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Robert Sheahan is a partner in Gowlings' Ottawa office. His practice focuses primarily on medical litigation, professional discipline matters and professional negligence.
Currently, Robb's practice primarily consists of acting as one of the General Counsel to the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), where he focuses on risk management, physician advocacy and case management on a national level. He also acts as counsel for physicians on behalf of the CMPA.
Robb has appeared before the Ontario Provincial Court, Superior Court of Justice, Court of Appeal as well as various administrative boards and tribunals, such as health professions boards and commercial tribunals. Robb has been invited to speak on medico-legal issues before groups that include the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Health Information Management Association, the International Bar Association, the Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He has appeared as a guest lecturer at Osgoode Hall as part of the LL.M Health Law program and at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law on Administrative Law.
In addition to serving on the editorial board of the Electronic Healthcare Law Review, Robb has authored or co-authored a number of papers including:
- "Liability and Privacy Considerations with Personal Health Records" (2010-11) 10 Telehealth Law
- "Evolving Legal Liability in the Practice of Telehealth" (2005-06) 6 Telehealth Law
- "Unbundling Healthcare: The Changing Nature of the Practitioner-Patient Relationship As a Result of Electronic Health Records" (presented at the American Health Information Management Association's 80th Annual Convention)
- "Limiting Non-Pecuniary Damages: The Effectiveness of Caps" (presented at the International Bar Association’s 2010 Annual Meeting)
- "Expert Immunity: Canadian Implications of Jones v. Kaney" (Pulse, CBA, Winter 2012).
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