ACLM 51st Annual Meeting
Preliminary Scientific
Program Schedule

Featuring Third Annual
Dental Symposium
Friday, February 25 & Saturday, February 26

Speakers and topics are subject to change. All sessions will be located in the Celebrity Ballroom 4 unless otherwise noted.
   
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
   
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ABLM 2011 Program/Review Course:
“Medical Records, Malpractice Law, Licensing & Privileging, Business Law, FDA Issues and Prescribing Problems”
(Pre-registration required)
S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD, FCLM
Chairman, ABLM
Past President, ACLM
   
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Board of Governors Meeting
Location: Sunset 5 & 6
   
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
Location: Westwood Boardroom
   
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
   
6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Past President’s Breakfast
Location: Brentwood Boardroom
   
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
   
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
   
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration/Information Desk Open
Location: Foyer BC
   
7:00 a.m. – 7:50 a.m. Poster Session 1
Location: Exhibit Hall
Poster Committee Chair:
Karin W. Zucker, JD, LLM, MSF, FCLM
Army Medical Department Center & School
   
7:50 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Announcements
Dale Cowan, MD, JD, FCLM
ACLM President

Kent Harshbarger, MD, JD, FCLM
Program Chair

Bruce Seidberg, DDS, MScD, JD, FCLM
Dental Session Chair
   
  GENERAL SESSION I
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Recent Developments in Legal Medicine
Moderator:
Theodore R. LeBlang, JD, FCLM
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.

 Recent Federal & State Legislation Affecting Dentistry
Daniel L. Orr, II, DDS, PhD, JD, MD, FCLM
Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine
   

8:25 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

 Federal and State Legislation – Important Changes
Ila S. Rothschild, MA, JD
Law Offices of Ila S. Rothschild
   

8:50 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

 Federal Court Cases
Elaine Bukowski, MD, JD, FCLM
Sullivan University
   

9:15 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

 State Court Rulings
Christopher White, MD, JD, FCLM
University of Cincinnati
   

9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
   
  GENERAL SESSION II
10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Peer Review and Quality Improvement
Moderator:
Melvin A. Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM
ACLM Past President
Tustin Hospital and Medical Center
   

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

 HCQIA: Good Intentions Gone Bad?
Jacob A. Hafter, JD, MS, PhD
Law Office of Jacob Hafter, PC
   

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

 Peer Review, the Israeli Point of View
Samuel Wolfman, LLB, PhD, FCLM
Zefat Academic College Law School
University of Haifa, Israel
   

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

 Conflict Management – the Antidote for “Upset, Angry and Surly” Syndrome
Debra Gerardi, RN, MPH, JD
Debra Gerardi & Associates
   

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

 Questions & Answers
   

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

 11th Annual Professional Development Lunch
(Pre-registration required)
Alejandro Moreno, MD, MPH, JD, FCLM
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
   
  GENERAL SESSION III
1:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Concepts/Developments in Alternate Dispute Resolution
Moderator:
Dale Cowan, MD, JD, FCLM
ACLM President
   

1:30 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.

 AAA Healthcare Review
Michelle Skipper
VP, American Arbitration Association
   

1:55 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

 The Role of ADR in Resolving Healthcare Disputes
Stephan E. Ronai, JD
Of Counsel, Murtha Collina LLP
   

2:20 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

 Healthcare ADR from the CEO’s Perspective
James E. Purcell
President, CEO, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
   

2:45 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.

 Collaborative Law: Early Disclosure and Early Resolution
Ila S. Rothschild, MA, JD
Law Office of Ila S. Rothschild
   

3:10 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break
   
  GENERAL SESSION IV
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Current Medical Legal Topics: Gene Patents, Internet Defamation, Global Healthcare
Moderator: Richard Wilbur, MD, JD, FCLM
CEO, American Medical Foundation
   

3:30 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

 Gene Patents, Medical Care and Research
Lori B. Andrews, JD, FCLM
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
   

4:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.

 The Modern Physician-Patient Relationship: Managing Your Online Reputation
Clifford Lober, MD, JD, FCLM
Affiliate Associate Professor, University of South Florida Division of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
   

4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

 Medico-Legal Considerations When Examining Survivors of Torture
Alejandro Moreno, MD, MPH, JD, FCLM
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
   
5:10 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Questions & Answers
   
  CONCURRENT DENTAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Dental sessions continue through Saturday, February 26, 2011
   
10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. GENERAL SESSION II – DENTAL
Licensure Providers & Malpractice
Moderator: Richard S. Harold, DMD, JD, FCLM
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
   

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

 Ethics of Using Live Patients for Licensure Part I
Dean Mert N. Aksu, DDS, JD, FCLM
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
   

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

 Ethics of Using Live Patients for Licensure Part II
Pamela Zarkowski, JD, MPH
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
   

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

 Midlevel Provider Model
Dean Karen P. West, DMD, JD, MPH
University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine
   

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

 Dental Malpractice – What Does It Mean?
Frank J. Riccio, DMD, JD, FCLM
Law Offices of Frank J. Riccio, P.C.
   
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 11th Annual Professional Development Lunch (pre-registration required)
Alejandro Moreno, MD, MPH, JD, FCLM
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
   
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. GENERAL SESSION III – DENTAL
Liability Issues
Moderator: Douglas Wolff, DDS, JD, FCLM
Northern Dental Partners, LLC
   

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

 Referral Liability in Clinical Practice
Boyd W. Shepherd, DDS, JD, FCLM
Boyd W. Shepherd, P.C.
   

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 Ethical Considerations in Use of Nitrous Oxide
Nickolas Levering, BS, DDS, MS
Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton University
   

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 Medico-Legal Issues Associated with Cone Beam Computerized Tomography in Dentistry
H. Clark Whitmire, Jr., DMD, JD, FCLM, FACD
University of Texas – Houston Dental Branch
   

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

 Questions &Answers
   

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

 Break
   
3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. GENERAL SESSION IV – DENTAL
Records – Insurance & Fraud
Moderator: Gerald Halk, DDS, MS, JD, LLM, FCLM
Sterling Endodontics
   

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 Ownership of Dental Records
Chester Gary, DDS, JD, FCLM
University at Buffalo School of Medicine
   

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

 Insurance Conundrum – Who Do You Trust?
Joseph Graskemper, DDS, JD, FCLM
Stonybrook School of Dental Medicine
   

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 Fraud in the Dental/Medical Office
Joseph DiDonato, III, DDS, MBA, FAGD
Olean General Hospital
   

5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

 Questions &Answers
   
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. President’s Welcome Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall
   
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011
   
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Dr. Dorothy Rasinski-Gregory Women’s Leadership Breakfast
Moderator:
Dorothy Rasinski-Gregory, MD, JD, FCLM
   
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
   
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration/Information Desk Open
Location: Foyer BC
   
7:00 a.m. – 7:50 a.m. Poster Session II
Location: Exhibit Hall
Poster Committee Chair:
Karin W. Zucker, JD, LLM, MSF, FCLM
Army Medical Department Center & School
   
  GENERAL SESSION V
8:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Current Concepts in Electronic Health Records
Moderator: David Donnersberger, Jr., MD, JD, FCLM
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
   

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

 EHR Translation from the Lab to the Market
Thomas L. Churchwell, JD
Midwest Venture Partners
   

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

 Electronic Records as Applied to Physicians & Dentists Part I
Rollin Matsui, DDS, LLB, FCLM
Dr. Rollin Matsui Legal Services for Dentists
   

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

 Electronic Records as Applied to Physicians & Dentists Part II
Jeff Glaizel, DDS
CEO, President, MyDDSNetwork.com
   

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
   
  GENERAL SESSION VI
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Ethics, Medicine and Health Law *(ME) (LE)
Moderator:
Martin J. Stillman, MD, JD, FCLM
Hennepin County Medical Center
   

10:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

The Ethics of Organ Transplantation – the Parts are Greater than the Whole *(ME) (LE)
Mitchell D. Forman, DO, FACR, FACOI, FACP
Touro University Nevada

Weldon E. Havins, MD, JD, FCLM
Touro University Nevada
   

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

 Ethical Implications of Informed Consent *(ME) (LE)
Lillian Obucina, DDS, JD, FCLM
Lillian Obucina, DDS, P.C.
   

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.

 Questions & Answers *(ME) (LE)
   
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break
   
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Cyril Wecht Luncheon
Moderator:
Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD, FCLM
Past President, ACLM
Past Chairman, ABLM

Special Speaker: Mark Geragos, Esq.
Law Offices of Geragos & Geragos, Los Angeles
   
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break
   
  GENERAL SESSION VII
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Medical-Legal Literature, Graduate Medical Education and Concepts in Dental Malpractice
Moderator: Michael M. Raskin, MD, JD, MS, MPH, MA, MBA
University Medical Center
   

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 Medical-Legal Literature 2010 – 2011: Top Ten Hits
Marshall B. Kapp, JD, MPH, FCLM
FSU College of Medicine
   

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 Dental Malpractice Issues Impacting the Profession
Cathryn E. Albrecht, JD
Associate General Counsel, American Dental Association
   

3:00 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.

 The Need for Medical-Legal Education in Medical Schools and Post-Graduate Residency Programs
Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD, FCLM
Past President, ACLM
Past Chairman, ABLM
   

3:25 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break
   
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The S. Sandy Sanbar Lecture
Moderator:
S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD, FCLM
Chairman, ABLM
Past President, ACLM
   

4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

 Predictive Parameters of Professionalism: How to Identify and Remove the Bad Apples
Mitchell D. Forman, DO, FACR, FACOI, FACP
Touro University Nevada
   

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Fellows
Dale Cowan, MD, JD, FCLM
ACLM President
   
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Annual Banquet
Location: Celebrity Ballroom 2 & 3
Featuring: “A Heartbeat Away from the President”
Connie Mariano, former
White House physician, discusses the unique requirements, pressures and responsibilities of providing medical care for the most powerful person in the world
   
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011
   
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
   
  GENERAL SESSION VIII
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Healthcare Reform: Where Are We Now?
Moderator:
Gary I. Birnbaum, MD, JD, FCLM
Hillcrest Hospital

Panelists: Jane M. Orient, MD
American Association of Physicians and Surgeons

Arnold J. Rosoff, JD, FCLM
University of Pennsylvania – Wharton
   
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
   
10:15 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. ACLM Student Writing Competition Award Presentation
Moderator:
Thomas R. McLean, MD, MS, JD, FCLM
Third Millennium Consultants, LLC
   

10:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

 Hirsh Award Winner
   

10:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
   
  GENERAL SESSION IX
11:00 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. Current Medical-Legal Community Health Issues
Moderator:
Dorothy Rasinski-Gregory, MD, JD, FCLM
   

11:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.

 Informed Consent in Genetic Research: Does It Mean the Same Thing to the Specimen Providers and Specimen Researchers? A Case Review: The Havasupai Indians
Catherine M. With, JD, LLM
Legal Counsel, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
   

11:25 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

 Legal Issues Impacting Complex Disaster Response
Bradford H. Lee, MD, JD, MBA, FCLM
International Center for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
   

11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

 Prenatal Substance Abuse: Perspectives and Future Direction
Michael S. Sinha (MD/JD student)
SIU School of Law/Medicine
   

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 Medicolegal Considerations in the Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Elderly
Kristina Purganan, MD, Resident, PGY-2
University of Cincinnati
   

12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.

 Questions & Answers
   
*ME denotes Medical Ethics, LE denotes Legal Ethics
 

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