FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Steven L. Lubell, Esq. and Mark L. Rosen, Esq., founders of the preeminent medical malpractice defense law firm Lubell / Rosen, are pleased to announce that Sandra P. Greenblatt, MBA/HA, J.D., board certified expert in transactional Health Law, has joined the firm as a partner at its new Coral Gables location. "We are extremely honored to have Sandra join our firm as a partner," said Lubell. "With her tremendously impressive reputation and knowledge, she enables us to expand the type of services we offer to our physician and group practice clients who now face a dramatic change in the healthcare paradigm."

Greenblatt has more than 25 years of experience representing physician groups and physicians, dentists, practice management companies, payors, TPAs, pharmacies, hospitals, long term care facilities, mental health centers and other health care providers and businesses with contracts, joint ventures, the formation and representation of HMOs, MSOs, IPAs, TPAs, asset and stock sales, mergers and acquisitions and Corporate Compliance Programs, as well as giving advice regarding the Stark Law, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, licensure as well as fraud and abuse matters.

Greenblatt has served as a registered lobbyist, is a member of the American Health Lawyers' Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Service and mediates and arbitrates health law-related disputes. She was previously associated with the prominent law firms Greenberg Traurig and McDermott Will & Emery and for the past 10 years was president of the boutique health law firm of Sandra Greenblatt, P.A. in Miami.

Greenblatt is one of the first Florida lawyers to be board certified by The Florida Bar as an expert in Health Law (1995present). She holds the "AV-Preeminent" highest possible rating in competence and ethical standards from Martindale-Hubbell and an AVVO Rating of 100 (Superb). She was named one of the "Top Lawyers in South Florida" each year from 2000-2013 by the South Florida Legal Guide; a member of "Legal Elite" in 20052013 by Florida Trend magazine; and a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics from 20062013. She served on the Legal Working Group of the Florida Governor's Privacy and Security Project, and as general counsel of the South Florida Health Information Exchange ("SFHIE"). She is the author of chapters on "Health Care Technology Contracting" in the 2007 and 20092010 Florida Practitioners' Health Law Handbook published by The Florida Bar Health Law Section.

Prior to practicing law, Greenblatt was a hospital administrator for the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. She has published numerous articles on health law topics and speaks frequently on group practices, technology contracting, corporate compliance and other health law issues to national and regional professional and industry associations, including the American Health Lawyers' Association, The Florida Bar and the Medical Group Management Association. She served for five years as chairperson of the Annual Florida Bar Advanced Health Law Issues and Certification Review Course, and is a member of the Executive Council of The Florida Bar Health Law Section.

As for professional associations, she is a member of the American Health Lawyers' Association, The Florida Bar Health Law Section, the South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum, the Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and the South Florida Medical Group Management Association. She served as an appointee to the Statewide HMO Advisory Committee to the Florida Department of Insurance, which assisted in creating the first HMO regulations in Florida.

Still finding time to serve her community, Greenblatt serves as a member of the board of governors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the dean's circle of the University of Miami School of Law and is a fellow of the Florida Bar Foundation. She is a proud past member of the board of trustees of the Miami Foundation (previously Dade Community Foundation).

She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review and the Wig and Robe Honor Society; her MBA in Health Administration, with honors, from the University of Miami; and her bachelor's, cum laude, from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., where she was inducted in 2008 into their alumni Gallery of Success.

"As physicians face challenging times, I'm looking forward to providing my clients with the additional scope of services offered by Lubell / Rosen and being able to bring my health law 'general counsel' and transactional expertise to the firm's clients," said Greenblatt.

Greenblatt currently resides in Coconut Grove, Fla. with her husband, Harold, a commercial realtor. She is an avid art collector and theatre buff.

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NEW YORK, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Columbia Business School announced today that Ronald O. Perelman, Chairman and CEO of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and a member of the School's Board of Overseers, has pledged $100 million to Columbia Business School. The gift will be used to develop a new facility that will strengthen the School's innovations and programs that are creating the next generation of global business leaders.

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"We are grateful for Ronald O. Perelman's generosity to the University," said Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger. "His major gift will not only benefit future generations of Columbia Business School students, but a wider University community in which a dynamic business education must play a vital role in the broader academic mission. Our world has been changed by the global marketplace, so business schools and universities must respond with new thinking and new structures for learning about our economy and society. The Perelman Center will be part of an interdisciplinary and environmentally sustainable urban campus that will help define Columbia's next century."

In recognition of Mr. Perelman's generosity, the Business School will name one of its two buildings on the new campus the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Business Innovation.

"The business landscape is changing rapidly and dramatically, and as such the principles that define strong business leadership such as an entrepreneurial mindset and solving complex challenges are more important now than ever before," said Mr. Perelman. "It is our responsibility to ensure that we are building a generation of great business leaders who drive success in an ever-changing, competitive global economy, and I believe Columbia Business School has its finger on the pulse of the changing nature of business education. I am extraordinarily pleased to pledge this gift to help them prepare the next generation of business leaders for 21st century challenges."

Perelman has been a longtime and devoted member of the Columbia Business School community, serving on its Board of Overseers since 1994. He is an active philanthropist who believes powerful results can be achieved when financial resources are leveraged with human resolve. Perelman has established the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at New York University Langone Medical Center, the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He serves on the boards of the New York University Langone Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, Ford's Theater, Apollo Theater Foundation, and Carnegie Hall.

"Throughout the past four decades Ronald has proven himself to be one of the most accomplished investors and philanthropists of his time. He displays the type of instinct and insight that are hallmarks of a true leader the very same traits that we seek to instill in our students here at Columbia Business School," said Glenn Hubbard, Dean of Columbia Business School. "The Perelman Center will allow Columbia Business School to continue pioneering breakthroughs in management education, such as moving beyond functional expertise or siloed learning and ensuring a more integrated curriculum for our students. It will help us create the classrooms of tomorrow and foster an even greater collaborative spirit among recruiters, students, alumni, and faculty members, paving the way for a stronger network and more meaningful outcomes for our community."

Hubbard continued: "We have always had the talent, ideas, curriculum, research, and community of a stellar business school. Soon, thanks to Ronald's generosity and that of our other donors, we will have the facilities to match. On behalf of the students, faculty, staff, and graduates of Columbia Business School, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Ronald for his generous gift."

The two new Business School buildings on the Manhattanville campus will be designed by renowned New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro and will reflect the fast-paced, high-tech, and highly social character of business in the 21st century. The facilities will encompass more than 450,000 square feet and will offer multifunctional spaces that foster a sense of community spaces where students, faculty members, alumni, and practitioners can gather to exchange ideas. The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Business Innovation will be situated opposite The Henry R. Kravis Building, which is named in recognition of a generous 2010 gift made by alumnus Henry R. Kravis '69.

To learn more about Columbia Business School's multifaceted efforts to create the next generation of global business leaders, please visit http://www.gsb.columbia.edu.

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KIRKSVILLE BOYS BASKETBALL CAMP 2013 When: May 28th-May 31st Where: High School Gym

Grades: 4-12 Camp Staff will be Coaching Staff/Former Players (Alumni) (Grades for 2013-14 school year)

TIMES: (Grades for 2013-14 school year) 8:00 - 9:30 AM (students entering) GRADES 4h-6th 10:00 - 11:30 AM (students entering) GRADES 7th-8th 1:00 - 2:30 PM (students entering) Grades 9th-12th

(ONLY PLAYERS INTERESTED IN PLAYING HS BASKETBALL 9-12) *CAMP IS OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS, NOT JUST KIDS FROM KIRKSVILLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A FRESHMAN DURING THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU MUST BE ATTENDING KIRKSVILLE SR. HIGH. *PRE-REGISTERED CAMPERS WILL RECEIVE A CAMP T-SHIRT (May 10th 2013) (IF YOU ARE NOT PRE-REGISTERED, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A T-SHIRT!) FORMS AVAILABLE AT THE KHS OFFICE OR ONLINE @ http://www.kirksville.k12.mo.us (click on high school page, athletics, then basketball)

PRE-REGISTERED COST: $35.00 ($30.00 FOR EACH SIBLING) ON-SITE REGISTRATION: $40.00 ($35.00 FOR EACH SIBLING)

No Refunds Once Paid(Call/Email Special Circumstances) Pay with Cash or Check: PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO KIRKSVILLE R-III School District (Memo Boys Basketball Camp) FORMS CAN BE DROPPED OFF TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OR MAILED TO COACH Martin: Tyler Martin 1202 East Jefferson KIRKSVILLE, MO 63501 ** CAMPER INFORMATION** NAME: _________________________ GRADE FOR 2013-14: __________ AGE: _____ BIRTHDATE: __________ POSITION(S): ______________________ ADDRESS: _____________________ CITY: _________________ ZIP: _______ HOME PHONE #: __________________ EMERGENCY #: _____________________ SHIRT/SHORT SIZE (circle): Youth: 10-12 14-16 Adult: S M L XL XXL (When in doubt on sizes, order a size too big as we do not order extra shirts!) **Identification and Medical Treatment Authorization** The undersigned parents and/or guardians of (campers name) ____________________, the applicant, for and in further consideration of the basketball camp acceptation said applicant, does hereby release and discharge Kirksville R-III Schools and its representatives, employees, and agents from any and all debts, claims, demands, actions, damages, caused of action, judgments, or suits of any kind which may arise or be occasioned as a result of any course of instruction or the applicants participation in the basketball camp. In addition, I/we being the parents and/or guardians of the applicant authorize the Kirksville R-III and its agents permission to request emergency medical treatment or care as necessary to insure the well being of our dependent. Further, I claim the registrant has had a physical examination in the past year and was found fit for all physical endeavors. Signature of Parent or Guardian: _________________________ Date: ____________________ Family Health Insurance Provider: ____________________________________________________ Family Health Insurance Policy #: _____________________________________________________ **Camper Code of Conduct Contract** As a participant in the Kirksville Tiger Basketball Camp, I agree to comply with all of the rules, regulations, and directives of the coaching staff, and I will treat all of the coaching staff and other camp participants with respect, courtesy, and good will. I have read the above statement and understand that failure to comply with that statement may result in my removal from the camp without refund. Participants Signature: _________________________ Date: _______________________

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FSU College of Law Press Release

TALLAHASSEE Florida State University College of Law alumnus John W. Frost, II, a member of the law schools charter class, will be the featured speaker at the Spring 2013 Commencement ceremony. The event will take place on Sunday, May 5, at 11 a.m. in the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center.

Frost is the founding partner of Frost Van den Boom & Smith, P.A., a statewide civil trial firm concentrating on personal injury, medical malpractice, commercial litigation and family law issues on both state and federal levels.

Among his many accomplishments, Frost served as the College of Laws first president of The Florida Bar and as a member of the American Bar Associations House of Delegates. One of the law schools most supportive alumni, Frost was the first alumnus to be a major donor to the school and has made four major gifts.

Most recently, in 2013, Frost committed a $1,000,000 gift to the law school to supplement two existing endowments the John W. Frost, II Moot Court Endowment and the John W. and Ashley E. Frost Endowed Professorship. In recognition of the gift, the former First District Court of Appeal courtroom in the law schools Advocacy Center has been named the John W. Frost, II Courtroom, making Frost the first alum to sponsor a courtroom in the building.

The courtroom in Frosts Bartow office was a model the law school used to design the four trial courtrooms in the new Advocacy Center. Frosts daughter, Ashley Frost Bedell, also is a 1994 graduate of the Florida State law school.

John is one of our most engaged alums and we are delighted that he will be speaking to our 2013 graduates, said Dean Don Weidner. As an extremely successful litigator who has been a leader in the attorney professionalism movement, John is a wonderful role model for our new graduates as they begin their legal careers.

Immediately following the ceremony, the law school will host a reception for graduates, their families and their friends on the College of Law green.

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C-TEC of Licking County marked its 40th anniversary on April 25 by inducting 15 former students as Outstanding Alumni.

Alumni of Licking County JVS and C-TEC of Licking County were nominated by their peers and chosen by a five-member selection committee recently.

Almost 40 nominations were received for the first-time award.

Alumni who were honored, their year of graduation, their focus of study and their home school are: Curtis Duffy, 1994, culinary arts, Utica; Brian Engle, 1995, electricity, Watkins Memorial; Jeremiah Friesner, 1998, automotive technology, Newark; Art Ghiloni, 1980, building trades, Newark; Vince Ghiloni, 1976, building trades, Newark; Tina (Zigan) Hummel, 1986, Licking Valley; Adam Jacks, 2005, criminal justice, Utica; Greg King, 1984, electricity, Newark Catholic; Scott Laslo, 1996, welding and sheet metal layout, Johnstown; Lori (Sheets) Lee, 1981, dental assisting, Utica; Jeannette (Mathis) Romine, 1983, cooperative office education, Licking Valley; Steve Strelecky, 1984, welding, Johnstown; Julie (Wolford) Strohacker, 1979, cooperative office education, Licking Valley; Amanda (Chalfant) Vozzella, 2001, early childhood education, Newark; and Carol (Forgey) Wachter, 1981, cosmetology, Heath.

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HUNTINGTON -- Organized rugby has arrived at the high school level in the Tri-State.

Four teams, three of which are from the area, participated in a tournament Sunday on the field behind the St. Mary's Medical Center for Education.

The goal of building rugby into an active sport at the high school level is to develop players for West Virginia college teams. Former Marshall University rugby players started the effort last year with two teams, Spring Valley and Cabell Midland high schools.

This year, there were three tournaments including teams with players from six high schools: Cabell Midland, Spring Valley, Scott, Mid-Ohio Valley (players attend Parkersburg and Parkersburg South) and South Point, Ohio.

Dennis Johnson, one of the founding members of the Marshall rugby team 24 years ago and whose son, Colt, plays for Spring Valley, said the sport is growing at the high school level. That's partly because rugby sevens (seven-on-seven) has been added to the 2016 Olympics.

Rugby is offered as a club sport at Marshall, WVU and Fairmont State and as a varsity sport at Wheeling Jesuit. Building successful high school programs will help feed recruits into those university programs, Johnson said. He expects the sport to continue its growth next season, with 15 high school coaches committed in West Virginia.

Marshall rugby alumni also have committed $5,000, which will be awarded as a scholarship this spring to a high school senior who plays rugby in West Virginia.

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PHILADELPHIA University of Pennsylvania alumna Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH (B.A. 75, M.D.79), Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will deliver the address at the Perelman School of Medicines commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

We are delighted to have Dr. Lurie return to campus to speak before our graduates, said J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System. As a distinguished alumna of the Perelman School of Medicine, she is an ideal candidate to inspire our students to attain the level of achievement and honor that she has experienced in her own prominent career.

As the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Dr. Lurie serves as the Secretary's principal advisor on matters related to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. The ASPR also coordinates interagency activities among HHS, other Federal departments, agencies, and offices, and State and local officials responsible for emergency preparedness and the protection of the civilian population from acts of bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. The mission of her office is to lead the nation in preventing, responding to and recovering from the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters.

Prior to that, Lurie was Senior Natural Scientist and the Paul O Neill Alcoa Professor of Health Policy at the RAND Corporation. There she directed RANDs public health and preparedness work as well as RANDs Center for Population Health and Health Disparities. She previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; in state government, as Medical Advisor to the Commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Health; and in academia, as Professor in the University of Minnesota Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Lurie has a long history in the health services research field, primarily in the areas of access to and quality of care, mental health, prevention, public health infrastructure, and preparedness and health disparities.

Lurie is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania and the Perelman School of Medicine, and completed her residency and MSPH at UCLA, where she was also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. She served as Senior Editor for the journal Health Services Research and as President of the Society of General Internal Medicine, as well as on multiple other national committees. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Perelman School of Medicines Distinguished Alumni Award (2009), and a member of the Institute of Medicine.

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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.

The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.

Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided $827 million to benefit our community.

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Fremont native and Cedar Bluffs High School graduate Jodi Kreiling recently was honored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Association.

She was one of nine honored with an Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award. Recipients receive a $1,000 award and a commemorative plaque.

Kreilings teaching expertise is in general chemistry and biochemistry. An associate professor, she joined the UNO faculty as a chemistry department member in 2005. She has designed a new biochemistry course concerning Protein Purification and Characterization. Kreiling also supervises undergraduate researchers concerning projects related to improving the Biochemistry lab curriculum or projects concerning protein-protein interactions/protein structure-function. She has served her department, the university, community and profession in numerous capacities, including membership on the deans advisory committee.

Kreiling also is a courtesy faculty member in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she earned a Ph.D. in 2005. Kreiling received a bachelor of science in biochemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1999.

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HUNTINGTON -- The creation of a new advisory board at Marshall University's medical school will aid in strategic development and community engagement, according to Dean Joseph I. Shapiro.

Shapiro announced the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine advisory board on Wednesday, and tied is formation to his relocation to Huntington when he was named dean in March 2012.

"As a newcomer to this community, I thought it would be helpful, in addition to working with active insiders, to get a sense from the community as well as former insiders who have stayed here, on their insights into where they think the med school should be going," Shapiro said.

Although some of the focus of the board will be on fundraising, Shapiro said the group will be integral in terms of finding and utilizing community resources.

"Some of it will be fundraising, obviously. You can't get away from that, but really, more is being asked of these board members, to help give me some guidance in terms of mustering community resources," Shapiro said.

The board members, Shapiro said, are a strategic mix of physicians and community partners as well as individuals outside the sphere of Marshall University.

Board members include Dr. Joseph P. Assaley, Dr. Maurice A. Mufson, Dr. Dev R. Rellan and Tamela J. White (four-year terms); Dr. Shari J. Clarke, Monica J.W. Hatfield, Dr. Mark F. Sheridan and Dr. Charles E. Turner (three-year terms); Sharon N. Ambrose, Steven L. Shattls, Dr. Omayma T. Touma and Joan M. Weisberg (two-year terms); Dr. Joseph I. Shapiro, Dr. Paulette Wehner and Linda S. Holmes, ex-officio members.

White, former nurse and hospital administrator, will serve as chairwoman. Sheridan, a 1987 graduate of the medical school and local physician in private practice, has been selected by the board as chair-elect.

Members of the inaugural board met for an organizational meeting in April and expect to meet bi-annually.

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