Dr. Sander Rabin
Sander Rabin, M.D., J.D. is
an intellectual property attorney with a unique background in law,
medicine, and engineering. He is writing the book
“Anticipating Transhuman Law”.
With a highly diversified
professional and academic history, Sander earned his B.S. in Nuclear
Engineering from New York University before enrolling in graduate
studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, during which time he worked
for the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. Following receipt of his M.S. in
Nuclear Engineering from RPI, he chose to continue his
education at Columbia Law School, earning his J.D. three years later.
From Columbia, he commenced a career in commercial litigation,
holding associate positions at various law firms in New York.
Seeking further professional development, Sander left the legal
field to enroll at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, from which he
gained his M.D. in 1984. After medical school, he completed a
rigorous course of clinical training as a medical intern at The New York
Hospital, and as a resident and postgraduate fellow at the New York Eye
and Ear Infirmary. In 1990, he began a busy practice as an
ophthalmologist and Physician-Manager of Eye Care Services at Community
Health Plan: Kaiser Permanente Northeast Division in Poughkeepsie,
serving in these capacities for the next seven years.
After an eye injury prevented him from further practice in
ophthalmologic microsurgery, he took a five-year sabbatical,
during which he authored two textbooks on medical law, performed as
Adjunct Professor of Law at Albany Law School, and passed the USPTO
registration exam. Since then, he has performed as an
associate at Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLC; served as patent counsel for
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP; and launched a solo practice as a
biomedical patent attorney. Today,he focuses his practice on
international patent law for corporate and individual clients invested
in biomedical innovation.
Sander authored
Medical Malpractice: Handling Ophthalmology Cases,
The Eye Care: Professional’s Guide to the Information Age,
and
Managed Care Law and Liability.
He also authored
The human use of humanoid beings:
chimeras and patent law and
The gatekeepers of hES cell products.
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