Jukes Namm

Jukes Namm, MD, HEC-C

Jukes Namm is the Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University Health where he works as a Surgical Oncologist, Clinical Ethics Consultant and an Associate Professor of Surgery. He has written and presented on the history of surgical ethics, medical innovation, and resource distribution. He also conducts lectures yearly to medical students and residents on ethics.

Selected Publications and Presentations:
  • Mudgway R, Hariri S, Olmedo-Temich L, Lee S, Wu E, Namm JP, Lum SS. Operating Room Lockers and Gender Equity in the Surgical Workforce. JAMA Surg. 2022 Nov 1;157(11):1061-1062. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3142.
  • Namm JP. Primum non nocere: Ethical implications in medical innovation. Am J Bioethics. 2016; doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1180443.
  • Namm JP, Siegler M, Brander C, Kim TY, Lowe C, Angelos P. History and evolution of surgical ethics: John Gregory to the twenty-first century. World J Surg. 2014 Jul;38(7):1568-1573.
  • Presidential Panel. de Virgilio C, Melcher M, Namm JP, Wisel S. “Xenotransplantation Unleashed: Progress, Challenges, & Ethics” Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting. Indian Wells, CA.
  • Adventist Bioethics Conference “Clinical Ethics Consultation Process and QI” Center for Christian Bioethics, Loma Linda University.
  • Interventional Radiology Conference “Ethics of Non-Beneficial Therapy” Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health.
  • Surgical Ethics Conference “Surgical Innovation: IRB or Canary in a Cage?” University of Washington, Seattle Washington.
  • Surgical Ethics Conference “History of Surgical Ethics” University of Washington, Seattle Washington.
  • Ethics Grand Rounds “Ethics and Moral Distress” AdventHealth Central Texas, Killeen, Texas.
  • Transplant Grand Rounds “History of Futility in Transplantation” University of Maryland.
  • Critical Care Grand Rounds “The Utility of Futility: What’s the Point?” Loma Linda University Health.
  • Department of Surgery Grand Rounds “Surgical Ethics: The Surgeon-Patient Relationship” Spectrum Health Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI.
  • Department of Anesthesia Grand Rounds “Ethics in Surgery, the OR, and Medicine” Loma Linda University Health.
  • Ethics of medical innovation. Bioethics Grand Rounds, Loma Linda University.
  • Invited Discussant, Surgical Ethics, ACS Clinical Congress 2019.
  • Department of Urology Grand Rounds, Surgical Ethics. Loma Linda University Health. 2018.
  • Krause C and Namm JP. History of Surgical Ethics. Surgical Ethics – Principles and Practice. A Ferreres, Springer, 2019.
  • Namm JP, Angelos P, Siegler M. What is Distinctive About Surgical Ethics? Ethical Issues in Surgical Care. M Weissler, A Ferreres, and A Sachdeva, American College of Surgeons, 2017.
  • Namm JP and Angelos P. Ethics of Clinical Trials. Success in Academic Surgery: Clinical Trials. TM Pawlik and JA Sosa, Springer, 2014: 153-168.
  • Namm JP, Langerman A, Frederick W. Consideration of treatment costs when the patient is “self-pay.” Ethics Colloquium: Ethical Allocation of HealthCare Resources. Panelist, 2014 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress; San Francisco, CA.