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Laura D. Hermer, J.D., L.L.M.

Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Health Policy, Institute for the Medical Humanities

2002 - L.L.M. in Health Law, University of Houston Law Center

1998 - J.D., Northeastern University School of Law

1993 - B.A. in Philosophy, Hampshire College

ldhermer@utmb.edu

Ms. Hermer's areas of specialization include the law and policy of private health coverage, Medicaid and SCHIP, health coverage expansion proposals, medical malpractice, and bioethics and the law.

Selected recent articles:

“A Moratorium on Intersex Surgeries?: Law, Science, Identity, and Bioethics at the Crossroads,” Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 13(2): 255 – 272, 2007.

“The Scapegoat: EMTALA and Emergency Department Overcrowding,” Journal of Law & Policy, 14: 695 – 733, 2006.

“Private Health Insurance in the United States: A Proposal for a More Functional System,” Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy 6(1): 1 – 84, 2005.

“Access to Health Care in Texas: A Patient-Centered Perspective,” Texas Tech Law Review 35: 33 – 99, 2004 (William Winslade, co-author).

“Midwifery: Strategies on the Road to Universal Legalization,” Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 13: 325 – 369, 2003.

“Paradigms Revised: Intersex Children, Bioethics and the Law,” Annals of Health Law 11: 195 – 236, 2002.