Health Law Section: Duties, Rights & the Law at the End of Life (2019)

Topics include:

The Landscape of Hospice and Palliative Care

Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making for Patients Who Lack Capacity

The Gap Filler: The Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA)

Examining Medical Aid in Dying in NY State – Update on NY Legislation

New Issues in Organ Donation in NYS Clinical Trials and Compassionate Use

Speakers include:

Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH | Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone School of Medicine | NYC

Valerie Bonham, Esq. | Ropes Grey | Washington, D.C.

Corinne A. Carey, Esq. | Campaign Director, Compassion and Choices | Troy, NY

Kathryn E. Carroll, Esq. | Manager, Government Affairs, Center for Disability Rights | Albany, NY

Christopher P. Comfort, MD | Calvary Hopsital Medical Director | NYC

Lawrence Faulkner, Esq. | The ARC Westchester | Hawthorne, NY

NYS Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried | NYC

Eve Green Koopersmith, Esq. | Garfunkel Wild, PC | Great Neck, NY

Sadie Ishee, Esq. | Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Appellate Division 1st Judicial Department | NYC

Hon. Kathy King | Kings County Supreme Court | Brooklyn

Tammy Lawlor, Esq. | Miller & Milone, P.C. | Garden City, NY

David C. Leven, J.D. | End of Life Choices | NYC

James W. Lytle, Esq. | Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP | Albany, NY

Seth Morgan, MD | Neurologist and Fellow, American Academy of Neurology | Chevy Chase, MD

Brendan Parent, Esq. | NYU School of Medicine | NYC

Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey, Esq., PhD | Fordham University | NYC

Sheila E. Shea, Esq. | Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Appellate Division 3rd Judicial Department | Albany, NY

Peter J. Strauss, Esq. | Pierro, Connor & Strauss, LLC | NYC

Christina W. Strong | Law Office of Christina Woodward Strong | Belle Mead, NJ

Robert N. Swidler, Esq. | St. Peter's Health Partners | Albany, NY

Dennis C. Vacco, Esq. | Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, LLP | Buffalo, NY

Lisa Volpe, Esq. | New York State Mental Hygeine Legal Service for the 2nd Judicial Department | Garden City, NY