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How many M.D.-J.D.'s are there? I am aware of no formal
accounting. I am aware of 3 MD-JD's from my medical school class of
approximately
230 and 2 MD-JD's from my law school class of 240. I have seen one
estimate of 1,500-6,000.
If you are aware of a comprehensive list (or count!) of doctor-lawyers,
I would appreciate hearing about it.
I have assembled this list piecemeal as I come across
information on professionals with both degrees. As I would estimate
that the number of dual degreed professionals is on the order of 1% of
doctors and lawyers, this list is clearly just a small sampling. I hope
that this list may be of some use for locating people with
similar backgrounds and interests.
Medical Malpractice Defense Attorneys:
Stephan R. Paul ,Philadelphia,
Pa. White &
Williams (B.C. Pediatric Oncology)
Harley
Kaufman , New York, N.Y. Medical
Malpractice eZine .
Erle E. Peacock Raleigh,
N.C. (B.C. Surgery, Plastic Surgery)
Robert H. Gans, M.D.,LLB.
.Cleveland, Oh. (Ophthalmology)
Maria
S.. Rose ; New York, N.Y.
Peer
Review Defense:
C.
William Hinnant , Anderson SC, Urologist, Fellow,
American College of Legal Medicine
Ralph
M. Bard . Tullahoma, Tn.
Richard Wilbur,
Chairman American Medical Foundation for Peer Review &
Education
Louise B.
Andrew FACEP British Columbia - Presdient of Coalition and
CEnter for Ethical Medical Experts
Joseph
C. Avakoff . California
Lee S. Goldsmith
. New Jersey
Erle E. Peacock, Jr.
North Carolina
A.
Tobias . Urologist, Walnut Creek, California
Robert
V. West, FACEM Texas
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Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Attorneys:
Bruce Maston, Philadelphia,
Pa. (Internal Medicine)
Arthur Newmark,
Philadelphia, Pa. (Internal Medicine) (LL.M. - Temple Trial
Advocacy 2004)
John E. Sculli. Philadelphia, Pa. (Relocating to - 2007)
Jerome
Eric Goldstein, Philadelphia, Pa. (Internal Medicine)
Jim Beasley Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Beasley
Firm (LL.M. - Temple Trial Advocacy 2003)
Marsha Santangelo,
Philadelphia, Pa. (General Surgery) Beasley Firm
Leon
Aussprung, Philadelphia, Pa. (Pediatrics)Kline &
Specter, (LL.M. - Temple Trial Advocacy 2006)
Lisa
Dagostino, Philadelphia, Pa. (Obstetrics) Kline &
Specter
Carol Dembe,
Philadelphia, Pa. (Emergency Medicine) Kline &
Specter
Mark A. Hoffman, Philadelphia, Pa.
(Pediatric Surgery) Kline & Specter
Garabet
M. Zakeosian, Philadelphia, Pa. (Anesthesiology) Kline
& Specter
Matthew Blum, Philadelphia,
Pa., (Otolaryngology) Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore &
Bezar
F. Philip Robin, Philadelphia,
Pa., (General Practice) Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar
Sidney M. Grobman, Philadelphia,
Pa., (Family Medicine) Abraham, Lowenstein & Bushman
Gerald F. Kaplan, Philadelphia Pa. (Surgery)
Judy Greenwood & Associates
Daniel
M. Finelli, Philadelphia Pa.
(Internal Medicine) Raynes McCarty
Tai Y Wong, Philadelphia Pa.
Eric Shore,
Media Pa, (Family Medicine) Schrom & Shaffer - Save
Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital Coalition
Esther M. Johnston,
Bala Cynwyd, PA (Family Medicine) Lowenthal & Abrams, PC.
Jonathan Alan
Briskin, Bryn Mawr Pa, (Forensic Pathology); Briskin &
Lewis
Bruce Lord Wilder, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Neurosurgery)
Deborah S. Maliver, Pittsburgh,
Pa. (Internal Medicine) Bancheria, Eriksen & Maliver,
P.C.
Rosemary E. McGeady,
Edison, NJ Cardiology
Armand Leone,
Jr., Glen Rock, N.J.
Lee S.
Goldsmith, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Harvey F. Wachsman , Great
Neck, N.Y. (Neurosurgery)
WIlliam J. Cade, Albany N.Y. Cade & Saunders,
P.C.
(LL.M. - Temple Trial Advocacy
1998)
Barry D. Lang - Boston, MA
Arthur Schwartz,
Annapolis, MD Franch,
Jarashow, & Smith Why Choose a DOCTOR For a LAWYER
Zev T.
Gershon, Owings Mills, MD
Gershon,
Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC
Randal D. Getz, Owings
Mills, MD How can you benefit
from having an MD/JD working for you ?
Harry Rein , Longwood,
Fl. Doctor / Lawyer / Judge
Michael V. Barszcz , Orlando,
Fl. , Fellow - American College of Legal Medicine
James Deming, Phoenix
Az. Psychiatry
Phil C. Pearson ,Aurora,
Co. . (Emergency Medicine, Family Practice)
Kenneth C. Chessick, Schaumburg, IL Surgery
Arnold Podolsky, Birmingham, MI
Anesthesiology
Gregory Kauffman,
Albuquerque, NM - Pathologist
Elliott
B. Oppenheim, Tesuque, NM (LLM Health Law)
Herbert O. Phillips IV, Chapel Hill, NC
(Orthopedic Surgery) Articles: Expert
witnesses program: Practicing M.D. perspective
Charles E. Rawlings, Winston-Salem, NC
C.
William Hinnant, Anderson SC, Urologist
Laurence Dry,
(Surgeon) Oak Ridge, TN
James
Rauer, Dallas, Tx. - Radiology
James E. Keever, Texarkana, Tx
(Orthopedic Surgery )
Expert Witness Services:
Elizabeth Talbott, Atlanta, Ga. jdmd.com
Frederick W. Silverman,
Bartow, Fl. (Surgical Oncology)
Elliott B. Oppenheim, Santa Fe,
NM LLM Health Law,
Spoliation in Medical Negligence
cases
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M.D./J.D.'s in medical practice:
Donald J.
Palmisano, Vascular Surgeon, Former President - American
Medical Association .
Richard S. Wilbur
Executive Vice President Emeritus, Council of Medical Specialty
Societies
John R. Ball
, Executive Vice President American Society for Clinical
Pathology (ASCP)
Joseph Wood
President American American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Larry
Weiss President Louisian StateChapter of the American Academy
of Emergency Medicine
Richard G. Roberts .
Chairman of the Board American Academy of Family Physicians
Donald Aaronson,
Past President, American College of Allergy & Immunology
Dean M.
Hashimoto, Occupational Medicine, Chair of Health Care Services
Board of Massachusetts.
Maureen
A. Fee, Philadelphia, Pa. Developmental
Pediatrics
David A. Lenrow, Philadelphia,
Pa. Physiatry
Cyril H. Wecht ,Pittsburgh,
Pa. - Allegheny County Coroner, Searching For
Justice Through Medicine .
Edward S. Hume - Clinical Wisdom
. Adult Psychiatry
. How the
World Works---A Reading List .
Vivien
Boniuk , Queens, N.Y. Ophthalamology
Jijibhoy J. Patel , Stockton,
CA - Cardiology
Matthew
L Howard, San Francisco, CA - Otolaryngology
Roger Kaye, Norwalk CT Neurosurgery
Julia Ai, MD/JD Florida (First Rutgers/Camden dual
degree MD/JD) - Dermatology
Hossein Nezami, Jacksonville,
FL
- Plastic Surgery
William J. Morton ,
Atlanta, Ga. - Urology.
Robert H. Goldberg - Marietta,
Ga. Forensic pathology
E.
Allen Griggs Martinsville,
IN Pathology
Kenneth Todd , Baton
Rouge, LA - psychiatry, addiction, alcohol, cocaine, substance
abuse, ADD, OCD
Jorge Martinez New
Orleans, La. Emergency Medicine
Robert
West, Emergency Medicine
Michael
Newdow, Sacramento, Ca. Emergency
Medicine, UCLA Olive View, "Pledge of Allegience" case
Kenneth Ashton Freeman, Clinton, MD
Bioethics & Community Health
John S. Carbone, Raleigh, NC Director of Mental Health - Division of Prisons, North Carolina Department of Correction.
Jeffrey Wishik Ma;
RI Neurology
Ben Go, MI Internal
Medicine AND law (civil litigation
and estate planning);
Mark Silverman, MI Psychiatrist; also practices law;
Fernando Diaz, MI Neurosurgery
Alexander Batchev, D.O., MI OB-GYN; AND law (civil litigation
and estate
David
B. Ketroser , Hopkins, MN. Neurology / Law
Barry
Solomon , Massapequa, NY - Dermatology, SUNY Brooklyn
1992
Brian
A. Boyle Ithaca, NY Infectious dieseases / Aids
Kenneth Grosslight,
Blythewood, SC
Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Neuro Anesthesia
C.
William Hinnant , Anderson SC, Urologist, Fellow,
American College of Legal Medicine, Peer Review Defense
Henri-Ann
Nortman, Wharton, TX Pediatrics
Cary
Sternick, The Woodlands, TX.- Neurology, Electromyography
Other:
Marlowe Schaeffer, Drexel Hill, PA Remote Medical managment services
to Hospitals Nationwide
David Coffee. - Drexel Hill, PA
Remote
Medical managment
services to Hospitals Nationwide
Richard
E.Moses - Cherry Hill,
NJ (Gastroenterology) Dessen, Moses & Sheinoff
lLegal, health
and medical-legal issues
Louise B. Andrew,
Litigation Stress Managment, President: Coalition and Center
for Ethical Medical Testimony
Allan Tobias.Walnut Creek, Ca Health
Law: Medical Staff Bylaws, investigations, hearings, and
credentialing and privileging issues; Patient Advocacy
William J. Morton
-Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, Credentialling, Malpractice
and Medical Products Liability.
Joe R. McFarlane
, , San Antonio, Tx - Health Law / Managed Care (Ophthalmology)
Paul Zagar
, SUNY Brooklyn, M.D. 1989; William & Mary, J.D. 2002 Darby & Darby,
Intellectual Property Law
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Dual Degree Programs: American
Association of Medical Colleges - MD/JD Programs .
Baylor College of
Medicine.
Case
Western Reserve University School of Medicine .
University
of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of
Medicine.
Duke University
School of Medicine .
Harvard
Medical School. Dual Degrees
Ohio State
University College of Medicine and Public Health.
Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine .
Stanford
University School of Medicine..
University of
Calgary Faculty of Medicine .
University
of Florida College of Medicine .
University
of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana-Champaign.
Mayo Medical School (507)-284-3627Arizona State U (480)965-3246.
Mayo students eligible for 2 Year JD;
1 Year Master of Legal Studies
UMDNJ--New
Jersey
Medical School .Camden, N.J.
UMDNJ-Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.
University of
Arkansas College of Medicine .
University of
Illinois College of Medicine-UrbanaChampaign.
University
of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine .
University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine .
University of
Puerto
Rico School of Medicine .
University
of Texas Medical School
at Galveston.JD/MPH..
West Virginia
University School of Medicine.
Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine .
Yale
University School of Medicine .
OTHER LINKS:
M.D./J.D. Don't
do it - Edward S. Hume, M.D.,J.D..
Dueling
degrees: Why some doctors are getting a JD ... American Medical
News Jan. 28, 2002.
| David Faris, M.D.,
Columbia University P&S 1954; L.L.B. , Harvard 1962 |
--- IN MEMORIUM - March 9, 2001---
Dave was one of the most modest and low key
people I
have ever known. I met Dave in 1975 through our common
love of music at the Orchestra
Society of Philadelphia . In 1985, when I started medical school,
Dave always liked to
give me advice about surviving the experience.
Although I'd always known that Dave had graduated
from medical school, he didn't confide in me that he had graduated
from Harvard Law School until 1999 when I was a law student. Dave was
offered the newly renamed "Juris Doctorate" when
he graduated from Harvard Law School, but turned it down in favor of
the more modest traditional "Bachelors" degree in law.
Dave was always full of surprises. In 1999, when I
first played
Haydn string quartets with Dave, he told me that it was the first
time
that he had played them as a cellist, but that he had known the music
through
years of playing four handed piano arrangements with his wife
Carol.
I had been unaware that Dave was a fairly serious pianist until that
time.
As Carol now tells it, both she and Dave played piano and cello, but
when
they got married it was decided that she would be THE pianist and
he
would be THE cellist, and that was how it was until the end.
Dave chose not to have a funeral. I hope he
would approve of this small rememberance in cyber space.
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