Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM

Professor Teitelbaum is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Health Policy. He also serves as Managing Director of the School's Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program.

• Phone: (202) 530-2369
• Fax: (202) 530-2361
• Email: joelt@gwu.edu

Whether he is teaching, developing new courses, enriching the research literature or advising community organizations, Professor Teitelbaum displays a strong commitment to historically disenfranchised populations. Many of his publications focus on civil rights issues in health care, managed care and behavioral health care quality, and include legal analyses of racial disparities, patients' rights and the implications of legal decisions for publicly funded health services. An expert on health law and policy, he is the lead author of Essentials of Health Policy and Law, an introductory textbook published in 2007.

As Vice Chair of the Department of Health Policy, Professor Teitelbaum is responsible for the Department's day-to-day academic operations. As Managing Director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program, he oversees a program designed to foster an interdisciplinary approach to the study of health-related law and policy issues through educational and research opportunities, which are available to law students, health professions students and practicing lawyers.

Among his many service activities at the School and the Medical Center, Professor Teitelbaum served as Chair of the Medical Center Faculty Senate’s Executive Committee; Chair of the School Curriculum Committee that developed a new curriculum for the School's MPH degree; and Co-Chair of the committee that created and implemented the University’s undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in public health.

Professor Teitelbaum is a member of Delta Omega, the national honor society recognizing excellence in the field of public health.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991
Juris Doctor, Marquette University, 1996
Master of Laws (Health Law), The George Washington University School of Law, 1998

Teaching

PubH 288-Civil Rights Issues in Health Care, Department of Health Policy
PubH 295-Minority Health Practice and Health Policy, Department of Health Policy
PubH 192-Introduction to Health Law, Department of Health Policy (undergraduate course)
PubH 283-Health Services and Law, Department of Health Policy

Research

Professor Teitelbaum's research interests include health care law, health care and civil rights, public health law, law and medicine/bioethics, health care quality and health disparities. As co-recipient of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, he explored the opportunity to apply Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to the modern health care system.

Community Service

Professor Teitelbaum's track record of engagement with the community includes service on the Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Race and Bioethics at the DePaul University College of Law and on the Council of Advisors for Physician-Parent Caregivers, Inc., which focuses on the quality of health care for children with chronic conditions. He is also a faculty advisor to Project HEALTH D.C., part of a national student organization that works to reduce barriers to health among low-income children.

Departments

• Health Policy

Institutes & Centers

• Center for Health Services Research and Policy
• Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program

Publications

• Essentials of health law and policy.
  Teitelbaum J, Wilensky S. Essentials of health law and policy. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. In press 2007.
• Addressing racial inequality in health care. In: Policy challenges in modern health care.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J. Addressing racial inequality in health care. In: Policy challenges in modern health care, Mechanic D, Rogut LB, Colby DC, Knickman JR, editors. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. In press 2005.
• Health care and civil rights: An introduction.
  Teitelbaum J. Health care and civil rights: An introduction. Ethn Dis Suppl 2005;15 (2):2.
• State laws permitting intoxication exclusions in insurance contracts: Implications for public health policy and practice.
  Teitelbaum J, Rosenbaum S, Goplerud E. State laws permitting intoxication exclusions in insurance contracts: Implications for public health policy and practice. Public Health Rep 2004; 119 (6):585-7.
• Aetna Health, Inc. v. Davila: Implications for public health policy.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J. Aetna Health, Inc. v. Davila: Implications for public health policy. Public Health Rep 2004;119 (5):510-2.
• Foreword: National health reform and America's uninsured.
  Rosenbaum S, Lambrew J, Teitelbaum J. Foreword: National health reform and America's uninsured. J Law Med Ethics 2004;32 (3):386-9.
• Olmstead v. L.C. and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implications for public health policy and practice.
  Teitelbaum J, Burke T, and Rosenbaum S. Olmstead v. L.C. and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implications for public health policy and practice. Public Health Rep 2004;119 (3):371-4.
• An overview of recent government interventions in patient rights.
  Teitelbaum J, Wilensky S, Kamoie B. An overview of recent government interventions in patient rights. Trauma 2004;45 (6):37-52.
• Civil rights enforcement in the modern healthcare system: Reinvigorating the role of the federal government in the aftermath of Alexander v. Sandoval.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J. Civil rights enforcement in the modern healthcare system: Reinvigorating the role of the federal government in the aftermath of Alexander v. Sandoval. Yale J Health Policy Law Ethics 2003;3 (2):215-52.
• "Megan's Laws" and the United States Constitution: Implications for public health policy and practice.
  Kamoie B, Teitelbaum J, Rosenbaum S. "Megan's Laws" and the United States Constitution: Implications for public health policy and practice. Public Health Rep 2003;118 (4):379-81.
• Medical care as a public accommodation: Moving the discussion to race.
  Teitelbaum J, Rosenbaum S. Medical care as a public accommodation: Moving the discussion to race. Am J Law Med 2003;29:381-94.
• Law and the public's health.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J, Kamoie B. Law and the public's health. Public Health Rep 2003; 118 (1):72-3.
• Public health degrees--not just for graduate students.
  Riegelman RK, Teitelbaum JB, Persily NA. Public health degrees--not just for graduate students. Public Health Rep 2002;117(5):485-8.
• Olmstead v L.C.: Implications for Medicaid and other publicly funded health services.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J, Stewart A. Olmstead v L.C.: Implications for Medicaid and other publicly funded health services. Health Matrix: J Law Med 2002;12 (1):93-138.
• Evaluation of agreements between managed care organizations and providers of community based mental illness and addiction disorder treatments.
  Rosenbaum S, Mauery DR, Teitelbaum J, Warren RV. Evaluation of agreements between managed care organizations and providers of community based mental illness and addiction disorder treatments. Am J Managed Care 2002;8:2.