Hofstra University's Law School, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Education, Health and Human Services will hold the second annual Health Policy Breakfast Lecture on Friday, February 13, 2009 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Hofstra University Club.

The event is by invitation only. For more information or to RSVP, contact Janet L. Dolgin, director of Hofstra Law's Institute for Health Law and Policy and Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care, at 516.463.5873 or lawjld@hofstra.edu.

Richard Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, will present "AHA's Framework for Health Care Reform: Health for Life - Better Health, Better Health Care." Michael Dowling, CEO of the North Shore/LIJ Health System and Art Gianelli, CEO of the Nassau University Medical Center will participate as respondents.

The Health Policy Breakfast Series was established to set the stage for the New Directions in American Health Care Conference Hofstra is hosting March 11 and 12, 2010. The series and conference are co-directed by Dolgin, Corinne Kyriacou, assistant professor of health professions and family studies and Rachel Kreier, assistant professor of economics.

Hofstra Law School offers a J.D. Concentration in Health Law and supports a Fellowship for Health Law and Policy.