AHLA Institutional Review Boards: A Primer (Non-Members)

Gary W. Eiland has provided legal services to health care industry clients for more than 40 years, focusing on the special regulatory and organizational problems faced by academic medical centers and other health care providers. Mr. Eiland’s work includes handling sophisticated business transactions, government investigations, regulatory enforcement, clinical research compliance, self-disclosures, and pursuit of Office of Inspector General (OIG) Advisory Opinions.

Mr. Eiland is a past President of the American Health Lawyers Association, and speaks at national programs sponsored by AHLA and other health care trade associations, including serving as a frequent speaker at the Health Care Compliance Association's Annual Compliance Institute.

Richard G. Korman is Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Avera Health, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.. Mr. Korman is responsible for all legal, public policy, compliance, government relations, internal audit, insurance and risk management activities for Avera. Avera is the Catholic health ministry of the Benedictine Sisters of Yankton, SD and the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters of Aberdeen, SD. Avera delivers health care services through more than 350 locations in a five-state region made up of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota.

Mr. Korman graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor’s degree in political science and from William Mitchell College of Law with a law degree. He is admitted to the South Dakota Bar, the Minnesota Bar and is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, where he is currently on the planning committee for the annual In-House Counsel Program. He has spoken at numerous regional and national conferences related to healthcare law and compliance issues.

Janet M. Lis practices health care law in Media, Pennsylvania. For over 20 years, she has provided legal services to institutional review boards in the Philadelphia metropolitan area related to structure, function, policies and procedures, and legal/ regulatory compliance. Prior to practicing law, Ms. Lis worked as a registered nurse. Ms. Lis received undergraduate degrees from Bucknell University (B.A.) and Georgetown University (B.S.N.), and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.). She is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, and is a member of local and state bar associations, as well as the American Health Lawyers Association and Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, which focuses on promotion of ethical standards in human subjects in research. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Health Law Committee Bioethics Subcommittee and the Delaware County Health Literacy Coalition.

Teresa A. Williams is Vice President of Regulatory Services at INTEGRIS Health, Inc. She oversees Legal Services, Corporate Compliance, and Legislative Affairs, also serving as the system Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer. She is a graduate of Rose State College (A.A. 1986), the University of Central Oklahoma (B.B.A., cum laude, 1987) and the University of Oklahoma (J.D., with distinction, 1991). Ms. Williams was formerly a director in the Oklahoma City law firm of Crowe & Dunlevy. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and a past Chair of the AHLA In-Counsel Practice Group. She is a past President of both the Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association and Oklahoma Bar Association Health Law Section. Ms. Williams serves on the Board of Directors of The C.A.R.E. (Child Abuse Response and Evaluation) Center and the Financial Development Team for the Oklahoma General Assembly of the Church of God.

Ms. Williams is an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in a Master of Legal Studies Program - Healthcare. She serves as an Advisory Committee Member at Mid-America Christian University and an Advisory Board Member for the Management Department at the University of Central Oklahoma. Ms. Williams is a frequent author and speaker on health law related topics at local and national seminars for continuing legal and compliance education.

Haley N. Bavasi (Author) is an attorney in the Boston office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the firm's life sciences technology transactions practice. She brings to her current role regulatory and transactional experience from Ropes & Gray LLP, where she was a member of the firm’s health care and life sciences practices focused on advising clients in the areas of clinical research and health data privacy, with an emphasis on these issues in a global context. She now represents life sciences companies in a variety of domestic and international engagements, including collaboration agreements, research and development agreements, clinical trial management, university licenses, and intellectual property licenses.

Ms. Bavasi attended law school at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Prior to attending law school, she worked as a research associate in HIV vaccine clinical trials in San Francisco. Ms. Bavasi co-authored Chapter 9, Understanding Research Informed Consent.