San Francisco Bay Area Region
CPPPH Workshops in the Bay Area Region
June 24, 2017
Monitoring: What Wellbeing Committees Need to Know
Monika Koch, MD – Chief of Addiction Medicine at Kaiser Vallejo
Francine Farrell, MS, LMFT – Principal at Pacific Assistance Group-North
June 25, 2016
Confidentiality and Reporting Questions for Wellbeing Committees, Medical Staffs and Peer Review Bodies
Tom Curtis – Nossaman LLP, Orange County
February 27, 2016
Evaluating Disruptive Behavior: Three Case Illustrations: What We Did; What We Learned; What Was the Outcome
Kimberly Ware – Nossaman LLP, Sacramento
R. Gregory Cochran, MD, JD – Nossaman LLP, San Francisco
August 1, 2015
Looking Closely at Disruptive Behavior Presented by: Behaviors that Undermine a Culture of Safety: Policies and Procedures for Hospital Medical Staffs R. Gregory Cochran, MD, JD – Nossaman, LLP, San Francisco Looking Closely at Disruptive Behavior Karen Miotto, MD Chair, Medical Staff Health Committee, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
January 24, 2015
Disruptive Behavior and the Medical Staff’s Response: Clinical, Legal and Administrative Issues Presented by: Legal Issues Related to Disruptive Behavior Tom Curtis, Nossaman, LLP – Orange County Disruptive Physician Behavior: To assist or discipline? That is the question. Norman T. Reynolds, Comprehensive Psychiatric Consulting Services
June 7, 2014
Assessing the Aging Physician: Legal Aspects Presented by: Richard D. Barton, Partner Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP San Diego
February 1, 2014
Assessing the Aging Physician: Neuropsychological and Psychological Factors Pertaining to Fitness for Duty Presented By: Penelope Zeifert, PhD Clinical Associate Professor; Director, Neuropsychology Service; Co-Director, Stanford Center for Memory Disorders; Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
April 20, 2013
How (and Why) Physician Health Committees Work: Legal Counsel’s Overview of their Role and Function Presented by: Gregory Abrams, Esq., Pacific West Law Group, LLP, Oakland
December 1, 2012
Cognitive Disorders — A Forgotten Source of Physician Impairment Presented by: Norman Reynolds, MD, Private Practice of Psychiatry focusing on evaluation of impaired professionals; Vice-chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards Workgroup on Impaired Physicians
July 28, 2012
Monitoring in the Post-Diversion Era: Who Does It and How It is Done Presented by: William McCausland, PhD and Francine Farrell, MS, Members of the Pacific Assistance Group in Northern California
March 10, 2012
Disruptive Behavior, Mental Illness, Aging: Unique Aspects of These Conditions When We See Them in Physicians Presented by: Robert Dolgoff, MD, Berkeley Therapy Institute
November 5, 2011
Q and A about Drug Testing and the third party administrator used by the Medical Board, FirstLab Panel moderated by: Janis Thibault, MFT
July 9, 2011
A Lawyer Looks at Committee Roles, Responsibilities and Functions Presented by: Kimberley Ware, Esq., Principal, Ware Law Group, Emeryville