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Arnold J Rosoff
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Professor of Health Care Management;


Education

CLU, American College of Life Underwriters, 1973; JD, Columbia University, 1968; BS, University of Pennsylvania, 1965

Recent Consulting

Advice to employers, regulators, insurers, and managed care organizations on health care benefits and cost containment options

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine, 1992; Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1976; Anvil Award for Teaching Excellence, 1982; Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1982-85; Undegraduate Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1970-present (Chairperson, Legal Studies Department, 1991-95; Director, Wharton Executive MBA Program, 1991-93; Director, Wharton Government and Business Program, 1988-91). Visiting appointments: The Brookings Institution; Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Harvard University; Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS

Other Positions

Associate, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Attorneys, 1968-70; 1984-88; Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1969

Professional Leadership 2005-2009

Deputy Editor, Journal of Legal Medicine, 1982-89, 1994-present; Editorial Board, Law, Medicine and Health Care, 1983-present; Contributing Editor, Hospital Law Manual, 1980-present

Publications
Arnold J Rosoff (2004), Informed Consent to Medical and Surgical Treatment, Legal Medicine, Vol. 6 (2004)
Arnold J Rosoff (2004), Health Law at Fifty Years: A Look Back, Health Matrix: J. Law-Med., (2004).
Arnold J Rosoff (2002), On Being a Physician in the Electronic Age: Peering into the Mists at 'Point-and-Click' Medicine, St. Louis U.L.J, 46 (2002).
Arnold J Rosoff (2001), Evidence-Based Medicine and the Law: The Courts Confront Clinical Practice Guidelines, J. Health Politics, Policy & Law, 26, p 327-68 (2001).
Arnold J Rosoff (2001), Breach of Fiduciary Duty Lawsuits against MCOs: What's Left after Pegram v. Herdrich?, J. Legal Med., 22, p 55-75 (2001).

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Knowledge@Wharton
Fighting for Common Ground: Will Business and the New Congress Get Along?, 02/02/2011, Arnold J Rosoff
Health Care Reform: Not Ready to Be Discharged Yet, 03/31/2010, Arnold J Rosoff
Social Security and Medicare: Trying to Tackle Two 800-pound Gorillas, 05/13/2009, Arnold J Rosoff

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Honors And Awards
Recipient of the Gold Medal of the American College of Legal Medicine, 2004

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Rosoff Arnold J
Arnold J Rosoff
 673 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-7610
rosoffa@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Health care law; legal, business and ethical aspects of health care; legal and regulatory controls on health care cost and quality; patients' rights, especially "informed consent" issues; Pharmacy benefits management; Private and governmental financing of health care; legal implications of clinical practice guidelines; antitrust in health care; comparative health care systems, especially Japan and U.S.