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)