Opioids & Controlled Substances: The Prosecution & Defense of Physicians

Topics to be included:

– Evolution of the Opioid Crisis 

– Genesis of Physician Complaints and the Initiation of an investigation

– Electronic Surveillance and Search Warrants

– Risk of Imminent Harm, Imposing and Defensing the Summary License Suspension

– The Role of Expert Consultants and Practice Monitors  

– Challenges in the Investigation and Defense of Opiod Deaths 

– Ethics in the Defense of Opioid Cases 

Speakers

John Barbera, Martin, Clearwater & Bell

Yili Huang, MD, Physician board-certified Pain Management Anesthesiologist and the founder of the Pain Management service at Northwell Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, NY

Alexander Bateman, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, PC

Tess Cohen, Formerly Chief, Prescription Drug Investigation Unit, NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office

Paula Breen, Director, of the New York State Department of Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct