Admitted
1978, New York and District of Columbia; 1981, Louisiana; 1993, Texas
Law School
Washington University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Cornell University, B.S., 1972; Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, M.
Memberships
Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Anti-Trust Law) Bar Associations; Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys of the Louisiana Hospital Association (President, 1983-1985); American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; National Health Lawyers Association; Texas Hospital Association; American College of Healthcare Executives (Regent's Advisory Council for Louisiana, 1996).
Biographical
Author: Credentialing—The Pitfalls in the Administrative Process and How to Avoid Them, Quality Review Bulletin (July, 1987); Peer Review Procedures—Federal Law Requires a New Look at Medical Staff Bylaws, Overview (Jan./Feb., 1987); Implementation of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act: What Will it Mean to the Future of Peer Review, Matthew Bender (Spring 1990); King COBRA Recoils: The Effect of OBRA 1989 Technical Amendments on Health Care Providers & Regulators, Fed. Bar News J. (FBA Oct. 1990); The Health Care Industry Re-looks at the Issue of Health Care Provider Ownership in Entities to Which They Refer Patients: Stark II is Upon Us, La. Medical Society Journal, Vol. 145 (Nov., 1993). Adjunct Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Health Law, 1989-1994. Member, Women's Healthcare Executive Network, President, 1995. President, Woman's Healthcare Executive Network, 2003-2004.