American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) provides education and practice management services for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals. The Academy also serves as an advocate for improved patient care and informs the public about the science of orthopaedics. Founded at Northwestern University as a not-for-profit organization in 1933, the Academy has grown from a small organization serving less than 500 members to the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The Academy now serves about 24,000 members internationally.
Jacob Hafter, NREMT-P, MS, MS
Jacob L. Hafter is a member of the Business Ventures Group at Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison and Howard. Also a nationally registered paramedic (NREMT-P) and certified American Heart Association instructor in various basic and advanced emergency cardiac care courses, he is conversant with matters facing health care professionals in a rapidly changing health care environment. Mr. Hafter’s experience as both a health care provider and attorney provide him with the practical ability to ensure that his clients receive legal services that are both legally and practically sound. Mr. Hafter has represented physicians and physician practice groups in complex transactional issues, including business formation, partner buy-in and buy-outs, practice mergers and consolidations, formation of ancillary business lines and regulatory compliance issues. His health care representations have also included a hospital medical staff and a publicly-traded mail order pharmaceutical corporation. Mr. Hafter’s practice, however, is not limited to health care issues. He has a broad experience from both private practice and as in-house counsel in general corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate debt financing issues, employment law and other business issues. He is admitted to practice law in Nevada, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Hafter was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He lives in Reno, Nevada with his wife and his three children.
Victoria Fedor, NREMT-P, NREMT-P
Victoria Fedor is a sole practioner in Northeast Ohio. She attended Case Western Reserve University, and Cleveland Marshall College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctrate in 1992. Victoria was admitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1992, and the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio in 1993. She has been involved in EMS since 1986, and has been a Nationally Registered Paramedic since 1988, with both public and private field experience, including work in an emergency department setting. She has been able to combine her interests in both law and emergency medical services by her previous participation on the Cuyahoga County Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Board of Directors, and on the Geauga Emergency Medical Services Board. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors for the Foundation of Emergency Medical Research, and on the Board of Directors for the India Gospel League of North America, and has served as a medical missionary in Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Benin and India. Victoria is an EMS Instructor for the State of Ohio, and is an ACLS, BCLS and PALS instructor, and teaches classes pertaining to legal issues that affect the EMS provider throughout the United States.
