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California Western --
Bryan A. LiangBryan A. Liang

E. Donald Shapiro Professor of Law
Executive Director,
Institute of
Health Law Studies

Co-Director & Professor
of Anesthesiology,
San Diego Center for
Patient Safety, University of California, San Diego School of
Medicine

J.D. Harvard University
M.D. Columbia University
Ph.D. University of Chicago [public policy]
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology [chemistry]

Courses Taught: Law, Medicine & Public Policy; Health Law & Medical Liability; Influencing Public Policy; Survey of Health Law

Professor Liang is a prolific scholar and an outstanding teacher who has authored or co-authored five books and over 300 articles on a range of health law and policy topics. He is well known for his policy work in the interface between law, medicine, economic incentive structures, public health, and patient safety, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Journal of Patient Safety, Hospital Physician, Survey of Anesthesiology, Quality and Safety in Health Care, Journal of Biolaw & Business, and the National Faculty of Core Content Review of Family Medicine. He also serves on several important law and policy bodies, including the American Bar Association Advisor for the National Conference on Commissioners of State Laws in Emergency Preparedness and Response, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health, the Board of Directors of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, and as the Vice President of the Partnership for Safe Medicines. He does not have a high school diploma, which may explain a lot.

Professor Liang is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University.

Selected Publications

Fibrinolysis and legal mythology: The demographics of tPA-stroke litigation, 8(suppl.1) JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS 64 (2010).

Mandatory Vaccination: Saving Lives and Money, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS, May 20, 2010.

How College Health-Care Plans Fail Students, CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, May 16, 2010.

Crisis on Campus:  Student Access to Health Care, 43 U. MICH. J.L. REF. 617 (2010).

Testimony to the Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, California State Assembly, Mar. 10, 2010.

Confronting Conflict: Addressing Institutional Conflict of Interest in Academic Medical Centers, 36(1) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE 136 (2010). (with Tim Mackey)

Crisis on Campus: Student Access to Health Care, 43 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JOURNAL ON LAW REFORM 617 (2010).

Reforming Off-Label Promotion to Enhance Orphan Disease Treatment, 327(5963) SCIENCE 273 (2010). (with Tim Mackey)

Searching for Safety: A Reply to Cooperman and Levitt, 35(4) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE 687 (2009). (with Tim Mackey)

Searching for Safety: Addressing Search Engine and Provider Responsibility for Illicit Online Drug Sales, 35(1) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE 125 (2009). (with Tim Mackey)

High-Tech Medicines, Built to Mirror Originals, Can Have Dangerous Differences, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, May 18, 2009.

Plan for High Tech Prescriptions Ignores Grave Safety Concerns, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, April 1, 2009, at 6.

Responsibility for anesthesiologist suicide relating to drug abuse, 21(2) JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA 135 (2009).

Dear Mr. President: The Right Medicine for Health Care Reform, NATIVE AMERICAN TIMES, March 16, 2009.

Public Health Law & Military Medical Assets: Legal Issues in Federalizing National Guard Personnel, 18 ANNALS OF HEALTH LAW 35 (2009). (with James Balcius)

What institutions can do to help ensure the health of their student bodies, UNIVERSITY BUSINESS, March 1, 2009, at 52.

Litigation Regarding tPA and Stroke: In Reply, 53(3) ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 404 (2009). (with Justin A. Zivin)

Comment: Assessment of Patients’ Competence to Consent to Treatment, 53(1) SURVEY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 46 (2009).

Comment: Role of Professional Organizations in Regulating Physician Expert Witness Testimony, 53(1) SURVEY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 45 (2009).

Biologics Are Like Siblings, PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVE, February 5, 2009.

Politicians in Georgia Should Work to Increase Health Insurance Coverage, THE DAILY CITIZEN (GA), January 6, 2009.

Covering the Shadow Uninsured: Ensuring the Health of the Student Body, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, December 23, 2008, at 4.

Research and Momentum, 11(3) JOURNAL OF BIOLAW & BUSINESS 41 (2008).

Expand access to health insurance, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, November 20, 2008, at B7; simultaneously published as: Dear President Obama: Ways to Expand Access to Health Insurance Now, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, November 20, 2008, at 6.

Simple Solutions for Health Insurance, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, November 15, 2008.

Review of Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Ischemic Stroke, and Potential Legal Issues, 65(11) ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY 1429 (2008). (with Robert Lew & Justin A. Zivin)

Pigs, Drugs and Terrorists, PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY HEALTHCARE, Nov./Dec. 2008, at 10.

3 Steps to Wider Health Care, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, November 5, 2008.

About Boeings and Biologics, PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, October 15, 2008.

Recognizing a Prescription for Disaster, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, September 25, 2008, at 6.

A Dose of Reality: Promoting Access to Pharmaceuticals, 8(3) WAKE FOREST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW JOURNAL 301 (2008).

College health systems gravely ill, THE CAPITAL TIMES (WI), September 15, 2008, reprinted as Problems of health insurance put students at risk, CENTRE DAILY TIMES (PA), September 15, 2008, CONCORD MONITOR (NH), September 16, 2008.

"Standards" of anesthesia: Law and ASA Guidelines, 20(5) JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA 393-396 (2008). (with Kara Fermani)

Obama too quick to announce $6 million for small business health plans, THE TIDEWATER REVIEW, September 3, 2008, at 5B.

Empirical Characteristics of Stroke and Tissue Plasminogen Activator Litigation, 52 ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 160 (2008). (wtih Justin A. Zivin)

E-Pedigree and Ridley-Thomas Bill Must Take Into Account Internet, CAPITOL WEEKLY, July 17, 2008, at A7.

Legal Concerns in Patient Safety: The Need for Regulatory Action, 4(2) JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY 51 (2008).

Aviones de juguete y medicamentos complicados, EL BOHEMIO (San Francisco, CA), July 16, 2008, reprinted as: Aviones de juguete y medicamentos complicados, ELDIARIO (New York, NY), July 18, 2008 at 23.

Ailing College Health Programs: Cures for College-Sponsored Program Woes, UNIVERSITY BUSINESS, July 2008, at 80.

Promoting Public Health and Provider Response to Emergencies and Disasters, 11 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF LAW & SOCIAL CHANGE 29 (2008). (with Corey P. Hanrahan)

Losing Patience with Patient Care, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, June 5, 2008, at 6.

Comment: The Role of Litigation in Defining Drug Risks, 52(3) SURVEY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 155 (2008).

Comment: Disclosing Harmful Medical Errors to Patients, 52(3) SURVEY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 153 (2008).

U.S. Dares Not Assume Foreign Drugs Are Safe, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD, May 9, 2008, at 7B.

E-Pedigree: Effective Safety Efforts Too Important To Rush, CALIFORNIA PATIENT ACCESS TO TREATMENT NEWS, May 2008.

Don't compromise the safety of biotech drugs, LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 28, 2008, at 17, reprinted as: New Drug Technologies Require New Policies, NEW JERSEY STAR-LEDGER, May 5, 2008, at 15.

Trust but verify: Cooperation cannot mean abdication in the operating room, 20(2) JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA 150 (2008). (with Kha M. Tran)

Import Alert: U.S. Needs Strict Oversight of Foreign-Made Drugs, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL, April 3, 2008, at 6.

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: Developing an Error Reporting System to Improve Patient Safety, 4(1) JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY 13 (2008). (with William Riley, William Hamman, and William Rutherford).

For a full listing of recent publications and presentations, please click here.

Professor Liang's Media Appearances - 2005, 2006, 2007

 

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