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Melissa Goldstein

Melissa Goldstein

Melissa Goldstein

J.D.

Teaching Associate Professor

Full-time Faculty

School: Milken Institute School of Public Health

Department: Health Policy and Management

Contact:

Office Phone: 202-994-4235
Milken Institute School of Public Health 950 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Office: 211 - Floor 2 Washington DC 20052

Melissa M. Goldstein, JD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, where she teaches courses in bioethics (including genomics, reproductive ethics, end-of-life, and research ethics issues), health information technology policy, and public health law and conducts research on health information privacy and the legal and policy aspects of health information technology. Professor Goldstein is a former director of the Markle Foundation's health program, where she managed the policy subcommittee of Connecting for Health and other policy aspects of the foundation’s work in health information technology. Ms. Goldstein has also worked as a legal consultant to President Clinton’s National Bioethics Advisory Commission, a senior litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom, LLP, and a White House Fellow and domestic policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore.

Professor Goldstein graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia, received her law degree from Yale Law School, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in bioethics and health policy at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. She has served as a member of GW’s IRB and hospital ethics committee and speaks frequently on issues in bioethics, health policy, health information privacy, and health information technology. Ms. Goldstein’s recent research and writings have focused on privacy and security issues in health information exchange and the use of big data, as well as the effects of health information technology on the physician-patient relationship and patient engagement. During the 2010-2011 academic year, Professor Goldstein served as a senior advisor to the Chief Privacy Officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Most recently, Professor Goldstein served as the Assistant Director for Bioethics and Privacy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the final year of the Obama Administration.

Health Information Technology

Health Law

Bachelor of Arts (Interdisciplinary, with concentrations in biomedical ethics, psychology and American government), University of Virginia, 1992

Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, 1995

Post-Doctoral Greenwall Fellowship (Bioethics and Health Policy), Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities, 1999 

Current Issues in Bioethics, Department of Clinical Management and Leadership (School of Medicine and Health Sciences)

Issues and Trends in Health Systems, Department of Clinical Management and Leadership (School of Medicine and Health Sciences)

Bridging Health Policy and Health Information Technology, Department of Health Policy

Public Health and the Law, Department of Health Policy

Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Department of Health Policy

Public Health Ethics, Department of Health Policy 

Professor Goldstein is a frequent speaker on issues relating to bioethics, health information technology policy, confidentiality, and privacy. She serves on the GWU Hospital Ethics Committee, writes a quarterly column for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, and has provided voluntary legal services for many years to the Whitman-Walker Clinic. She has also served on the Personalized Medicine Taskforce of the Aspen Institute's Biomedical Science and Society Initiative and on the AHRQ Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program on Improving Quality through Clinician Use of Health IT Special Emphasis Panel. Professor Goldstein was selected as a 2007 Aspen Health Forum Fellow, has participated in the Remarque Forum at New York University, and is a 2007 Delegate to the British-American Project.

Professor Goldstein's current research interests include confidentiality in psychiatry, and the legal and policy aspects of health information technology, including issues relating to privacy and security.

  • Health Information Privacy in the Correctional Environment

    Goldstein, M. "Health Information Privacy in the Correctional Environment." COCHS Conference, Health Reform and Criminal Justice: Integrating Jails into Health Information Exchanges, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services, Apr 3, 2012. (External Access)

  • Data Segmentation in Electronic Health Information Exchange: Policy Considerations and Analysis

    Goldstein, M., Rein, A., Hughes, P., Williams, B., Weinstein, S., Heesters, M. "Data Segmentation in Electronic Health Information Exchange: Policy Considerations and Analysis." Prepared for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Feb 10, 2011.

  • Privacy and Security and Health Information Technology

    Goldstein, M., Rein, A., Hughes, P., Weinstein, S., Williams, B. "Privacy and Security and Health Information Technology." Mar 23, 2010.

  • Health Information Technology and the Idea of Informed Consent

    Goldstein, M. "Health Information Technology and the Idea of Informed Consent." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Issue No. 1. Vol. 38 2010.

  • Health Information Technology in the United States: On the Cusp of Change, 2009

    Goldstein, M., Repasch, L., Rosenbaum, S. "Health Information Technology in the United States: On the Cusp of Change, 2009." The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ. Oct 2009.

  • Recent Federal Initiatives in Health Information Technology

    Goldstein, M., Repasch, L., Rosenbaum, S. "Recent Federal Initiatives in Health Information Technology." Health Information Technology in the United States, 2009. On the Cusp of Change, (4) Oct 2009.

  • A brief summary of the major health provisions contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

    Rosenbaum, S., Cartwright-Smith, L., Burke, T., Borzi, P., Goldstein, M. "A brief summary of the major health provisions contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. Feb 18, 2009.

  • Detailed Side-by-Side chart tracking the major health provisions in the Senate, House, and final Act signed into law February 17

    Rosenbaum, S., Cartwright-Smith, L., Burke, T., Borzi, P., Goldstein, M. "Detailed Side-by-Side chart tracking the major health provisions in the Senate, House, and final Act signed into law February 17." Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program, The George Washington University, Feb 18, 2009.

  • Diagnosing Death: Why does it remain 'well settled and persistently unresolved

    Goldstein, M. "Diagnosing Death: Why does it remain 'well settled and persistently unresolved." Rapid Public Health Policy Response Project, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC. Dec 2008.

  • Emerging Privacy Issues in Health Information Technology

    Goldstein, M., Repasch, L., Rosenbaum, S. "Emerging Privacy Issues in Health Information Technology." Health Information Technology in the United States, 2008. Where we Stand, (6) Oct 2008.

  • Building an Information Technology Infrastructure

    Goldstein, M., Blumenthal, D. "Building an Information Technology Infrastructure." The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Issue No. 4. Vol. 36 709-15. American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc, Boston, MA. Jan 2008. (External Access)

  • Ensuring the Use of Federal Assets in Public Health Emergencies: The Role of the Federal Tort Claims Act in Enabling the Responsiveness of Federally Funded Community Health Centers

    Katz, R., Goldstein, M., Hayashi, S. "Ensuring the Use of Federal Assets in Public Health Emergencies: The Role of the Federal Tort Claims Act in Enabling the Responsiveness of Federally Funded Community Health Centers." Public Health Reports, Vol. 123 (1) : 89-92. Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC. 2008.

  • Will Medicare Wither on the Vine? How Congress Has Advantaged Medicare Advantage?And What's a Level Playing Field Anyway?

    Goldstein, M., Berenson, R. "Will Medicare Wither on the Vine? How Congress Has Advantaged Medicare Advantage?And What's a Level Playing Field Anyway?." St Louis University Journal of Health Law and Policy, Vol. 1 (1) St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Jan 2007.