Assistant Professor of Law

Professor Efthimios Parasidis is the newest member to join the Center for Health Law Studies. His scholarship examines bioethical and intellectual property issues in biotechnology law and policy.

Prior to joining the faculty at SLU LAW, Prof. Parasidis was a visiting assistant professor at Hofstra Law School, where he taught courses in intellectual property, health law and bioethics. In 2008, Prof. Parasidis was selected as a Health Law Scholar by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

Prof. Parasidis is a consultant to the American College of Physicians, where he provides advice as to financial conflicts of interest in the medical and pharmaceutical professions. He was also recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research on the legal and ethical issues of medical informed consent policies and practices in Greece.

In addition to his scholarly work, Prof. Parasidis served as an Assistant Attorney General for New York State under Eliot Spitzer and Andrew M. Cuomo, and was lead counsel for more than 300 cases in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels. Prof. Parasidis also worked as an associate in the Litigation group of Jones Day and the Intellectual Property group of Dickstein Shapiro. At these law firms, Professor Parasidis focused his practice on intellectual property counseling and litigation, as well as mass tort and commercial litigation. Prof. Parasidis has also counseled biotechnology companies on corporate and intellectual property issues.

Prof. Parasidis earned his B.A. in philosophy from The College of New Jersey where he concentrated his studies on the neuroscientific and biological roots of human thought and behavior. He then earned a Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Legal Writing Instructor.