Quinnipiac To Host Medical

Malpractice Reform Panel Discussion

HAMDEN — Six of the state’s leading experts on medical malpractice reform will take part in a panel discussion on Wednesday, March 2, in the Grand Courtroom of the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center. This event is free and open to the public. It will run from 6 to 9 pm.

Leslie Gabel-Brett, PhD, executive director of the Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, will moderate the panel, which will include Sultan Ahamed, MD, president and chairman, Connecticut Medical Insurance Co.; Leonard Ferrucci, MD, an OB/GYN in private practice; Kathleen Nastri, Esq, of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC; Jean Rexford, executive director, Connecticut Patients’ Rights and Connecticut Center for Patient Safety; Penny Seaman, Esq, of Wiggin & Dana; and State Senator Chris Murphy. State Senator Toni Harp also has been invited to participate.

This event sponsors are the Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Health Law Journal, Women’s Law Society, and Law and Medicine Society; the QUSL chapter of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; NARAL: Pro-Choice Connecticut; the Connecticut State Medical Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women; and the Women Attorneys Committee of the New Haven County Bar Association.

For more information, call 203-582-8652.