Exclusive event for members of AJJ and Peopil
Birth Injury and Medical Negligence Seminar
The Westin Excelsior
Piazza Ognissanti 3,
50123 Firenze FI, Italy
4 – 5 September 2023
10.25 CPD hours
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Conference venue:
The Westin Excelsior
Piazza Ognissanti 3
50123 Firenze
Italy
Participant agenda
Monday 4 September 2023
Day 1
9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Welcome and speaker announcements
Lauren Sutherland KC – PEOPIL Medical Negligence EEG Chair
Les Weisbrod – Miller Weisbrod Olesky Attorneys at Law
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Obstetric Emergencies – Shoulder Dystocia & Impacted Fetal Head at CS
Speaker:
- Prof. Tim Draycott, BSc, MBBS, MRCOG, MD – North Bristol NHS Trust
Bristol, England
10:30- 11:15 a.m.
Paradoxes in Birth Asphyxia: when the pieces of the puzzle don’t fit
Speaker:
- Dr. Janet Rennie, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, DCH – University College London Hospitals, England
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee break
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
ACOG Classifications
Speaker:
- Jon Barrett, MBBch, FRCOG, MD, FRCSC – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Canada
12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Neonatal Arrest after Delivery
Speaker:
- Paul Casi – Casi Law, Louisville, KY
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Prenatal Screening
Speaker:
- Gian Carlo Di Renzo, MD, PhD – University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.
Critical and Intensive Care Negligence Issues
Speaker:
- Dr. Chris Danbury, MB, BS, MPhil, FRCP, FRCA, FFICM – University Hospital Southampton, England
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Pediatric neurology and neonatology issues in birth cases
Speaker:
- Terrie Inder, MBCHb, MD – Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange County, CA
4:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Coffee break
4:15 – 5:00 p.m.
Genetic issues in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) cases
Speaker:
- Barbara Burton, MD – Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Panel discussion and Q&A
5:30 p.m.
Adjourn
5:30 p.m.
Cocktail reception
Tuesday 5 September 2023
Day 2
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Remarks from Peopil’s President, AAJ’s President Elect, and Conference Sponsor
Speakers:
- Ana Romero – Peopil
- Sean Domnick – AAJ
- Rebekah Reedy Miller – Reedy Miller + Freeman Sage Settlement Consulting, Austin, TX
9:30 – 10:05 a.m.
10:05 – 10:40 a.m.
Spinal cord stimulators
Speaker:
- Giancarlo Barolat, MD – Barolat Neuroscience, Denver, CO
10:40 – 11:10 a.m.
Adding Insult to Injury: the Birth Injury Litigation Journey
Speaker:
- Ruth Powell – Hugh James, London, England
11:10 – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee break
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
A European Perspective on Medical Negligence Law
Speaker:
- John Beer – Beer advocaten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Negligence and causation issues in vascular surgery cases
Speaker:
- Zahid Raza, FRCSEd – Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Clinical Negligence in Interventional Cardiology
Speaker:
- Dr. Robert Greenbaum, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC, MAE – The Royal Free Hospital and University College London (Barnet), England
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Negligence and causation issues in Cancer Cases
Speaker:
- Prof. Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR – Price Jones Ltd, Imperial College London, England
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee break
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Neuroradiology issues in Medical Negligence cases
Speaker:
- Dr. Daniel Birchall, MA, MB, BChir, MRCP, FRCR, MD, MBA – Regional Neurosciences Centre, Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne, England
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Opening statements
Speaker:
- Kenneth Sigelman, MD, JD – Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates, San Diego, CA
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Panel discussion and Q&A
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn