Episode 32: Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Paul Byrne, President of the Life Guardian Foundation (September 23, 2019)

Paul A. Byrne, M.D., is Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis’ guest on Episode 32
of Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between Life & Death. A pioneer in
the field of neonatology, Dr. Byrne is the Founder and previous
Director of the NICU at Cardinal Glennon Hospital for Children in
St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Byrne is currently a Clinical Professor of
Pediatrics at the University of Toledo and the President of the
Life Guardian Foundation. He is a former National President of the
Catholic Medical Association (USA). In this episode, Dr. Byrne
discusses not only the inception of neonatology as an academic
clinical medical discipline but also the sensitive and
controversial topic of brain death and organ harvesting. As an
expert in the field, Dr. Byrne has published salient articles in
peer-reviewed journals regarding the issue of brain death for forty
years, he is frequently sought as a consultant and expert speaker
and has been an invited presenter at the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences in Vatican City. (September 23, 2019)