MARK A. DRESNICK
Invited Lectures:
  • “The Effect of the New State Constitutional Amendments on Physician Licenses, Adverse Incident Reporting, Peer Review Committees and Quality Improvement Activities,” 2005
    Health Law Institute sponsored by The Florida Bar Health Law Section, Orlando, Florida, February 17, 2005
  • “Survey of Florida State Medical Records Requirements,” 2005
    Health Law Institute sponsored by The Florida Bar Health Law Section, Orlando, Florida, February 16, 2005
  • "Risk Management Implications of Malpractice Cases and Regulation of Physicians by the Department of Health" 

    • 7th Annual Gastroenterology Update for PCP's, Coral Gables, Florida, October 2, 2004
  • "Regulation of Physicians and Other Healthcare Providers by AHCA and the Department of Health" 

    • Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 22, 2004
  • "The Tort Reform Act: Its Impact on the Regulation of Physicians" 

    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, January 13, 2004
  • "The Tort Reform Act: Its Impact on the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals & Institutions"

    • Florida Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, Regional Education Program, Cleveland Clinic,Weston, Florida, December 4, 2003
  • “Protecting a Physician’s License” 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for The Health Law Section of The Florida Bar, Miami, Florida, January 17, 2003
  • “Code 15 Reporting and AHCA/Dept. of Health Investigations:  Risk Managers on the Front Lines” 

    • Florida Society of Hospital Risk Managers, Regional Education Program, North Miami Beach, Florida, December 6, 2002
  • “Code 15 Reporting: A Primer for Physicians” 

    • Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, November 26, 2002
  • “Regulation of Physicians by the Board of Medicine & Other Agencies” 

    • Cedars Medical Center Medical Executive Committee Retreat, Miami Beach, Florida, October 6, 2001
  • "Regulation of Physicians by the Board of Medicine & Other Agencies" 

    • Aventura Hospital & Medical Center Clinical Practice Update, Duck Key, Florida, September 8, 2001
  • "The Defense of Board of Medicine and Department of Health Actions Concerning Health Care Fraud and Abuse" 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for the Health Law Section of The Florida Bar, Boca Raton, June 23, 2000
  • "Investigations and Disciplinary Actions Concerning Physicians by the Agency for Health Care Administration for the Department of Health, and Hospital Peer Review Proceedings" 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for The Florida Bar, Miami, January 22, 1999
  • "Confidentiality of Medical Records in Florida" 

    • Lorman Education Services, Miami, December 3, 1998
  • "Regulation of Florida Health Care Facilities and Health Care Providers by the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health", presented to the following organizations: 
    • Columbia Risk Management Meeting, Cedars Medical Center, January 22, 1999
    • Columbia/HCA Southeast and Southwest Florida Regional Workshop, Miami Heart Institute, October 2, 1998
  • "Regulation of Physicians by The Department of Health", presented to the following organizations: 
    • Medical Residents at Palmetto General Hospital, February 20, 1998
    • Medical Staff at Palmetto General Hospital, December 3, 1997
    • Pediatric Review Conference, Baptist Health Systems of South Florida, November 21, 1997
    • Florida Keys Area Health Education Center, Inc., November 15, 1997
  • "Obligations of Florida Risk Managers to Report to Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration Adverse Medical Incidents and Peer Review Disciplinary Actions" 

    • Tenet Health Systems Quality and Risk Management Seminar, Dallas, Texas, November 18, 1997
  • "Regulation of Health Care Professionals by the Department of Health" 

    • Dade Association for Healthcare Quality, August 27, 1997
  • "AHCA Regulation of Health Care Professionals" 

    • South Florida Society for Risk Management, April 8, 1997
  • "Legal Requirements of Hospitals and Other Organizations to Report Certain Medical Incidents to the Board of Medicine" 

    • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, February 20, 1997
  • "Risk Management for Physicians: Dealing with the Issues in 1995: Regulation of Physicians by the Agency for Health Care Administration" 

    • University of Miami School of Medicine, September 23, 1995, November 11, 1995 and December 2, 1995
  • "Regulation of Physicians by the Agency for Health Care Administration" 

    • Healthcare Risk Control, February 25, 1995
  • "Medical Staff Legal Issues: A Primer for the Leaders of the Medical Staff at South Miami Hospital" 

    • South Miami Hospital Retreat, January 21, 1995
  • "Risk Management Strategies for Avoiding A.H.C.A. Investigations" 

    • Healthcare Risk Control, December 10, 1994
  • Risk Management Seminars on A.H.C.A. Regulation of the Practicing Physician presented to the following organizations: 
    • Jackson Memorial Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, September 29, 1995
    • Coral Gables Hospital, September 23, 1995
    • Jackson Memorial Hospital, Department of Neurology, September 22, 1995
    • Jackson Memorial Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, June 6, 1995
    • South Miami Hospital, November 5, 1994
  • Risk Management Seminars on D.P.R. Regulation of the Practicing Physician presented to the following organizations: 
    • Cuban Medical Convention, July 3, 1994
    • Miami Orthopaedic Society, April 20, 1994
    • Florida Society of Internal Medicine and Medical Professional Liability Agency, Ltd., February 5, 1994
    • Doctors Hospital, December 9, 1993
    • EMSA, November 20, 1993
    • Northwest Regional Hospital, November 13, 1993
    • South Miami Hospital, November 6, 1993
    • Coral Gables Hospital, October 16, 1993
    • Coral Gables Hospital, December 12, 1992
    • AIML Conferences, Inc., April 20, 1991
  • "A Civil Litigator's Guide to the Regulation of Physicians by the Florida Board of Medicine and the Agency for Health Care Administration" 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, October 6, 1994
  • "What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" 

    • Sponsored by American Institute of Medical Law, Inc., June 23, 1994
  • "DPR Concerns" 

    • Cedars Medical Center, May 23, 1994
  • "Medical Records:  Legal Requirements and Risk Management Considerations" 

    • Hialeah Hospital, May 10, 1994
  • "Initial Case Evaluation and Investigation" 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for Florida Bar, 1984
  • "Sovereign Immunity in Florida" 

    • Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Legislative and Case Law Update, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985
  • "Professional Liability of Public Officers" 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for Florida Bar, 1984
  • "Sovereign Immunity in Florida" 

    • Continuing Legal Education Presentation for the Florida Bar, 1980
Published Articles:
  • "Credentialing Applications: What You Don't Tell May Hurt You" 

    • Health Manager News, May 29, 1995
  • "Protect Your Practice From a DPR Action" 

    • Health Manager News, December 13, 1993
  • "Prescribing Practices of Concern to the DPR" 

    • co-authored with Deborah J. Miller, Esquire, Miami Medicine, October, 1991
  • "Sovereign Immunity for Negligent Inspections:  Will the Supreme Court Resurrect Modlin v. City of Miami Beach" 

    • Trial Lawyers Section of Florida Bar Newsletter, April, 1984

MONICA L. FELDER-RODRIGUEZ

Invited Lectures:
  • "Avoiding/Handling Medical Errors: Tip on Staying Out of Trouble and What to Do When You Don't" 

    • Cedars Medical Center, Miami, Florida, October 15, 2004
  • "The Tort Reform Act: Its Impact on the Regulation of Physicians and the New EMTALA Regulations" 

    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, January 13, 2004
  • "Guardianship/Restraints" 

    • Florida Hospital Association, Orlando, Florida, July 31, 2003
  • “How Nurses Get Into Trouble with the Board of Nursing”

    • Cedars Medical Center, Miami, Florida November 15, 2002
  • “EMTALA Compliance:  Avoiding Investigations and Penalties”

    • St. Lucie Medical Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida, September 19, 2002
  • “Code 15 Incident Reporting”

    • Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, Florida, July 16, 2002
  • “Update on Practitioner Regulation”

    • Annual Meeting of The Florida Bar, Boca Raton, Florida, June 21, 2002
  • "EMTALA and Emergency Access to Care Laws" 

    • Bethesda Medical Center, Boyton Beach, Florida, October 24, 2001
  • "EMTALA and Advance Directives Update" 

    • St. Lucie Medical Center, St. Lucie, Florida, October 9, 2001
  • "Risk Management / Quality Management Update" 

    • Plantation General Hospital, Plantation, Florida, April 20, 2001
  • "Overutilization in Psychiatric Facilities"

    • Cedars Medical Center, Miami, Florida, April 11, 2001
  • "A Review of the Laws on Emergency Access to Care and Treating Involuntary Patients Under the Baker Act"

    • Miami Heart Institute, Miami Beach, Florida, March  9, 2000
  • "From Both Sides of the Fence: A Guide to Understanding Investigations and Rules of the Department of Health"

    • Dade Association for Healthcare Quality, Miami,  Florida, March  27, 1999
  • "Economic Exploitation of the Elderly"

    • Continuing Legal Education presentation for members of the Florida Bar, the Office of Comptroller and the Department of Banking and Finance, State of Florida
  Published Articles:
  • “Since Doc Wasn’t Notified of Results, Board’s ‘Failure to Order Test’ Charge Doesn’t Stick”

    • Florida Medical Business, November 26, 2002
  • “Don’t Let DOH Trick You into Talking to Investigators”

    • Florida Medical Business, October 1, 2002
  • “Disciplinary Cases Top Board Agenda”

    • Florida Medical Business, September 3, 2002
  • “Board Revisits Office Surgery Rule”

    • Florida Medical Business, August 6, 2002
  • “Board Victorious in Appeal of Office Surgery Rule Challenges”

    • Florida Medical Business, March 19, 2002
  • “Board Hones in on Illegal Prescribing of Oxycontin”

    • Florida Medical Business, November 13, 2001
  • "Doc Fined for Prescribing to Partner's Girlfriend" 

    • Florida Medical Business, September 4, 2001
  • "Penalties Substantial for Wrong-Side Surgery" 

    • Florida Medical Business, May 29, 2001
  • "Failing to Disclose Past Crimes Could Cost You" 

    • Florida Medical Business, June 26, 2001
  • "Patient Notice of Investigations May Increase Malpractice Cases" co-authored with Sean M. Ellsworth, Esquire 

    • Florida Medical Business, July 24, 2001
  • "Must I agree with Adverse Incident Report?" 

    • Florida Medical Business, May 16, 2000