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Dr. DeCock is a clinical professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and a doctor of pediatric neurology and epilepsy at Essentia Health. He holds a master’s degree in Bioethics, serves as the Co-Chair of Essentia’s West Market ethics committee and contributes to the Uniform Law Commission’s Drafting Committee work on refining the legal definition of death.

He also works with the National Catholic Bioethics Center, has been a guest on the NCBC podcast "Bioethics on Air" and has published on death determination in Neurology, Chest, Linare Quarterly and National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.

He will deliver two lectures at FranU:

• “Is Brain Death Really Death?” on Wednesday, October 1, from 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.

• “Bioethics, Brain Death and Human Dignity” on Thursday, October 2, from 9 - 10:15 a.m.

These talks address a pressing question in medicine and ethics: how death is defined, particularly in relation to organ transplantation. Dr. DeCock argues for more accurate standards in determining total brain death, making this an important opportunity for students, healthcare professionals and community members to engage with a national voice on an issue that has real implications for healthcare, policy and ministry.

Both lectures will take place in St. Francis Hall, 5414 Brittany Drive, Baton Rouge, and are free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to RSVP