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AAJ/PEOPIL Birth Injury and Medical Negligence

Co-Presented with AAJ’s Birth Trauma Litigation Group & Medical Negligence Information Exchange Group and PEOPIL’s Medical Negligence Special Interest Group

Sofitel Le Scribe Opéra
1 Rue Scribe
75009 Paris
France

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10.25 CPD hours

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Conference venue:

Sofitel Le Scribe Opéra
1 Rue Scribe
75009 Paris
France

You may book your room at a discounted rate at the Sofitel via this link

Participant agenda

Monday 1 September 2025

Day 1

9:00 a.m.

Registration
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Welcome and speaker announcements by the moderators

Lauren Sutherland KC – PEOPIL Medical Negligence EEG Chair

Les Weisbrod – Miller Weisbrod Olesky Attorneys at Law

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Malpractice issues in obstetric cases (US Perspective)
Speaker
  • Mark Landon, MD – Columbus, Ohio
10:30- 11:15 a.m.
Placental pathology
Speaker
  • Fabiola Medeiros, MD – Los Angeles, California
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 p.m.

Issues in therapeutic hypothermia (cooling) for hypoxic iscemic encephalopathy (HIE)
Speaker
  • Krisa Van Meurs, MD – Palo Alto, California

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

Expert witness preparation & presentation
Speaker
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Covington, KY

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Intrauterine strokes/hypoglycemia
Speaker

2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Maternal Morbidity- Lessons learned from confidential enquiries
Speaker
  • Dr. Marian Knight MBE FMedSci – Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health
    Honorary Consultant in Public Health
    Director, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
    Senior Supernumerary Fellow, Exeter College Oxford

3:15 – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00 – 4:15 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) uses for Medical Malpractice Cases
Speaker
  • Martin S. Troott, MD, FACS – Jackson Hole, Wyoming

4:15 – 5:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion and Q & A

5:30 p.m.

Cocktail reception kindly sponsored by

Rebekah Reedy Miller

Reedy Miller + Freeman / Sage Settlement Consulting –
Austin, Texas

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Day 2

9:00 –  9:10 a.m.

Peopil remarks
  • Ana Romero – Peopil President

9:10 –  9:25 a.m.

AAJ remarks
  • Linda Lipsen – Chief Executive Officer America Association for Justice

9:25 –  9:30 a.m.

SPONSOR
  • Rebekah Reedy Miller – Reedy Miller + Freeman Sage Settlement Consulting, Austin, TX

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

How to settle your case
Speaker
  • Robert Blasio – Director of GB Specialty, a division of Gallagher Bassett, Housto, Texas

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Breast Cancer
Speaker
  • Mr. Richard Sutton – Bath, England

10:30 – 11:05 a.m.

Neurosurgery Malpractice Issues
Speaker
  • Nicholas Theodore, MD – Baltimore, Maryland

11:05 – 11:20 a.m.

Coffee break

11:25 – 11:45 a.m.

Demonstrative Evidence
Speaker
  • Seth Cardeli – Levin and Perconti – Chicago, Illinois

11:45- 12:30 p.m.

Panel: UK & European Perspecive on Death Cases
Speakers
  • Dr. Stefano Dangel – Dolce Lauda, Germany
  • Ian Denham- Barrister Outer Temple Chambers, England 
  • Mirella Hartman – Beer advocaten, Netherlands

12:30 – 1:05 p.m.

Interventional Radiology in Modern Medical Practice: a Luxury or a Necessity?
Speaker
  • Dr. Ram Kasthuri – Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland

1:05 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Clinical Negligence in Vascular Surgery
Speaker
  • Professor Charles McCollum MB ChB, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), MD BSc(Hons), MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC, MAE –
    Vascular Surgery Expert & Chairman of McCollum Consultants, Manchester, England

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.

Coffee break

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.

Obstetric Aspects of Birth Asphyxia & Perinatal Brain Inju (UK perspective)
Speaker
  • Professor Phillip Bennett, Phd Md Frcog Fmedsci
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London
    London, England

4:15 – 4:45 p.m.

Medico Legal Issues in Thoracic Surgery
Speaker
  • Mr. Vijay Joshi Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
    Wythenshawe Hospital
    Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
    TBD, United Kingdom

4:45 – 5:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion and Q & A

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn with thanks to all who participated
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NOW: Welcome Drinks for ALL delegates at and sponsored by

Time: 17:00 – 19:00

Address:
Świętego Krzyża 17
31-023 Kraków

PEOPIL logo

NOW: Dinner at Nota Resto

Time: 19:30

Address:
Świętego Krzyża 17
31-023 Kraków

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NOW: Day 2 - Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

Kraków, Poland
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków

PEOPIL logo

NOW: Day 1 - Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

Kraków, Poland
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków