Paul A. Byrne, M.D. column
Dr. Paul A. Byrne, a Neonatologist, is Director of Neonatology and Director of Pediatrics at St. Charles Mercy Hospital in Oregon, Ohio, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics University of Toledo College of Medicine, Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Member of Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.
Dr. Byrne is past-President of the Catholic Medical Association (USA), formerly Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE, and at St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He is author and producer of the film "Continuum of Life" and author of the books "Life, Life Support and Death," "Beyond Brain Death," and "Brain Death Is Not Death."
Dr. Byrne has presented testimony on "life issues" to eight state legislatures beginning in 1967. He opposed Dr. Kevorkian on the television program "Cross-Fire." He has been interviewed on Good Morning America, public television in Japan and participated in the British Broadcasting Corporation Documentary "Are the Donors Really Dead?" Dr. Byrne has authored articles against euthanasia, abortion, and "brain death" in medical journals, law literature and lay press.
Paul was married to Shirley for forty-eight years until she entered her eternal reward on Christmas 2005. They are the proud parents of twelve children and grandparents of twenty-six grandchildren.
Dr. Byrne is past-President of the Catholic Medical Association (USA), formerly Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE, and at St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He is author and producer of the film "Continuum of Life" and author of the books "Life, Life Support and Death," "Beyond Brain Death," and "Brain Death Is Not Death."
Dr. Byrne has presented testimony on "life issues" to eight state legislatures beginning in 1967. He opposed Dr. Kevorkian on the television program "Cross-Fire." He has been interviewed on Good Morning America, public television in Japan and participated in the British Broadcasting Corporation Documentary "Are the Donors Really Dead?" Dr. Byrne has authored articles against euthanasia, abortion, and "brain death" in medical journals, law literature and lay press.
Paul was married to Shirley for forty-eight years until she entered her eternal reward on Christmas 2005. They are the proud parents of twelve children and grandparents of twenty-six grandchildren.
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January 26, 2010
The demarcation between harvesting transplantable organs from truly dead donors and from those "who are not dead but dying" is becoming more and more blurred as . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
April 14, 2009
The following letter to the editor by three bioethics experts was recently submitted to Critical Care Medicine.
We agree with Iltis et al. that the . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
December 10, 2008
The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act 2006 has been passed in 35 states. Study of this Bill resulted in my presenting testimony in opposition at the Health, . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
September 8, 2008
We are bombarded with propaganda that encourages organ donation. For an organ to be suitable for transplantation it must be taken from a living . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
July 9, 2008
Recently it was reported in the National Catholic Register that Dr. Francis L. Delmonico, Organ transplant coordinator for the New England states visited the . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
June 25, 2008
Pope John Paul II's August 29, 2000, address to the International Congress of the Transplantation Society has awakened renewed interest in the ongoing . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
June 22, 2008
It appears as though Professor Dianne Irving did not read my entire article. Words, like conception, have definition and meaning. The roots of words never . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
June 16, 2008
A proposed amendment to the state constitution of Colorado states, "The terms 'person' or 'persons' shall include any human being from the moment of . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
June 4, 2008
Recent news reports of responses in persons declared "brain dead" should have alerted everyone that "brain death" is not true death. In at least two cases, the . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
August 8, 2007
You've probably seen TV commercials, billboards, and magazine articles encouraging you to give the "gift of life" through vital organ donation. It saves lives. . . .
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
July 9, 2007
Organ and tissue donation can be divided into four general categories:
(1) A living person can give nonvital organs and tissues to another person without . . .
