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Core SETH J. CHANDLER

Law Foundation Professor of Law
A.B., Princeton University
J.D., Harvard Law School
Faculty Seth J. Chandler is a Law Foundation Professor of Law at the UH Law Center

who specializes in insurance law and the application of mathematics and
computer science to law. Professor Chandler won a prestigious university-wide
teaching excellence award in 1995, was a first-year winner of the Innovator
(continued) University for extraordinary service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and
Award from Wolfram Research, received the President’s Medal from Loyola

has been called on twice to testify before Congress on the Affordable Care Act.
Professor Chandler has a broad Internet presence; he is the author of over 100
interactive Demonstrations, over 20 Resource Functions, and several Data Repositories on the Wolfram Research
website. He founded two blogs, acadeathspiral.org, which addressed the ACA, and catrisk.net, which addressed
catastrophic insurance in Texas. Professor Chandler’s blog entries have over 400,000 views. He practiced with Munger,
Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles and Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. before beginning his academic
career in 1990 at the UH Law Center. Professor Chandler teaches contracts, health law, analytic methods, and
constitutional law.

MICHAEL S. EWER
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Health Law LL.M. Director, Health Law & Policy Institute
Professor of Medicine and Special Assistant to the Chief Experience Officer, The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
B.A., Hunter College
M.D., University of Basel, Switzerland
M.P.H., The University of Texas School of Public Health
J.D., University of Houston Law Center
LL.M., University of Houston Law Center
Ph.D., The University of Texas School of Public Health

Dr. Michael S. Ewer is a Professor of Medicine and an administrator at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he has
served for the last 43 years. He is also a faculty member at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Dr. Ewer holds a
doctorate degree from The University of Texas and received his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Houston
Law Center. He has broad experience in medical ethics, conflicts of interest, and uncompensated (charity) medical care.
Dr. Ewer has published extensively in the fields of oncology, medical ethics, and philosophy of medical care; has authored
four medical texts; and is a sought-after international speaker. He teaches public health law, hospital law and ethics,
8 HIPAA, advanced health law, and foundational issues in health law.