Health Law Section Fall Meeting (2020)

Program Agenda:

Spotlight on Legal and Ethical Issues and the Disparities in Health Care (Part One)

Speakers will discuss the legal and ethical issues brought to light during the human rights and public health crisis posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Issues to be addressed include the balance between the ethical mandates and potential legal consequences of health care providers’ decision-making while operating in an environment when patient needs far exceeded available human and medical resources; the role of immunity afforded during such circumstances; and the disparities illuminated within our existing health care delivery system.

Speakers

Section Chair: Karen Gallinari, Esq., NYS Bar Association Health Law Section Chair and Adjunct Professor, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University

Program Chair: Anoush Koroghlian-Scott, Esq., Jackson Lewis P.C.

Program Chair: Linda Clark, Barclay Damon LLP

Moderator: Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., PhD, MPH, Fordham University GHIMC

Speaker: Joseph J. Fins, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P., Weill Cornell Medical College and Yale Law School

Moderator: Brendan S. Parent, Esq., NYU School of Medicine

Speaker: Alan J. Brudner, Esq., Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Speaker: Robert N. Swidler, Esq., St. Peter's Health Partners

Moderator: T. Andrew Brown, Esq., Brown Hutchinson LLP

Speaker: Christian Gonzalez-Rivera

Speaker: Geoffrey Kagan-Trenchard, Esq, Geoffrey Kagan-Trenchard, Esq

Speaker: Violet E. Samuels, Esq., Samuels & Associates, PC

Speaker: Shelia Shea, Esq., Mental Hygiene Legal Service

Controversies, Legal and Regulatory Reform and Moving Forward with Patient Care Delivery: (Part Two)

As the Pandemic runs its course and fades over time, legal and ethical issues will continue to surface as we move toward a new normal. Speakers during Part 2 will discuss the legislative status of the immunities offered to health care providers; the health care controversies and litigation arising within all tiers of the health care delivery system in the wake of the human rights and public health crises presented by the COVID-19 Pandemic. And moving forward with optimism, speakers will highlight how the Pandemic has demonstrated the benefits and need to expand the use of telemedicine long after the Pandemic subsides. Finally, experts will discuss the status of developing a safe and effective vaccine and the issues of achieving herd immunity.

Speakers

Program Chair: Karen Gallinari, Esq., NYS Bar Association Health Law Section Chair Adjunct Professor, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University

Program Chair: Anoush Koroghlian-Scott, Esq., Jackson Lewis P.C.

Program Chair: Linda Clark, Esq., Barclay Damon LLP

Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., Fordham University GHIMC

Stephen B. Hanse, Esq., NYS Health Facilities Association

Joseph J. Ranni, Esq., Ranni Law Firm

Jane Bello Burke Esq., Hodgson Russ LLP

Daniel Meier, Esq., Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff

Brian O'Grady, CDPHP

Thomas Merrill, Esq., NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene

Elizabeth Rausch-Phung, M.D., M.P.H., NYSDOH Bureau of Immunization