Members of the Florida Bar are invited to join Dr. Matthew Wynia, MD, Josh Magidson, and Andrew Sasso for a compelling three-hour CLE seminar. This program explores the historical development of informed consent, rooted in the medical experiments of the Holocaust, and examines its critical importance in legal and medical ethics today.
- CLE Credits: 3.0 Total (2.0 General, 1.0 Ethics)
- Presenters: Dr. Matthew Wynia, MD; Josh Magidson, Esq.; Andrew Sasso, Esq
Admission is $125
The Florida Holocaust Museum
February 20th 2026, 1-4pm
Informed Consent
The development of this concept evolved out of the atrocities committed in the medical experiments conducted by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. The Nuremberg Code, stemming from the Nuremberg Trials after WWII, established guidelines for human experimentation. The key principles of the code comprise the following:
Voluntary Consent – Individuals must freely consent to participate in research, without coercion or duress.
- Purpose and Benefits – Research should be designed to yield results for the good of society, with benefits justifying risks.
- Avoiding Harm – The experiment should be conducted to avoid unnecessary physical and mental suffering or injury.
- Qualified Personnel - Experiments should be conducted only by scientifically qualified persons.
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About our presenters:
Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with additional training in public health and health services research. He has worked nationally and internationally on issues related to professionalism and the social roles of physicians, including the roles of health professionals in the Holocaust and the contemporary implications of this legacy. He has worked with organizations including the American Medical Association, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the American Board of Medical Specialties, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. He has led national projects on medicine and the Holocaust, professionalism in medicine and public health, ethics in wartime, truth and racial reconciliation in medicine, and more.
He is a member of the Lancet Commission on medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust, and has served on numerous major commissions. Dr. Wynia has delivered more than two dozen named lectures and participated in visiting professorships. He is the author of more than 230 published articles. He has served as president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), chair of the Ethics Forum of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and chair of the Ethics Committee of the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM).
Dr. Wynia currently leads the University of Colorado’s Center for Bioethics and Humanities, where the Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics program spans all health science training programs and all four campuses.
Josh Magidson, Attorney at Law is a litigation attorney at the firm of Macfarlane, Ferguson & McMullen. Mr. Magidson’s primary area of practice is civil trial work, with extensive work in commercial cases, and probate, estate and trust litigation. He has experience in handling federal civil rights cases involving first amendment issues and local municipal ordinances which he successfully litigated before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Magidson is involved with extensive community service including his membership on the Stetson University Board of Trustees (2008 – Present), The Stetson University College of Law Board of Overseers (2008 -2016), Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc., Board Chairman (2012-2015). Vice Chair of Lawyers of Conscience, The Florida Holocaust Museum (2017 – Present)
Andrew Sasso, Attorney at Law is a trust and estates attorney with the firm of Mafarlane, Ferguson & McMullen. Mr. Sasso practices in the areas of probate, guardianship and trust administration, representing individual and corporate fiduciaries in capacities, such as personal representative, administrator ad litem, curator, guardian, trustee, and special fiduciary. Andrew also practices in the areas of probate guardianship, and trust litigation representing individuals in disputes concerning guardianships, wills, and trusts. Andrew strives to achieve each client’s goals by gaining a practical understanding of a client’s problems and working efficiently to solve legal problems.
Mr. Sasso also is involved with extensive community service, including, but not limited to, serving on the Executive Council of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, serving as chair of the Professionalism and Ethics Committee, and on the Florida Bar Board of Governors (2004-2016). He has served as the Disciplinary Procedures Committee Chair (2006-2011), the bar’s Executive Committee (2010-2011), The Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Board of Governors Liaison (2012-2016. He has also served as Vice Chair of The Lawyers of Conscience of The Florida Holocaust Museum (2017-Present).