THEORY-PRACTICE SEMINAR
Preventing a Disaster: Guidelines for Dealing with Epidemics

Date & Time
Thursday, October 2, 2008 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

RSVP by September 25, 2008:
https://www.brooklaw.edu/rsvp-theorypractice/

Location
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York

Directions
www.brooklaw.edu/map

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Recent outbreaks of bird flu have prompted health officials to plan for the possibility of an influenza pandemic that would overwhelm the health care system and its resources. This seminar explored the difficult legal and policy questions raised by one such plan. New York State has proposed a set of guidelines to determine who will receive ventilator treatment in the event of severe shortages due to pandemic flu. They call for allocating ventilators in acute care hospitals solely on the basis of patients’ medical needs and chances of survival.

Sponsor
The program was part of the Center for Health, Science and Public Policy’s ongoing series of theory-practice seminars in which scholars and practitioners have the opportunity to exchange ideas on important questions of health policy.

CLE Credit
This course contained two (2) CLE credits in the State of New York. Both credits are for Ethics and Professionalism and are transitional and non-transitional.

SPEAKERS & AGENDA

3:30 pm		Registration & Refreshments
4:00 - 6:00 pm		Program Agenda
		Opening Remarks Joan G. Wexler Joseph Crea Dean and Professor of Law Brooklyn Law School Karen A. Porter Executive Director, Center for Health, Science and Public Policy Brooklyn Law School Moderator Marsha Garrison Professor of Law Brooklyn Law School Speakers Tia Powell, MD Director, Montefiore-Einstein Center of Bioethics Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Ramanathan Raju MD Executive Vice President/Corporate Chief Medical Officer New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Beth Roxland, JD Acting Executive Director New York State Task Force on Life and the Law Martin A. Strosberg, PhD Professor of Healthcare Management and Bioethics Union Graduate College MBA Program in Management Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College Mount Sinai School of Medicine