FROM THE DIRECTORS
We tell our students that one of the joys of working in health law and health policy is that it is never dull. Health law is continually evolving, and there is always critical work to be done. This past year alone brought seemingly endless changes to reproductive health laws and related litigation, far-reaching effects of health care cyberattacks, ongoing litigation on Medicare drug price negotiation and the 340B Drug Discount Purchasing Program, and all against the backdrop of an AI transformation, Medicaid unwinding, workforce shortages, the proliferation of health misinformation and the increasing role of private equity in health care.
The Jaharis Health Law Institute remains steadfast in our leadership, educating future generations of health lawyers, policymakers and critical thinkers prepared to respond to the constant challenges in our field.
Consistent with that mandate, this past year, we were thrilled to host our annual Jaharis Symposium, “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Existential Challenges for Law & Ethics,” bringing together academics, practitioners and health care professionals to discuss the challenges and opportunities that large language
model AI technologies bring to medical innovation, research and practice. We thank all who participated, with a special thanks to our distinguished speaker, Samuel Bagenstos, general counsel for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Additionally, we held our annual health care compliance program, “No Time for a Hard Time: Keeping Your Health Care Compliance Program Clear from Criminal Liability.”
In addition to hosting academic and practice-oriented events, our faculty continue to meaningfully contribute to the health law field through scholarship. For instance, in the forthcoming Georgetown Law Journal article, “Influencer Speech-Torts,” Professor Max Helveston, alongside co-authors Leah Fowler and Zoë Robinson, addresses the proliferation of influencers providing health advice. They explore the potential for that advice, if taken, to harm or even kill, and they advocate for imposing a duty of care on health influencers.
The Jaharis Faculty Fellow Program also continues its successful track record. After two years of significant contributions to our DePaul community, Julie Campbell joined the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law as an assistant professor and Rick Weinmeyer joined Loyola University Chicago School of Law also as an assistant professor. We are immensely proud of their achievements and are pleased to welcome Ryan P. Knox as our newest Jaharis Faculty Fellow. Ryan joins us after completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science.
We also are delighted to introduce Charmaine Crabaugh as our new executive director. Charmaine brings a wealth of experience in a variety of settings spanning the federal government and the United Nations, state health departments, NGOs and consulting. Her impressive background includes fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and UN Women. She has worked on implementing the Affordable Care Act with federal partners, providing technical assistance to states designing public health interventions in opioid overdose deaths, and evaluating child immunization data management practices among health care professionals in Ghana.
Finally, our students continue to be the pride and joy of our Institute. In the pages that follow, we highlight some of their important work and encourage you to check out their contributions to our blog and the DePaul Journal of Health Care Law
As always, we are thankful for your support, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Sincerely,
WENDY NETTER EPSTEIN
JHLI FACULTY DIRECTOR
CHARMAINE CRABAUGH
JHLI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HEALTH LAW FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP & ADVOCACY
PROFESSOR WENDY NETTER EPSTEIN’S article, “The effects of price transparency and debt collection policies on intentions to consume recommended health care: A randomized vignette experiment,” co-authored with Christopher Robertson and Hansoo Ko, was published in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies in 2023. The article examines the impact of new laws promoting price transparency in health care and how the laws effect patient decision-making. According to Epstein and her co-authors, price disclosure may increase cost awareness, but with the unintended consequence of leading lower-income patients to decline recommended care, thus worsening health inequities. Whether disclosed costs of care are higher or lower than expected also influences care decisions but remains underexplored, as does the issue of whether hospitals will actually try to collect from low-income patients. Hospitals vary in their debt collection practices, with some aggressively pursuing unpaid bills and others not. Actively disclosing these policies (whether aggressive or protective) can amplify or counteract the effects of price disclosures, particularly for low-income patients. The authors conducted a full factorial, controlled experiment using a nationally representative sample of participants in a standardized clinical vignette model. Results showed that disclosing a higher-than-anticipated price significantly increases the likelihood of declining recommended care, especially among low-income individuals. Disclosure of aggressive collections policies further raises this risk. Fear of collections, combined with uncertainty about prices, leads patients to decline care most frequently.
Epstein also has two articles currently under review: “Beyond Subsidies and Mandates: Testing A Simple Behavioral Mechanism to Drive Health Insurance Coverage,” with co-authors, and “Polycentric Healthcare Innovation,” with Laura Pedraza-Fariña. She also published, with Stewart Macaulay, William Whitford, Jonathan Lipson and Rachel Rebouche, the 5th edition of C ontraCts : L aw in a Ction (Carolina Academic Press 2024), and her edited volume, H ea Lt H L aw a s P rivate L aw : P at H o Logy or P at H way is forthcoming in 2025 by Cambridge University Press (I. Glenn Cohen, Susannah Baruch, Wendy Netter Epstein, Christopher Robertson, Carmel Shachar eds.). Lastly, her opinion piece with Christopher Robertson, “The best way to convince healthy people to get insurance is not ‘because it’s in your financial interest’,” was published by STATNews (November 3, 2023).
PROFESSOR MAX HELVESTON’S article, “Influencer Speech-Torts,” co-authored with Leah Fowler and Zoe Robinson, is forthcoming in 2024 in the Georgetown Law Journal. The article addresses the growing role of social media influencers as information sources, particularly in the spread of health misinformation, which can lead to physical harm or death. Given the foreseeability of such harms, the authors argue that negligence liability could be a viable, though underexplored, mechanism to regulate harmful health advice from influencers. The law has yet to clearly define the duties of influencers, though they likely meet even the narrowest standards for a duty of care. Determining duty involves balancing the interests of the victim’s right to physical safety against the influencer’s right to free speech. Thus, whether influencers owe a duty of care is a question of both legal doctrine and public policy. The article justifies imposing duties on influencers providing health advice and examines potential First Amendment challenges to negligence-based influencer speech-torts. Helveston and his co-authors highlight the unique nature of influencer speech and the difficulties in classifying it as commercial speech. They propose recognizing negligent speech resulting in physical harm as a new category of unprotected speech. The article concludes by discussing the broader constitutional implications of this categorization beyond tort liability.
PROFESSOR JOSHUA SARNOFF’S article, “Supreme Court Confirms Judicial Supremacy Over Democracy and Expertise,” was published by Notice & Comment, a blog from the Yale Journal on Regulation and ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice (June 30, 2024). He also was quoted in “New Design Patent Test Creates Uncertainty Over What’s Obvious,” Bloomberg Law (May 23, 2024), and his advocacy work for the past year includes the following:
• Comments of Professor David S. Levine and Joshua D. Sarnoff for the Office for Global Affairs, Office of the Secretary, HHS on The Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments Being Considered Under a WHO Convention, Agreement, or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness & Response (January 31, 2024)
• Comments of Professor Joshua D. Sarnoff in response to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Request for Comment on Text-Based Negotiations before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore (Traditional Cultural Expressions), Docket number PTO–C–2023–0019 (February 28, 2024)
SARNOFF (cont.)
• Comments of Professor Joshua D Sarnoff on RFC on AI Assisted Inventions Guidance, Docket Number PTO-P-2023-0043 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (June 20, 2024)
PROFESSOR MARK WEBER’S article, “Resolving the Paradox of Payroll-Tax-Based Social Insurance for Disability: Lessons from the Canada Disability Benefit Act,” is forthcoming in 2024 in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. The article examines contributory social insurance for disability, where workers or employers pay into a government fund to provide pensions for workers who become disabled before retirement age. While these schemes, found in countries like Canada and the United States, are generally successful, they present challenges. First, they conflict with the disability rights movement’s view that disabilities should be addressed through workplace and social accommodations rather than pensions. Second, these plans typically benefit those who become disabled later in life, providing higher benefits based on earnings, while offering sub-poverty-level income to those with lifelong disabilities. This inequality is likely to persist even with the implementation of the Canadian Disability Benefit program. Weber’s paper defends social insurance while acknowledging these issues, weighing the public policy advantages and disadvantages, considering the impact of policy reforms like the Canadian Disability Benefit, and suggesting improvements inspired by it.
Weber’s other article, “Special Education Cause Lawyers,” was published in 2023 in the Case Western Reserve Law Review. It presents a study of leading U.S. lawyers who represent families in special education disputes for children with disabilities. Through structured interviews with selected attorneys, the research tests whether conclusions drawn by Waterstone, Stein and Wilkins in their study, “Disability Cause Lawyers,” apply to special education cause lawyers. The study examines attorney backgrounds, practice structure, financing, connections to social movement organizations and modes of advocacy. It concludes that special education cause lawyers, like other disability cause lawyers, face challenges with litigation financing, wary courts and a fragmented social movement. However, they avoid some criticized practices, such as focusing too much on court victories and engaging too much with legal elites. This study uniquely contributes to the literature by focusing on lawyers who view educational rights for children with disabilities as a social cause and see themselves as part of the movement for educational rights.
Additionally his book, U nderstanding d isabi L ity L aw , 4th edition, was published by Carolina Academic Press in 2024, and his article, “Abandoning Metaphors and Reclaiming Impairment,” reviewing Doron Dorfman, “Disability as Metaphor in American Law,” 170 U. P a . L. r ev . 1757 (2022), was published by Jotwell (November 7, 2023). Finally, Weber also assisted with the brief of amicus curiae in support of petition for rehearing en banc in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, 96 F.4th 1058 (8th Cir. 2024).
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
47th Annual American Society of Medicine, Law & Ethics Health Law Professors Conference
The 47th Annual American Society of Medicine, Law & Ethics Health Law Professors Conference was held in June 2024 at the Temple University Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Law Research. Former Jaharis Faculty Fellow Julie Campbell presented on “Beneficial Care Only: Reframing Medical Orders Limiting the Use of CPR at the End-Of-Life;” Professor Max Helveston presented with Professor Leah Fowler (Houston) on their joint work with Professor Zoe Robinson (Marquette), “Influencer Speech-Torts;” and former Jaharis Faculty Fellow Rick Weinmeyer presented his joint work with Professor Daniel Goldberg (Colorado), “Syphilis, Stigma & American Law.”
PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: JHLI Executive Director Charmaine Crabaugh, former Jaharis Faculty Fellow Julie Campbell and Professor Max Helveston.
2023 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Health Law as Private Law
Professor Wendy Epstein co-organized with faculty from Harvard Law School and Boston University School of Law the 2023 Petrie-Flom Conference: Health Law as Private Law, which was held at Harvard. An edited volume by the same name will be published by Cambridge University Press.
JAHARIS FACULTY FELLOWS
The Jaharis Faculty Fellows Program provides scholars interested in pursuing careers in legal academia with an avenue for creating and disseminating their scholarship and teaching courses where two dynamic legal fields increasingly intersect—health law and intellectual property law/information technology. Jaharis Faculty Fellows work with, and are mentored by, faculty affiliated with DePaul’s nationally ranked Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute and Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
The Jaharis Faculty Fellow Program has an excellent track record for enabling new scholars to develop their academic voice and connecting them with long-term academic positions. We are proud that both of our 2022-2024 fellows successfully secured tenure-track positions, and we are also pleased to welcome our 2024-2025 fellow. Other former fellows currently have tenure-track positions at the following law schools:
• Valerie Gutmann Koch, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston
• Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University
• Theodosia Stavroulaki, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
• Charlotte Tschider, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
Jaharis Faculty Fellow Hiring
The Jaharis Health Law Institute is accepting applications for a faculty fellow to start either Spring 2025 or Autumn 2025. Please contact Professor Joshua Sarnoff for additional information.
2022-2024 Fellows
JULIE L. CAMPBELL is a medical ethicist, medical-legal scholar and certified health care compliance specialist. In her teaching and research, she views the health care system through an interdisciplinary lens, identifying problems that impact patient care and health outcomes, with a focus on how technological advances in medicine impact patient decision-making and the dying process. She also is passionate about correcting systemic errors that contribute to premature death. In Autumn 2024, she joined the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law as an assistant professor.
RICK WEINMEYER researches important questions of public health law, health policy and bioethics, and he applies mixed methods to empirical questions in health law. His PhD dissertation explores the public toilet crisis in the United States and provides an in-depth look at the legal and policy changes needed to improve public toilet availability and accessibility. In Autumn 2024, he joined Loyola University Chicago School of Law as an assistant professor.
2024-2025 Fellow
RYAN KNOX is a health law and policy scholar who joined DePaul Law in July 2024. His research focuses on issues of FDA regulation and access to medicines, including drug approval, competition and pricing.
Prior to joining DePaul, Knox was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science and a research collaborator with the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. His recent research has been published or is forthcoming in the UC Law Journal, Oklahoma Law Review, Journal of Law & the Biosciences, JAMA, JAMA Health Forum and Nature Biotechnology. Knox earned his BS, magna cum laude, in Health Science from Boston University and his JD from New York University.
JHLI PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
The Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute 2023 Compliance Conference
NO TIME FOR A HARD TIME: KEEPING YOUR HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM CLEAR FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY
In September, we welcomed alumni, students and compliance professionals, both in person and virtually, to our annual compliance conference. JHLI’s annual compliance conference is committed to providing up to date information in the world of compliance, and this year’s program addressed critical and evolving challenges faced by health care professionals in maintaining transparent and ethically sound compliance programs.
Gabriel Imperato (JD ’77), partner at Nelson Mullins, served as our distinguished speaker. Leading a session titled “A Case Study in Compliance Program Effectiveness,” he guided attendees through real life case studies and provided solutions and expertise on where compliance programs went wrong and how, by adding aspects of effectiveness into compliance programs, organizations can avoid pitfalls. Our distinguished panel of experts discussed cutting-edge strategies, best practices and emerging regulatory trends to ensure compliance programs remain resolute and impervious to legal pitfalls. They engaged in insightful discussions with attendees and shared invaluable knowledge during the following sessions:
• DOJ Updates: Evaluation for an Effective Compliance Program
• FDR Oversight
• State and National Privacy Law Updates
• Hot Topics in Health Care Compliance
• Successes of the No Surprise Act
2024 Jaharis Health Law Symposium
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE: EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES FOR LAW & ETHICS
Each year, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute, in collaboration with the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology, explores a critical legal issue at the intersection of health law, intellectual property law and information technology. This past March, our Symposium brought together experts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) to explore the role and impact of large language model AI technologies and the radical changes they are making to medical innovation and practices.
Our distinguished speaker was Samuel Bagenstos, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke eloquently on “The Future of AI in Health Care and Implementation of the President’s Executive Order,” reflecting on both the promise and the challenges in the field.
We also welcomed four terrific panels. The first panel set the stage for further discussion by explaining the fundamentals of AI technologies and how they have begun to be employed in the medical field, paying particular attention to some of the problems that have manifested in AI systems—including predictive errors, hallucinated sources and results, and inappropriate biases.
The second panel focused on how AI is impacting the practice of medicine and the delivery of health care services, including a discussion of the limitations on provider access and use of AI technologies; how algorithmic AIs can replicate and exacerbate inaccurate biases; the extent to which the use of AI changes traditional approaches to protecting patient privacy; and the effects AI may have on existing inequities in the treatment context.
The third panel explored the use of AI to develop vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices, and in the biopharmaceutical industry, generally. The Symposium closed with a discussion of the ethical implications of using AI in health care, with a focus on the effects of AI on informed consent; how AI can be ethically used in telemedicine; and concerns with the use of AI in regard to medical malpractice and liability.
The 2024 Symposium is available to view for CLE credit.
Lunch Lecture Series
In 2023-2024, JHLI hosted a series of lunch lecture programs for our students and the broader DePaul community, covering a wide range of topics important to the field.
Professor Nanette Elster, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, and Dr. Amanda Adeleye, founding partner and medical director of CCRM Fertility of Chicago, presented on the profound implications of the Dobbs decision on fertility care.
Jack Rovner, attorney and co-founder of the Health Law Consultancy firm presented on “Antitrust in Health care.” He addressed how the recently updated Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Merger Guidelines apply to health industry mergers and acquisitions whether by hospital-based delivery systems, provider “roll ups” or health insurer combinations.
Our two former Jaharis Faculty Fellows gave talks related to their current research. Rick Weinmeyer spoke on “Public Bathroom Law & Privacy” and Julie Campbell spoke on “Systemic Failures in Health Care.”
We also welcomed a panel of health law professionals, including Christine Clark, executive director, enterprise risk management, WellBe Senior Medical LLC; Karen Harris, senior vice president and general counsel, Illinois Health and Hospital Association; Denise Siegel, litigation manager, Hamlin and Burton Liability Management; Brian J. Dunn, inspector general, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services; and Erin M. Kinahan, vice president, senior associate general counsel, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare. They spoke about their careers in compliance and risk management, medical malpractice and insurance litigation, regulatory and policy making, and hospital system in-house counsel roles.
HEALTH LAW CURRICULUM
DePaul College of Law’s Health Law Program consistently ranks among the nation’s best. One of the strengths of our program is that the curriculum encompasses both the theory and practice of health law, with attention to both depth and breadth. The health law experience at DePaul is informed by scholars and practitioners so students are exposed to essential areas of health law, including social, ethical, corporate, regulatory and policy issues.
JD CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
• Health Law
• Health Care Compliance
DEGREE PROGRAMS
• JD/LLM in Health Law
• LLM in Health Law
• MLS in Health Law
• MLS in Health Care Compliance
PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES
• Civil Litigation & Health Law Clinic
• Compliance Certification Board exam eligibility
• Externship opportunities with private law firms and corporations in health law
• Journal of Health Care Law
• Health Law Blog
COURSES
Course offerings may vary from year to year.
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust
• Bioethics & the Law
• Data Breach Notification Law
• Disability Law
• Elder Law
• Externship Program
• Food & Drug Law
• Health Care Compliance & Regulations
• Health Care Delivery Systems
• Health Care: Fraud & Abuse
• Health Equity & the Law
• Health Law Moot Court
• Health Policy & the Law
• Insurance Law
• Journal of Health Care Law Editorial Board
• Labor Law
• Legal Clinic: Civil Litigation & Health Law
• Legal Drafting: Health Law
• Medical Malpractice Survey
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Privacy Law
• Public Health Law
• Risk Management & Patient Safety
• Sex Gender & the Law
• Special Topics in Law (focusing on cutting-edge health law issues)
• The Practice of Health Care Law
JHLI SUMMER SCHOLARS
Throughout the school year, JHLI students have opportunities to participate in a variety of externships in the Chicagoland area. JHLI uses its relationships with health systems, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, health information technology companies and health care associations to provide participating students with the most valuable placements possible.
JHLI also coordinates a Summer Scholars Program, which provides selected students with a $7,000 stipend for what would otherwise be unpaid summer internships. The primary goal of the program is to create a pipeline of practice-ready health law advocates through hands-on experiential learning opportunities.
This past year, students were placed at:
• American Medical Association (Ethics)
• American Medical Association (Science and Public Health)
• Health Law Consultancy
• Homeward Health
• Illinois Healthcare and Family Services Office of Inspector General (Medicaid)
• Illinois Healthcare and Family Services Office of Inspector General (General Counsel)
• Legal Aid Chicago
• Lurie Children’s Hospital
• Sinai Chicago
• Walgreens
Students worked with prominent health care practitioners and companies to develop practical skills and gain exposure to various facets of health law. These programs, in addition to our ongoing relationships with members of our advisory board, allow us to continue strengthening the connection between practicing health law attorneys in the city and our JHLI student fellows.
Worood Shouli (JD ’26)
LEGAL AID CHICAGO
“Being paired with Legal Aid Chicago, one of the largest civil legal aid organizations in the country, has been an amazing experience! The knowledge I have attained in such a short amount of time has made me feel more equipped going into the practice of law; has allowed me to improve my legal writing skills; and has fostered connections with some of the most amazing attorneys and paralegals. I’m so grateful to have been accepted to this program and the attentive pairing process that really prioritized my interests and goals!”
Cameron Erdman (JD ’26) WALGREENS
“Through the JHLI Summer Scholars Program, I worked as an in-house legal intern for Walgreens where I honed my writing, research and collaborative skills and networked with phenomenal attorneys from a plethora of legal departments within Walgreens. I also participated in three “day in the life” programs at some of Chicago’s top law firms where I connected with some of the city’s best attorneys. This was my first legal internship, and I could not have asked for a better experience.”
Kira Isbell (JD ’26)
LURIE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
“My summer externship at Lurie Children’s Hospital was an incredibly rewarding opportunity. Working with their remarkable legal team, I gained hands-on experience and professional development, all while experiencing how motivating work towards an impactful mission can be. Through this externship, I learned invaluable lessons that I will carry with me throughout my legal career.”
Andrew Riley (JD ’26)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ( ETHICS DEPARTMENT)
“This summer I had the opportunity to work with the American Medical Association’s (AMA) ethics team, where I researched a variety of health and legal issues for ethics educational materials and publications.
I also attended and assisted with the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting where the AMA discusses and votes on policy. I also attended meetings of the Council of Ethical and Judicial Affairs to witness hearings and experience revisions to the Code of Medical Ethics.
I gained new research skills and a better understanding of the policy side of the legal profession and look forward to applying this knowledge moving forward.”
Sana Sherali (JD ’26)
ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (MEDICAID)
“My summer at the Office of the Inspector General has been an incredibly rewarding experience. From learning about the people and organizations being served by Medicaid to working with the Bureau of Medical Integrity’s audit team, I am excited to gain more exposure to the legal aspects of our health care system.”
Yenessa Meneses (JD ’26)
HOMEWARD
HEALTH
“This summer, I worked as a legal intern at Homeward Health, a start-up company focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable health care for those living in rural communities. As the company continues to evolve, the legal questions they are tasked with continue to change, and I assisted with contract review, conducted research on state and federal regulations, and drafted the company’s artificial intelligence policy. My favorite part was working alongside a diverse group of people passionate about what they do.”
JAHARIS HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE STUDENT BOARD
The Jaharis Health Law Institute offers students a well-rounded experience both inside and outside the classroom. Being a member of the Jaharis Health Law Institute Student Board gives students the opportunity to plan events, network with health law professionals, get to better know their future health law colleagues and gain valuable leadership experience.
Reid Byers (JD ’24) PRESIDENT, JHLI STUDENT BOARD (2023-2024)
“Serving as president of the JHLI Student Board and in other capacities, provided me with countless opportunities to push myself outside my comfort zone. I benefitted from the meaningful responsibilities and chances to network with DePaul’s faculty, alumni and greater Chicago legal community. I would encourage all students to devote time and energy to a student organization in which they share a common passion because the outcome is enriching.”
2024 JHLI ADVISORY BOARD
CHAIR
Ahmed Salim (BSC ’09) iRythym Technologies
MEMBERS
Erika Adler (JD ’96, LLM ’97)
Roetzel & Andress
Catherine Bremer (JD’89) Law Offices of Catherine Bremer
Harold Bressler
Joint Commission (retired)
Michael Callahan (JD ’79) Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Danielle Capilla (JD ’08) Alera Group
Laruen Edes
Advocate Healthcare
Camela Gardener (LLM ’97) Circuit Court Cook County
John Gavin
Healthcare Services BCBS Illinois (retired)
Marc Ginsberg (LLM ’92), University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Susan Hannigan (JD ’83) Johnson & Bell
Robert Kane (JD ’84) Illinois State Medical Society
Michelle Kavoosi Independent Law Practice
Melinda Maleki Maleki and Brooks Law Office
Jeffery Matthis Loyola Medicine
Thomas Mirabile (LLM ’03) Law Office of Thomas Keith Mirabile
Alane Repa (JD ’08) North Park University
Katherine Schostok (JD ’08) Social Security Administration
Cay Wintroub (JD ’78)
Cary J. Wintroub & Associates LLC