The Complete Medical Staff, Peer Review, and Hearing Guidebook (AHLA Members)

Christopher A. Adelman is a shareholder with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PC, in the Denver office. Chris advises clients on a broad range of health care issues, including physician relationships, medical staff bylaws and governance, credentialing, peer review and related hearings, corporate organization, corporate compliance, fraud and abuse issues, and hospital operations. Over the past 17 years, Chris has served as outside general counsel and compliance counsel to a number of health care entities across the county. In addition, Chris works with several corporations in real estate-related matters in and out of the health care industry, representing developers with mixed commercial and residential projects and assisting with projects from their inception to their completion.

S. Allan Adelman is a former partner and current senior counsel with the Washington, D.C. office of the firm of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PC. He has been engaged exclusively in the practice of hospital and health care law, including the defense of medical malpractice cases, for almost 50 years. He has served as general counsel to several hospitals in Maryland and as special counsel for medical staff, credentialing, peer review, and hospital-physician issues for numerous hospitals on the East Coast.

Al is nationally recognized as a leader in health care law and is a frequent speaker on matters related to hospital-physician relationships, medical staff bylaws and governance, credentialing, peer review and related hearings, medical malpractice defense, risk management, and liability issues. He is a past chair of the AHLA Credentialing and Peer Review Practice Group, was a member of the AHLA Board of Directors from 1997 to 2007, and served as President of AHLA in 2005–2006. He has been listed as one of Maryland's "Superlawyers" every year since 2007 and also listed as one of the "Top attorneys in Maryland" by Baltimore magazine. Al graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1967 and received his J.D. in 1971 from Catholic University Law School, where he was an associate editor of the law review.

Mayo B. Alao is an attorney with the Denver and Indianapolis offices of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PC. He focuses his practice in the area of health law with an emphasis on hospital and health system operational matters, medical staff governance, credentialing and peer review issues, regulatory and compliance issues, corporate transactions, and hospital/physician alignment. Mayo regularly counsels a broad array of health care providers, including hospitals, health systems, physician practices, and other health care providers and organizations.

Mayo earned his J.D. with a Health Law Certificate and M.P.H. in Health Management and Policy from the Saint Louis University School of Law and the College for Public Health & Social Justice, where was a lead editor for the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy. Before that, he earned his undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University.

Charles Chulack is a partner with the law firm of Horty, Springer & Mattern, PC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his work is devoted exclusively to advising hospitals and physician leaders on a wide range of topics, including medical staff issues, medical staff bylaws and associated documents, compliance with federal and state law and regulations and accreditation standards, and employment matters. In addition, he represents hospitals in litigation on topics such as contractual disputes, physician hearing and appeal rights, and immunity under state and federal law.

Charlie is an editor of the firm's Health Law Express, a weekly e-newsletter on the latest health law developments. He also served as an editor for the fourth and fifth editions of the AHLA Peer Review Guidebook and has published numerous articles on health law. He is a frequent presenter for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, has conducted numerous audio conferences on topics ranging from the Medicare Conditions of Participation to antitrust in the health care arena, and is currently a faculty member of the Horty Springer seminar Credentialing for Excellence.

Charlie received his law degree from Duquesne University, where he graduated magna cum laude, was a member of the Duquesne Law Review and served as the Executive Comment Editor. While in law school, he was also the Executive Editor for Duquesne's Juris Magazine, a publication covering a diverse range of legal topics. He received his master's degree from New York University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Joshua Hodges is an Associate General Counsel with Banner Health. Joshua handles a broad range of health care regulatory and accreditation matters, with an emphasis on issues relating to the medical staff, credentialing, and peer review.

Prior to serving in his current role, he worked as an attorney at the law firm of Horty, Springer, & Mattern. Joshua graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2015. Prior to law school, he obtained a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.