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Curriculum Vitae
Dennis A. Robbins Ph.D.,M.P.H.
Dennis Robbins (M.P.H. Harvard, Ph.D., Boston College) is prominent health care steward, innovator, thought
leader, and health activist. His distinguished career of almost four decades spans multiple sectors of health and
health care, business, technology, ethics and policy. His is driven to promote and sustain healthy behaviors,
lifestyles and solutions that will help not only make a difference in one’s health but also add years to our lives and
life to our years. His work traverses and integrates diverse ecosystems aimed a solutions platform that allows for the
complexity and comprehensiveness of how to get and stay healthier. He blends elements of big data, health
information technology, innovation Ai, natural language processing, connectivity, social engagement, ethics,
gamification and more.
Dr Robbins was a National Fund for Medical Education Fellow in the Interfaculty Program for Medical Ethics, and
a Visiting Scholar and Research Fellow at Harvard. He served as an advisor to the President’s Commission on
Ethical Issues in Biomedicine, Biomedical and Behavioral Research, the White House Commission on Education in
CAM, chaired the PCMH 2.O national initiative in in Military Health in Washington on healthcare to health and
patient to person. His concept of person-centricity™, a major paradigmatic shift in how we think about health,
healthcare, self –determination, the person and the future is gaining wide recognition as the way to move beyond
patient engagement to true empowerment. His ability to integrate and leverage technology, HIT, with lessons
learned from behavioral economic, addiction medicine, exercise physiology, sleep, activity and nutrition to bend the
sickness curve is a profound game changer
Dr Robbins has authored and published eight books and over 400 articles chapters and reviews in healthcare and
health. Dr. Robbins was a major force in the early Hospice Movement and worked closely across both aisles and
CMS in helping to promote the Hospice Medicare benefit. He works closely with disruptive innovative sectors
related to medical and surgical devices, information technology, and comparative effectiveness research
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
130 Evergreen Avenue Unit #1
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Imperial Beach, CA 91932
Tel: (619) 271-3118
Cell: (602) 369-9721
Email: [email protected]
Website: DennisRobbins.com
DEGREES
Harvard University Schools of Medicine/Public Health Postdoctoral Masters of Public Health Jan 1980.
Boston College Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy - June 1974
University of Oklahoma Master of Arts - June 1972
University of North Texas Bachelor of Arts - June 1970
Denton, TX (Major: Philosophy)
DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES Dr Robbins has developed a wide spectrum of strategic alliances across the health care continuum in the US and
abroad. He has been an active contributor to the literature in print and as a keynote speaker and content expert. He is
well published and serves/has served on national editorial and advisory boards, His breadth of experience and
expertise traverses diverse sectors of health, wellness, health care and health care interfaces with business, research
and information technologies. He has cultivated and maintains and extensive network of health care thought
leaders
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Board of Advisors, National Research Network
Sec of DARTNet Institute Board
Director of Translational Research and Ethics, Practitioners Engaged in Applied Research and Learning NYU
National Fund for Medical Education Research Fellow in Medical Ethics, Harvard School of Public Health 1979,80
Assoc Professor Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Studies at University of Mississippi 1983
Involved with Development of AAFP RS Medical KOA Pilot 2010
Created San Diego Call Doc Evaluation Initiative 2009,10
NSF Chautauqua Fellow
Hogg Fellow University of Texas at Galveston School of Medicine, 1980
CardioMag (Non Magnetic Device to Observe Heart Flow Patterns for early identification of Silent Heart Attack
Cardiobeat Non Invasive blue tooth impedance Cardiography product)
Zyto bio-interactive technology product
4D Anatomy Virtual dissection and virtual surgery platform
Research Fellow in Medical Ethics, Harvard Univ School of Public Health 1979,80
Assoc Professor Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Studies at Ol Miss 1983
Involved with Development of AAFP RS Medical KOA Pilot 2010
Created San Diego Call Doc Evaluation Initiative 2009,10
NSF Chautauqua Fellow
Hogg Fellow University of Texas at Galveston Medical Center, 1980
HEALTH AND WELLNESS Acting Chair in Human Health Program Arizona Sate University
Taught in Exercise and Wellness Program ASI
Board Member the Red Road to Wellness Foundation
Advisory Board Member Spire.me social engagement platform
Advisory Member of NOOM (2015)
Strategic Advisor to Wellness Codes
Advisor and Board member to WellKom
Advisor to NEXT IT
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Advisor to Neuverus Health nd Neufit
Advisor on Medical Health and Fitness
Board of Rainstar Chinese Medicine Program
Board Rainstar Massage Therapy Program
Advisor to Warm Mineral Springs Wellness Project
ETHICS AND HEALTH LAW-SPECIFIC TRAINING/CONSULTATION YEAR LONG POSTDOCTORAL ETHICS FELLOWSHIP Fellow in Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics through the Division of Legal Medicine and Health
policy at Harvard Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Divinity, Law and Policy
FORMAL COURSEWORK IN MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
Human Rights in Health (Harvard School Public Health)
Law and Medicine (Harvard Medical School)
Law and Public Policy (Harvard School Public Health)
LAW SCHOOL COURSES
Torts I
Torts II
Health Law
Law and Political Process
Products Liability
FORMAL COURSEWORK IN ETHICS
Ph.D. in Philosophy
Year-long Fellow in Ethics at Harvard
Coursework in School of Public Health and School of Medicine including
Ethics in Geriatrics
Foundations of Decision Theory and Cost Benefit Analysis
Uncertainty in Psychiatry
Inducing Social Change
Hogg Fellowship UT Galveston
NEH Fellowship University of Kentucky
ETHICS CONTENT ADVISOR FOR NATIONAL PROGRAMS
National Managed Healthcare Congress
Opal
The Joint Commission
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Mosby
Medical Media Associates
Medical Education Resources International
Case Management Society of America
McGraw-Hill
Hill-Rom
Bimark
CLINICAL ETHICIST
Sinai Hospital (MI) Director of Medical Ethics MICU, CCU, SICU, Oncology, and Pulmonary)
In House Clinical Ethicist Consultant for Allen Park VA in conjunction with:
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Wayne State Medical School, Wm. Beaumont Hospital (MI) ,The Levine Institute on Aging.
VA Medical Centers in IL, MI, KY, SD, WV
EDITORIAL BOARDS (ETHICS ADVISOR / CONTRIBUTOR)
Managed Healthcare (Bd Member and Columnist)
Home Health Management and Practice
McGraw-Hill Companies
Journal of Emergency Nursing
Patient Safety and QualiyHealthcare (Bd Member and Columnist)
NATIONAL BOARD EXAM DEVELOPMENT RE ETHICS
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Risk Management Physicians
The National Board of Medical Examiners
POLICY AND PROCEDURES DEVELOPMENT, ETHICS COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COUPLED
WITH IN-SERVICE EDUCATION
Kentucky Hospital Association (developed model withholding/withdrawing life prolonging procedures for
all affiliated KHA hospitals in the Commonwealth)
Princeton Insurance Company
Michigan Non Profit Homes Association (Developed 4 state/Canada LTC conference)
Glaxo Wellcome Pharmaceuticals (ethics programs around nation past 10 years)
San Dimas Hospital (CA) (Integrated Policy development)
Glendora Hospital (CA) (Integrated Policy development)
John Randolph Hospital (VA) (Integrated Policy development)
HCA Bluegrass Hospital (KY) (Integrated Policy development)
Pontiac General Hospital (MI) (Integrated Policy development)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mental Health and End of Life Issues
Battle Creek VA (MI) Mental Health and End of Life Issues
Tri-cities Hospital, Oceanside CA (Integrated Policy development)
Muhlenberg Medical Center New Jersey (Integrated Policy development)
SE Baptist Regional Medical Center (Integrated Policy development)
Baptist Medical Center and Lourdes Hospital (Integrated Policy development)
Arizona Baptist Hospital System (System wide ethics consultant)
Providence Hospital (MI) Ethics and Risk Management Consultant
POLICY/STANDARDS RELATED
Humana’s National Medical Consultants Advisory Board
The Arkansas Cost Containment Commission
The Joint Commission (in house consultant re networks, managed care, LTC, and Home Health educational
programs, international and field education programs)
The California Hospital Association
AMI Hospitals of California
The Arizona Baptist Hospital System
The Kentucky Baptist Hospital System
NJ Citizens Bioethics Advisory Commission
International Workgroup on Dying, Death, & Bereavement
NATIONAL TOURS Toured the nation for three years offering hundreds of programs on
"Standards and Liability Surrounding Informed Consent and End of Life Decision Making: A Guide for
Ethics Committees"
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"Pulling the Plug"
"The Integrated Policy"
"Withholding / Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Procedures: A Guide for Ethics Committees"
VIDEOTAPE DEVELOPMENT
Health Care Satellite Network (NJ) National Interview
Hospital Satellite Network (CA) National Interview 6000 Hospitals
The Health Channel Interview (Baylor Medical Center, Houston) - International Audience
University of Texas-Southwestern
American Educational Institute
Mosby MCMC
Case Management Society of America
Health Law Experience
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT (ACTIVE DEVELOPING/INFLUENCING ETHICS-SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION)
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Kentucky
New Jersey
New York
The Presidents Commission on Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (advisor)
EXPERT WITNESS/ADVISOR
Expert on ethical issues in capitation/nd managed care Hiepler and Hiepler, Oxnard CA
Involved in developing U.S. Supreme Ct Brief on case heard February 2000 involving fiduciary duty and
direct financial incentives
Involved in Aetna case re physician duties to treat on physician side 2002 and other cases in 2002
Served as a consultant or advisor to such risk management and health organizations as: HCA, AMI,
Southern Medical Association, American Society of Law and Medicine, and The President's Commission
on the Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Behavioral Research.
Worked closely with Wm. J. Curran, the editor of "Health Law Notes" at the New England Medical Journal.
POLICY AND PROCEDURES DEVELOPMENT COUPLED WITH IN-SERVICE EDUCATION - LAW
ORIENTED
West Virginia Health Care Association (worked with association and Attorney General's office regarding
Durable power of attorney revisions)
Maine Probate Court System (all day session on advance directives for Maine Probate Judges and Court
Reporters)
State of Maine Dept. of Adult Protective Services
HIT and MEDICAL DEVICE/TECNHOLOGY SPECIFIC CONSULTATION Chief Strategic Business Development Officer, QED Clinical-CINA Dallas TX
Chief Health Strategy Officer and Chair Technical and Scientific Advisory Board NeuVerus Health, Inc.
Board of Directors, DARTNET Institute
Advisor SANOVAS
Advisor/ Context Medical
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Advisor Medyear
AAFP Senior Consultant (KS)
National Research Network Advisory Board (KS and CO)
Pearl Research Network/NYU (NY)
RS Medical, Coverage, Payment, Research and Networking Liaison (WA)
Meretek Diagnostics Government Relations and Reimbursement liaison( CO)
BD Reimbursement liaison
CardioMag (Non Magnetic Device to Observe Flow Patterns of the Heart for early identification of Silent Heart
Attack (NY)
Cardiobeat Non Invasive blue tooth impedance cardiography product) (AZ)
Zyto bio-interactive technology product (UT)
4D Anatomy Virtual dissection and virtual surgery platform (AZ and Budapest)
Close interactions with CIGNA HQ, Aetna, Kaiser, CMS, Homeland Security and Biodefense, United Health Care,
PPOs, , NIH, AMA, CPT, the RUC, Multiplan, Blue Cross National Assn and Several Major Blue Cross Plans
including Wellpoint and a wide range of other first and third party payors,
AWARDS, GRANTS, and ADVISORY BOARDS KPN Health, Dallas, TX
The Red Road to Wellness Foundation, MO
WellKom US
Zyto Corp, Board of Directors and former head of Scientific Advisory Board
Head Scientific Advisory Bd of Genomics Co
Board, Member, the Ambage Spa
Head, Editorial Board, Managed Healthcare
Golden Springs LLC and The Springs University Center Advisory Board
National Managed Healthcare Congress Advisory Board
Bimark/Novartis Managed Care 2000 Advisory/Editorial Board
CME Advisory Board for Certification Exam for American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review
Physicians and the National Board of Medical Examiners 1998
Editorial Board, Home Health Care Management and Practice 1996
Associate Editor MacNews Update, 1983-1986
Advisory Board, Medical Education Resources International 1982-1984
Grant from Michigan Department of Aging 1983
Grant from Michigan Department of Health 1983
Secured funding for Minister of Health and other visiting dignitaries from Soviet Far East from Johnson and
Johnson, AMA, pharmaceutical companies and DME suppliers 1990 and 1991
Legal and Ethical Controversies in Long Term Care Conference Windsor ONT 1986
Hogg Foundation Fellowship University of Texas Galveston 1980
National Fund for Medical Education Fellowship (1 of 3 nationally) 1980
Fellow in Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics
AAAS/NSF Chautauqua Award 1977
Full Teaching Fellowship Boston College University
National Endowment for the Humanities Award in Ethics and Allied Health Professions 1981
North Carolina Humanities Council Grant for Conference on Ethical Issues In Biomedicine. 76
National Fund for Medical Education Fellowship 1979
Research Fellowship in Medical Ethics, Harvard 1980
Visiting Scholar, Harvard 1979
National Advisory Board Committee for National Endowment for the Humanities 1979-1980
Section Editor in Medical Ethics Journal of Emergency Nursing 1980-1983
EDITORIAL BOARDS/COLUMNIST
American Board of QA and UR Physicians (Editorial Board)
Journal of Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (Editorial Board)
Managed Healthcare (Editorial Board) columnist of legal and ethical issues 2 years and still on board
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The Journal of Emergency Nursing (section editor in Ethics) 3 years
Employee Time Inc (Time Life Fortune and Sports Illustrated and Time Life Books 4 years
Journal of Home Health Management and Practice (editorial Board member) 2 years
J. Pt Safety and Quality Healthcare
Kentucky Hospitals, editorial advisor 3 years
Regular contributor of Continuing Care 2 years
Biomedical Writing Course participant with New England journal of Medicine editor
Author with McGraw Hill, Aspen, Thomson Publishers, Charles Thomas Publishers
ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT MY WORK IN NATIONAL JOURNALS
Forbes article blog on Death of the Patient dealing with concept of Person centric Care 2014
Two interviews in Medical Economics 2006 on Pilling Splitting and Ethics and Ethics and Medical Education
Interviewed in Health Economics by Gail Weiss (3 times in 2008-10)
Listed as among top ten thinkers in Managed Care Nationally October 1999 in Managed Health Care Magazine
National Worker Comp Magazine by David Caine on Legal and Ethical Issues in Capitation and Managed Care
1999
“Interview on New Perspectives on Do Not Resuscitate, Hospital Ethics, American Hospital Assn. May 1988 (by
Don Phillips, editor)
“Ethical Decisions via Rounds and Consults, Hospital Ethics, American Hospital Assn. September/October 1986
(by Don Phillips, editor)
“The Integrated Policy” Hospital Ethics, American Hospital Assn. September/October 1987
VIDEOTAPES AND VISUAL MEDIA
The Health Channel at Baylor Medical School 1998 Interview (half hour show)
Several TV/Radio interviews to promote Salve Regina Health Administration Graduate Program
Health Satellite Network Los Angeles Aired to 2800 hospitals The Integrated Policy: Interview for Princeton
Insurance company’s risk management program Princeton N.J.September,1988
American Education Institute Video on Standards and Liability Involving Consent and End of Life Decision
Making 1997
Health Information Network, Princeton, New Jersey-- 6 hrs. of airtime on the topic of
Ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare w/Karen Quinlan's attorney, atty. for the office of the ombudsman for the State of
new Jersey and physicians involved in the Quinlan case 1986
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS New York University Adjunct Professor Translaional Ethics/Health Policy
School of Dentistry and PEARL Research Network
New York, N.Y.
Pepperdine University Pepperdine University Malibu, CA
Adjunct Professor of Health Policy Graduate School
of Public Policy
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Arizona State University Adjunct Professor, Carey School of Business 2005-
and Acting Chair Health and Human Services 2006-
Board of Spa Management Program in Exercise and
Wellness, 2008 Faculty Dept Exercise and Wellness.
Appointment ended 2009
National College of Naturopathic Medicine Tenured Professor of Natural Medicine/d President
2003
Loyola University Medical Center Adjunct Associate Professor 1994 – 2002
Duties: Teach Courses (Selectives) to fourth year
medical students. Taught in first year ethics
sequence. Participated in and/or offered various
ethics grand rounds
Wayne State University and Affiliated Hospitals Adjunct Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine
and Clinical Ethicist VAMC 1985 - 1989
Duties: Taught Medical Ethics, participated in grand
rounds and medical and surgical reports. Clinical
Ethicist for the VA Medical Center and Director of
Medical Ethics for MICU, SICU, CCU, Pulmonary
and Oncology Units at Sinai Hospital
Salve Regina College Associate Professor and Director of
Graduate Program-Health Administration 83 - 85
Duties: Directed program in Health Administration,
including budgeting, hiring, counseling and
curriculum design. Taught courses in Ethics, Health
Law, Health Policy, Health Finance, Health
Economics and Health Care Services Administration.
University of Mississippi Associate Professor 1981- 1983
Oxford, MS
Duties: Part of Research Institute and Department of
Health Services Administration. Taught courses in
Legislation and Policy, Ethics, Health Services and
Health Law. Also served as section editor for the
Journal of Emergency Nursing (1979-82) and
Associate Editor for MacNews Update - A computer
software review publication (1979-1982).
Boston University School of Public Health, Graduate Course in Health
Policy 1981
Harvard University Research Fellow in Medical Ethics in the
Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics.
Assisted Francis Glessner Lee Professor Wm. J.
Curran Law Medicine Notes Editor of the New
England Medical Journal and Co-coordinated
Clinical Ethics Rounds at Childrens’ Hospital
Medical Center in Boston. Assisted in Ethics in
Geriatrics Course and in Community Health
Improvement Program 1979-1980
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University of North Carolina-Wilmington Assistant Professor
Duties: taught in the Department of Philosophy and
Religion courses in Ethics and Biomedical Ethics.
Designed conferences and community education
programs. 1975 - 1979
Northeastern University Taught ethics and Medcial ethics related
courses 1974-1975
Boston College Teaching Fellow 1972 - 1974
NON ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Integrated Decisions, Ethics, Alternatives President 1983 - Present
and Solutions (IDEAS)
IDEAS was created to have a vehicle to address
emerging and thorny issues that arose in care delivery
and payment reform. I have worked for more than 30
years as a Keynote Speaker, Author and Consultant
in Healthcare Ethics, Health Law and Health Policy. I
served as an advisor to two cases before the US
Supreme Ct. and for several other law firms, I was
the first ethics expert certified in a Washington DC
court. I have extensive experience in seminar
development and presentations evidenced by serving
on the education advisory boards or as a consultant to
the National Managed Health care Congress, Medical
Education Resources International, The American
Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review
physicians, JCAHO and others. I developed and
delivered educational programs for several health
care trade associations and specialty societies. I also
spent several years working with ethics policy
development and medical risk management as well as
with helping to cultivate hospice in the U.S.. This has
been a combination of consultation, advising
strategic networking, speaking, writing and problem
solving. Since 2003, I have also been involved with
developing strategic initiatives to position companies
to achieve adequate and timely reimbursement and
payment. I have extensive strategic relationships with
national payers and with influential thought leaders. I
also have served as a government relations and
marketing strategy advisor to an international
diagnostics company as well as marketing and
reimbursement design advisor and worked closely
with payors payment and reimbursement activities
for a several medical equipment manufacturers.
Over the past few years I have become increasingly
involved on the Health Information Technology
Comparative effectiveness interface and working
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with cutting edge HIT partners nationally and
internationally.
Time Inc. District Sales Manager 1964-1968
Duties: Responsible for Time Life Books innovative
sales experiment in states of VA. W. Va. MD. DC,
and PA. Formerly assistant manager in Dallas office
and Manager in PA Developed marketing and
attrition strategies and materials for nascent Time
Life Books program. Coordinated findings with HQ
in NY
Meretek Diagnostics 2003-2004
Consultant on Liaison on Reimbursement and
Government Affairs
Duties Served as a reimbursement and government
affairs liaison, making introductions, opening doors
and cultivating relationships. This involved creating
avenues, providing strategic contacts us to cultivate
key contacts with appropriate payers, strategic
medical partners and other centers of influence. It
involved working with and often accompanying head
of payers and government affairs to maximize
effectiveness and assure timely follow-up. Other
duties involve identifying and removing impediments
to deployment, acquisition and payment of the
technology/product. It also involved generating new
contacts and introducing director to key decision
makers from the payer side and those who influence
payer decisions. I served as a barometer of health
care trends helped define new avenues for expanding
customer base in such areas as self funded employers,
and expanding business base. I also made
introductions to political contacts that play major role
in health care agendas, capitalized on relationships
with VA, IHS, Medical Schools, Health Care
Consortia and clinical facilities and clinical
organizations nationwide as well as provided support,
contacts and identified strategies to fulfill State
Specific Initiatives and resolve/preclude state specific
problems. Also involved with successful CPT code
revision and editorial change.
The Policy Group, LLC Co-Founder 2004-2011
Duties: Develop strategic initiatives to position a
company to achieve adequate and timely
reimbursement. Help accelerate client endeavors in
reimbursement strategy both pre-and post- approval, ,
cultivate coding change applications and
reimbursement, target strategic alliances of behalf of
clients, cultivate strategic relationships with payers
and centers of influence, assist clients with high level
networking, provide introductions to strategic
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partners and policymakers, serve as barometers to
anticipate political trends and change and influence
national policy development.
ETHICS AND HEALTH LAW-SPECIFIC TRAINING/CONSULTATION YEAR LONG POSTDOCTORAL ETHICS FELLOWSHIP Fellow in Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics through the Division of Legal Medicine at Harvard.
FORMAL COURSEWORK IN MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
Human Rights in Health (Harvard School Public Health)
Law and Medicine (Harvard Medical School)
Law and Public Policy (Harvard School Public Health)
LAW SCHOOL COURSES
Torts I
Torts II
Health Law
Law and Political Process
Products Liability
FORMAL COURSEWORK IN ETHICS
Ph.D. in Philosophy
Year-long Fellow in Ethics at Harvard
Coursework in School of Public Health and School of Medicine including
Ethics in Geriatrics
Foundations of Decision Theory and Cost Benefit Analysis
Uncertainty in Psychiatry
Inducing Social Change
Hogg Fellowship UT Galveston
NEH Fellowship University of Kentucky
ETHICS CONTENT ADVISOR FOR NATIONAL PROGRAMS
National Managed Healthcare Congress
The Joint Commission
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Mosby
Medical Media Associates
Medical Education Resources International
Case Management Society of America
McGraw-Hill
Hill-Rom
Bimark
CLINICAL ETHICIST
Sinai Hospital (MI) Director of Medical Ethics MICU, CCU, SICU, Oncology, and Pulmonary)
In House Clinical Ethicist Consultant for Allen Park VA in conjunction with: Wayne State Medical
School, Wm. Beaumont Hospital (MI) ,The Levine Institute on Aging.
VA Medical Centers in IL, MI, KY, SD, WV
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EDITORIAL BOARDS (ETHICS ADVISOR / CONTRIBUTOR)
Managed Healthcare
Home Health Management and Practice
McGraw-Hill Companies
Journal of Emergency Nursing
NATIONAL BOARD EXAM DEVELOPMENT RE ETHICS
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Risk Management Physicians
The National Board of Medical Examiners
POLICY AND PROCEDURES DEVELOPMENT, ETHICS COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COUPLED
WITH IN-SERVICE EDUCATION
Kentucky Hospital Association (developed model withholding/withdrawing life prolonging procedures for
all affiliated KHA hospitals in the Commonwealth)
Princeton Insurance Company
Michigan Non Profit Homes Association (Developed 4 state/Canada LTC conference)
Glaxo Wellcome Pharmaceuticals (ethics programs around nation past 10 years)
San Dimas Hospital (CA) (Integrated Policy development)
Glendora Hospital (CA) (Integrated Policy development)
John Randolph Hospital (VA) (Integrated Policy development)
HCA Bluegrass Hospital (KY) (Integrated Policy development)
Pontiac General Hospital (MI) (Integrated Policy development)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mental Health and End of Life Issues
Battle Creek VA (MI) Mental Health and End of Life Issues
Tri-cities Hospital, Oceanside CA (Integrated Policy development)
Muhlenberg Medical Center New Jersey (Integrated Policy development)
SE Baptist Regional Medical Center (Integrated Policy development)
Baptist Medical Center and Lourdes Hospital (Integrated Policy development)
Arizona Baptist Hospital System (System wide ethics consultant)
Providence Hospital (MI) Ethics and Risk Management Consultant
POLICY/STANDARDS RELATED
The Arkansas Cost Containment Commission
The Joint Commission (in house consultant re networks, managed care, LTC, and Home Health educational
programs, international and field education programs)
The California Hospital Association
AMI Hospitals of California
The Arizona Baptist Hospital System
The Kentucky Baptist Hospital System
NJ Citizens Bioethics Advisory Commission
International Workgroup on Dying, Death, & Bereavement
NATIONAL TOURS Toured the nation for three years offering hundreds of programs on
"Standards and Liability Surrounding Informed Consent and End of Life Decision Making: A Guide for
Ethics Committees"
"Pulling the Plug"
"The Integrated Policy"
"Withholding / Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Procedures: A Guide for Ethics Committees"
VIDEOTAPE DEVELOPMENT
Health Care Satellite Network (NJ) National Interview
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Hospital Satellite Network (CA) National Interview 6000 Hospitals
The Health Channel Interview (Baylor Medical Center, Houston) - International Audience
University of Texas-Southwestern
American Educational Institute
Mosby MCMC
Case Management Society of America
Health Law Experience
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT (ACTIVE DEVELOPING/INFLUENCING ETHICS-SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION)
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Kentucky
New Jersey
New York
The Presidents Commission on Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
EXPERT WITNESS/ADVISOR
Expert on ethical issues in capitation and managed care for Mark Hiepler, J. D.
Hiepler and Hiepler, Oxnard CA
Involved in developing U.S. Supreme Ct Brief on case to be heard February 2000 involving fiduciary duty
and direct financial incentives
Served as a consultant or advisor to such risk management and health organizations as: HCA, AMI,
Southern Medical Association, American Society of Law and Medicine, and The President's Commission
on the Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Behavioral Research.
Worked closely with Wm. J. Curran, the editor of "Health Law Notes" at the New England Medical Journal.
POLICY AND PROCEDURES DEVELOPMENT COUPLED WITH IN-SERVICE EDUCATION - LAW
ORIENTED
West Virginia Health Care Association (worked with association and Attorney General's office regarding
Durable power of attorney revisions)
Maine Probate Court System (all day session on advance directives for Maine Probate Judges and Court
Reporters)
State of Maine Dept. of Adult Protective Services
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Robbins, Dennis A. Putting Healthcare Promises into Practice: Strategies and Innovations for Better Managing Care
Delmar Publishers, February 2000
Robbins, Dennis A . Managed Care On Trial: Recapturing Trust, Integrity and Accountability in Healthcare
McGraw Hill June 1998
Robbins, Dennis A. Integrating Managed Care and Ethics: Transforming Challenges Into Positive Outcomes
McGraw Hill March 1998
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Robbins, Dennis A. Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Care and Long Term Care: Challenges and Solutions
Gaithersburg MD Aspen Systems 1996
Robbins, Dennis A. Legal & Ethical Issues in Cancer Care, Springfield: Charles Thomas, August 1983.
Robbins, Dennis A. ed. w Allen Dyer, M.D., Ph.D. Ethical Dimensions of Clinical Medicine, (primary author).,
Springfield: Charles Thomas August 1981.
Robbins, Dennis A. Ethical Issues in Biomedicine and Related Areas edited conference proceedings 1978
• CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
Robbins, Dennis A. and Douglas Emery “Fiscal Arrogance and Capitation: Are there Ethical and Economic Antidotes? in:
Global Fees for Episodes of Care: New Approaches to Health Care Finance Douglas W. Emery editor McGraw Hill Sept
1998
Robbins Dennis.A. and Mangum R. “Ethics and the New Synergy of Rehabilitation” The Joint American Hospital
Assn/ American Rehabilitation Assn Proceedings AHA Publishing 1995
Robbins, Dennis A “Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Care of Patients of Diminished Competence”
Alzheimers Disease and Dementia Plenum Press , 1987.
Robbins, Dennis A. “Legal and Ethical Issues in Terminal Illness Care for Patients, Families Caregivers and
Institutions” in Loss and Anticipatory Grief (ed. Therese Rando ) D.C. Heath . 1986.
Robbins, Dennis A. “Examining Rights of the Terminally Ill Incompetent Patient: Legal and Ethical
Considerations,” with John Blum, J.D., S.M., in Ethical Dimensions of Clinical
Medicine, Charles Thomas, 1981
Robbins, Dennis A “Uncertainty: An Unresolved Problem in Clinical Medicine and Ethics,” in Ethical
Dimensions of Clinical Medicine, Charles Thomas, 1981.
Blum, J. and Robbins, Dennis A. “Institutional and Personnel Licensure in Hospice” in Hospice Policy and Public
Programs ed. by Paul Torrens Chicago: AHA 1984
Robbins, Dennis A. “A Prototype For Identifying And Adjudicating Ethical Conflict:-- The Robbins Model for
Decision-Making”, in Grief, Dying and Bereavement: Clinical Interventions for Care Givers by Therese Rando,
Ph.D., Research Press, Champaign, IL., 1984 pp 420-
• ARTICLES IN JOURNALS:
Dental Assessment of the Use of Analgesics for Dental Procedures with patient Reported Outcomes: PEARL
Clinical National Network (Formatted for Submission to Pain)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8sIiLDgnQ0&feature=youtu.be
Forbes blog: The Death of the Patient: Moving the Trajectory from “Healthcare” to “Health” and “Patient” to
“Person”
Leveraging Technology to Better Navigate the New Healthcare Landscape: By Dennis A. Robbins Ph.D., M.P.H. (874 words, I graphic) Frost and Sullivan 2014
Journal of Clinical Investigation – October 9, 2014, Person-Centric Clinical Trials: Defining the N-of-1 Clinical
Trial Utilizing a Practice Based Translational Network
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Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology 2014
Person-Centricity™: Promoting Self-Determination, Responsibility and Accountability in Health and
Healthcare, Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH*,Frederick A. Curro, DMD, PhD**John E. Mattison, MD***Kevin A.
Dorrance, MD****(in Press)
Person-Centric Translational Studies: A Model to Transform Ethical Challenges and Improved Outcomes
Person‐Centric Clinical Trials: An Opportunity for the Good Clinical Practice (GCP)‐Practice‐Based Research
Network The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 53(10) 1091–1094
2013, The American College of Clinical Pharmacology DOI: 10.1002/jcph.138
Frederick A. Curro, DMD, PhD1, Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH2,3, Michael L. Millenson, BA4, Chester H. Fox,
MD5, and Frederick Naftolin, MD, DPhil Journal of Clinical Phamacology:person Centric Clinical Trials: An
opportunity for the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Practice-Based Research Network 53(10) 1091-1094
Defining Patient-Centric care:Opportuities, Challenges and Implications for Clinical care and Research, Therapeutic
Innovation and Regulatory 1-47(3) 349-355
Robbins, Dennis A. Curro and Fox Patient-Centricity Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science
Curro, R, Robbins, D, Millenson and Naftolin Person-Centricity & GCP PBRN, J Clinical Pharmacology 8/2013
Robbins, Dennis A. “Stewardship and Health Reform” February 2011 Case in Point
G Bayne M.D./ Dennis Robbins “Employing Electrotherapeutic Pain Mgt AACP Frontiers April 2010
Robbins, Dennis A. “Ask the Expert” Case In Point March 2010
Robbins, Dennis A. ,Bill Carroll “Innovations in Electrotherapy” Case in Point April May 2010
Robbins, Dennis A, & Tom Wilson Ph,D. “In Praise of Transparency and Opacity”, J,. PSQH Nov/ Dec 2006
Brill, J and Robbins Dennis A. “The Moral Hazard Undermining Health Care”, J. PSQH Jan/ Feb 2006
Robbins, Dennis A, “Healthcare Cost and Quality” J Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare Sept/Oct 2006
Robbins, Dennis A “Recapture the Power of Ethics” J Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare July/Aug 2006
Robbins, Dennis A and Joel Brill, Part D and “Consumerism, Patient Safety and Quality” Healthcare Aug 2006
Robbins, Dennis A and Joel V. Brill, MD “Assessing the Price of Paying for Performance” w/Brill Managed
Healthcare Executive 2006
Robbins, Dennis A, and Joel Brill MD “Medication Therapy Management: Challenge and Opportunity” J Patient
Safety and Quality Healthcare Jan/Feb 2006
Robbins, Dennis A, Mark Pilley MD,,Joel Brill MD Integrity, Disparity and Payment, J Patient Safety and Quality
Healthcare March/April 2006
Joel Brill and Robbins Dennis A “Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Tip of the Ethical Iceberg” J Patient Safety and
Quality Healthcare May/ June 2006 “
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Robbins, Dennis A. Blending Ethics and Empowerment with Consumer Driven Healthcare Patient Safety and
Quality Healthcare May June 2005
Robbins, Dennis A “Healthy Advice from the 4th
Century BC” Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare Nov 2005
Robbins, Dennis A/Joel V. Brill, “Part D and Health Care Literacy: It’s Not As Easy as 1, 2, 3” Managed
Healthcare Executive Fall 2005
Robbins, Dennis A, “” Healthy Advice from the 4th
Century BC” J Patient Safety Quality Healthcare 11/12 2005
Robbins, Dennis A. “Ethics: From Toothless Barking to Problem Solving Tool”, Journal of Patient Safety and Quality
Healthcare February 2005
Robbins, Dennis A” Towards an Ethics of Helping and Healing” Continuing Care November/December 2000
Robbins, Dennis A “Weaving Wellness Into Mainstream Medicine
Robbins, Dennis A. Ethics, Decisional Capacity, and Literacy: Protecting Patients, Empowering Practitioners
Journal of Assisted Living Consult in press 2005
Robbins, Dennis A “Ethics: From Toothless Barking to Problem Solving Tool”, Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare
Quality, March 2005
Blending Ethics and Empowerment with Consumer-Driven Health Care with Joel Brill M.D. FACG Journal of Patient
Safety and Healthcare Quality, April 2005
Robbins, Dennis A “Ethics and P4P”, Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, May 2005
Robbins, Dennis A” Towards an Ethics of Helping and Healing” Continuing Care November/December 2000
Robbins, Dennis A “Weaving Wellness Into Mainstream Medicine” Managed Healthcare August 2000
Robbins, Dennis A “Taking the High Road” Continuing Care July/August 2000 pp 22-26 (cover story)
Robbins, Dennis A “Judging the Future: Supreme Court’s Decision in Herdrich v Pegram Could Shape Managed Care in
the 21st Century”, Continuing Care March 2000
Robbins, Dennis A “The Herdrich Care: A Potpourri of Ethical Issues before the US Supreme Ct” ,Continuing Care,
February 2000.
Robbins, Dennis A. “Putting Care Above Profit: Revisiting Advocacy, Denial of Payment and Compromised Care”
Continuing Care April 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Putting Promises into Practice Continuing Care September 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Avoiding the Appearance of Wrongdoing” Managed Healthcare October 1999
Robbins, Dennis A.” Venturing Through the Thicket of Legal Liability: An Update on Goodrich V Aetna”
Managed Healthcare August 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Ethics, Innovation, and Fitness? C’mon!”, Managed Healthcare May 1999
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Robbins, Dennis A. “Putting Care Above Profit: Revisiting Advocacy, Denial of Payment and Compromised Care”
Continuing Care April 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Putting Promises into Practice Continuing Care September 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Avoiding the Appearance of Wrongdoing” Managed Healthcare October 1999
Robbins, Dennis A.” Venturing Through the Thicket of Legal Liability: An Update on Goodrich V Aetna”
Managed Healthcare August 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Ethics, Innovation, and Fitness? C’mon!”, Managed Healthcare May 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “The Silent PPO” Managed Healthcare June 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Legal Issues: News article Karen Johnson and Goodrich” Managed Healthcare, March 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. “Hippocrates: Friend or Foe of Managed Care? Managed Healthcare” 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. "American Healthcare at the Crossroads" Managed Healthcare, January 1999
Robbins, Dennis A. "Does Managed Care Care? Managed Care On Trial", Health Care Review May 1998
Robbins, Dennis A. "Ethical Issues in Care: Unpacking Hidden and Aberrant Agendas" Homecare March 1996
Robbins, Dennis A. “Putting Healthcare Promises into Practice September 1999 Continuing Care pp 14-18
Robbins, Dennis A “Ethical Issues in Physician Capitation” (Letter) New England Journal of Medicine Jan 28, 1999
Robbins, Dennis A “Managed Care in Transition: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity”, Managed Healthcare,
December 1998
Robbins, Dennis A “Does Managed Care Care? Managed Care On Trial”, Health Care Review May 1998
Robbins, Dennis A “Ethical Issues in Homecare” Home Health Management and Practice Jan 1998
Robbins, Dennis A “Managing Information Technologies: Ethical Concerns” The Remington Report ,November
1996
Robbins, Dennis A "Ethics and Managed Home Care: Unpacking Hidden and Aberrant Agendas" Homecare March
1996
Robbins, Dennis A “Managed Care and Patient Rights'-Feature Article Home Health care Business Report 1996
Robbins, Dennis A. “Ethics and Managed Care: A Contradiction?” Homecare March 1996
Robbins, Dennis A. “The DeGrella Case: New Implications and Opportunities for Healthy Reform in
Kentucky”: Kentucky Hospitals Fall 1993 pp. 14-18
Robbins, Dennis A “The Edge of Life: Advance Directives Protocols and the Patient Self Determination Act”
Kentucky Hospitals Winter 1992
Robbins, Dennis A “Do Advance Directives Have more Rights than Patients Kentucky Hospitals), Winter 1992
Robbins, Dennis A Are Rights Wrong?” Kentucky Hospitals January 1991
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Robbins, Dennis A “The Integrated Policy” Invited article HCA Risk Management Review (Hospital Corporation
of America), May June 1989
Robbins, Dennis A “Do EMT's Have A Duty To Resuscitate?” Kentucky Hospitals Spring 1989
Robbins, Dennis A “Policies to Integrate Clinical and Administrative Ethics” Michigan Hospitals December 1988
pp.19-24
Robbins, Dennis A “Do EMT's Have A Duty To Resuscitate?” Kentucky Hospitals Spring 1989 pp. 14-17.
Robbins, Dennis A “New Policies for Withholding/ Withdrawing Life Supports” Provider -Fall Issue 1988
Robbins, Dennis A “Patients Wishes and Clinical Ethics” Kentucky Hospitals Fall 1988”
Robbins, Dennis A “New Perspectives on DNR” Kentucky Hospitals Winter 1988
Robbins, Dennis A. “Autonomy and Authority: New Directions in Substitute Decision Making” Kentucky
Hospitals, Volume 2. Issue 4, Special Legislative Issue, Fall 1985 ,pp. 10-13
Robbins, Dennis A w/Lora Robbins, M.S., L.S. H.S.A. “Dealing With Older Persons’ Fear of Medical
Environments” Kentucky Hospitals, JU 1986
Robbins, Dennis A “Agonizing over Ethical Dilemmas or Developing Administrative Policies to Provide
Guidance: It's Your Choice!”, Kentucky Hospitals ,Winter Issue ,1985
Robbins, Dennis A. Feature Article - “Update: The Removal of Feeding Supports in Long-Term
Facilities,” Journal of Long-Term Care Administration Spring, 1985, pp. 3-7
Robbins, Dennis A “ w/ T. Gidley, LL.B “Must We Resuscitate Every Patient?, Journal of Emergency Nursing
June 1984
Robbins, Dennis A “Legal and Ethical Considerations in Emergency Care” J Emergency Services December 1984
Robbins, Dennis A “Must Emergency Departments Save Every Life?”, Journal of the RI Medical Society
December 1984
Robbins, Dennis A “The Convoluted Scope of Emergency Care,” Journal of Emergency Nursing, January 1984
Robbins, Dennis A “Reevaluating Talk of “Rights” in Medical Care”, Journal of Emergency Nursing,, January 83
Robbins, Dennis A “Uncertainty & Ethics: Implications for the Provision of Care,” Journal of Emergency Nursing,
June 83
Robbins, Dennis A “Pain Control: Information, Palliation or Toxification?,” Journal of Emergency Nursing,
January-February 1982
Robbins, Dennis A “Ethics and the Emergency Department Nurse,” Journal of Emergency Nursing, May-June
1982 p. 100-103
Robbins, Dennis A “Reduced Federal Monies: Conflicts in Ethics and Policy,” Journal of Emergency Nursing,
July-August 1982
Robbins, Dennis A ““Ethical Questions Surrounding Neighborhood Emergency Centers': Balancing Access With
Quality,” Journal of Emergency Nursing, September-October 1982
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Robbins, Dennis A w/John Blum J.D, Regulation: Current Laws Hold Key to Hospice Licensure Hospitals
December 1, 1982
Robbins, Dennis A w/ M.Hanson R.N. &. P.Weiss M.D. “Ethical Issue of Emergency Care,”, Journal of
Emergency Nursing, June 1981
Robbins, Dennis A “Cost Containment and Terminal Care: An Essay Into The Ethics Of Appropriateness,” Journal
of Long-Term Care Administration, December 1981
Robbins, Dennis A and Blum J. “Court Intervention & the Diminution of Patients' Rights”, New England Journal
of Medicine, February 26, 1981
Robbins, Dennis A “Dumping the Dope of Overdosed Patients, Journal of Emergency Nursing
November/December 1981
Robbins, Dennis A “Smoking, Nursing Professionalism and Ethics,” Journal of Emergency Nursing,, March 1981
Robbins, Dennis A. “Hospice Licensure and Regulation, The Omega Report, February1980
Robbins, Dennis A w/ John Blum “Developing a Model Geriatrics Patients' Bill of Rights” Patients' Rights Digest,
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Robbins, Dennis A “A Contemporary Dilemma in Regulation and Ethics” Omega Report, February., 1980
National Speaking Tours 1985-1987
Who’s in Charge of the Hopelessly Ill Patient?
January 8, 1985 NYC
January 9, 1985 Baltimore
January 16, 1985 Ann Arbor
January 17, 1985 Pittsburgh
April 3, 1985 Boston
April 4, 1985 Syracuse
April 12, 1985 Philadelphia
April 13, 1985 Washington DC
April 19, 1985 Ft. Lauderdale
April 20, 1985 Chicago
April 26, 1985 Atlanta
April 27, 1985 Cleveland
Standards Liability, and Informed Consent: Developing Policies for Removal of Life Supports
June 9, 1986 Syracuse
June 10,1986 Toronto, ONT CAN
June 24, 1986 Hartford, CT
June 26, 1986 Dearborn, MI
June 27, 1986 Cleveland OH
July10, 1986 Milwaukee, WI
July 11, 1986 St. Louis, MO
July 25, 1986 Philadelphia, PA
August 14, 1986 Cincinnati, OH
August 15, 1986 Washington DC
August 28, 1986 Atlanta, GA
August 29 1986 Miami, FL
September 5, 1986 Minneapolis, MN
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September 10, 1986 Los Angeles. CA
September 11, 1986 San Francisco, CA
September 12, 1986 Seattle, WA
November 5, 1986 Portland, OR
November 6, 1986 Vancouver, Canada
November 7, 1986 Calgary
November 12, 1986 Boston, MA
November 13, 1986 Toronto
November 14, 1986 Albany NY
December 1, 1986 Honolulu
December 9, 1986 Memphis
December 10, 1986 Houston
December 11, 1986 Kansas City
December 15, 1986 Pittsburgh
December 16, 1986 Raleigh
December 17, 1986 Tampa
January 26, 1987 New York
“Pulling the Plug”
January 16, 1987 Las Vegas
January 19, 1987 San Francisco CA
January 30, 1987 Phoenix AZ
January 26, 1987 Washington DC
January 27, 1987 Jacksonville FL
February 9, 1987 Boston MA
February 16, 1987 Ann Arbor, MI
February 17, 1987 Chicago, IL
February 23, 1987 Toronto Canada
February 24, 1987 Philadelphia PA
May 7, 1987 NYC
May 8, 1987 Hartford
May 9, 1987 Ann Arbor
May 11, 1987 Columbus
May 26, 1987 Niagara Falls
June 18, 1987 Ft. Lauderdale
June 19,1987 Atlanta
July 9, 1987 Chicago
July 10, 1987 Cleveland
July 16, 1987 Philadelphia
July 17,1987 Charleston
July 23, 1987 Hyannis
July 24, 1987 Bangor
Integrating Clinical and Administrative Ethics
September 9, 1987 Philadelphia
September 10, 1987 Chicago
September 14, 1987 Boston
September 17, 1987 Columbus
September 18, 1987 NYC
September 19, 1987 Toronto
October 1, 1987 Uppsala College NJ
October 13, 1987 Cincinnati
October 14, 1987 New Orleans
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October 20, 1987 Phoenix
October 26, 1987 Pittsburgh
January 25, 1988 Philadelphia
January 26, 1988 NYC
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND MOST RECENT KEYNOTES
The Role of the Person in Health and Wellness Strategies, Italian Osteopatic Annual Meetings PARMA ITALY Nov
2013
M Health Summit 2014 and 2013 Panels on Leveraging Technology to Help People get and stay Healthier
Leveraging Technologies to Bend the Sickness Curve PANELNext IT Meeting on the Future of Person Centric care
Philadelphia Nov 2015
Multiple Opal Events Meetings in 2013-2015 on Health and Wellness, ACOS, Connected care, Risk, Star Ratings,
CBI Clinical Innovations Leveraging centricity technology and connectivity to bend the Sickness Curve
Cambridge, MA 2014
SINGULARITY University The Person Implications for Health Policy and Health NASA Moffett Field, CA 2014
Keynote Oregon Biosciences Assn. Person-centricity and Ethics: Leveraging Connectivity and Technology to Bend
the Sickness Curve
Chair World Congress Rewarding Health Behaviors 2013
Opal Medical Device Summit Feb 6,7 Boston, MA Incorporating Translational Research to Device Development:
Bringing Point of Care into the Picture
Opal Medical Device Summit “ Person Centricity and the GCP PBRN” Feb 6,7 Boston, MA
Walter Reed Military Medical Center :Person Centricity Panel: Speaker and Moderator Feb 9,10 2013
World Healthcare Congress Meetings April 10, 2013 Person-Centricity: Leveraging Technology and Connectivty
to Bend the Sickness Curve
World Healthcare Congress Meetings April 9, 2013 Closing the Translational Gap: Melding Point of Care with
Regulatory Compliance National Harbor, MD
Innovations in Wellness: The Right care Initiative World Congress Santa Monica CA June 2011 w Hattiie Hanley
CA Office of Managed care
Opal Conference Structuring Data to Maximize Interconnectivity, Collaboration and Efficiency for Patients
Providers and Plans Arlington, VA Sept 2011
Opal Conference Medicare Advantage Summit San Diego “Optimizing Opportunities for Demonstrable
Innovation August 2011
Opal Conference Medical Devices Summit San Diego May 2011 “The CER/HIT Interface
Chair, World Congress Comparative Effectiveness Meetings and Panelists on Practice Based CER and Ethics Feb
2011
Plenary Session on the Ethics of Collaboration with Michel LaCerte International Assn of Rehab Professionals
Scottsdale 2011
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Opal Conference Medical Devices Summit Boston March 2011 Can CER Drive Investment? with E Stewart
AAFP and Bill Carroll Meagan Medical
Opal Medicare Collaboration Summit CER and Innovation with Jeff Flick, Wellpoint in San Diego July 2011
Opal Conference Medical Devices Summit San Diego June 2011 The HIT/CER/Health care Affordability Act
Panelist
World Congress on Innovation Los Angeles May 2011
Chair, World Congress Comparative Effectiveness Meetings and Panelists on Practice Based CER and Ethics Feb
2011
Plenary Session on the Ethics of Collaboration with Michel LaCerte International Assn of Rehab Professionals
Scottsdale 2011
Innovations ion Electrotherapy Case Mgt Annual Meetings in Orlando 2010
Understanding Electrotherapy with Elaine Key R.N. Arkansas Work Com Spring Fling Meetings Hot Springs April
2010
Innovations in Electrotherapy VAMC Med Center Phoenix Oct 2010
Hawaii Claims Conference June 2010 “Exploring Innovations in Electrotherapy”
Innovations in Pain Management and Home Care: Treating the Sickest Sick with M Frabotta and Bill Carroll “Case
Management Society of America’s Annual National Meeting Orlando June 2010
Understanding Electrotherapy with Elaine Key R.N. Arkansas Work Com Spring Fling Meetings Hot Springs April
2010
End of Life Decision Making : Tracing the Legal Legacy Body Positive Regional Conference Scottsdale, AZ Oct
2007
“The Native American/Chinese Medicine Healing Interface” with Lloyd Wright L.ac., and Jim Goodin American
Assn of Oriental Medicine Annual Meeting November, 2006
“Ethics and Leadership” Long Island Catholic Health System September 2006
“Ethics and Biotechnology Drugs” Panel with Mark Leib M.D. J.D and Wayne Lednar M.D. Ph.D. American Assn
of Managed Care Pharmacists. Nashville October 2005
“Tracing the Legal and Ethical Legacy from Quinlan to Schiavo” Chicago American Board of Quality Assurance
and Utilization Review Physicians September 2005
“Ethics, Evidence and Consumer Driven Health Care” with Joel Brill M.D. FACG Boston SRI Diesase
Management Symposium
August 2005
“Ethics and Evidence Based Medicine” World Congress, Scottsdale AZ Feb 2005
Ethics and Genomics AAMPC, Scottsdale March 2005
“Ethics and Leadership” Long Island Catholic Health System September 2006
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“Ethics and Biotechnology Drugs” Panel with Mark Leib M.D. J.D and Wayne Lednar M.D. Ph.D. American Assn
of Managed Care Pharmacists. Nashville October 2005
“Tracing the Legal and Ethical Legacy from Quinlan to Schiavo” Chicago American Board of Quality Assurance
and Utilization Review Physicians September 2005
“Ethics, Evidence and Consumer Driven Health Care” with Joel Brill M.D. FACG Boston SRI Disease
Management Symposium
August 2005
“Ethics and Evidence Based Medicine” World Congress, Scottsdale AZ Feb 2005
Ethics and Genomics AAMPC, Scottsdale March 2005
4 national web casts on Ethics and Biotech drugs with Bill Shergy M.D. (sponsored by PRIME Inc.
“Ethics Safety and Biotechnology” National Assn Clinical Pharmacist Meeting April 2005, Denver
Keynote: “The E Factor: Ethics, Leadership and Bioterrorism” NMHCC National Meeting Spring 2004
Keynote “Ethics and Payment Systems” National Assn of Medical Auditors Meeting San Diego 2003
“Ethics and Managed Care” Banner Health Systems Desert Samaritan Hospitals Spring 2003
Keynote: Weaving Wellness Into the Mainstream: New Horizons and Opportunities April 6, 2002 Orlando, National
College of Oriental Medicine
Keynote: “Putting Healthcare Promises into Practice” District IX Blue Cross Plans Phoenix
March 2000
Keynote: “Using Ethics to Solve the Cost/Care Puzzle” Texas Case Mgt Assn TRACM , Corpus Christi, TX.
November 19, 1999
Keynote: “ American Healthcare at the Crossroads: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity”
Mosby San Diego, CA. Sept. 24, 1999
4 national web casts on Ethics and Biotech drugs with Bill Shergy M.D. (sponsored by PRIME Inc.
“Ethics Safety and Biotechnology” National Assn Clinical Pharmacist Meeting April 2005, Denver
Keynote: “The E Factor: Ethics, Leadership and Bioterrorism” NMHCC National Meeting Spring 2004
Keynote “Ethics and Payment Systems” National Assn of Medical Auditors Meeting San Diego 2003
“Ethics and Managed Care” Banner Health Systems Desert Samaritan Hospitals Spring 2003
Keynote: Weaving Wellness Into the Mainstream: New Horizons and Opportunities April 6, 2002 Orlando, National
College of Oriental Medicine
Keynote: “Putting Healthcare Promises into Practice” District IX Blue Cross Plans Phoenix
March 2000
Keynote: “Using Ethics to Solve the Cost/Care Puzzle” Texas Case Mgt Assn TRACM , Corpus Christi, TX.
November 19, 1999
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Keynote: “ American Healthcare at the Crossroads: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity”
Mosby San Diego, CA. Sept. 24, 1999
Keynote: “Using Ethics to Solve the Cost/Care Puzzle” Texas Case Mgt Assn TRACM , Corpus Christi, TX.
November 19, 1999
Keynote: “ American Healthcare at the Crossroads: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity”
Mosby San Diego, CA. Sept. 24, 1999
Keynote:“ Ethical Issues In Managed Mental Healthcare” National Community Behavioral Health Conference
Atlanta, GA., March 1999
Keynote: “ Putting Promises into Practice” National Managed Health Care Congress, Atlanta GA., March 1999
Keynote: “Managed Care Litigation and Its Impact on Disease Management” National Managed Care Disease
Management Congress, Pasadena, CA. Feb 1999
Keynote: “Managed Care on Trial” International Managed Care Congress Las Vegas, NV December 1998
Keynote: “ Integrating Managed care and Ethics” National Blue Cross Medical Directors’ Meeting Indian Wells,
CA November 1998”
Keynote: JCAHO National Home Care and Hospice Meeting “Managing Change While Safeguarding Quality”
Chicago, IL July 26, 1998
Keynote:”Navigating Treacherous Ethical Waters” Case Management Society of America Reno NV, May 1998
Keynote: “Managed Care on Trial” Indiana Managed Care Task Force, Indianapolis, IN. 1998
Keynote: “Navigating Change: Ethical and Legal Challenges” JCAHO National Long Term Care and Assisted
Living Meeting, Chicago, IL April 1998
Medical Directors Retreat “Integrating Managed Care and Ethics” Parke Davis Medical Directors’ Retreat Traverse
City, MI August 16, 1998
Keynote: Exploring Ethical Challengers in Home Care” Colorado Home Care Assn, Denver, CO September 1998
Keynote: “Ethical Issues Associated with Direct Financial Incentives and Capitated Care” American Board Of
Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians Meetings, Tampa, FL. March 27, 28, 1998
1998 Grand Rounds on Managed Care and Ethics for Healthcare Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Providence Hospital,
Southfield Michigan, Loyola Medical Center, Maywood IL. and Baylor Medical Center Houston Texas
HMC “Physicians Reclaiming the Practice of Medicine” Healthcare Marketing and Communications Council
5/12/98 Philadelphia, PA.
Keynote: “Leadership and Liability in Managed Care” International Managed Healthcare Congress Las Vegas NV
Feb 27, 1998
“Managed Care and End of Life Decision Making” with Paul Armstrong JD and Mark Hiepler JD, American Board
Of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians Meetings New Orleans, LA November 7, 8 1997
Ethical Challenges in Long Term Care ” JCAHO National Long Term Care and Assisted Living Meeting April
1997 Chicago, IL
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“Case Management: Polling the Leaders and Experts” American Board Of Quality Assurance and Utilization
Review Physicians Meeting Tampa, FL April 27, 1997
American Board Of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians Meeting, Mesa, Arizona March 21, 22
1997
“Integrating Safety, Cost and Quality American Board Of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Meeting Tampa, April 28, 1997
“Rexamining Fiduciary Duties”, IPA Assn of American, Orlando, FL April 1997
Keynote shared by Arnold Relman MD, “Ethics and the New Economics” National Managed Healthcare Congress
West, Palm Springs, CA. Jan 28-31 1997
Keynote: “The Case Manager Caught in the Middle”, Mosby MCMC National Conference Nashville TN, October
1997
Keynote: “Integrating Clinical and Administrative Ethics” NMHCC CEO Summit Los Angeles, CA. Jan 28, 29
1997
Director of National Medical Directors Summit NMHCC Washington DC, April 1997
Keynote:“Eliminating Misconceptions about Legal Liability” American Board Of Quality Assurance and Utilization
Review Physicians Meetings, Tampa FL February 28, 1997
“ New Perspectives on End of Life Decision Making” Geriatric Nurses Meeting at Opryland Nashville TN August
1997
Keynote: “Ethics and the Information Superhighway” Healthcare Financial Management Assn ANI with Arthur
Miller, Arnold Relman, Emily Friedman, Carl Hitchener San Diego, CA. Spring, 1997
2 day program for newly entering CFOs into Healthcare, Buffalo New York Spring, 1997
“Ethical Issues on the Long Term Care/Managed Care Interface”, The American College of Health Care
Administrators Annual Conference New Orleans, LA. April 1996
Keynote: “Money, Partnering and Advocacy: Exploring Ethical Issues in Capitated Care” NMHCC Meetings New
York City, NY April 1996
Keynote: National Managed Healthcare Congress with Tom Anton J.D. Chicago, IL June 12, 1996
“Ethics and Managed Home Care”The New York Homecare Strategic Alliance Conference New York City NY,
April 1996
“Unpacking Hidden Agendas in Managed Care”' Personal Health management Conference San Diego
“The Case Manager Caught in the Middle” Case Management Assn. National Conference Orlando September 1996
“Ethics, Homecare and the New Economics” Home Care Assn. of America Amelia Island FL November 1996
“The Physician Caught in the Middle” Loyola University Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds September 1996
“Ethics and Long Term care (panelist)” American Health Care Association Honolulu, September 1996
“Ethics and Managed Care: Implications for Long Term Care” American Assn. of Homes and Services for the
Aging San Antonio November 1995
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“ Ethical Issues surrounding Health Care Reform” American Health Care Assn. --Las Vegas October 1994
Battle Creek Health Care Systems and VA Medical Center-- Multiple lectures October through January (6 full
days) 1994-1995
“Medical Risk Management and the New Economics: Implications for End of Life Decision Making” Providence
Hospital Southfield MI October 1995
“Legal and Ethical Issues in Managed Care; Reassessing Roles and Responsibilities”, Midwestern University,
Downers Grove, IL September 1995
“Self Determination DNR and Medical Futility: Developing Policies, Procedures and Continuity” Tabor Hills
Healthcare Naperville IL September 1995
“Emerging Ethical issues on the Managed Care/ Long Term Care Interface”, Illinois Healthcare Network
Springfield, IL, August 1995
. “Economic Profiling, Gatekeeping and Rationing: Challenges to Clinical Care” AMA Financing and Practice
Services, Inc. Chicago, August 1995
“Ethical Issues in Economic Profiling”, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians,
Chicago, August 1995
“The Emerging Ethics Committee in Long Term Care” with R. Mangum J.D. Managing Partner, Mangum
Smietanka and Johnson, American College of Health Care Executives March 31,1995
“ Ethical Issues in Reengineering” w/Bill Arnold, Exec VP Franciscan Health Care System and former CEO of
Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA American College of Health Care Executives April 2, 1995
“Ethical issues in Managed Care” Northwestern University Medical Center Dept. of Otolaryngology, April 1996
“The Physician Caught in the Middle” American Academy of Family Physicians, Charleston WVA April 1996
“The Physician Caught in the Middle: Ethical Issues in Managed Care” Loyola University Medical Center Grand
Rounds March 1996
“Who Decides: Critical Healthcare Decisions for the Family” Battle Creek MI, January 11, 1995
Providence Hospital Medical Center Southfield Michigan Three programs on Ethics and Medical Risk
Management
“ Update on Issues Surrounding Withholding/ Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical Procedures” March 1994
“Conflict Resolution and Ethics” April 1994
“Medical Risk Management, Documentation and Decision Making” May 1994
American Academy of Cardiology Administrators, “Addressing Ethical Issues Spawned by Health Care Reform
Initiatives” Atlanta GA March 12, 1994
HCA/ Bluegrass Hospital Frankfort Ky Three days of consultation rounds and policy development on
withholding/withdrawing life prolonging medical procedures
“Ethics and Health care Reform” American College of Health Care Executives February 24,1994
“Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Health Care Reform” National Assn. of Rehabilitation Facilities Annual
Meeting, San Antonio TX January 17 1994
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“Caring for the Patient of Diminishing Capacity”, Illinois Assn. of Homes for the Aged, Peoria IL August 1993
“ Ethics Issues Involving End of Life Decision Making” Illinois College of Family Practice Meetings Little Co of
Mary Hospital September 1993
“Health Care Reform: What’s on the Horizon?” Glaxo Pharmaceutical Company Regional Meetings September
1993
“Integrating Clinical and Administrative Ethics” American College of Health Care Administrators, New Orleans,
Louisiana, April 1993
“Sociology, Ethics and Politics” Univ. of Chicago Clinical Ethics Program Chicago, IL March 1993
“Integrating Clinical & Administrative Ethics” Mississippi Hospital Assn. Biloxi MS. June,1992
“Advance Directives and the HMO : “Possibilities and Polemics” AAMCRA American Managed Care Assn. DC
April,1992
“ Ethics, Cost Containment, and Health Care Reform”, St. Mary's Hospital Livonia, MI April 15,1992
“ Cost Containment Ethics and Controversy ” Medical Grand Rounds Providence Hospital March 24, 1992
“Conflict Resolution and Self Determination” Joint Grand Rounds Ob-Gyn, Surgery and Family Medicine Pontiac
General Hospital (MI) March 16, 1992
“Clinical Casuistry and Self Determination” Pontiac General Hospital Surgery Rounds, March 4, 1992
“Advance Directives: Policies and Procedures” SE KY Area Health Education Center: Cynthiana, KY January
14,1992
*South-central Kentucky Rural Hospital Group, 5 one day programs on Advance
directives seminars and consultation at five rural Kentucky Hospitals January 1992 coupled with five evening
programs
“Policies & Procedures Surrounding Advance Directives and Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical
Procedures” North Oakland Medical Center Surgery Grand Rounds Pontiac MI, March 1992
“Advance Directives and Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical Procedures” St. Mary's Hospital's
Grand Rounds Livonia MI , March 1993
“The Patient Self Determination Act” Kentucky Hospital Assn. KY for Member Hospital CEO's London, KY,
October 17,1991
“The Patient Self Determination Act” Kentucky Hospital Assn. Special Programs in Owensboro KY for Hospital
CEO's October18,1991
“Policy Implications of the Self Determination Act” Veterans Administration Medical Center, Battle Creek MI
September 21,1991
“Bioethics: Conflict & Controversy” w/Paul Armstrong, J.D., Western Baptist Regional Medical Center Paducah
KY, January 14, 1991.
Bioethics: Conflict & Controversy” w/Paul Armstrong, J.D., Kentucky Hospital Assn Programs for Kentucky
lawyers judges & risk managers. Louisville, KY January 15, 1991
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“Ethics and Technology: Scarcity and Technocracy” Magadan USSR-Ministry of Health Magadan Soviet Far East-
Invited lecture July 25,1990
“The American Health Care System” Bilibina, Chukotka, Arctic Circle USSR August,1990
“Controversies in HIV Infection: Legal, Ethical and Medical Questions” June 6, 1990 Wm Beaumont Hospital
Southfield MI
“New Ethical Perspectives Surrounding Clinical Decision Making” Marshall University Medical School
Huntington W VA December 9, 1989
“Legal and Ethical Controversies Surrounding Consent and Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical
Procedures”. Veterans Administration Medical Center Grand Rounds, Huntington W VA December 8, 1989
“Ethics in Medicine: Dilemmas, Deliberations, Decisions”, Baltimore. w/ Paul Armstrong J.D.and Ron Cranford
M.D. Princeton Insurance Co Huntsville MD September14,1989
“ Ethics and End of Life Decision Making”, National Health Council National Health Forum, Baltimore, MD
April 27,1989
“Ethics and Medical Decision Making” California Hospital Assn. Keynote Speaker and Moderator, with
Congressman Pete (Fortney) Stark and Alain Entoven & workshop on “The Integrated Policy: A Model for
Problem Prevention” December 1-3 ,1988 Monterey CA
“Ethical and Legal Issues in Caring for AIDS Patients” Several lectures through National Institute of Mental
Health AIDS Training Programs for Health Care Professionals through a grant at Wayne State University Detroit,
MI. 1988,89
“Patient Autonomy :Medical Issues” National Adult Protective Services Conference Workshops Oct. 24-28 San
Antonio TX, 1988
“The Integrated Policy: A Model for Problem Prevention” California Hospital Monterey, CA
Assn., December 3, 1988
“Withholding/Withdrawing Medical Procedures” Oakwood Hospital Grand Rounds, Dearborn MI, November 2,
1988
“ Integrating Clinical and Administrative Ethics” Illinois Health Care Assn. Annual Meeting, May 22,1988
“Who’s in Charge? Ethical Controversies at the End of Life” University of Kentucky Medical Center Neurology
Grand Rounds May 8, 1988
“ Integrating Clinical and Administrative Concerns in Long Term Care” South Dakota Health Care Assn. June 7,
1988
“New Perspectives in Caring for the Terminally Ill: Legal and Ethical Concerns” Veterans Administration Medical
Center, Sioux Falls, SD June 6, 1988
“ Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical Procedures” Humanities Grand Rounds University of
Kentucky Medical Center May 9, 1988
“Tracing the Legal Legacy” Case Management Rounds Detroit Receiving Hospital 5/10/88
“The Integrated Policy” and “ Making Triage Decisions in Critical Care Settings: Clinical Ethical Dilemmas”
Michigan Ethics Resource Network Institutional Ethics Committees Education and Evaluation Meetings
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sponsored by the Medical Ethics Resource Network in conjunction with the Society of Health and Human Values,
Midwest Region Annual Spring Meeting, April 29,30,1988
“Patient Autonomy :Medical Issues” National Adult Protective Services Conference
San Antonio, TX October 24, 1988
“Ethics Consultation and Ethics Committees for Public Guardians”, National Guardianship Conference “, Chicago
IL ,October 30-31,1988
“Technology, Excellence & Ethics” Kentucky Hospital Assn. Annual Meeting Louisville KY May16,1988,
“New Directions in Clinical Ethics” Bon Secours Hospital, Southeastern Michigan Chaplains Assn. May 12, 1988
“Medical Ethics Update” Baptist Regional Medical Center, Corbin KY July 11, 1988
“Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical Procedures “ Grand Rounds Harper Hospital May 16, 1988.
“Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical Procedures “ Grand Rounds Allen Park VA Allen Park, MI ,
May 25 1988
“Integrating Ethics with Health Policy” University of California at Davis, Davis, CA. , May 25,1988
“Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Procedures in Long Term Care Facilities” w /P.Armstrong, Karen
Quinlan’s Attorney and creator of Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Ct case in Re Nancy Cruzan, American
Association of Homes for the Aged Annual Meeting , New York, September 1987
“Legal and Ethical Concerns in Caring for the Dying and Terminally Ill” Veterans Administration Regional
Medical Educational Center November 12, 1987
“Legal and Ethical Concerns in Caring for the Dying and Terminally Ill Patient”, Danville Veterans Administration
Hospital Danville IL , May 21, 1987.
“Legal and Ethical Concerns in Caring for the Dying and Terminally Ill Patient University of Illinois Medical
School: Champaign/ Urbana , IL ,May 21, 1987.
“Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making” with West Virginia’s Attorney General Charleston W.VA
December 6, 1987
“Ethics and Aging” American Society of Aging, Atlanta GA January 11, 1987.
“Current Issues in Clinical Ethics and Health Law” Monthly Medical Meeting November 1987
“New Directions in Substitute Decision Making” Manatee Memorial Hospital , Sarasota FL May 22, 1987.
“ Integrating Clinical & Administrative Ethics” American Medical International California Hospitals Regional
Meetings San Diego, September,1987
“Autonomy & Decision Making” Arizona Baptist Hospital and Health Care System-Phoenix AZ May15,1987
“New Directions in Withholding/ Withdrawing Life Prolonging Medical Procedures” Valley View Medical Center,
Sun City, AZ May 14,1987
“Ethics: Policies, Procedures and Protocols”, Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hospital All day Program, January
30,1987
“Perspectives in Clinical Ethics” Henry Ford Hospital System Pastoral Care Rounds, Detroit, MI May 23,1987
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“ Ethics, Conflict Resolution and End of Life Decision Making”, New England Society of Hospital Social Work
Directors Annual Meeting Nashua NH November 8,1987
“Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making” West Virginia Health Care Association” , w/Legal Counsel
Attorney General's office Charleston,WV December 6,1987
“Corporate Ethics and Administrative Dilemmas”, American Society on Aging National Conference Ethics in An
Aging Society: Hard Times and Hard Choices, Atlanta, Georgia, January 11-13 ,1987
“ Ethical Issues Surrounding Surrogate and Substitute Decision Making” New England Region Society for Hospital
Social Work Directors Annual Conference, Nashua New Hampshire Fall, 1987
“New Directions in Medical Ethics” Grand Rounds, John Randolph Community Hospital, Hopewell VA. April 30,
1987
“Who’s in Charge” Grand Rounds , Sinai Hospital, Detroit MI, May 12, 1987
“Ethics, Policies and Conflict Resolution” John Randolph Community Hospital, Hopewell VA. May 15, 1987
“Legal and Ethical Concerns Regarding the Right to Die”, Humana-Alaska -Medical Staff Grand Rounds,
September November,1987
“ Developing Coherent and Consistent Policies Dealing With Ethical Issues” San Dimas Hospital CA,
November,1987
“Current Issues in Clinical Ethics and Health Law” Circle City Hospital Corona CA , November 1987
“Liability, Policy, & Process” Commonwealth of Mass Long Term Care Hospitals, Framingham, MA February
11, 1987
“Who’s in Charge of the Hopelessly Ill Patient” a series of 6 all day sessions for
Michigan District 14 Medical Centers Lectures through the REMC Program , Ann Arbor, MI, Battle Creek, MI,
Saginaw MI, and Bay City MI
“Balancing Patient Wishes & Legal Liability : A Model Approach” , N J Citizens Bioethics Advisory Committee &
Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, May 1, 1987 North Plainfield, NJ
“ Liability and Standards: Legal and Ethical Considerations” American Educational Institute
Seminars 1987 season Recurrent Videotapes in several locations in AZ, Mexico, Dominican
Republic, Hawaii, NM, UT, CA, NV, and WY
“Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care” Massachusetts General Hospital's Summer Educational Institute Two
day session Newport RI, June 17-19, 1986
“ Legal and Ethical Issues in Long Term Care” with Paul Armstrong J.D.(Karen Ann Quinlan's legal counsel),
American Assn. of Homes for the Aged 25th Anniversary Exposition Session, NYC, September 28, 1986
“Medical Ethics Update” American Assn. of Medical Colleges New Orleans LA 1986
“Ethical Issues in Financing Long Term Care” (Panel) American Assn. of Homes for the Aged 25th Anniversary
Exposition Session, NYC, September 30, 1986
“Durable Powers of Attorney and the Living Will” Citizens for Better Care Meetings, Detroit MI ,UAW Center
Fall , 1986
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“Ethical and Legal Issues in Long Term Care”, Indiana Association for Homes for the Aged Annual Meeting April
16, 1986
“Legal and Ethical Issues in Caring For Patients of Diminished Competence” Second Annual National
Alzheimer’s Disease Conference, Wayne State University, April 1986.
“Ethical Issues in Gerontological Nursing” Mercy Health Systems, Farmington, MI May 24, 1986
“Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Procedures” Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London, CT
March 10, 1986.
“Surrogate and Substitute Decision Making: Legal and Ethical Issues” Grand Rounds, Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA, March 8, 1986
“ Integrated Consent and Withholding/Withdrawing Life Prolonging Procedures Tri-Cities Hospital Oceanside, CA
January 6, 1986 (all day program)
“ Standards, Liability and Consent” Grand Rounds and all day program, Rapides Hospital, Alexandria LA,
November 11, 1986
“Integrating Clinical and Administrative Concerns” Illinois Health Care Assn. , Chicago IL May 2,1986
“Reimbursement and Ethics” (panelist) American Assn. of Homes and Housing for the Aged on
Washington, DC September 28,1986
“Who’s In Charge of the Hopelessly Ill Patient?” Hospital Center at Orange Keynote speaker and Moderator,
Orange, New Jersey September1986 (6 Hr. program) Taped by HIN Satellite Network for national viewing to
1200 Hospitals
*“Pulmonary Ethics Rounds” Sinai Hospital of Detroit, May 12, 1987
*“SICU Ethics Rounds” Sinai Hospital of Detroit, May 16, 1987
*“MICU Ethics Rounds”, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, May 17, 1987
*(Pulmonary, MICU, SICU, and CCU Rounds usually offered monthly by me for the entire year)
“ Who’s in Charge? Second Annual Seminar of Hospice Care for Allied Health Professionals and Caregivers
Keynote Speaker Binghamton New York October 8,1985
“Who’s in Charge” Bayshore Hospital Holmdel NJ May 1985
“Who’s in Charge” Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas TX August 15, 1985
“New Perspectives in Medical Ethics” Grand Rounds Saratoga Hospital , Saratoga, CA August 1985
“New Perspectives in Medical Ethics” Grand Rounds, Los Gatos Hospital, Los Gatos CA
August 1985
“Ethics and Geriatrics” Madonna College, Livonia MI October 8, 1985
“The Hopelessly Ill &Dying Patient: Legal and Ethical Issues” Aging w Representative Hollister & Jay Rosen MI
Office of Medical Affairs, LeVine Institute on Detroit MI September, 1985.
“Legal and Ethical Controversies in Medicine”, Arnot Ogden Memorial Hospital. Elmira NY September15,1985
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“Who’s in Charge?” Grand Rounds, King’s Daughters Memorial Hospital, Frankfort, KY
May 15, 1986.
“Who's in Charge of the Hopelessly Ill and Dying Patient: Legal Ethical and Religious Concerns” Wausau Hospital
Center”, October 29,1985, Wausau, Wisconsin
“New Perspectives on Surrogate and Substitute Decision Making for Public Wards” Maine Department Social
Services Mental Health and Mental Retardation and Adult Protective Services Divisions Conference for
Maine Probate Judges Court Reporters & state based guardians (all the Maine probate courts were closed that day
for my seminar aimed at creating consistency across jurisdictions. Bangor ME, May,1985
“Ethical Considerations in Long Term Care”, Michigan Non Profit Homes Assn., Keynote Annual Conference,
Midland, MI October 9,1985
“Resolving Ethical Dilemmas” Emergency Nurses Assn. Scientific Assembly NYC, September 8, 1985
“Legal Ethical and Administrative Issues” Rhode Island Hospital Assn. Haricomp Newport RI May 23,1985
“Problems Surrounding Medical Decision Making: Diminished Competence, DNR’s Durable Powers of Attorney”
Kentucky Hospital Assn. Fall Conference (2 lectures) September 26 and 27th, 1985, Cumberland Falls, KY
”Gerontology: Initiatives, Insights, and Innovations in Health Care Delivery Michigan Department on Aging and
Dept. of Public Health Lansing MI November 8, 1985
“Who’s in Charge of the Hopelessly Ill Patient? Office of Medical Affairs ,State of Michigan With Representative
Dave Hollister and Jay Rosen OMA October 9, 1985
“New Directions in Clinical Ethics”, The Maine Society of Hospital Social Workers Bangor September,1985
“Developing Ethical Institutional Policies that Can Stand up in Court” Michigan Non-Profit Homes Assn., The
Ohio Association of Philanthropic Homes and Housing for the Aged, Indiana Homes for the Aged , the Ontario
Assn. of Homes for the Aged and the LeVine Institute on Aging Legal and Ethical Controversies in Long Term
Care Conference” conference organizer Windsor, Ontario ,June 6-8,1985 and Keynote on Ethics in Long Term
Care September19,1985
“Ethical Responsibilities for Public Health Officers” (Panelist) American Public Health Assn.
Washington DC November, 1984
“Who’s in Charge?” Massachusetts Association of Health Care Providers Annual Meeting November 4, 1984
“Imperatives for the 80’s and Ethical Implications” Rhode Island Hospital Providence TI December 9, 1984
“Ethics and Uncertainty” Brown University Medical School’s Bioethics Advisory Group, April 24, 1984
“ Legal and Ethical Issues in Caring for the Terminally Ill” ,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Grand Rounds,
Boston, MA May 11, 1984
“Who’s in Charge of the Hopelessly Ill Patient” Grand Rounds St. Lukes Hospital ,New Bedford Mass February 2,
1984
“Who’s in Charge ?” Charlton Hospital, Grand Rounds Fall River, MA May 4, 1984
Who’s in Charge” Massachusetts Association of Health Care Providers Annual Meeting November 4, 1984
“Imperatives for the 80’s and Ethical Implications” Rhode Island Hospital Providence TI December 9, 1984
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“Ethics and Uncertainty” Brown University Medical School’s Bioethics Advisory Group, April 24, 1984
“ Legal and Ethical Issues in Caring for the Terminally Ill” ,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Grand Rounds,
Boston, MA May 11, 1984
“Who’s in Charge?” Newport Naval Hospital Newport RI March 9, 1984
“Informed Consent and Ethics” University of Kentucky National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
on Ethics, Lexington KY July 14, 1983
“ New Perspectives in Medical Ethics and Health Law” WPRI TV Channel 12 Providence RI 2/9/84
“Medical Ethics Issues” WHJJ Radio Providence RI, February 14, 1984
“Medical Ethics and Legal Considerations in Long Term Care, Mississippi Assn. for Health care Administrators
Gulfport MS. February 2, 1983
“Who’s in Charge” Los Gatos Hospital Los Gatos, CA. January 2, 1983
“Who’s in Charge” Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga, CA, January 3, 1983
APHA “Ethical Responsibilities for Public Health Officers” Panel Washington, November 1984
New England Forum for Death Education “ Ethics and Anticipatory Grief”,
Providence R.I, March 84
“Who's in Charge of the Hopelessly Ill Patient Newport Naval Hospital, Medical Grand Rounds, Newport R.I.
March 9, 1984
“Medical Ethics and Legal Considerations in Long Term Care” Mississippi Assn. for Health Care Administrators,
Gulfport MS, February 16,1983
“Technology and Business in Academic Environments” Tougaloo College April12,1983
“Hospice Accreditation and Licensure” w John. Blum J.D., American Public Health Assn. October 82
“Ethics and Reimbursement” Arkansas Commission on Health Care Cost Containment Spring 82 Little Rock
Arkansas
“Technology and Business in Academic Environments” Tougaloo College Tougaloo MS
“Ethics in Family Practice” University of Mississippi Medical Center , Jackson, MS., April 6, 1983
“Ethical Issues in Research and Experimentation” University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS., April 16,
1982
“The Medical Ethics/Health Law Interface”, American Assn. of Law Librarians Atlanta GA Spring 1982
“The Ethics/Energy Interface” The University Of Mississippi Forum, April 1982
“Ethics and Healthcare” Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA. March 1981
“Smoking Policy in the US and Ethics” University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health November1981
American Association of Law Librarians “ Exploring the Medical Ethics/Health Law Interface” Atlanta, GA May
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“Smoking Policy & Ethics” University of California Berkeley School of Public Health Berkeley, January 1981
American Public Health Assn. Meetings Los Angeles CA., Presentation on Bioethics Forum on “Priorities /
Allocations on the Health Energy Interface” November 1-5, 1981
“Caring for the Terminally Ill/Hopelessly Ill Patient” Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, MA., May, 1981
“Re- examining Baby Doe” First Annual Eunice Shriver lecture in Biomedical Ethics and Human Reproduction
(Panelist with Original Film Group) March 1981
“Ethical Issues in Palliative Care” The International Work Group on Dying, Death and Bereavement and the
Swedish Medical Society Stockholm, Sweden July 1981
“Ethical Dimensions in Home Health Care” The Massachusetts Assn. for Home Health Bedford Mass, May 1981
“Who's In Charge: Legal and Ethical Dimensions?” Texas A and M Medical School , TX. Fall 1981
“Caring for Hopelessly Ill Pt” Univ. TX Medical Center- Southwestern ,Dallas 1981
“ Ethics and Hospice Care” National Hospice Assn. Eastern Division Program Boston MA. Spring 1981
“Caring for the Terminally- Hopelessly Ill Patient” Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA., May1981
First Annual Eunice Shriver Lecture in Biomedical Ethics and Human Reproduction at the Boston Public Library
March 1981(panelist)
“Ethics and Palliative Care” The International Work Group on Dying Death and Bereavement & Swedish Cancer
Society at Stockholm and Dalaro Sweden. June 1981
“Uncertainty and Ethics” University of Texas Galveston Medical School presentation special session National
Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on ethics 1981
Brown University Medical School,1981 Bioethics Forum Panelist Providence, RI
“New Directions in Ethics” Harvard Dental School Annual Ethics Lecture Spring Semester 1981 Boston, MA. 5/81
“Priorities and Allocation of the Health/ Energy Interface” American Public Health Assn. Meetings Los Angeles
CA. November1,1981
“Ethics and Hospice Care” National Hospice Assn. Boston MA Spring, 1981
“Bioethics and Policy”, Tufts University, Medford, MA, Fall 1981
“ Legal and Ethical Issues in Caring for the Hopelessly Ill Patient” University of Texas Medical Center-
Southwestern Dallas TX Spring 1981.
“Ethics and the Terminally Ill Patient” New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry Camden NJ, April 1980
“Current Concerns in Law and Ethics” The American Pharmaceutical Assn. Washington, DC Fall 1980
“Ethics and the Health Care System” International Work Group Asilomar California October1980
“Who’s in Charge of The Hopelessly Patient? “ St. Lukes Hospital Grand Rounds New Bedford MA
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“Who’s in Charge of the Terminally Ill Patient?” Bioethics Forum Newton Wellesley Hospital, Wellesley, MA
Spring, 1980
“Justice and Health Care” Bentley College, Waltham Mass, September 1980
“Ethics and Terminal Illness” Mass General Hospital Forum, Newport, RI ,Summer 1980 (2 day session)
“Ethics and Prioritizing” C.W.` Post University, Long Island NY
“Medical Decision Making and Ethics”, the North Carolina Philosophical Society, Chapel Hill, NC
SPEAKERS BUREAUS
I have been active with Glaxo’s speakers bureau for many years, also Novartis, Parke-Davis, Pfizer, Merck,
Great Speakers and Leading Authorities.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Exchange Student in Ecuador- Good language facility in Spanish
Senior Advisor to the Minister of Health Magadan Chukotka Regions of Soviet Far East 90,91
Countries Visited: China, Korea, Japan, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras,
Belize, Puerto Rico,Colombia, France, Spain Italy, England, Spain, Egypt, Greece, Malta, Denmark, Sweden, Soviet
Union, Australia, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, Antigua, Netherland Antilles, Jamaica, British Virgin
Islands, and American Virgin Islands,
CONSULTATIONS
I have offered a wide range of grand rounds, consultations with administrative and clinical staff, offered
seminars and/or developed policies and procedures in the following settings
A. With National Health Care Organizations
Medtronic
Sanofi
Managed Healthcare Journal (Editorial Board member and Columnist)
American Medical Assn: Continuing Ed
MD Options: com
Silver Sneakers
Healthcare Oklahoma
The Commission-URAC, Washington, DC
The Case Management Society of America
The Center for Case Management Outcomes and Accountability
The Dental Network of America
National Managed Healthcare Congress Headquarters
The Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Assns. Worked with Managed Care, Managed
Behavioral Health Care Divisions Networks, PPOs and Future Initiatives at the JCAHO
QHR/JCAHO as coordinator for ISQUA International Congress as well as Joint Commission International
Glaxo Pharmaceuticals- Future Trends in Healthcare - Retreat Pebble Beach CA Jan 1997
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians Tampa re Quality Assessment, Future
Trends, Liability Issues, The Cost Quality Interface re programs in Atlanta, Tampa, San Francisco, Chicago, Mesa,
AZ, New Orleans, and Baltimore
Hill Rom National LTC Meetings
The American Medical Assn.
The American Hospital Assn.
The American Rehabilitation Assn.
The National Hospice Assn.
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The American College of Healthcare Executives
National Guardianship Association
National Health Council
National Adult Protective Services Conference
The American Society on Aging
The American Public Health Assn
The American Gerontological Society
The American College of Cardiology Administrators
The American Association of Managed Care (AAMCRA)
The Swedish Cancer Society
The Am Board of Quality Assurance and Risk Management Physicians
Hospital Corporation of America
B. With State Health Care Organizations/Associations The Arkansas Cost Containment Commission
The California Hospital Assn.
AMI Hospitals of California
The Arizona Baptist Hospital System
The Kentucky Baptist Hospital System
NJ Citizens Bioethics Advisory Commission
Mercy Health Services of Michigan
The Kentucky Hospital Assn.
Michigan Ethics Resource Network
The Mississippi Hospital Assn.
The MS College of Long Term Care Adm.
IL Assn. of Homes and Housing for the Aged
Indiana Assn. of Homes and Housing for the Aged
Princeton Insurance Company of New Jersey
Princeton Insurance Company in Maryland
The Michigan Non Profit Homes Assn.
Ontario Assn. of Homes & Housing for the Aged
Maine Assn. of Homes and Housing for the Aged
Ohio Assn. of Homes and Housing for the Aged
The South Dakota Health Care Assn.
The West Virginia Health Care Assn.
NY Assn. of Homes and Housing for the Aged
The New York Homecare Assn.
C. At Teaching Hospitals Northwestern University (IL)
Loyola University (IL)
Massachusetts General Hospital (MA)
New Bedford Hospital (MI)
Saratoga Hospital (CA.)
The Hospital Center at Orange (NJ)
Hopewell Hospital (VA.)
HCA Bluegrass Hospital (KY)
Pontiac General Hospital (MI)
Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital (MI)
St . Mary's Hospital (MI)
Arnot Ogden Hospital (NY)
Binghamton Hospital (NY)
University of Chicago (IL)
Sinai Hospital (MI)
Grace Hospital (MI)
Harper Hospital (MI)
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Oakwood Hospital (MI)
Wm. Beaumont Hospital (MI)
South Central Kentucky Regional Hospital (KY)
Bon Secours Hospital (MI)
New England Society Hospital Social Workers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State of Maine Dept. of Adult Protective Services
American Educational Institute (MI)
Health Care Satelitte Network (NJ)
Hospital Satelitte Network (CA)
Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center (NJ)
The Hospital Center at Orange (NJ)
Baystate Medical Center (MA)
W. Va Health care Assn.
Humana Hospital (AK)
Valley View Medical Center (AZ)
Villa View (CA)
Manatee Memorial Hospital (FL)
Arizona Baptist Hospital
Wausau Hospital Center (WI)
Rhode Island Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital (CT)
Providence Hospital (MI)
Henry Ford Hospital (MI)
University of Michigan Hospital (MI)
VA Medical Centers in IL,MI, KY, SD, W. VA.
Los Gatos Hospital (CA.)
The Academy of Family Physicians
The Maine Society of Hospital Social Workers
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Risk Management Physicians
Illinois College of Family Practice
Mississippi Hospital Assn.
Mississippi Health Care Assn.
West Virginia Academy of Family Practice
New England Forum for Death Education
Int'l Workgroup on Dying, Death, & Bereavement
D. At Medical Schools Harvard Medical School
Vanderbilt Medical School
University of Mississippi Medical School
Marshall Medical School (W VA.)
University of California at Berkeley
Southwest Texas State University
University of Texas Galveston
University of California-Berkeley
University of Louisville Medical School
University of Kentucky Medical School
Midwestern University (IL)
New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry
Rutgers University School of Medicine
University of SD School of Medicine
Tufts Medical School
Boston University Medical School
Brown University Medical School
Texas A and M Medical School
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Southwestern Medical School
University of Chicago Medical School
Wayne State Medical School
Northwestern University Medical School
Loyola Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
E. At Rural Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities and Home Health Organizations Not Already Listed The Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys
The New York Home Care Assn
The Managed Care Congress
The Chicago Bar Assn.: Health lawyers Division
Tabor Hills Healthcare Facility (LTC)
The Jewish Home for the Aged (MI)
The Princeton Insurance Company
Tri-Cities Medical Center (CA.)
San Dimas Hospital (CA.)
Glendora Hospital (CA.)
Holmdel Hospital (NJ)
Bayshore Hospital (NJ)
Desert Hills LTC (AZ)
Washington Guardianship Assn.
University of California-Davis
Texas Adult Protective Services
Maine Adult Protective Services
Maine Probate Judges and Court Reporters
Rapides Hospital Alexandria (LA)
BOOK REVIEWS
Robbins Dennis A. Moral Problems in Medicine ed. Beauchamp, Tom, AITIA 1978
Robbins Dennis A. Ethics in Medicine ed. Reiser, S, Curran Wm. &Dyck, Arthur Cambridge MIT Press AITIA 78
Robbins Dennis A. Eastern Mysticism Vol. 1, the Near East and India AITIA 1978
Robbins Dennis A. Hegel’s Phenomenology Part I AITIA 1978
Robbins Dennis A. Religion, Reason, and Man, AITIA, 1978
Robbins Dennis A. Touchstones of Reality by Maurice Friedman January 1974 East West Journal
Robbins Dennis A. Common Sense II AITIA October, 1975
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