Dr. William Toffler

Website:  www.pccef.org 

Topics:

• Abortion and Prematurity: what is the evidence?
• Abortion and Breast Cancer: Is There a Link?
• Assisted Suicide in Oregon -  What Have We Learned?
• Behavioral Change in Teenagers - What Works, What Doesn't
• Compassionate Care for the Dying
• Conscientious Practice:  Balancing Patient and Physician Autonomy

Available to speak in the following areas of the Archdiocese: 
Portland Metro 
Mid-Valley 
South Coast 
Southern Oregon 
North Coast 

Bio: 
Dr. William Toffler is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University where he teaches medical students and residents and has a wide scope of practice ranging from delivering babies to geriatric and palliative care. 

Dr. Toffler is co-founder and National Director of Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation  (PCCEF), a non-profit organization that promotes compassionate care for severely ill patients without sanctioning or assisting their suicide. PCCEF physicians affirm an ethic based on the principle that all human life is inherently of value and that the physician's roles are to heal illness, alleviate suffering, and provide comfort for the sick and dying. 

He is committed to defending the long-standing, medical prohibition against doing harm.  He has been a member of the Physicians Resource Council at Focus on the Family for the past 20 years.  He has frequently invited to speak about these and other medical ethical issues at both national and international conferences and to be on US television and radio including the NPR, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, as well as international media in Canada, the UK and Japan. 

He has 7 children and 18 grandchildren.     

Additional topics: 
• Ethical Implications of the Oregon Health Plan 
• Ethical Implications of Assisted-Suicide and Euthanasia 
• Ethical Issues in Managed Care 
• Ethical Issues in Terminal Care 
• Fitness in Health and Disease 
• Health Promotion 
• Hormonal Contraception and Breast Cancer: Is There a Link? 
• Natural Family Planning: The Forgotten Alternative 
• Practical Approaches to Reducing Coronary Risk – Factors 
• Prematurity and Risk of Subsequent Breast Cancer 
• Reducing Teen Pregnancy - - What Works, What Doesn't 
• Stem Cell Research: Myths and Realities 
• The Affordable Care Act: Are there alternatives? 
• Vitamin D – Panacea or Placebo?