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The Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental
Law Proudly Announces Its
2008 Symposium
Shaping the Future of Medical Practice: Legal and
Ethical Considerations
Friday, February 22, 2008
Shusterman Hall, Temple
University
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Symposium: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
With physicians and patients
facing increasing expense associated with medical malpractice litigation, how
can physicians, attorneys, and lawmakers work together to improve healthcare
practices?
Many
factors contribute to the exorbitant costs of healthcare in the U.S.
Since the first medical malpractice crisis of the 1970s, we have become aware
of the problem of rising healthcare costs and implemented numerous reforms to
stave off further crisis, characterized primarily by lack of access to
medical care. None of these reforms have eradicated the tensions that arise
due to medical malpractice litigation.
However, the legal and medical professions have adapted their duties
to fit the changing reality.
This
symposium will address the various legal issues encountered by physicians and
attorneys as physicians strive to provide quality medical care while ensuring
that patients are treated effectively. The symposium will include discussions
about attorney strategies, physician ethics and disclosure policies, the
impact on insurance, and legislation aimed at limiting physician liability.
Confirmed Speakers:
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Cheryl Cutrona, Temple
Law
’02,
Executive Director; Good Shepherd
Mediation Program
Barry Furrow, Professor
of Law and
Director of Health Law Program,
Drexel
University
Daniel
J. Glunk, M.D., F.A.C.P., President of the Pennsylvania Medical Society; Physician, Williamsport Internal
Medicine
Phoebe Haddon, Professor
of Law,
Temple
University
John
D. Kelly, IV, M.D., Associate Professor of
Orthopedic Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Temple
University; Consulting Surgeon, Temple Children’s Hospital and
Shriner’s Hospital for Surgery
Beth C. Koob, Chief
Counsel and
Corporate Secretary, Temple
University Health System
Alan C. Milstein, Temple
Law
’83,
Attorney, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl,
Rose & Podolsky
Mitchell Nathanson, Professor
of
Law, Villanova University
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Carl
Toby Oxholm, III, Senior Vice
President,
Drexel Law Center;
General
Counsel,
Drexel University Hospital
Steven
Shapiro, D.O., Chief of
Pediatrics,
Abington Memorial
Hospital;
Member, MCARE Fund
Commission
Carol
Nelson Shepherd, Attorney,
Feldman,
Shepherd, Wohlgelernter
&
Tanner, Former President, PaTLA
David
Gary Smith, M.D., F.A.C.P.,
Program
Director of the Internal
Medicine
Residency and Chairman of
the
Bioethics Committee, Abington
Memorial
Hospital
Nicholas Terry,
Chester A. Myers Professor of Law and
Co-Director, Center for Health Law Studies, St. Louis University
School of Law
Neil
Vidmar, Ph.D., Professor of Law
and
Professor of Psychology, Duke
Law
School
Robert W. Waeger,
Director, Pennsylvania Insurance Department, Bureau of Medical Malpractice
Administration, Office of MCARE
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$100 – Temple Law Alumni Association Members
$125 –
Non-members
$25 – Students
(non-Temple)
Free for Temple students!
To join TLAA, go to www.mytlawconnection.com
To register by phone, please call 215.204.1755
Accommodations:
A limited number of
rooms have been reserved at the
DoubleTree Hotel, located at
Broad and Locust Streets in
Center City, Philadelphia.
For reservations, please call
215.893.1600 and mention
the Medical Malpractice Symposium
at Temple Law
School.
Parking:
Parking is available at
the Liacouras Center Parking Garage
on 15th Street and Montgomery Avenue.
Directions:
Get directions to Temple Law School.
6 CLE Credits:
5 Substantive and 1
Ethics CLE credits available (approved by
the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education
Board).
Submit to the Journal:
The Temple Journal of Science, Technology &
Environmental
Law solicits articles from legal
advocates, practitioners, and
academics for its
upcoming issues. Please send submissions to
Articles Editor, Temple Journal of Science, Technology &
Environmental Law, 1719 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
19122 or submit
electronically at www.temple.edu/law/tjstel.
Click here
for information about the 2007 Symposium.
Please contact Davina Rosen,
Executive Editor of the Symposium, with any questions.
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