Health Law Symposium Schedule 

8:15 a.m. Registration 

8:45 a.m. Introductions and Welcome
Jeffrey E. Lewis 
Dean and Professor, Saint Louis University School of law. 

Thomas L. Greaney 
Co-Director, Center for Health Law Studies
Saint Louis University School of Law. 

9:00 a.m. Race, Health and Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities
David R. Williams, Ph.D.
Member, Institute of Medicine Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

Harold W. Cruse
Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Commentator: 
Rene Bowser
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Health Care’s Hidden Civil Rights Legacy 
David Barton Smith, Ph.D.
Author: Health Care Divided: Race & Healing a Nation (1999)
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Services, School of Business and Management, Temple University 

Commentator: 
Gordon Bonnyman
Co-Founder and Managing Attorney, Tennessee Justice Center.

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Luncheon Roundtable: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care in St. Louis: Describing the Problems, Moving Toward Solutions 

Ronnie Drake, D.D.S.
Private Practice

Robert Fruend Jr. 
CEO, Regional Health Commission

Edina Karahodzic, M.D.
Family Medicine of Saint Louis, Forest Park Hospital

James R. Kimmey, M.D., M.P.H.
President, Missouri Foundation for Health

Richard S. Kurz, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University School of Public Health 

Roxanna Parker
The Witness Project, Siteman Cancer Center

Louise Quesada, M.P.H.
City of Saint Louis Department of Health 

2:00 p.m. Break 

2:15 p.m. Cultural Competency: The Civil Rights Dimension

Thomas Pérez
Former Director, Office for Civil Rights, 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Director, Clinical Law Program, University of Maryland School of Law

Commentator: 
Lisa Chiyemi Ikemoto
Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

3:30 p.m. Adjournment

General Information 

Symposium Location
Saint Louis University School of Law
3700 Lindell Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 63108

Directions
Click Here for directions to the School of Law. 

Parking
Parking is available in the Laclede Parking Garage located on Laclede Blvd. between Spring Ave. and Grand Blvd. 

Continuing Legal Education
CLE Credits are Available 

More Information
For more information, please contact Mary Ann Jauer (jauerma@slu.edu) phone at 314-977-3067 in The Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law. 

Center for Health Law Studies 

Saint Louis University's nationally recognized Center for Health Law Studies represents the School’s commitment to heightened and sustained contributions to education, research, policy analysis, publications and service. The Center utilizes the considerable expertise the School has developed over the past twenty years of Health Law teaching and research. The Center, in cooperation with the American Health Lawyers Association, publishes the Journal of Health Law. The Saint Louis University Law Journal publishes an annual Health Law Symposium issue based on the proceedings of the Center's health law conference which takes place each spring. The School of Law sponsors dual degree programs in Health Administration (J.D./M.H.A.) and Public Health (J.D./M.P.H.) and offers an LL.M. in Health Law. Graduates of both the J.D. and LL.M. programs are employed at health law departments of major firms, in the U.S. government, and trade associations around the country.