The Schroeder Lecture is named for Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr., who founded the Law-Medicine Center in 1953 as the first law school program in health law. Schroeder Lecturers are selected based on their scholarly distinction and contribution in the arenas of health policy and law. The lectures take place in person and via Zoom, and are free and open to the public. CLE credit is available for attendance.
Schroeder Lecturers:
- Stuart Bussey, President, Union of American Physicians and Dentists
- Amy Acton, former Director, Ohio Department of Health
- Christine Grady, Chief, department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health
- David Carome, Director, Health Research Group
- Tammy Boyd, Black Women’s Health Imperative
- Reed Tuckson, Director, Tuckson Health Connections
- Sara Rosenbaum, George Washington University
- Ali Khan, Dean, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Elizabeth Rosenthal, New York Times Correspondent
- Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reprodiuctive Rights
- Dr. Richard E. Besser, Chief Health and Medical Editor of ABC News
- David Blumenthal, President, The Commonwealth Fund
- Mark Chassin, President, The Joint Commission
- Ralph Tyler III, Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration
- Susan F. Wood, MD Former FDA Assistant Commissioner for Women's
President and CEO The Hastings Center - Thomas H. Murray, PhD
- Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, Special Advisor on Health Care Office of Management and Budget, Obama Administration
- Arthur L. Caplan, PhD Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics; Chair, Department of Medical Ethics; Director, Center for Bioethics; University of Pennsylvania
- Stuart H. Altman, PhD Dean, The Heller School For Social Policy and Management and Sol C. Chaikin Professor Of National Health Policy, Brandeis University
- Sidney Wolfe, MD Director, Health Research Group, Public Citizen Health and Director of The Office of Women's Health (2000-2005)
- Arnold Relman, MD Editor In Chief Emeritus, New England Journal of Medicine; Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and Senior Physician, Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Mark B. Mcclellan, MD, PhD Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
- Ron Pollack, Founding Executive Director, Families USA
- The Hon. Donna E. Shalala, United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services
- Ronald Dworkin, Professor of Jurisprudence, Oxford University, Professor of Law, New York University Law School
- George J. Annas, Director, Law, Medicine, and Ethics Program, Boston University
- Guido Calabresi, Dean, Yale Law School
- Don Harper Mills, Past President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- Alexander Morgan Capron, University Professor of Law and Medicine, University of Southern California
- John A. Robertson, Baker and Botts Professor of Law, University of Texas
The Mehlman Lecture was endowed to honor Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor and Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center. The Mehlman Lecturer is a graduate of the Law School who is distinguished in the field of health law. The lectures take place in person and via Zoom, and are free and open to the public. CLE credit is available for attendance.
Mehlman Lecturers:
- Chuck Hallberg, CEO Airotone
- Seth Jacobs, Senior VP and General Counsel, Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Paula Taylor Whitfield (‘83), Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company
- Matt Herndon, Chief Legal Officer & Vice President of Government Affairs Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan
- Katherine Hatton (LAW '80) Vice President, general Counsel and Secretary, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Bob Joondeph, Executive Director of Disability Rights, Oregon
The Zaremski Lecture was endowed by Elena and Miles Zaremski. Zaremski is a 1975 graduate of the Law School. The Zaremski Lecturers are academics and members of the bar who have distinguished themselves in the field of health law. The lectures take place in person and via Zoom, and are free and open to the public. CLE credit is available for attendance.
Zaremski Presenters:
- Nadia Sawicki, Georgia Reithal Professor of Law, Loyola University
- Leslie E. Wolf, Ben F. Johnson Jr. Chair in Law, Distinguished University Professor, and Director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University’s College of Law
- Jessica L. Roberts, Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute and the Leonard Childs Professor in Law
- Vince Daniele, CareSource’s Office of the General Counsel
- Tracy L. Carter, MHSA, Senior Director of Government Relations, the MetroHealth System of Cleveland, Ohio
- Jessie Hill, Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University
- Hilary Mabel, JD, Assistant Staff Ethicist and Regional Bioethicist (South), Center for Bioethics at the Cleveland Clinic
- Dr. Susan Hatters-Friedman, Director of Forensic Psychiatry at UH Cleveland Medical Center, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Psychiatry, adjunct professor teaching Law and Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University
- Kirk J. Nahra, Partner, Wiley Rein LLC, Washington, D.C.