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Exclusive event for members of AJJ and Peopil

Birth Injury and Medical Negligence Seminar

Co‐Presented with AAJ’s Birth Trauma Litigation Group and the Medical Negligence Information Exchange Group

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 FI
Italy

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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 – 10:45 a.m.

Obstetrical Shoulder Dystocia & Drills

Speaker:

  • Professor Tim Draycott, BSc, MBBS, MRCOG, MD –  North Bristol NHS Trust
    Bristol, England

10:45- 11:15 a.m.

Neonatology

Speaker:

  • Dr. Janet Rennie, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, DCH – Kings College Hospital, London, England

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 a.m.

ACOG Classifications

Speaker:

  • Jon Barrett, MBBch, FRCOG, MD, FRCSC – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Canada

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

Prenatal Screening

Speaker:
  • Gian Carlo Di Renzo, MD, PhD – University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Neonatal arrest after delivery

Speaker:
  • Paul Casi – Casi Law, Louisville, KY

2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Opening statements

Speaker:
  • Ken Sigelman, MD, JD – Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates, San Diego, CA

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Pediatric neurologist and neonatology issues in birth cases

Speaker:
  • Terri Inder, MBCHb, MD – Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange County, CA

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Genetic issues in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) cases

Speaker:
  • Barbara Burton, MD – Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

4:45 – 5:15 p.m.

Panel discussion and Q&A

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

5:30 p.m.

Cocktail reception

Tuesday 5 September 2023

Day 2

9:00 –  9:30 a.m.

Remarks from AAJ’s President Elect and CEO, Peopil President and Conference Sponsor

Speakers:

  • Ana Romero – Peopil
  • Sean Domnick/Linda Lipsen – AAJ
  • Rebekah Reedy Miller – Reedy Miller + Freeman Sage Settlement Consulting, Austin, TX

9:30 – 9:50 a.m.

Trial tactics

Speaker:
  • Laura E. Brown – Brown Trial Firm, PLLC, Waco, TX

9:50 – 10:20 a.m.

Emergency medicine issues

Speaker:
  • Christian Jagusch, MD, JD – Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberge, San Francisco, CA

10:20 – 10:40 a.m.

Spinal cord stimulators

Speaker:
  • Giancarlo Barolat, MD – Barolat Neuroscience, Denver, CO

10:40 – 10:55 a.m.

Coffee break

10:55 – 11:40 a.m.

Adding insult to injury: the birth injury litigation journey

Speaker:

  • Ruth Powell – Hugh James, London, England

11:40 – 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.

Interventional cardiologist

Speaker:

  • Dr. Damian Kelly, MD, BSc, MBChB, FRCP – Cardiology Expert Services, Derby, England

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Negligence and causation issues in cancer cases

Speaker:

  • Professor Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR – Price Jones Ltd, Imperial College London, England

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Coffee break

3:15 – 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:
  • Ken 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

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