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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
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:

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:

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Prenatal Screening

Speaker:

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:

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.

Trial tactics

Speaker:

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:

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.

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:

4:45 – 5:15 p.m.

Panel discussion and Q&A

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

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