to 2023, when she became its Executive Director.