Professor of Law
Professor of Bioethics
Research Ethics
Disability Rights
Race in Law and Medicine
Health Care Coverage
Emergency Preparedness
Health Information Technology
Office Phone: 216-368-3860
e-mail: sharona.hoffman@case.edu
Bio
Sharona Hoffman is a Professor of Law with a secondary appointment in the Department of Bioethics. She is also Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center. Professor Hoffman received her B.A. magna cum laude from Wellesley College and her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. In addition, she earned an LL.M. in health law from the University of Houston.
Ms. Hoffman joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve in 1999. Earlier in her career, she clerked for a federal district court judge, worked as an associate at O’Melveny & Myers, a large Los Angeles law firm, and served as a Senior Trial Attorney at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Houston office.
Professor Hoffman teaches Civil Procedure, Employment Discrimination, Religion, Ethics, and the Law seminar, Health Care and Human Rights seminar, and Health Matrix Notes Seminar. In 2007 Professor Hoffman spent four months as a guest researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) working on liability and immunity issues related to public health emergencies. Professor Hoffman has also been appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for CDC’s Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response during 2008-2012. She has published over forty articles, most of which focus on health law and civil rights law. Her research interests include disability discrimination, biomedical research, health care coverage, race and medicine, health information technology, and emergency preparedness.
Recent Publications
“The Importance of Immutability,” 52 William & Mary Law Review (forthcoming 2011)
“Meaningful Use and Certification of Health Information Technology: What About Safety?” Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics 28 (forthcoming 2010) (with Andy Podgurski).
“Electronic Health Records and Research: Privacy vs. Scientific Priorities,” 10 The American Journal of Bioethics 19 (2010)
”Employing E-Health: The Impact of Electronic Health Records on the Workplace,” 19 Kansas J. Law & Public Policy 409 (2010) (invited symposium piece)
“E-Health Hazards: Provider Liability and Electronic Health Record Systems,” 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1523 (2009) (with Andy Podgurski).
“Preparing for Disaster: Protecting the Most Vulnerable in Emergencies,” 42 UC Davis Law Review 1491 (2009)
Recent Activities
Member, Board of Scientific Counselors for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (2008-2012)
Member, Board of Directors, Public Health Law Association, (2009-2011)
“E-Health Hazards: Legal & Ethical Implications of EMR Use,” University Hospitals Department of Psychiatry, Cleveland, Ohio, January 15, 2010
”Employing E-Health: The Impact of Electronic Health Records on the Workplace,” University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 19, 2010
“Privacy Is Not the Whole Story: Quality, Safety, and Liability Concerns,” University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 5, 2010
“Health Care & the Law,” Mt. Sinai Health Care Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio, May 23, 2010
“Health Information Law and Technology,” Using Law, Policy, and Research to Improve the Public’s Health National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, September 13, 2010
Contact Information
Office Phone: 216-368-3860
e-mail: sharona.hoffman@case.edu
