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James William Hill
, M.D., J.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
University of Southern California

Partner in law firm of
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Education

University of Southern California
Medical School ; Doctor of Medicine, 1986

Boston University Law School
Boston , MA ; Juris Doctor, 1998

Internship, Huntington Memorial Hospital and USC Medical School, Pasadena, CA
Internal Medicine, 1986-87

Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Diagnostic Radiology, 1987-90


Licensure

California Medical License, 1987
Massachusetts Medical License, 1987
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Controlled Substance License, 1987
California Bar (law license), 1999
United States Patent and Trademark Office


Certifications

National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, American Heart Association, 1987

Professional Background

Academic appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1999-present

Clinical Research Associate in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 1997-2002

Society memberships

Local:

Massachusetts Medical Society
California Medical Association
Suffolk County District Medical Society
California Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
Orange County Barristers
Orange County Patent Law Association

National:

American Medical Association
Radiological Society of North America
Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Law and Medicine
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
ABA Section of Science and Technology
ABA Section of Antirust Law
ABA Health Law Section
Licensing Executives Society

Selected Publication

Peer Review:

1. Hill, J.W. and DeLuca, S. Achalasia. American Family Physician, March 1988, 37 (3): 201-3

2. Hill, J.W. and DeLuca, S. Pulmonary contusion. American Family Physician, Nov. 1988, 38 (5): 219-20

3. Oestman, J.W., Greene, R., Rhea, J.T., Rosenthal, H., Koenker, R.M., Tillotson, C.L., Pearsen, K.D., Hill, J.W., and Velaj, R.H. "Single-exposure” dual-energy digital radiography in the detection of pulmonary nodules and calcifications.” Investigative Radiology, July 1989, 24 (7): 517-21

4. Hill, J.W., “Trade Secrets, Unjust Enrichment, and the Classification of Obligations.” Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, 4 Va. J. L. & Tech. 2, 1522-1687, Spring 1999.

5. Hill, J. Lock and Load: Document Security on the Net. Business Law Today (cover story), November - December 1998.

6. Hill, J. Digital Signatures and the Law. New York Law Journal, Tech Trends, February 1999.

7. Bunker, W.B. and Hill, J.W. Avoiding Suits for Patent Infringement when Introducing a Product into the U.S. Market. ILS: International Legal Strategy (Japanese), February 1999.

8. Carson, J.M. and Hill, J.W.  In re Rambus Inc.: The FTC Antitrust Trial European Intellectual Property Review (February 2005)

Book Chapters

1. Bunker, W.B. and Hill, J.W. “How to Avoid Being Sued for Patent Infringement when Introducing a Product into the U.S. Market U.S.

2. Bunker, W.B. and Hill, J.W. "Japan Intellectual Property Issues Updated 2000 (English and Japanese), ILS Publications, Inc., Tokyo, 2000

3. Alexander, E., Hill, J.W., and Loeffler, J.S. “Radiosurgery for Malignant Brain Tumors In: Advanced Neurosurgical Navigation, E. Alexander III, R. Macunias (eds), Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1999

4. Alexander, E., Garada, B.M., Schwartz, R.B., Hill, J.W., and Kooy, H.M. “Fusion of Imaging Modalities: SPECT, MRI, CT, Angiography. In: Advanced Neurosurgical Navigation, E. Alexander III, R. Macunias (eds), Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1999

5. Alexander, E., Martin, C., Black, P.M., Kikinis, R., Hill, J.W., and Jolesz, F. “Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The MRT system.” In: Advanced Neurosurgical Navigation, E. Alexander III, R. Macunias (eds), Thieme medical Publishers, New York, 1999

6. Macunias, R.J., Hill, J.W., and Alexander, E. “Stereotactic Frame-Based Guidance of Craniotomies (Brown-Roberts-Wells and Cosman-Roberts-Wells). In: Advanced Neurosurgical Navigation, E. Alexander III, R. Macunias (eds), Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 1999

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