Health Care Reform: Law and Practice

holds a Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School, a Doctorate of Science and a Master's in Public Health in Health Policy from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Colgate University. She is a Professor of Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing at Boston College Law School where her courses have included Comparative Health Law; Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing; Health Care Law and Policy I and II; Appellate Advocacy; Advocacy Writing; and Product Liability Law. At the Harvard School of Public Health, Professor Chirba has taught courses on Pharmaceutical Product Law and Regulation; "The Tobacco Wars;" Current Developments in Health Law; Managed Care Law & Regulation; and Medical Malpractice & Risk Management. Her research interests focus broadly on how law and regulation can promote or impede desired health outcomes with a particular emphasis on federal and comparative health care reform, domestic and international regulation of regenerative medicine, and regulation of medical drugs and devices. She has spoken and written extensively on health care reform, product safety, and the legal and regulatory aspects of emerging adult stem cell therapies.

holds a law degree from Villanova University School of Law and a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. She is a Senior Lecturer at Brandeis University and an Adjunct Lecturer at Boston College Law School, The Heller School at Brandeis University, and Tufts Medical School. In addition, she has taught numerous courses at Harvard School of Public Health. Courses taught include Genetics, Law, and Social Policy, Health Law and Ethics, Health Law and Policy, Advanced Legal Writing, Law and Public Health, Managed Care Law and Regulation, Recent Developments in Health Law, among others. She has practiced personal injury and medical malpractice defense litigation, has conducted funded research on health policy issues, and was a fellow in medical ethics at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Researcher at The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. She has a number of peer-reviewed publications on topics such as medical malpractice, managed care, and hospital law. She is a contributor to the Health Affairs Blog. Alice has been an invited speaker on various matters, including national health care reform.

Michael M. Maddigan is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hogan Lovells. He represents health plans, insurers, technology companies, entertainment entities, and emerging companies in complex class-action, coverage, and business disputes involving healthcare, privacy, insurance, antitrust, and business issues. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Michael served as co-chair of O'Melveny & Myers' Healthcare and Life Sciences practice and as co-head of the Litigation Department Training Program. He has repeatedly been named a health care "Super Lawyer" and has been mentioned in Legal 500 for his expertise on health care issues.