The Health Law Master's Degree is a unique program of study that equips both legal and medical/health professionals with the essential knowledge and skills to improve practice where healthcare and law overlap.

Bryan Liang, M.D., Ph.D., J.D.,
Co-Director

Bryan was recently appointed to the board of the American College of Chest Physicians Mass Casualty Task Force and Council of Foreign Relations Global Drug Safety Roundtable.

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This joint graduate degree features:

• Innovative health law curriculum built on the academic strength and reputation from the UCSD School of Medicine and California Western School of Law
• Interactive teaching focused on practical, timely topics and challenges in health law including delivery of care, product and system regulation, management of research and development, and public policy.
• Flexible, part-time program for working professionals
• Opportunity to network and collaborate with leaders in the legal and healthcare fields and professionals from related disciplines
• Extensive career counseling services tailored to the needs of mid-career professionals
  

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:

Health Law Graduate Marilyn Mitchell has published an article "An analysis of common arguments against Advance Directives" (pdf) in the December 2011 peer reviewed journal Nursing Ethics.

Current student Patrick Olsen has recently been promoted to Director of Regulatory Affairs for the University of California San Diego Health System.

Health Law Graduate Mark Boyd has published an article in the Stanford Law and Policy Review 2011 "PTSD in Returning Wounded Warriors: Ensuring Medically Appropriate Evaluation and Legal Representation Through Legislative Reform" (pdf)

Carolyn Standley's Independent Study Project was recently published in the MSU Journal of Medicine & Law: CITE: Carolyn Standley & Bryan A. Liang, Addressing Inappropriate Care Provision at the End of Life: A Policy Proposal for Hospitals, 15 MSU J. Med. & Law. 137 (2011). (pdf)

Bryan Liang and Judith McCarter published a recent article: "Cooperative Compliance Healthcare Fraud and Abuse" (pdf)

Health Law Graduate Tim Mackey has co-authored multiple articles with professor Bryan A. Liang: Details >