11th Annual Advanced Forum on Preventing, Managing and Defending Against Claims of

Obstetric Malpractice

Wednesday, June 27 to Thursday, June 28, 2012
The Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Co-Chairs:

Luke M. Pittoni
Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP

Stephen H. Mackauf
Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf,
Bloom & Rubinowitz

Speakers:

Jennifer Green
Claims Specialist, Professional Liability Claims
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company

Kenneth J. Appleby
Corporate Vice President, Risk Management
Detroit Medical Center

Deborah R. Lorber
Assistant Vice President, Risk Management
Drexel University College of Medicine

Kathleen L. Nastri
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, PC

John P. Elliott, MD
Medical Director, Women’s Hospital at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
Clinical Professor of OB/GYN at the University of California, Irvine
Partner, Magella Medical Group

Arnold W. Cohen, MD
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Albert Einstein Medical Center

William F. Cunningham
Cunningham Meyer & Vedrine, P.C.

Michael G. Ross, MD, MPH
Professor of Ob/Gyn and Public Health
UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health
Chairman, Department of Ob/Gyn
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Marcus C. Hermansen, MD
Director of Neonatology
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and OB/GYN
Dartmouth Medical School

Charles W. Fisher
Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook

Norman D. Tucker
Sommers Schwartz

Robert A. Zimmerman, MD
Chief, Neuroradiology Division/MRI
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Stephen Ruocco
Divisional Vice President
P & C Severity Claims
Chartis Insurance

Richard T. Henderson
Vice President
Transatlantic Reinsurance Company

Cheryl M. DeKleine
Claim Manager
Coverys

Michael D. Anderson
Senior Claims Representative
Medical Insurance Exchange of California

Robert Shavelle, PhD, FAACPDM
Technical Director
Life Expectancy Project

John E. Hall, Jr.
Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C.

Robert Gherman, MD
Maternal/Fetal Medicine
Franklin Square Hospital Center

David A. Clark, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Albany Medical College

Andrew S. Kaufman
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Carolyn M. Salafia, MD, MS
Director, Research and Development
Placental Analytics, LLC

Bruce G. Habian
Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP

J. Mark Coulson
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Susan E. Gerber, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Co-Leader, Ob/Gyn Quality Committee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Barry S. Schifrin, MD
Consulting Obstetrician
bpm, Inc.

William B. Bower
Chief Risk Executive
Executive Director, Claims & Litigation
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Robert B. Costello
Director, Process Improvement
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Joseph S. Picchi
Galloway, Lucchese, Everson & Picchi

Joshua R. Cohen
Garson DeCorato & Cohen LLP

Joseph A. Farchione
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP