Health Law Faculty

A core group of Hamline Law faculty members focus on health law courses. These faculty members are experienced and respected in the health law arena and are working to expand the Health Law Institute through significant scholarship in health law and related fields, symposium programs, specialized practical training, lawyer education, and legal clinics and externships. In addition, affiliate faculty members in fields related to health law provide additional courses and experiential learning opportunities.  

Thaddeus Pope	Director of the Health Law Institute, Associate Professor of Law
	Courses Taught: Medical Law at the End of Life; Health Law: Quality of Care and Liability; Health Law: Organization and Finance; Torts Research Interests: Medical futility and other legal obstacles to good end-of-life care; Internal Dispute Resolution mechanisms in healthcare, particularly ethics committees; Tort Law, particularly consent and the assumption of risk doctrine; Public Health Law, particularly the legitimacy of restricting voluntary self-regarding conduct; Normative Jurisprudence, particularly the justifiability of hard paternalism JD, Georgetown; PhD, Georgetown; BA, University of Pittsburgh
Barbara Colombo	Senior Fellow, Director of the Health Care Compliance Program
	Courses Taught: Health Care Compliance Institute; Health Care Compliance Laws and Regulations; Compliance Skills: Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting; Health Law: Quality of Care and Liability; Elder Law; Health Law Externship JD, William Mitchell College of Law; BSN, College of St. Teresa (Winona, Minn.)
Lucinda Jesson	Associate Professor of Law
	Currenty on leave, serving as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. JD, Pennsylvania; BA, Arkansas
Jonathan Kahn	Professor of Law
	Courses Taught: Law and Bioethics; Genetics Seminar; Public Health Law & Ethics; Constitutional Law; Torts PhD, Cornell; JD, California-Berkeley; BA, Yale
Laura Hermer	Associate Professor of Law
	Courses Taught: Current Topics in Bioethics Seminar JD, Northeastern University School of Law; LLM (health law), University of Houston Law Center; BA, Hampshire College

Clinic Faculty

Lindsay Davis	Staff Attorney, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.
	Courses Taught: Health Law Clinic JD, Hamline University School of Law; MA, University of Illinois; BA, Lawrence University
Susan Schaffer	Attorney, Susan M. Schaffer, Attorney at Law, P.A.
	Courses Taught: Health Law Clinic JD, Wayne State University Law School; MS, Boston University School of Nursing; BS, College of St. Teresa
Gordon Solo	Staff Attorney, Central Minnesota Legal Services
	Courses Taught: Health Law Clinic

Affiliate Faculty

Learn more about the Health Law Institute's affiliate faculty members:

• Larry Bakken, administrative law
• Cathy Deal, nonprofit and tax law
• Sharon Sandeen, intellectual property

Adjunct Faculty & Guest Presenters

The Health Law Institute also engages industry professionals and visiting scholars to teach or present in courses. These instructors and presenters bring their experience, practical knowledge, and expertise to students.

Adjunct Faculty

• Sandra Andreini, In-House Counsel, HealthPartners, Inc.
  Courses Taught: Health Reform: Insurance Plans, Exchanges, and Mandates
  
• Thomas Beimers, Special Counsel, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
  Courses Taught: Health Reform: A New Age of Regulatory Enforcement
  
• Brian Beutner, CEO, mPay Gateway, Inc.
  Courses Taught: Business of Health Care: Managed Care and Beyond
  
• George Chresand, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Fairview Health Services
  Courses Taught: Health Care Credentialing and Privileging, Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
  
• Ross C. D’Emanuele, Partner, Dorsey and Whitney
  Courses Taught: Medicare for Lawyers
  
• Mark Gardner, Associate Attorney, DuVal & Associates, P.A.
  Courses Taught: Food and Drug Law
  
• Marlene Garvis, Partner, Jardine, Logan & O’Brien
  Courses Taught: Medical Malpractice: Theory & Practice
  
• Deb Gerardi, President & Chief Creative Officer, EHCCO
  Courses Taught: Strategic Management of Conflict in Health Care: Using Coaching to Improve Patient Safety and Interprofessional Teamwork
  
• David Graham, Partner, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, LLP
  Courses Taught: Food and Drug Law
  
• Keith Halleland, Shareholder, Halleland Habicht, PA
  Courses Taught: Compliance Skills: Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting
  
• Peter Hofrenning, Associate Counsel, HealthPartners
  Courses Taught: Health Law Externship
  
• Joan Humes, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Investigations, Medtronic
  Courses Taught: Health Care Fraud and Abuse
  
• Gina Kastel, Partner,  Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
  Courses Taught: Health Reform: A New Age of Regulatory Enforcement, HIPAA Privacy
  
• Susan Kratz, Attorney, Moore, Costello & Hart, PLLP
  Courses Taught: Governance and Ethics in Health Care Compliance
  
• Barbara Lindberg, Lead Nurse Planner, OptumHealth Education
  Courses Taught: Mental Health Law
  
• Janet Newberg, Owner/Attorney, Newberg Law Office
  Courses Taught: Health Care Fraud and Abuse
  
• Marcia Miller, Attorney, Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey, LTD
  Courses Taught: Bioethics and the Law
  
• Jennifer O’Brien, Medicare Compliance Officer, United Health Group
  Courses Taught: Compliance Skills: Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting
  
• Lori Oleson, Director of Compliance, UCare
  Courses Taught: Compliance Skills: Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting
  
• David Orbuch, CEO, United Health Group
  Courses Taught: Governance and Ethics in Health Care Compliance
  
• Marc Raspanti, Partner, Pietragallo, Gordon, Alfano, Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
  Courses Taught: Drugs, Devices, and the False Claims Act
  
• Patti Skoglund, Partner, Jardine, Logan & O’Brien
  Courses Taught: Medical Malpractice: Theory and Practice
  
• Steven Snyder, Owner/Director, International Assisted Reproduction Center
  Courses Taught: Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Law
  
• Tobi Tanzer, Vice President, Integrity, Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer, HealthPartners, Inc.
  Courses Taught: HIPAA Privacy
  
• Paul Torgerson, Partner in Health Group, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
  Courses Taught: Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
  
• Stacey Tovino, Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada
  Courses Taught: Elder Law, Comparative Health Law, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, HIPAA Privacy, Mental Health Law, Patients' Rights, Quality of Care and Liability, Bioethics and the Law
  
• Judith Walker, Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN
  Courses Taught: Governance and Ethics in Health Care Compliance
  
• Gerald Wilhelm, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Justice
  Courses Taught: Health Care Fraud and Abuse

Guest Presenters

• Michael Benson, The Benson Bjorklund Group, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
• Doug Blanke, Director, Public Health Law Center, William Mitchell College of Law
• Brian Bjorklund, The Benson Bjorklund Group, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
• Patricia Bower-Jernigan, Director, Allina Hospitals and Clinics
• Gail Brandt, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
• Pamela Brecht, Special Counsel, Pietragallo, Gordon, Alfano, Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
• Heidi Neff Christianson, Partner, Moore, Costello & Hart PLLP
• Richard Ostrom, Title, WayPoint, Inc.
• Daniel Roach, Vice President, Compliance & Audit, Catholic Healthcare West (Co-Chair of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics)
• Suzanne M. Scheller, Counselor at Law, Scheller Legal Solutions LLC
• Laura Zdychnec, Attorney, Long Reher Hanson