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Dec 2015

GIL SIEGAL M.D. , LL.B. , S.J.D.

Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications

Higher Education:

Tel Aviv University, Sackler Medical School, M.D., 1984-91. (Date of degree 18/6/92).

Tel Aviv University Law Faculty, LL.B., 1988-1993. (Date of degree 5/7/94).

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery residency, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa Israel

1997-2003. Board certificate 4/2002.

University of Virginia School of Law, S.J.D. [PhD in Law], 2003-2005. (Date of degree

17/5/2009).

I. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Academic year NAMES OF INSTITUTION AND DEPARTMENT RANKS

2008 - present University of Virginia

School of Law, USA

Professor of Law,

General Faculty

2006-2007

2007-2008

University of Virginia

School of Law, USA

Visiting Professor

2005 – present Ono Academic College Senior lecturer/Assoc. Prof.

2002 – 2005 Law School and Faculty of Social Welfare & Health

Studies, Haifa University

Senior Lecturer /Assoc. Prof.

2004 – 2005 University of Virginia

School of Law, USA

Visiting Faculty

2005 – 2006 Hebrew University Law School Adjunct

2005 – present Bar-Ilan University Law School Adjunct

2001 – present Medical School, Technion, Haifa Lecturer (adjunct)

1999 – 2001 University of Manchester Law School, UK -

Hakirya Ha’academit, Israel

Visiting Lecturer

1996, 1998-99,

2005-2006

Tel Aviv University Medical School, School of

Continuing Education

Visiting Lecturer

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II. Scholarly Positions and Activities

Director, Center for Health Law and Bioethics, Ono Academic College, Israel.

Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law.

Senior Researcher, Gertner National Institute for Health Policy, Israel, Department of Genetic Policy

and Bioethics, 2005 - present

Fellow in Health Policy and Ethics at the Law School and the Institute for Practical Ethics, University

of Virginia, USA. 2003-2004

Research Fellow in Medical Ethics, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA 2004-2005

Consultant and Research Fellow , Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, USA 2005

(medical malpractice)

III. Main public offices and activities

1. Commissioner, The Israeli National Bioethics Committee, the Israeli Academy of Sciences (the

highest national authority advising the Israeli Government and Parliament) 2012-2016.

2. Member, The Israeli National Council for Experiment on Animals 2011- 2016 (Rep for the

National Academy of Sciences)

3. Member, Israel Statutory National Committee on Brain Death and Organ Transplantation 2009 –

present.

4. Member, Israeli National Committee for Medical Research 2005 – present.

5. Chair, Israeli National Committee on non-Medical Sex Selection 2015 – present.

6. Member, The Israeli National Council of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Genetics and Neonatology

2013 – present.

7. Chief Medical Officer, Keshet Broadcasting, Israel (Creating and implementing a medical-ethics

code for reality TV).

8. Member, Israeli National ("Helsinki') Committee on Human Genetic Research 2002- 2005

9. International Advisory Board, Austrian GATiB Project, (Biobank) 2006 –2009.

http://www.meduni07.edis.at/index.php?article_id=5

10. International Advisory Board, Austrian Biobank Project (GATiB II Project), 2009-2011

http://www.meduni07.edis.at/index.php?article_id=5

11. International Advisory Committee, European Cardiology Society, 'Guidelines on Defibrillators at the

End of Life'- 2009-2010

12. Chairperson, the Israeli National Forum for Legal and Ethical Aspect of Genetics, 2006- 2014

13. Member, Israeli National Committee on non-Medical Sex Selection 2005 – present.

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14. Member, Israeli National Advisory Committee on Genetic Information 2002 -

Present

15. Course director, European Genetic Foundation course on "Genetics, Ethics and the Law", 2008 -

2012.

16. Member, Ethics Expert Committee, CHERISH Project (Mental retardation), European Genetic

Foundation 2009

17. Chairperson, Task Force on Legal Aspects of Sharing Medical Data and Secondary Uses

in the Israeli Health Systems, Israel National Institute for Health Policy, 2016.

18. Member, Task Force on Tele-Medicine in Israeli Health Systems, Israel National

Institute for Health Policy, 2010.

19. Member, Task Force on Economic Incentives in Health Systems, Israel National Institute

for Health Policy, 2006.

20. Member, Education for Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Genomics in Medical Schools

Committee, Eu.RA-SAGE 2006

21. Member, Ethics Advisory Board, National Organ Donation Center (Priority in donation) 2004-

2005.

22. Member, Israel National Committee, The ‘Right to Die’ Act 2000-2002.

23. Member of the Ethics Committee, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 1998 - 2003.

24. Invited scholar, Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Committee on Scientific and Technology - Research and

Development, 1997-present (organ donation, patients rights, stem cells research).

25. I.D.F. Representative to the Knesset (Israel parliament) -Patients’ Rights act, 1996.

26. Academic Channel, Haifa University: some 10 programs on public health, health law, bioethics

and science (2000-2002).

27. Israel Association for the Advancement of Woman’s Health – advisory committee, 1999- 2003.

28. ‘Beterem’ - National Center for Children Safety – Board of directors, 1999-2003.

29. Member, Council of Presidents, World Association for Medical Law 1998-2002.

IV. Participation and Membership in Organizing Committees of Scientific Conferences and Seminars

(representative):

1. Chair, sub-committee of ethical legal and regulatory affairs, “Ownership of Medical Data”, 13th

Dead Sea Convention, National Institute of Health Policy, Ministry of Health, Israel 2015-2016

2. Chair, organizing committee, 3rd

National Conference on Genetics, Ethics and the Law" (May

22-24, 2013), University of Virginia School of Law, USA (co-sponsored by the American

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Society of Human Genetics).

3. Chair, organizing committee, Israeli National Genetic Counseling 2012 Conference, Kiryat

Ono College, 12/6/2012.

4. Chair, organizing committee, 2nd

National Conference on Genetics, Ethics and the Law" (June

1-2, 2011), University of Virginia School of Law, USA (co-sponsored by the American

Society of Human Genetics).

5. Chair, organizing committee, "Genetic Counseling – past, present and future" – (Dec 6, 2012),

Ono College, Israel (co-sponsored by the Israeli Society of Human Genetics).

6. Course director, 2nd Course in Genetics, ethics& the law, European Genetic Foundation

(March 9-11, 2011, Bologna, Italy)

7. Chair, National Conference, "Screening for Cancer – Policy, legal and ethical challenges",

5/2010, Tel Hashomer Medical center, Israel

8. Chair, organizing committee, National Conference, "Celebrating a Decade to the Genetic

Information Act -2000" (14-15/10-2009), Ono Academic College, Israel.

9. Chair, organizing committee, 4th Annual Conference, Ono Academic College, "Striving for

Parenthood – Legal and Ethical dilemmas" (8/2009), Ono Academic College, Israel.

10. Chair, organizing committee, National Conference, "Genetics, Ethics and the Law" (May 29-

31, 2009), University of Virginia School of Law, USA.

11. Organizing Committee, “Ethics in Genomics – The Day after Tomorrow” (Feb 11, 2008) Bar-

Ilan University.

12. Course director, 1st Course in Genetics, Medical Technologies and Public Health Policies,

European Genetic Foundation (February 14th-17th, 2008 Bologna, Italy).

13. Chairperson, the Israeli National Forum for Legal and Ethical Aspect in Genetics and Genetic

Counseling, 2006- present. 10 National meetings held

14. Chairperson, "The Right to Die in Dignity Re-appraised", symposium, Haifa University, May

2003.

15. Session Organizer and Chairperson, “Medicine, Law and the Media” 14th Congress of The

World Association for Medical Law, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2002.

16. Chairperson, “Medicine, Law and the Media”, Haifa, 12/2002.

17. Chairperson -The 1st national conference “Dentistry and the Law” Tel Aviv 10/1/97.

18. “Nephrology and the Law”, Jerusalem, 4-5/4/97.

19. Chairperson “Legal and Ethical Ramifications of Colposcopic Gynecologic Clinics”, Shfaim,

11/4/97.

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20. Chairperson, “Medical records, computerized data bases and medical confidentiality”, Tel

Aviv, 3/6/97.

V. Editorial Board:

1. Medicine and Law - International Journal. 1996- 2005.

2. Journal of Health Law and Bioethics [Heb] – Editor-in-Chief, Vol 1-6; 2007 - present.

VI. Referee and reviewer for professional journals, publishers or research agencies

1. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 2015

2. BioMedCen – Medical Ethics 2013

3. International Journal of Pediatrics 2013

4. Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics 2013, 2015

5. McGill Journal of Law & Health 2013

6. American Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2012-2013

7. Journal Of Health Policy, Politics and Law (Duke University) 2012

8. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012

9. Israeli Medical Association Journal 2012

10. Wellcome Trust, UK, 2011

11. Routledge, UK, 2011

12. Cambridge University Press, NY, USA 2010

13. European Commission, FP7 –Health, 2009

14. Bioethics, 2009, 2010

15. Social Sciences & Medicine 2008

16. German-Israel Science Foundation (GIF) 2007.

17. Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research 2006- present.

18. Bar-Ilan University Law Review (“Mechkarey Mishpat”), Israel 2006, 2008

19. "Aley Mishpat" Law Review [Israel] 2011

20. American Medical Association, Ethical Force Program, Patient-Centered Communication

Initiative, External reviewer 2004-2005.

21. Israel Science Foundation [ISF], 2005

22. Journal of Medical Ethics (British Medical Journal Group) 2002

23. ‘Ha'refua’- Israel Medical Association Journal [Heb] 2002.

24. Medicine and Law [Heb] 2002- 2005.

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Teaching

Title Year

Type Level Institution

Genetics and the

Law

2006- present Elective J.D (LLB) University of

Virginia School

of Law

The Law of

Body Parts

2014- present Elective J.D. (LL.B.) University of

Virginia School

of Law

Legal and

Ethical

implications of

High-Tech

Medicine

2010 Elective J.D (LLB) University of

Virginia School

of Law

Medicine, Law

and Ethics

2006- 2010 Mandatory LL.M. Bar-Ilan

University

Israeli Health

Law & Bioethics

2011- present Elective J.D., University

of Virginia Law

School

University of

Virginia Law

School

Comparative

Health Law

2004-2005

Elective J.D., University

of Virginia Law

School

University of

Virginia Law

School

Medical Law 2005- present Elective LL.B. Bar Ilan

University Law

School

Medical

Technology and

the Law

2005- 2006 Elective LL.B., Hebrew

University Law

School

Hebrew

University

Torts 2005 – present Mandatory LL.B. Ono Academic

College

Medicine & Law

1995-2003 Elective LL.B. Faculty of

Law

Haifa University

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Telemedicine,

Bio-technology

and the Law

2001-2003 Elective LL.B, Faculty of

Law

Haifa University

Health

Legislation

2002-2003 Seminar MA, Faculty of

Law

Haifa University

Nursing – Ethics

and the Law

1998-2003 Mandatory BA, Faculty of

Social Welfare &

Health Studies

Haifa University

Medicine Law &

Ethics –

International law

1999-2002

Elective

LL.B, Law

School [Isr.

Branch]

Manchester

University

Professional

Accountability

and Risk

Management

2002-2003 Research

Seminar

BA, Faculty of

Social Welfare &

Health Studies

Haifa University

Supervision of Research Students (MD, LLM, MA, PhD) Dissertations

1. R. G., Bar Ilan University School of Law (LLM thesis) 2009 - 2010

2. D. K., Hebrew University School of Medicine (MA thesis) 2009 - 2010

3. R. S., Tel Aviv University Medical School (PhD thesis) 2010- present

4. A. F., Haifa University School of Law (PhD thesis) 2011- present

5. S. C., Haifa University School of Law (PhD thesis) 2013- present

6. A.B., Bar Ilan University School of Law (LLM thesis) 2011-12

PhD Committees/reviewer:

1. Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, Mr. T. M. PhD Thesis, 2011-12

2. Bar Ilan University, Department of Philosophy, Ms. R. L. PhD Thesis, 2012

3. Haifa University Faculty of Law, Ms. S. K. Thesis, 2014-present.

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Active Participation in Scholarly Conferences (representative):

Conference Place and Dates Title of Presentation

Annual Symposium JETLaw Vanderbilt University Law

School, Nashville, TN Jan 22,

2016

Aiming at Human/e

Israel Rhinology Society

Annual Conference

K. Blum, Israel May, 2015 Protecting your Practice –

Medico-legal aspects

Israel Pediatric Society

National Conference

Tel Aviv, Nov 2014 Genetic Information – The

Good, The Bad and the

undecided

Does Disclosure have a

Future?

UVA, Oct 2014 "Enabling Consumers in

Choosing Disclosure through

Information Technology"

Nano Tech, EuroNanoMed2 Oslo, Dec 2014 The Ethics of Nanotechnology

– a proposed roadmap

Health Policy Asthana, Kazakhstan, Dec

2014

The Road to patient safety and

accountability

The Annual Israel Clinical

Trials Conference

Tel Aviv, 2014 A View from the Bench –

Reviewing Human Subject

Research

Annual Conference, Israeli

Ear Nose and Throat

Association

Eilat 2014 Professionalism, Quality and

Patient Safety

National Workplace Health

Promotion (Auspice MOH)

Nov 2013, Shfaim, Israel Ethical and legal perspectives

of workplace health promotion

Annual Conference of the

Israeli Otoneurology Society

Oct 2013, Ha'Goshrim, Israel Clinical Significance of

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

in Pediatric Chronic Otitis

Media

Noam Yehudai, Miki

Heifler, Gil Siegal, Michal

Luntz

Israel Heart

Society/Cardiology

Nov 8, 2013, Tel Aviv The rights of Patients and

their Doctors to Decide over

Implantable Pacemakers

The 5th International

Jerusalem Conference on

Health Policy

June 2013, Tel Aviv Choosing Wisely - A Legal

Perspective on Wisdom,

Choices & Revealed

Preferences

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Tel Aviv University, Safra

Center for Ethics

11/3/2013 Altruism and Organ Donation

– The time to re-consider

Israeli Bar, Southern division Dead Sea, 12/4/2012 The Death of Wrongful Life

Cause of Action in Israel

Genetic Counseling 2012 Kiryat Ono College, Israel Legal Challenges of

Contemporary Counseling

Ethics and Reality TV Mishkenot, Jerusalem

11/18/2012

The New Code of Medical

Ethics in Reality TV

The Annual Meeting of the

Endoscopic Gynecology

Society

Ramat Gan, Israel

13/7/2012

Irreversible Contraceptives -

Legal analysis

The 54 th meeting of the

Israeli Society of Critical Care

Medicine

Herzelia, Israel

11/7/2012

The Ethics of Rationing in the

Face of Limited Resources

Genetic Research – New

Insights

Tel Aviv University,

20/6/2012

Liability and responsibility

Victims of Crime in the Public

Arena

Bar Ilan University, 14/3/2012

Israel

Compensating Road Accidents

Victims – Beyond the

Appropriate Cause?

Globalization of Healthcare Harvard University Law

School, US 5/2011

Globalization of Health Care

in the Information Technology

Era – Opportunities and Legal

Challenges

Medicine 2.0 - Legal and

Ethical Dilemmas of online

medicine

Haifa University, 4/2011 Telemedicine – Legal scrutiny

Genetics, ethics & the law,

European Genetic

Foundation

March 9-11, 2011

Bologna, Italy

1. Negligence and Genetics –

the landscape

2. Genetics and Public Health

Israeli Cardiology Annual

Meeting

Jerusalem, 12/2010 Mandatory Screening of

Athletes – is it legal?

18th Annual Conference,

Occupational Therapists (co-

authors Deganit Katz, Prof.

Noomi Katz)

Tel Aviv , 7/2010 The Correlation Between

Court’s Verdict and

Occupational Therapist

Expert’s Opinion in Personal

Injury Litigation in Israel.

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National Conference,

"Screening for Cancer –

Policy, legal and ethical

challenges"

5/2010, Tel Hashomer

Medical center, Israel

Judicial Scrutiny of Health

Policy Design

4th International Jerusalem

Conference -2009 (chairs –M.

Shani, A. Israeli)

Jerusalem, Dec 6, 2009 Personal Responsibility to

Healthy Behavior –

Between Perceived Freedom,

Autonomy, and Paternalistic

Interventions

National Conference,

"Genetics, Ethics and the

Law"

University of Virginia School

of Law, USA, May 29-31,

2009.

1. Legal Challenges in

Population Genomics

2. Torts and Genetics

European School of Genetics Bologna , Italy 3/2009 1. Population Genomics –

legal and ethical challenges

2. Genetic research – the

ethical framework

Israeli Head & Neck

Oncology Association

Zfat, Israel, November 2008 Risk Management in Head &

Neck Oncology – Learning

from Experience

International Conference on

"Medical Negligence &

Patient Safety"

Tel Aviv University Law

Faculty, May 4-5, 2008

No-Fault compensation

Schemes – A Commentary

Oxford-Mount Sinai

Consortium On Bioethics

Oriel College, Oxford

University, April 8-11 2008

Genetic Testing and Screening

in Religious Groups

“Ethics in Genomics – The

Day after Tomorrow”

Bar-Ilan University, Feb 11,

2008.

Genetics and Genomics in

Procreation

Israel National Council for

the Child Annual

Conference

Hod Hashron, Israel, 10/2007 Tort Liability in child welfare

– lessons from the medical

profession

Israeli Society of

Otolaryngology – Head

Eilat, 3/2007 Malpractice in ENT – Past,

Present and Risk Management

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and Neck Surgery Annual

Meeting

The Third International

Jerusalem Conference on

Health Policy

Jerusalem, 2006 Reframing Doctoring: From

Patient Centered Care to

Population Based Medicine –

Ethical Challenges

Israeli Law and Economics

Association

IDC, Herzelia, 6/2006 Lessons from Behavioral

Economics in Health Policy

Design

Annual Conference on

Medicine and the Law

IDC, Herzelia, 5/2006 Administrative Compensation

for Medical Injuries – Lessons

from the USA

Creating in God's image –

Ethical Challenges in Stem

Cell Research and IVF

Columbia and Bar Ilan

Universities, Ramat Gan,

Israel, 9/2005

Pre Gestational Diagnosis –

Ethical and Legal Concerns

2nd CESAGen International

Conference

"Genomics and Society"

(With B. Prainsack)

The Royal Society, London

April 2005.

The Rise of 'Genetic

Couplehood': On Pre-marital

Genetic Screening in

Orthodox Jewish Populations

Estonian Academy of Science Tartu, Estonia 6/2003 Values in Bio-Medicine – the

Israeli Experience

British Council Seminar Newcastle UK, 2003 'Exploiting genetic knowledge'

– Experts meeting

The Israel Society for

Genetics Annual Meeting

Tel Aviv, 2003 Challenges in Genetics in the

21st Century

22nd German-Israeli

Foundation meeting

Heidelberg, Germany 2002 'Privacy, Confidentiality and

Human Identity in the Genetic

Era in Israel'

National conference on

‘End –of- life’

Haifa, 2002 Palliative care versus

Euthanasia (round table)

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14th Congress of the World

association for Medical Law

The Netherlands, 2002 Medicine, Law and the Media

– Legal Aspects

22nd Annual conference of

Israel Surgical Federation

Tel Aviv, 2001 The Surgeon and the Law –

Contemporary Issues

14th Israel Medical Week MEDAX 2001 Tel Aviv, 2001 Sensorineural Hearing Loss in

Chronic Otitis Media

Annual conference of the

Israeli society for Quality in

Health Care

Ramat Gan, 2001 From Malpractice to Risk

Management

The Fifth annual conference

of the Israel Society of

Pediatric and Adolescent

Gynecology

Ramat Gan, 2001 Contraceptive Pills and

Adolescents – Legal

Emancipation

Eighth international congress

on Ethics in Medicine

Beer-Sheva, 2000 From Medical Negligence

to Risk Management – An

Evolving Legal Doctrine

International conference on

Ethics Education in Medical

Schools

Eilat, 2000 Novel Medical and

Technological Advancement

as A Vehicle for Stimulant

Instruction

The 36 annual conference of

therapists

Zichron Ya’akov 1999 The Yield of constructed

work-up in congenital

Sensorineural hearing loss

‘Quality by Knowledge’- The

Fifth National conference of

the Israeli Quality association

Haife, 1999 Legal perspectives of Quality

in the Health System

12th Congress of the World

association for Medical Law

Hungary, 1998 Patients’ rights legislation-

Physicians’ attitudes

Israeli Head & Neck Surgery

and Oncology Society

Meeting

Haifa, 1998

Meningeal Carcinomatosis

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Israel National Center for

Transplantation

Haifa, 1998 Determination of Time of

Death – Legal Aspects

1st National Conference on

Dentistry and the Law

Tel Aviv 1997 Medical Confidentiality

The 4th National Conference

on Health Education

Jerusalem, 1996 Decision making in Chronic

Diseases - Patient’s role

The 4th National Conference

on Health Education

Jerusalem, 1996 Health Education and Disease

Prevention – the Legal Duty

1oth Congress of the World

association for Medical Law

Jerusalem, 1996 Property Rights in the Human

Body

Colloquium Talks and Other Invited Addresses (representative):

Annual meeting, Israel National Institute for Health Policy "Legal Aspects of Sharing

Medical Data and Secondary Uses in the Israeli Health Systems," Dead Sea Conference, Feb

2016.

Annual Conference, Israel National Bioethics Committee, "The Right to Die – International

Perspectives", Weitzman Institute, Feb 2015.

Israeli OB/GYN National Convention, “Genetics, Ethics and the Law – new ideas”, Tel Aviv,

April 2014

Israeli Bar, Tel Aviv, "New Perspectives on Informed Consent and Dignitary Damages",

OAC, Nov 2013.

Israel Society of Gastroenterology Annual Conference, Informed Consent in the Digital

Era, Sep 2013, Tel Aviv.

The Ninth Anglo-Israel Association, "Comparative perceptions of genetic

privacy",Jerusalem 9/2012

Testimony, the Public Committee on Wrongful Life (members of the Israeli Supreme

Court, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice) 6/2012

Israeli Bar Annual Meeting. "Medical Malpractice – renegotiating the role of expert

witnesses". Eilat 5/2011

Israeli Ministry of Justice Annual Meeting, "Medicine and Law – the new Oveum

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Donation Law", Dec 2010.

32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners,

"Emerging Trends in Medical Research: Personalized Medicine", October 2010.

Israel National Institute for Health Policy, The 8th Dead Sea Conference "Legal Aspect

of Tele-Medicine", 5/2010.

Israeli Bar Association, Tel Aviv "Medical Malpractice – are we in the right direction?"

5/2010

Arizona State University “Collective Action Problems in Public Health – lessons to be

learned, obstacles to be surmounted” Feb/2010.

Columbia University Medical Center, NY (Chair - Prof. P. Appelbaum), “Regulating

Genetic Research In Israel” 2/2010

National Conference of the Israeli Pharmacists Association – "Legal Aspects of

Pharmaceutical Practices", 12/2009, Tel Aviv, Israel

Joint Biobank Symposium, Graz University, Austria – "Population Biobanks and

Ethiomics – Reshaping the Law & Ethics of Biobanks" 7/2009.

National Conference, Israeli Medical Geneticists National Association: "Genomics and

Society – New Challenges" Ashkelon, Israel 6/2009.

Israel National Committee for Human Medical Research Annual Meeting, 2009:

"Genome-Wide Association Studies – Legal and ethical challenges".

Institute for Practical Ethics, University of Virginia (Chair - Prof. J. Childress),

“Public Health in Israel –Tradition, religion & science” 1/2009.

University of Virginia Health Law Faculty Colloquium, “Collective Action Problems in

Public Health" 1/2009.

Israeli Bar Annual Meeting. "Medical Malpractice – New threats, outdated responses".

Eilat 5/2008.

National Conference of the Insurance Industry. "Organ transplantation Coverage

Policies– Can you meet your contractual obligations?", Eilat, 3/2008

Israel National Committee for Human Medical Research Annual Meeting,2008 – "Direct

– to- Consumer Genetic Testing: legal challenges”.

Haklalit HMO Senior Management meeting – "Patients' Rights and the Legal System"

9/2007

Israeli Bar, Tel Aviv District, “Malpractice Litigation in Genetics”, Tel Aviv, 3/2007

Harvard College Stem Cell Society, “Religious Perspectives on Stem Cell Research”,

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3/2007.

Israeli Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting,

“Malpractice in ENT”, Eilat, 3/2007

University of Virginia Bioethics Society, (Prof. Arras) “From Genetics to Genomics”

2/2007

Institute for Practical Ethics, University of Virginia (Prof. Childress), “From Premarital

Genetic Testing to National Biobanks – the Changing Genetic Identity” 1/2007

The Israeli National Forum for Legal and Ethical Aspect in Genetic Counseling:

"Genetics Tests Over-the-Counter", Nov 2006.

ELSA Biobank Project, Vienna, Austria – “Biobanks - Ethical Governance" 6/2006

Graz University, Austria – "Biobanks, Common Goods and Ethiomics" 6/2006.

Stem Cell Research Coalition - “Stem Cell Research in Israel”, Hartford, Connecticut,

3/2006

Bar-Ilan University Law School – faculty workshop: “Irrationality in Health Policy

Design”, 10/2005.

Israeli Parliament, Committee on Science and Technology, “Stem Cell Research –

Legal and Scientific Update”, 10/2005.

Bioethics Research in Progress Seminar “The National Organ Transplantation Act after

Twenty Years: A Time for Reform” Harvard Medical School (Prof. D. Brock), Division of

Medical Ethics 5/2005.

“DNA, Biotechnology, and Law Enforcement”, The Harvard Journal of Law &

Technology Symposium, 4/2005.

“Stem Cell research – ethical and legal issues”, Massachusetts State House, Hadassah

National Stem Cell Research Initiative, 3/2/2005.

“Genetic Screening and testing”, Harvard Law School, E.LaB meeting, 3/2005

“The Present and Future of Performance Enhancement in Sport”, Harvard Law School,

E.LaB meeting, 4/2005.

University of Virginia Law School – faculty workshop: “Increasing the availability of organs

for transplantation – a new legal and ethical paradigm”, March 2005.

Institute for Practical Ethics, University of Virginia (Prof. Childress), “Towards a

National Organ Insurance”, Feb 2005.

Keynote speaker, The Annual Biotechnology Education Conference, Virginia Tech.

“population genomics – legal perspectives”, July 14-17, 2004.

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“The New Genetics and the Law – Is technology bound to mutate our legal perspectives?”

Virginia Society for Law and Technology, 04/02/04.

“Population Genetics and Public Health” UVA Forum on Health Law and Policy, University of

Virginia 04/22/04.

ELSA Biobank Project, Vienna, Austria – “Biobanks in Israel – a sanguine reflection on

individuals, communities and the public”, 3/2004.

J.B. Moore Society of International Law, University of Virginia Law School

“International Legal diversity in Biomedicine – Where does it stem from?” 03/30/04;

“Telemedicine – legal and ethical implication of border-free medicine” 01/29/2008.

Institute for Practical Ethics, University of Virginia (Prof. Childress), “From

individuals to Population ‘Genethics’ ”. Nov. 2003.

Annual meeting of Israel Oncology Society: "Informed Consent and Phase I protocols"

Eilat 2003.

Israeli Bar, Northern District, “Liability in Medical Negligence”, Haifa, 2003

National conference, “End-of-life decision – Who should decide?”, Haifa University,

2003

Israeli Bar: “Medical Negligence – new trends”. Nazeret, 2002.

Ministry of Science National Conference: “Human Cloning – Legal Challenges”, Tel

Aviv 2002.

Cyprus Government: "Health Law – New Dimensions", Nicosia, Cyprus, 2002.

Hospitals’ Management Meeting– “Health Management in a Changing Legal

environment”, Petah-Tikva, 2001.

Annual Meeting of Israel Urology Society “A Decade of Medical Malpractice”,

Eilat, 2001.

Israeli Bar, Northern District, “Medical Records – Legal Aspects”, Haifa, 2001

Eighth international congress on Ethics in Medicine: “From Medical Negligence to

Risk Management – An Evolving Legal Doctrine”, Beer-Shiva, 2000.

Annual meeting of Israel Clinical Pediatric Society: “Medical Negligence in a

Changing Legal environment”, Jerusalem 2001.

Annual meeting of Israel Gynecology and Obstetrics Society: ”Legal Aspects of

Tissue Preservation”, Haifa 1999.

Annual meeting of Israel Association of Tissue Banking: “Organ Allocation and

Preservation - Legal Aspects”, Tel Hashomer, 1998.

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The 2nd National Conference of Nursery Education: “Medical Confidentiality –

Legal and Ethical Ramifications”, Zichron Ya’akov, 1998.

International postgraduate graduate training program ceremony, Tel Aviv

University Medical School: “Health and Law Towards 2000”, Tel Aviv 1997.

IDF Jurists and attorneys symposium: “AIDS and the Law”, Tel Aviv, 1997.

IDF Jurists and attorneys symposium: “Property Rights in the Human Body”, Tel Aviv,

1996.

Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards, Research Grants, etc.

Israeli National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, 2015-2016:

“Ownership of Big Data and Medical Information”.

Israeli Science Foundation (The most important research body in Israel), 2012: Altruism in

Organ Donation (with Nurit Guttman, TAU).

Israeli National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, 2011-2013 "Priority

to organ donor cards holders" (Principle Investigator).

Israeli National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, 2010-2012 –

research grant - "Quality Control of Child Abuse Reporting in Major Hospitals" (Co-

investigator).

Haifa University’s scholarship for advanced studies (2003-2004, 2004-2005).

Fellow in Health Policy and Ethics at the Law School and the Institute for Practical

Ethics, University of Virginia, USA. 2003-2004

Fellow Research in Medical Ethics, Harvard University Medical School, Boston,

USA 2004-2005

Consultant and Fellow Research, Harvard University School of Public Health,

Boston, USA 2005 (medical malpractice).

Invited Scholar, British Council: 'Exploiting genetic knowledge: fifty years on from

Watson Crick'. Newcastle. UK, 2003.

Distinguish Lecturer, Haifa University, 2000-2001, 2002-2003.

Young scholar participation fellowship, “Ethical Codes in Medicine”, Freiburg,

Germany 1997.

Sapir Foundation Research Grant, 1996: “Organ Transplantation in Israel”.

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II PUBLICATIONS

A. M.D. dissertation, Tel Aviv University Medical School

“Breast Lesions in Adolescent Girls, a Retrospective Clinico-pathological Correlation" [Heb], Tel Aviv

University, 35 p. 1/3/91. Supervisors: Dr. Siegal A., Dr. Kaufman Z. Published in part:

Siegal A., Kaufman Z., Siegal Gil, “Breast masses in adolescent females” Journal of Surgical Oncology

1992, 51; 169-174.

B. S.J.D. (Ph.D. in law) dissertation, University of Virginia School of Law

"Collective Action Problems in Public Health"

Submitted Dec. 2008, approved Feb 2009.

Supervisor: Richard J. Bonnie.

Committee: Richard J. Bonnie, James F. Childress, Gregory Mitchell.

C. ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

In Hebrew:

1. Dvora Itzik, Rami Benbenishty, Saralee Glasser, Wendy Chen, Merav Jedweb, Liat Lerner-Geva, Gil

Siegal, Zohar Lavi-Sahar, Hanna Slutzky, Decisions of Hospital Based Child Protection Teams to

Report to Child Protective Services, Police and Community Welfare Services 74 Social Worker

Journal (2015) 26-30.

2. Gil Siegal, Uri Nir, "Compensating Road Accident Victims – Beyond the Appropriate Cause?" Tel

Aviv University Law Rev (2014).

3. Gil Siegal, "Editorial – Changing the Default for Organ Donation – A Needed Change", 5 Journal of

Health Law and Bioethics [Heb] (2013).

4. Gil Siegal, "Information Technology in Medicine – Some legal observations" Israel Medical

Association Journal (Ha'refuah) [Heb] 2013;152: 286-289.

5. Gil Siegal, "Editorial – Wrongful Life in Israel – A Needed Change", 4 Journal of Health Law and

Bioethics [Heb] (2011) 10-14.

6. Moti Mark, Gil Siegal, "Mental Health Rights in Israel – A Multi-dimensional Analysis". 2 Journal of

Health Law and Bioethics [Heb] (2009), 46-114.

7. Gil Siegal, "Emerging Wrongful Life Cases – Between Mother’s Autonomy and Unborn Child’s

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rights", 1 Journal of Health Law and Bioethics [Heb] (2008) 10-20.

8. Gil Siegal, “Compensating for newborn injuries” (Lecture's extract) Symposium – Law &

Medicine (ed. Guy I. Seidman, Erez Shaham) 6 Law & Business (2007), 102-104.

9. Gil Siegal, “Western Bio-Ethics - Israel between North America and Europe”. Israel

Medical Association Journal [Harefua] 2004;143:142-146.

9. Gil Siegal, “Developments in Health Law”. 5 Legal Yearbook, Ono Academic Center, Israel 2004-

2005: 433-468 (cite by the Israeli Supreme Court in 9863/06).

10. Gil Siegal, “Patient’s Duties – An Indispensable Legal Requirement”. Medicine and Law

2002;27: 65-72.

11. Gil Siegal, “Medical Follow-Up: A Legal Analysis”. Medicine and Law 2002;26:190-192.

12. Gil Siegal, Inbal Hochman, Noemi Siegal, “Medical Treatments of Mature Minors – A Plea

for Legal Reconsideration”. Medicine and Law, Jubilee Issue, 2001;25: 317-327.

13. Gil Siegal, Maya Peled, “Statutory Ethics Committees”. Medicine and Law 1997;17:6-11.

14. Gil Siegal, Noemi Siegal, “Property Rights in the Human Body”. Medicine and Law,

1996;14:13-16.

15. Gil Siegal, “Peer Review Committees Privilege”. Israel Medical Association Journal

[Harefua], 1996;131:66-67.

Posters in Scientific Conferences:

1. Itamar Offer, Dror Diker, Nitzan Hardoof, Gil Siegal, "Electronic Informed Consent – The

Experience of the HMC Bariatric Center, 2015". The 4th National Conference of the Israeli

Society for Quality in Helath Care, Dec 3, 2015. http://www.digi-catalogue.com/expo1215/#288

Solicited publications

1. Siegal G, Brodsky B, "Laryngeal Cancer – Review", Medicine [Heb] 2006.

2. Siegal G., "Law and Regulation in the Digital Era of Medicine", The Dead Sea 11th Conference,

2010, 36-42.

In English:

1. Gil Siegal, "Genomic Databases and Biobanks in Israel", 43 Journal of Law, Medicine

and Ethics (2016) 766-775.

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2. Merav Jedwab, Rami Benbenishty, Wendy Chen, Saralee Glasser, Gil Siegal, Liat

Lerner-Geva, "Child protection decisions to substantiate hospital child protection teams'

reports of suspected maltreatment". Child Abuse & Neglect 2015; 40:132-41.

3. Gil Siegal, "Making the Case for Designated Donation to Registered Donors", Israel Journal of

Health Policy Research 2014; 3:1.

4. Rami Benbenishty, Merav Jedweb, Wendy Chen, Saralee Glasser, Hanna Slutzky, Gil Siegal,

Zohar Lavi-Sahar, Liat Lerner-Geva, "Predicting the Decisions of Hospital Based Child

Protection Teams to Report to Child Protective Services, Police and Community Welfare

Services", Child Abuse & Neglect –The international Journal 2014; 38: 11-24 [2.34 Impact

Factor]

5. Michal Luntz, Noam Yehudai, Miki Haifler, Gil Siegal, Tova Most, "Risk Factors for

Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Chronic Otitis Media". Acta Oto-larngol 133(11): 1173-1180

(2013).

6. Mark Rothstein, Gil Siegal, The Duty to Notify, 12 Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy

93-136 (2012).

7. Gil Siegal, Jump-Starting Telemedicine, Ear, Nose & Throat.J 2012 July;91(7):266-269

8. Gil Siegal, Enabling Globalization of Health Care in the Information Technology Era, 35

Virginia Journal of Law & Technology 1, 2012.

9. Gil Siegal, Richard J. Bonnie, Paul S. Appelbaum, Personalized Disclosure by

Information-on-Demand: Attending to Patients’ Needs in the Informed Consent Process,

40 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2012, 359-367.[Impact Factor: 1.169]

10. Miron-Shat, T ,Golan, O, Brezis, M, Siegal, G, and G.M. Doniger, "The status of shared

decision-making and citizen participation in Israeli medicine". Special Issue "Implementation of

Shared Decision Making in Health Care “ German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Health

Care Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2011;105(4):271-6.

11. Talya Miron-Shatz, Ofra Golan, Mayer Brezis, Gil Siegal, Glen M. Doniger, The status of shared

decision-making and citizen participation in Israeli medicine, Israel Journal of Health Policy

Research 2012, 1:5

12. Gil Siegal, "Legal Aspects of Telemedicine", Otolaryngology Clinics of North America

2011;44;1375-1384.

13. Luigi Padeletti, David O. Arnar, Lorenzo Boncinelli, Johannes Brachman, John A. Camm, Jean

Claude Daubert, Sarah Kassam, Luc Deliens, Michael Glikson, David Hayes, Carsten Israel,

Rachel Lampert, Trudie Lobban, Pekka Raatikainen, Gil Siegal, Panos Vardas, “European Heart

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Rhythm Association Expert Consensus Statement on the management of cardiovascular

implantable electronic devices in patients nearing end of life or requesting withdrawal of

therapy” Europace (2010) 12(10): 1480-1489.

14. Gil Siegal, Neomi Siegal, Richard J. Bonnie, “An Account of Collective Actions in Public

Health” 99 Am Journal of Public Health (2009) 1583-1587.

15. Gil Siegal, Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, "Adjudicating Severe Birth Injury Claims in

Florida and Virginia: The Experience of a Landmark Experiment in Personal Injury

Compensation," 34 American Journal of Law & Medicine (2008) 489-533.

a. Cited numerously by a Scotland Parliament report 2011.

www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/ 0039/00394407.pdf

16. Siegal Gil, "Mr./Mrs Right or Mr./Mrs. Gene-Right? – On Premarital Genetic Screening"

American Institute of Biological Sciences 2007.

http://www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/siegal.html.

a. Translated by the American Institute of Biological Sciences to Spanish, 2009

http://actionbioscience.org/esp/genomica/siegal.html

17. Siegal G, Bonnie RJ, "Closing the Organ Gap",34 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, (2006)

415-423 (cited numerously by the American Institute of Medicine Report, “Organ Donation”,

2006).

a. Translated to Italian, 2012.

18. Prainsack B, Siegal G, “The Rise of Genetic Couplehood? Comparative View of Premarital

Genetic Screening”, BioSocieties, London School of Economics, 2006;1:17-36.

19. Siegal G, Bonnie RJ, “Reflections on Fairness in UNOS Allocation Policies”. Am J Bioethics

2005; 5(4):28-29.

20. Waisman Y, Siegal N, Siegal G, Amir L, Cohen H, Mimouni M. "Role of Diagnosis-Specific

Information Sheets in Parents' Understanding of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions".

Eur J Emerg Med. 2005; 12:159-162.

21. Siegal G, “Embryonic Stem Cells Research in Israel - Legal and Ethical Inquiry.” J Biolaw &

Business. 2004;7 (4):10-13.

22. Waisman Y, Siegal N, Chemo M, Siegal G, Amir L, Blachar Y, Mimouni M. “Do Parents

Understand Emergency Department Discharge Instructions? A Survey Analysis.” Israel Medical

Association Journal 2003;5(8):567-70.

23. Zohar Y, Siegal A, Siegal G, Halpern M, Levy B, Gal R “The Great Auricular Nerve” J.

Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, 2002;30:318.

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24. Siegal G, Gaitini LA. “Treating Acute Anaemia in A Jehovah's Witness In Israel: An Innovative

Approach To A Medical And Legal Challenge.” Medicine and Law, 2002;21(3):485-93.

25. Siegal G, Braun J. et al. “Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Leptomaningeal Malignancy” Israel

Medical Association Journal. 2002;300-301.

26. Siegal G, Siegal N, Weisman Y. “Patients’ Rights Legislation - Physicians’ Attitudes.” Medicine

and Law, 2001: 20(1) 63-78.

27. Siegal G., Luntz M. et al. “Langerhanse Cell Histiocytosis”. Archives of Otoaryngology- Head

and neck Surgery, 2001;127(1):78-80.

28. Fradis M., Siegal G. “Magnetic Nose-Rings - A plea for Caution” Israel Medical

Association Journal 2000; 2;958.

29. Siegal A., Kaufman Z., Siegal Gil. “Breast Masses in Adolescent Females” Journal of Surgical

Oncology 1992, 51; 169-174.

Work in Progress

1. Gil Siegal, Free riders and Vaccination policies

2. Gil Siegal, USB – the American Biobank

Invited Chapters in Books and Encyclopedia:

1. Barilan YM, Siegal G. The stem cell debate: a Jewish perspective on human dignity,

human creativity and inter-religious dialogues. In CROSSING BORDERS. CULTURAL,

POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES CONCERNING STEM CELL RESEARCH. (Bender,

Manzei, Hauskeller eds.) (2005).

2. Gil Siegal, Israel Health System. In: The World and Its Peoples. Brown Reference

Group, London UK, Marshall Cavendish Academic, United States: Set 1, Vol 7.

3. Prainsack B, Siegal G. Genetic Testing and Screening in Religious Groups –

Perspectives of Jewish Charedi Communities. In KIN, GENE, COMMUNITY:

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG JEWISH ISRAELIS (Daphna Birenbaum-

Carmeli & Yoram Carmeli, eds., Berghahn Books, Oxford, NY 2010), 153-173.

4. Gil Siegal, Neomi Siegal, Leadership and the Road to Personal Responsibility to

Healthy Behavior – Between Autonomy and Paternalistic Interventions. In

ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN HEALTH CARE: ISSUES IN

ADDRESSING AN EMERGING GLOBAL CHALLENGE (Edts: Bruce Rosen, Stephen

Shortell, Avi Israeli, World Scientific, 2011) 499-511.

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5. Gil Siegal, Electronic Medical Tourism and the Medical-WWW. In

GLOBALIZATION OF HEALTH CARE (Ed. I.G. Cohen, Oxford University Press),

2013, 341-358.

6. Gil Siegal, Organ Traffic. In Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics Springer Publishers

(Ed. Henk ten Have, Springer Publishers) (2016).

7. Gil Siegal, Medical Malpractice. In Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics Springer

Publishers (Ed. Henk ten Have, Springer Publishers) (2016).

8. Gil Siegal, Israeli Bioethics. In ISRAELI BIOETHICS AND HEALTH LAW (Gil Siegal,

Editor, Bialik Pub., 2015): 8-21.

Edited Book:

ISRAELI BIOETHICS AND HEALTH LAW (Gil Siegal, Editor, Bialik Pub., 2015).

Publications in non-academic venues:

1. Host of a 6-part TV Show on 'Genetics, Ethics and the Law'.

http://www.valivingtv.com/page122/page122.html?refreshed.

2. Gil Siegal, "Altering Our Organ-Donor Policy", Haaretz, B/9, 1/29/2005. Available at

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/675841.html. In Hebrew see

http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=673124&contrassID=2&subContrassID=3

&sbSubContrassID=0.

3. Gil Siegal, "Unaccepted Compensation in Torts", Haaretz 11/20/2006. Available at

http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/781720.html?more=1.

E. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (representative)

Abstract In Hebrew:

1. Siegal G, Brodsky A, Luntz M, "Chronic Otitis Media and Sensorineural Hearing Loss", Annual

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Conference, 2006.

2. Siegal G, "Informed Consent and Phase I Protocols". The Second Israel Conference of Oncology and

Radiotherapy, 2003.

3. Siegal G, Hochman I, Siegal N. Contraceptive Pills and Adolescents – Legal Emancipation. The Fifth

annual conference of the Israel Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2001, p 26.

4. Siegal G. The surgeon and the Law – contemporary issues. 22nd Annual conference of Israel Surgical

Federation 2001, p 17.

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Abstracts in English:

1. Noam Yehudai1, Miki Heifler1, Gil Siegal, Michal Luntz Clinical Significance of

Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Pediatric Chronic Otitis Media, Annual Conference, Israeli

Otoneurology Society, 2013(http://www.israel-neurology.co.il/images/Program_updated.pdf)

2. Gil Siegal, Choosing Wisely – legal perspectives. 5th International Jerusalem Conference,

2013 www.israelhpr.org.il

3. Gil Siegal, Personal Responsibility to Healthy Behavior – Between Perceived Freedom,

Autonomy, and Paternalistic Interventions. 4th International Jerusalem Conference, 2009 p 167

www.israelhpr.org.il/fileserver.php?file=633.

4. Proceedings, Course in Genetics, Medical Technologies and Public Health Policies,

European Genetic Foundation 2009 Bologna, Italy (1) Genetic Research – the Ethical and Legal

Framework; (2) Population Genomics.

5. Proceedings, Annual Meeting Israeli Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Annual Meeting, “Malpractice in ENT”, 2007 p 7.

6. Barbara Prainsack, Gil Siegal. The rise of 'genetic couplehood': on pre-marital genetic

screening in orthodox Jewish populations. 2nd CESAGen International Conference "Genomics

and Society" 2005, The Royal Society, London.

http://www.cesagen.lancs.ac.uk/docs/2005abstractbook2.doc.

7. Barbara Prainsack, Gil Siegal. Risk and Genetic Identities: Premarital Screening Experiences

from Israel, the U.S., and Cyprus. Interfaces between Risk, Regulation and Culture: Exploring

National Variations in Waste Management, Food Safety Regulation and Biotechnology, Bielefeld

University, Germany January 27-28, 2005. Available at: http://www.uni-

bielefeld.de/iwt/gk/interfaces/prainsack.pdf.

8. Siegal G. Biobanks in Israel – A sanguine reflection on individuals, communities, and the

public. Available at: http://www.univie.ac.at/transformation/Elsa/ELSAWorkabstracts.htm.

9. Yechzkel Weisman, Noemi Siegal, Michal Chemo, Gil Siegal, Lisa Amir, Yoram Blashar,

Mark Mimony. Do parents understand emergency department discharge instructions? Analysis of

a survey. Ped Res 2000; 47(4): 121A # 713.

10. Siegal G. Novel medical and technological advancement as a vehicle for stimulant

instruction. The 1st international conference on Ethics Education, Eilat 2000, P 79.

11. Siegal G, Siegal N. Decision making in Chronic Diseases - Patient’s role. The 4th National

Conference on Health Education, 1996, p 18.

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12. Siegal G, Siegal N. Health Education and Disease Prevention – the Legal Duty. The 4th

National Conference on Health Education, 1996, p 47.

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