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Articles by Joseph M. Eble, MD

About Joseph M. Eble, MD

Joseph M. Eble, MD, is Vice President of Fidelis Radiology and former President of the Tulsa Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. He is passionate about end of life care, adoption, and building bridges between persons of different ethnicity. He has authored and co-authored many articles on "brain death," most recently "Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action". He is currently working on a book on "brain death" with co-author D. Alan Shewmon, MD, with particular focus on its reception among Catholics and compatibility with the Catholic faith. He may be reached at eblej@yahoo.com.

On “brain death” and the conflict between clinical and pastoral practice

October 23, 2025 Joseph M. Eble, MD 13

On September 7, 2025, Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis. Saint Carlo’s enthusiastic love of God and his selfless service are inspirational, especially to young Catholics. So it was with great enthusiasm that the Church […]

Now is the time to end organ harvesting from “dead” donors

July 26, 2025 Joseph M. Eble, MD 31

A recent article in The New York Times (NYT) titled “A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk” uncovered that 55 medical workers in 19 states “had witnessed at least one disturbing case of […]

Can unity on the issue of ‘brain death’ be achieved among Catholics?

March 10, 2025 Joseph M. Eble, MD 12

On February 27-28, 2025, a Symposium on “brain death” was held at The Catholic University of America titled “ Integrity in the Concept and Determination of Brain Death: Recent Challenges in Medicine, Law, and Ethics .” Questions […]

Adoption is a beautiful gift and a necessary opportunity

May 22, 2023 Joseph M. Eble, MD 10

Following the 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a legal chasm opened that state legislators rushed to fill. Pro-life forces swiftly mobilized to introduce state legislation restricting abortion. If these efforts are […]

The increasingly permissive and unethical standard for organ harvesting

March 14, 2023 Joseph M. Eble, MD 6

There is tremendous societal pressure to obtain organs for transplantation. Approximately 43,000 organ transplants were performed in 2022, but as of February 27, 2023, approximately 104,000 patients remained on the organ transplant waiting list. Organ […]

Brain Death: Let us remain faithful to the principle of precaution

April 21, 2022 Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Joseph M. Eble, MD 27

The Catholic Church is clear that life begins at conception. The exact moment of death is harder to determine. The Church teaches in the Catechism that at death “life is changed, not ended,” and that […]