Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series: Marc Rodwin

Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series 

presents 

Marc A. Rodwin
Professor Suffolk University Law School 

Conflicts of Interest in Medicine: Learning from the United States, France and Japan 

Commentator:
Dr. Nav Persaud
Associate Scientist Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto 

12:30 – 2:00
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Solarium (room FA2) – Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park 

Abstract: Professor Rodwin will talk about his comparative book Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine: The United States, France, and Japan. The book examines how the differences in the roles of organized medicine, markets, and the state in these countries affect the existence and resolution of physicians’ conflicts of interest. The book presents a background on the medical profession and medical economy in these countries. Professor Rodwin will discuss the sources of conflicts of interest and recommendations to address these problems.

Marc A. Rodwin is Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. He is the author of Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine: The United States, France and Japan (Oxford, 2011); and Medicine, Money & Morals: Physicians' Conflicts of Interest (Oxford, 1993). Rodwin has testified before Congress and state legislatures and served on government commissions and advisory boards, including the Food and Drug Administration and the Indiana Commission on Hospital Antitrust. He has participated in meetings of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and worked for the World Health Organization.Rodwin has assisted consumer groups including the Consumer Federation of America, the National Partnership for Women and Families, and Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care. He has worked as a consultant or expert witness on policy-related litigation involving fiduciary law, physicians' conflicts of interests, competition law, and managed care in numerous lawsuits.

A light lunch will be served.  

For more information about this workshop, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca