A Neurologists Reflections On Human Dignity And Suffering I Dr. Paul LaPenna

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2018. As a neurohospitalist, Dr. LaPenna’s skill set is focused on treatment of neurological emergencies and performing and interpreting electrophysiological studies of the brain and peripheral nervous system. As an Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. LaPenna has won numerous teaching awards, including Clinical Medicine Professor of the neuroscience curriculum in 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. LaPenna was awarded the Preceptor of the Year. For his care towards patients, he was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2016. Dr. LaPenna has an interest in the relationship between science and faith—in particular, the relationship between neuroscience and the soul, the overreaching claims of science, and the dignity of the human person, to name a few. Saint Thomas Aquinas has been a major influence in Dr. LaPenna’s intellectual and faith journey.

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1:02.1	Well, thank you for having me, everyone. It's a pleasure to be here. So as we were walking in,
1:08.1	we were talking about Latin.
1:11.3	So I've been teaching, helping teach my third grader Latin.
1:15.7	So she's in classical education.
1:17.6	And on her flashcards, one of the words, and we were debating how this is pronounced,
1:21.8	Waco or voico.
1:24.5	Yeah.
1:25.6	So we were debating on how this is pronounced. but that's how we get the word vocation.
1:32.3	So vocation, I was trying to explain to her what a vocation is, and it's kind of a calling,
1:38.6	but a divine calling.
1:40.1	So what God has prepared for you in your life, whether that's to be married or to be single,
1:45.0	or to live the religious life.
1:48.4	Or maybe it's even in your profession that that's not really separate from your vocation.
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