Office Address Home Address School of Law 553 Logan Run Road Southern Illinois University Murphysboro, IL 62966 Carbondale, IL 62901-6804 (618) 684-3045 (618) 453-8748, (800) 739-9187 basanta@siu.edu EDUCATION LL.M., 1980 J.D., 1975 B.A., 1972 Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky. Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE July, 1992 - Present Southern Illinois Healthcare Professor of Law, School of Law (since 2005); Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Humanities; Director, SIU Center for Health Law and Policy. Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Summer Program in Ireland, 2008. Visiting Scholar, Bangor University School of Law, Wales, UK, spring 2011. Interim Dean (2002-03), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (1991-93, 1995-1999), School of Law, Southern Illinois University. Courses: Contracts I and II; Health Policy Law; Health Legislation; Regulation of Health Care Professionals. July, 1985 - July, 1992 Associate Professor, School of Law, Southern Illinois University. August, 1980 - July, 1985 Assistant Professor, School of Law, Southern Illinois University. May, 1978 - July, 1980 Lecturer in Law and Law and Humanities Fellow, Temple University School of Law. May, 1975 - May, 1978 Associate, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, Louisville, Kentucky.
Page 2 August, 2012 PUBLICATIONS Books THE LAW OF MEDICAL PRACTICE IN ILLINOIS 2D (with Theodore R. Leblang and Robert J. Kane) (West Group 1996) with 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Supplements. (with Ross Silverman, Frank Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2012). (with Ross Silverman, Frank Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2010). (with Ross Silverman, Sharon Hull, Frank Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2008). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2006). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2004). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2002). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank G. Houdek, and Connie Poole) (2000). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank G. Houdek, and Connie Poole) (1998). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank G. Houdek, and Connie Poole) (1996). (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank G. Houdek and Robert Berk) (1994). CURRENT OPINIONS OF THE AMA COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS--ANNOTATED (with Theodore R. Leblang, Frank G. Houdek, and Robert Berk) (1992). THE LAW OF MEDICAL PRACTICE IN ILLINOIS (with Theodore R. Leblang) (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., 1986). 1993 Supplement (with Theodore R. Leblang and Robert J. Kane).
August, 2012 Page 3 Chapters Advance Directives and Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Legal Primer, in HEMOTOLOGY- ONCOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA, HEALTH LAW AND POLICY ISSUE (2002) Current Tort Law Overview, in PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT MANUAL FOR SURGEONS 2D (American College of Surgeons) (with Theodore R. Leblang) (1997) "Current Medical-Legal Concepts," in PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY/RISK MANAGEMENT MANUAL FOR SURGEONS (American College of Surgeons) (with Theodore R. Leblang) (1991) Proceedings RURAL HEALTH CARE IN ILLINOIS - LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES (Editor with Theodore R. Leblang and Gabrielle D'Elia) (Illinois State Bar Association, 1991) Articles Carter: A Victory for Consumer Arbitration in Illinois, 99 ILL. B.J. 88 (2011) (with Suzanne Schmitz). Survey of Illinois Law: Health Care, 34 S. ILL. U. L. J. 1033 (2010) (with members of ISBA Health Care Section Council). Communicating with Dying Patients: Informed Consent, Physician First Amendment Rights, and State Regulation in the United Sates, Proceedings of the 18 th World Congress on Medical Law (2010). Survey of Illinois Law: Health Care, 32 S. ILL. U. L. J. 999 (2008) (with members of ISBA Health Care Section Council). Consumer-Driven Health Care: Legal and Policy Implications--A Symposium Introduction and Overview, 28 J. LEGAL MED. 1 (2007). No-Hire Clauses in Health Care Sector Contracts: Their Use and Enforcement, 39 J. HEALTH LAW 451 (2006). Survey of Illinois Law: Health Care Professional Licensure and Discipline, 29 S. ILL. U. L. J. 675 (2005). Survey of Illinois Law: Health Care, 27 S. ILL. U. L. J. 817 (2003) (with members of ISBA Health Care Section Council). Changing the Culture of Patient Safety and Medical Errors: A Symposium Introduction and Overview, 24 J. LEGAL MED. 1 (2003).
August, 2012 Page 4 Rural Health Care Now and Tomorrow: A Symposium Introduction and Overview, 23 J. LEGAL MED. 37 (2002). Survey of Illinois Law: Health Care, 25 S. ILL. U. L. J. 873 (2001) (with members of ISBA Health Care Section Council). Recent Developments in Medicine and Law, 31 TORT & INS. L.J. 357 (1996) (with members of ABA/TIPS Medicine and Law Committee). National Practitioner Data Bank--Final Regulations (with K. Emmons), 78 ILL. B.J. 212 (1990). The M.D./J.D. Dual Degree Program at Southern Illinois University (with T. Leblang), 10 THE ADVISOR 26 (Fall, 1989). Scope of the Uniform Commercial Code: Advances in Technology and Survey of Computer Contracting Cases 44 BUS. LAW. 1671 (1989) (with members of Subcommittee on Scope of UCC, ABA Business Law Section). Quality Health Care and Physician Regulation-Recent Developments, 77 ILL. B.J. 214 (1988). The Illinois New Car Buyer Protection Act--An Analysis and Evaluation of the Illinois Lemon Law, 1984 S. ILL. U.L.J. 1. Federal Tort Liability for Negligent Mine Safety Inspections, 85 W. VA. L. REV. 519 (1983) Book Reviews Health Law: New Course Books for a Mature Discipline, 20 J. LEGAL MED. 425 (1999). Macdonald et al, eds., Treatise on Health Care Law (Matthew Bender, 1991), 13 J. LEGAL MED. 397 (1992). Video Programs Leadership and Action in Transition. Illinois Hospital Research & Educational Foundation (2003). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois Healthcare (1995-present) Chair, Board of Trustees, 1999-2001 Member, Compliance, Strategic Directions, and Credentialing Committees Board of Trustees, St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Murphysboro, Illinois, 1989-1995 Chair, Board of Trustees, 1991-1995 American Bar Association, 1975-present
August, 2012 Page 5 Chair, ABA (TIPS) Medicine and Law Committee, 1995 Program Chairperson, ABA (TIPS) Medical Malpractice National Institutes, 1991-1994 Vice Chairperson, Medicine and Law Committee, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1986-1994, 1995-2000 American College of Legal Medicine Member, Board of Governors, 2008-present Associate in Law, 1992-present Chair, National Health Law Moot Court Competition Ad Hoc Committee, 2004-present National Health Law Moot Court Competition Planning Director, 1992-present Illinois State Bar Association, 1982-present Health Care Section Council, 1987-present Editor, Health Care Lawyer (ISBA Section Newsletter) 1988-present Publications Committee, 1992-2000 Illinois Hospital & HealthSystems Association, Blue Ribbon Panel on Certificate of Need, 1999 Illinois Hospital Association, Council on Hospital Governing Boards, 1992-1995 Carbondale Memorial Hospital, Ethics Committee, 1992-present Research Associate, Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development, 1994-present Kentucky Bar Association, 1975-present PRESENTATIONS Panelist (Local), Living with Grief: End-of-Life Ethics, Hospice Foundation of America and Southern Illinois Healthcare, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL. (May 2012) Presentation, Unconscionablility and Consumer Arbitration in the US, Bangor University School of Law, Bangor, Wales, UK. (Apr. 2011) Presentation, An Overview of US Health Care System and Health Reform, Bangor University School of Law, Bangor, Wales, UK. (Mar. 2011) Presentation, Medical Liability Law in the US Basic Background and Current Issues, Bangor University School of Law, Bangor, Wales, UK. (Mar. 2011) Presentation, Communicating with Dying Patients: Informed Consent, Physician First Amendment Rights, and State Regulation in the United States, 18 th World Congress on Medical Law, Zagreb, Croatia. (Aug. 2010) Poster Presentation, Evaluation of a Professional Ethics and Responsibility Program, American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. (Mar. 2010) Presentation, Communicating With Dying Patients California AB 2747: Informed Consent, Physician Speech, and State Regulation, American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. (Feb. 2009)
August, 2012 Page 6 Presentation, Advance Directives and the Terminally Ill, Physician Assistant Program, SIU College of Applied Science and Arts, Carbondale. (Nov.2008) Presentation, Top Ten Health Law Cases in Illinois 2007-08, SIU School of Law Homecoming CLE Program, Carbondale. (Oct. 2008) Panelist, The Future of Complementary Medicine, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIU Carbondale (Mar. 2008) Presentation, Current Developments in Physician-Assisted Death, American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (Feb. 2008) Presentation, End of Life Decision-Making, Southern Illinois Medical Association, 133 rd Annual Meeting, John A Logan College, Carterville, IL. (Nov. 2007) Presentation, Advance Directives and the Terminally Ill, Physician Assistant Program, SIU College of Applied Science and Arts, Carbondale. (Nov.2007) Presentation, Advance Directives, People s Law School, Law Day Program, SIU School of Law, Carbondale. (May 2007) Presentation, The Specialty Hospital Controversy Post-Moratorium Developments, American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (Mar. 2007) Presentation, Advance Directives and the Terminally Ill, Physician Assistant Program, SIU College of Applied Science and Arts, Carbondale. (Oct. 2006) Poster Presentation, The Rights of the Terminally Ill: Withdrawal of Supportive Care and Physician- Assisted Suicide, 16 th World Congress on Medical Law, Toulouse, France. (Aug. 2006) Presentation, Advance Directives, People s Law School, Law Day Program, SIU School of Law, Carbondale. (Apr., 2006) Presentation, Congress and the Courts at War: Federalism, Separation of Powers and the Schiavo Case, American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. (Mar., 2006) Presentation, SB 475 Medical Malpractice Reform in Illinois, League of Women Voters, SIU School of Law, Carbondale. (Feb., 2006) Presentation, Advance Directives, Senior Advantage Program, Southern Illinois Healthcare, Carbondale. (June, 2005) Presentation, Advance Directives, People s Law School, Law Day Program, SIU School of Law, Carbondale. (Apr., 2005)
August, 2012 Page 7 Participant, panel discussion, Taking Control of Your Health Care Decisions, Carbondale Memorial Hospital (May, 2002) Participant, panel discussion regarding current blood products issues for SIU Law and Medicine Society (October, 2001) Participant, panel discussion, Taking Control of Your Health Care Decisions, Carbondale Memorial Hospital (May, 2000) Presentation, Noncompetition Agreements in Medical Practice, for Medical School Faculty and Students (Apr., 2000) Presentation, The Health Care Surrogate Act, Anna Rural Health Center (Nov., 1999) Presentation, The Revised Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act, Medical Staff, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale (Sept., 1998) Presentation, Health Care A Right or a Privilege?, Southern Illinois Chapter, ACLU, Carbondale, Illinois. (Apr., 1998) Presentation, Assisted Suicide Current Status of the Law, Rotary Club, Carbondale, Illinois. (Oct., 1997) Presentation, Assisted Suicide--Current Developments and Issues, Southern Illinois Chapter, ACLU, Forum on Fundamental Health Care Rights, Carbondale, Illinois. (Oct., 1994) Presentation, Do Not Resuscitate Orders--Current Issues, St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Medical Staff, Murphysboro, Illinois. (Sept., 1994) Presentation, The M.D./J.D. Program at Southern Illinois University, SIU Board of Trustees, Springfield, Illinois. (May, 1994) Presentation, National Health Care Reform, Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois. (Oct., 1993) Presentation, Entering Into Managed Care Contracts, for Family Practice Residents, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Family Practice Center, Carbondale, Illinois. (June, 1992) Presentation, The Health Care Surrogate Act, at the Eighth Annual Egyptian Area Agency on Aging Networking Conference, Marion, Illinois. (June, 1992) for Medical Staff of Hamilton County Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro, Illinois. (Apr., 1992) for Medical Staff of Marshall Browning Hospital, DuQuoin, Illinois. (Mar., 1992)
August, 2012 Page 8 for Medical Staff of Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois. (Mar., 1992) for Medical Staff of Franklin Hospital, Benton, Illinois. (Dec., 1991) for Medical Staff of St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Murphysboro, Illinois. (Dec., 1991) Presentation, The Health Care Surrogate Act, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois. (Nov., 1991) Workshop, Teaching Law and Medicine in Law School, American College of Legal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. (Mar., 1991) Presentation, Approaching Difficult Issues in Medical Practice - Current Legal Issues, SIU School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois. (Nov., 1990) Presentation, Uncertainty in Law and Medicine - Some Observations on Relationships with Clients and Patients, Prematriculation Banquet, SIU Medical School, Carbondale, Illinois. (July, 1990) Presentation, Medicare, Medicaid and Health Insurance, at the "People's Law School," sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association Public Relations Committee, John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois. (Feb., 1990) Panelist, Issues in Law and Medicine, on "Medically Speaking," WSIU-TV, Carbondale, Illinois. Presentation, Consumer Credit Regulation, "People's Law School" sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Assoc. Public Relations Committee, John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois.(Mar., 1989) Presentation, Doctors, Lawyers and Your Health, King City Dinner Club, Mount Vernon, Illinois. (Mar., 1989) Presentation, Introduction to the American Legal System, at the "People's Law School" sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association Public Relations Committee, John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois. (Feb., 1988) Presentation, Hospital Ethics Committees, Medical Staff, Union County Hospital, Anna, Illinois. (Sept., 1987) Participant, panel discussion regarding ethical issues for nurses, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois. (Dec., 1986) Presentation, Physician Discipline in Behavioral Science Seminar for Family Practice Residents, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Family Practice Center, Carbondale, Illinois. (Sept., 1986)
August, 2012 Page 9 Presentation, Credit Discrimination Against Women, Carbondale Business and Professional Women's Association. (Jan., 1986) Presentation, Senior Inspectors, Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, Nashville, Tennessee, on tort liabilities for negligent mine inspections. (Feb., 1984) HONORS AND AWARDS Illinois State Bar Association, Austin Fleming Newsletter Editor Award, 2008 American College of Legal Medicine, Gold Medal Award, 2006 American College of Legal Medicine, President s Award, 2005 Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1972 Order of the Coif, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1975 SIU School of Law Senior Class Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law School, 1983 SIU School of Law Faculty Excellence in Service Award, 1995 SIU School of Law Honorary Alumni, 2002 American Bar Association TIPS Certificate of Appreciation, 1996 Born: January 21, 1950, in Norwalk, Connecticut. PERSONAL Married: Laura S. Basanta (August 9, 1975). Children: Will (1984); Rob (1988). Health: Excellent. k:\basanta\resume\resume May.12.rtf