Top Attorneys Participate in Program on Malpractice Issues in Radiology
Press Release, 02/01/2000Two of Chicago's top trial attorneys will participate in the International Institute for Continuing Medical Education's (IICME) program on Malpractice Issues in Radiology March 31-April 1 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.
Robert Clifford and E. Michael Kelly will square off in presenting closing arguments in a hypothetical trial dealing with a missed lung cancer on a chest x-ray.
The two-day program will include presentations by physicians and insurance claims executives. Dr. Leonard Berlin, Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, will conduct a number of the lectures on subjects ranging from diagnostic errors and communication to vicarious liability and risks. Strategies involved when deciding whether to settle or try a medical malpractice lawsuit also will be discussed.
Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices , recently authored an article on liability of radiologists involving mammographies that appeared in the Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy Newsletter published by the New York Law Publishing Company.
Kelly, senior partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, has defended a number of doctors and hospitals across the country in medical malpractice actions.
Both lawyers are fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
For more information on this program, call the IICME at 770-641-9773.
