2009 ACLM Annual Meeting
Government, Law & Medicine
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
February 27 - March 1, 2009
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Preliminary Conference Schedule
49th ACLM Annual Meeting
February 27 – March 1, 2009
Las Vegas, Nevada
Speakers and times are subject to change. |
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| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 |
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| 12:00 p.m. − 6:00 p.m. |
Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 1:30 p.m. − 5:00 p.m. |
Board of Governors Meeting |
| 4:00 p.m. − 9:00 p.m. |
ABLM & ABMM Review Course (Pre-registration is required) |
| 7:00 p.m. − 10:00 p.m. |
Committee Meetings |
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| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009 |
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| 6:30 a.m. − 5:00 p.m. |
Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 6:45 a.m. − 7:45 a.m. |
Past President’s Breakfast (Open to past presidents of ACLM) |
| 7:00 a.m. − 7:50 a.m. |
Poster Session I
Karin W. Zucker, JD, LLM, MSF |
| 7:30 a.m. − 9:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:50 a.m. − 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Announcements
Michael M. Raskin, MD, JD, MS, MPH, MA, FCLM
ACLM President
Vicky Trompler, MD, JD, FCLM
ACLM Program Chair |
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GENERAL SESSION I |
| 8:00 a.m. − 9:45 a.m. |
Recent Developments in Legal Medicine
Moderator: Theodore LeBlang, JD, FCLM |
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8:00 a.m. − 8:30 a.m.
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Federal and State Legislation
Robert Meals, JD |
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8:30 a.m. − 9:00 a.m.
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Federal Court Rulings
Elaine Bukowski, MD, JD, FCLM |
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9:00 a.m. − 9:30 a.m.
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State Court Rulings
Victoria Green, MD, JD, MBA,
FCLM |
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9:30 a.m. − 9:45 a.m.
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Q&A |
| 9:45 a.m. − 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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GENERAL SESSION II |
| 10:00 a.m. − 12:00 p.m. |
FDA − The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Moderator: Jack Snyder, MD, JD,
PhD, FCLM |
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10:00 a.m. − 10:25 a.m.
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FDA: General Overview
James E. Szalados, MD, JD,
MBA, FCLM |
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10:25 a.m. − 10:50 a.m.
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FDA: The Successes
Bruce Patsner, MD, JD, MBA |
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10:50 a.m. − 11:15 a.m.
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FDA: The Failures
Peter H. Rheinstein, MD, JD, MS,
FCLM |
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11:15 a.m. − 11:40 a.m.
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FDA: Pediatric Use of
Antidepressants
Michael Sinha, MD,
JD
candidate for 2011 |
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11:40 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
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Q&A |
| 12:00 p.m. − 1:30 p.m. |
9th Annual Professional
Development Lunch (Pre-registration
required)
Alejandro Moreno, MD, MPH, JD,
FCLM |
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GENERAL SESSION III |
| 1:30 p.m. − 3:15 p.m. |
Health Care Reform
Moderator: Michael M. Raskin, MD,
JD, MS, MPH, MA, FCLM |
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1:30 p.m. − 1:50 p.m.
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Access to Coverage and Access to Care: Health reform and the new administration
Ross D. Silverman, JD, MPH |
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1:50 p.m. − 2:10 p.m.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of
the Canadian Health System
Gary Srebrolow, DDS, LLB, BSc,
FCLM |
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2:10 p.m. − 2:30 p.m.
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Israel and Health Care
Samuel Wolfman, LLB, PhD |
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2:30 p.m. − 3:00 p.m.
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Health Care Reform: Has Its Time
Politically Arrived?
Miles J. Zaremski, JD, FCLM |
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3:00 p.m. − 3:15 p.m.
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Q&A |
| 3:15 p.m. − 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
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GENERAL SESSION IV |
| 3:30 p.m. − 5:00 p.m. |
Your Good Name: Reporting and
Discipline
Moderator: Marvin H. Firestone, MD,
JD, FCLM |
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3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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State Boards: Physicians Taking
a Stand
Jane M. Orient, MD |
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4:00 p.m. − 4:20 p.m.
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Federation of State Medical
Boards: What Role are They
Playing Today?
Lisa Robin |
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4:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
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National Practitioner Data Bank
Noah Sabin, MD, JD, FCLM |
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4:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Q&A |
| 6:00 p.m. − 8:00 p.m. |
President’s Welcome Reception |
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| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009 |
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| 7:00 a.m. − 5:30 p.m. |
Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 7:00 a.m. − 7:50 a.m. |
Poster Session
Karin W. Zucker, JD, LLM, MSF |
| 7:00 a.m. − 8:00 a.m. |
Women’s Leadership Breakfast
(Pre-registration is required for breakfast)
Dorothy Rasinski Gregory, MD, JD, FCLM
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| 7:00 a.m. − 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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MORNING BREAKOUT SESSION A |
| 8:00 a.m. − 10:15 a.m. |
Medical Staff vs. Hospitals:
Can’t We All Get Along?
Moderator: Richard S. Wilbur, MD, JD, FCLM |
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8:00 a.m. − 8:30 a.m.
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Overview of Physician/Hospital
Relationships
Ila S. Rothschild, MA, JD |
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8:30 a.m. − 9:00 a.m.
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Update on Poliner
Karin M. Zaner, JD |
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9:00 a.m. − 9:30 a.m.
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Peer Review: Hospital Perspective
Ilene N. Moore, MD, JD, FCLM |
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9:30 a.m. − 10:00 a.m.
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Peer Review: Physician Perspective
Gil Mileikowsky, MD |
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10:00 a.m. − 10:15 a.m.
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Q&A |
| 10:15 a.m. − 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. − 12:15 p.m. |
Communication
Moderator: Kent E. Harshbarger, MD, JD,
FCLM |
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10:30 a.m. − 11:00 a.m.
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Communicating with Dying
Patients and Family
W. Eugene Basanta, JD, LLM,
FCLM |
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11:00 a.m. − 11:30 a.m.
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Effective Communication:
A Critical Factor in Malpractice
Risk Management and High Quality Patient Care
Martin J. Stillman, MD, JD, FCLM |
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11:30 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
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Physician Prosecutions
Daniel L. Orr, II, DDS, PhD, JD,
MD, FCLM |
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12:00 p.m. − 12:15 p.m.
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Q&A |
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MORNING BREAKOUT SESSION B |
| 8:00 a.m. − 10:15 a.m. |
Records and the Law
Moderator: Marshall B. Kapp, JD, MPH,
FCLM |
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8:00 a.m. − 8:30 a.m.
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HIPAA: Why You Still Need to
Care About It
Raymund C. King, MD, JD, FCLM |
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8:30 a.m. − 9:00 a.m.
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Electronic Health Information:
Pros & Cons
Bruce L. Wilder, MD, MPH, JD,
FCLM |
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9:00 a.m. − 9:30 a.m.
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Big Brother and You
Thomas R. McLean, MD, MS, JD,
FCLM |
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9:30 a.m. − 10:00 a.m.
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Freedom of Information Act
Jack W. Snyder, MD, JD, MPH,
PhD, FCLM |
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10:00 a.m. − 10:15 a.m.
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Q&A |
| 10:15 a.m. − 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. − 12:15 p.m. |
Federal Law Issues
Moderator: Judith A. Gic, CRNA (ret.),
JD, FCLM |
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10:30 a.m. − 11:00 a.m.
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Social Security: Determining
Disability
S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD,
FCLM |
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11:00 a.m. − 11:30 a.m.
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Legal Implications of Caring for
Patients with Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities
Rick Rader, MD |
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11:30 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
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EMTALA: Conflicts Between
Hospital, Staff, and Uncle Sam
James R. Hubler, MD, JD, FCLM |
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12:00 p.m. − 12:15 p.m.
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Q&A |
| 12:15 p.m. − 1:30 p.m. |
Cyril Wecht Luncheon − Medical Legal and Forensic Scientific
Objectivity in Celebrity and Nationally
Prominent Cases: Can Truth Withstand
the News Media Onslaught?
(Pre-registration is required)
Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD, FCLM |
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AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSION A |
| 1:30 p.m. − 3:45 p.m. |
Public Health Emergencies and
Natural Disasters
Moderator: Clark Watts, MD, JD, FCLM |
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1:30 p.m. − 2:00 p.m.
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“We Got a Lot of Sick People
Here!”: Chemical and Biological
Terrorism
Howard Morgan, MD |
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2:00 p.m. − 2:30 p.m.
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Pandemic Influenza
Darren P. Mareiniss, MD, JD, MBe,
FCLM |
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2:30 p.m. − 3:00 p.m.
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Natural Disasters
Lewis W. Marshall, Jr., MS, MD,
JD, FCLM |
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3:00 p.m. − 3:30 p.m.
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The Humanitarian Role of the
Military in Domestic Post-Disaster Management
David P. Leffler |
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3:30 p.m. − 3:45 p.m.
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Q&A |
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AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSION B |
| 1:30 p.m. − 3:45 p.m. |
The Restraints of Regulation
Moderator: Bruce H. Seidberg, DDS, MScD,
JD, FCLM |
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1:30 p.m. − 2:00 p.m.
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Regulation and Ophthalmology
Monique Anawis, MD, JD, FCLM |
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2:00 p.m. − 2:30 p.m.
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Regulation and OB-GYN
Francois M. Blaudeau, MD, JD,
FCLM |
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2:30 p.m. − 3:00 p.m.
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Regulation and Pain Management
Dale H. Cowan, MD, JD, FCLM |
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3:00 p.m. − 3:30 p.m.
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Who’s Regulating Quality of
Care?
Lawrence B. Schlachter, DDS,
MD, JD, FCLM |
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3:30 p.m. − 3:45 p.m.
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Q&A |
| 3:45 p.m. − 4:30 p.m. |
The S. Sandy Sanbar Lecture:
Worst Case Bioethics
George J. Annas, JD, MPH, FCLM |
| 4:30 p.m. − 5:35 p.m. |
Annual Meeting of Fellows |
| 6:30 p.m. − 10:00 p.m. |
Annual Reception & Banquet |
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009 |
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| 7:00 a.m. − 1:00 p.m. |
Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 7:00 a.m. − 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. − 12:30 p.m. |
ABLM & ABMM Exam
(Pre-registration is required) |
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GENERAL SESSION V |
| 8:00 a.m. − 9:05 a.m. |
Medical Mistakes
Moderator: Gary I. Birnbaum, MD, JD,
FCLM |
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8:00 a.m. − 8:25 a.m.
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The Joint Commission, ACR and Plaintiff’s Attorneys: New Rules, Standards and Legal Precedents Mandating Critical Test Result Management in Radiology
Richard Chesbrough, MD |
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8:25 a.m. − 8:50 a.m.
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Medical Mistakes: What are Our
Options?
C. William Hinnant, Jr., MD, JD,
FCLM |
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8:50 a.m. − 9:05 a.m.
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Q&A |
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GENERAL SESSION VI |
| 9:05 a.m. − 10:10 a.m. |
To Boldly Go Where No One Has
Gone Before
Moderator: David Donnersberger, Jr.,
MD, JD, FCLM |
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9:05 a.m. − 9:30 a.m.
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Tissue Ownership
Catherine With, JD, LLM |
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9:30 a.m. − 9:55 a.m.
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Pharmacogenetics
Barbara R. Bellar, MD, JD, FCLM,
FAAFP, CCHP |
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9:55 a.m. − 10:10 a.m.
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Q&A |
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10:10 a.m. − 10:40 a.m.
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Hoffman Bioethics Award
Presentation
Moderator: Kent E. Harshbarger,
MD, JD, FCLM |
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10:10 a.m. − 10:30 a.m.
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Hoffman Bioethics 1st Place Winner |
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10:30 a.m. − 10:40 a.m.
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Q&A |
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GENERAL SESSION VII |
| 10:40 a.m. − 12:40 p.m. |
New Trends in Law and Medicine
Moderator: Melvin A. Shiffman, MD, JD,
FCLM |
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10:40 a.m. − 11:00 a.m.
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Medical Malpractice in Nevada
Weldon E. Havins, MD, JD, FCLM |
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11:00 a.m. − 11:20 a.m.
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New Trends in Forensic Medicine
Matthias I. Okoye, MD, JD, FCLM |
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11:20 a.m. − 11:40 a.m.
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New Trends in Medical Experts
Marc Roy Leffler, DDS, JD, FCLM |
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11:40 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
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New Trends in Mediation and
Arbitration
Joseph Maddux, PA-C, MSHS,
DHSC |
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12:00 p.m. − 12:20 p.m.
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New Trends in Psychiatry and
the Law
Christopher White, MD, JD,
FCLM |
| 12:20 p.m. − 12:40 p.m. |
Q&A |
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