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Health care and health care law and policy come together in Sacramento like few other places in the country. After all, Sacramento is home to the state Capitol, medical and administrative offices for the health care industry, and McGeorge School of Law.

Larry Levine, recently named McGeorge鈥檚 Gordon D. Schaber Chair in Health Law and Policy, sees great possibility in teaching law students and leading law scholars in providing nonpartisan guidance and input as the nation surges toward health care reform.

鈥淭here is so much opportunity and I鈥檓 excited by that,鈥� said Levine of the honor named after Schaber who served as dean of the law school for 34 years. 鈥淥bviously, it鈥檚 meaningful that it鈥檚 named after Gordon Schaber because of all his influence on the development of the law school. I am truly grateful.鈥� Levine said COVID-19 brought heightened attention for the need for national health care reform.

Schaber had a deep interest in health care鈥檚 legal and policy issues, and believed legal scholarship was vital in developing best practices and policies for health providers, health insurers, drug companies and the government. Schaber conceived the endowed chair to allow McGeorge access to top scholars and provide the law school with the flexibility to address the broadest, most crucial health care law and policy, such as those on AIDS, bioterrorism, privacy issues, the 鈥済raying鈥� of the nation, and a national public health policy.

鈥淲e are at a pivotal time in health care and health care law and policy,鈥� said Michael Hunter Schwartz, dean of the law school. 鈥淧rof. Levine has the expertise and personality to provide the necessary guidance and context to policymakers as we all move toward health care reform. Our students will also benefit greatly from those experiences that expose them to discussions in state government on future health care law and policies.鈥�

Levine said he was 鈥渉umbled鈥� by the selection for the chair and has appreciated that his McGeorge colleagues have been very supportive and encouraging. Recently he has co-taught a course with a mixture of law students and UC Davis medical students and has a growing interest in public health issues. He has expertise in civil injury, medical malpractice and, in the 1980s, legal questions that came along with the HIV crisis.

With the Sacramento Campus home to both McGeorge and the new School of Health Sciences, Levine sees great potential in expanding interprofessional education. Already students in 91成人导航鈥檚 various health-related schools share classrooms to learn from each other and better prepare for the holistic team care they will give patients during their careers. McGeorge students hopefully will soon sit beside students from the School of Health Sciences, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry to learn from each other and learn about each other鈥檚 fields.

鈥淚鈥檓 obsessed with making that happen,鈥� Levine said. 鈥淚t certainly is one of my goals to have more of that interprofessional learning involving our law students with the health-related schools.鈥�

He gained a perspective on what can be learned in interprofessional education when he taught a dental malpractice course for Dugoni students.

鈥淚t鈥檚 one of the very favorite things that I鈥檝e ever done,鈥� he said.

Levine鈥檚 enthusiasm goes beyond his appointment.

鈥淚 love what I鈥檝e seen happening at the law school,鈥� Levine said. 鈥淭here have been a lot of positive changes. I鈥檓 really excited about the future of the law school. I鈥檓 optimistic too about the future of the university under the leadership of the new president (Christopher Callahan).鈥�