Reproductive Rights Rollercoaster
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Join us for another Careers, Life, and Yale discussion on March 20, 8-9 ET: a conversation with Dr. Julie D. Cantor, MD/JD and Dr. Jamie Arruda, MD, (BS ’98) titled “From Comstock to Chaos: The Rollercoaster of Reproductive Rights”. Dr. Elizabeth Hung MD (BS ’97, MPH ’99) will moderate the discussion.
Julie D. Cantor MD | JD practices civil rights law and advocates for birth rights. She holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from Stanford University, a J.D. from UC Berkeley’s law school, and an M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine. She was also a visiting student at Yale Law School. For over a decade, she served as a member of the adjunct faculty at the UCLA School of Law where she has taught an upper-division seminar on reproductive rights, medical ethics, and the law. Over the past two decades, Dr. Cantor has written and spoken about issues that arise at the intersection of medicine, ethics, and law. She has been the Grand Rounds speaker at numerous medical schools and hospitals across the country, and her writing has appeared in various academic journals, including several publications in the New England Journal of Medicine. In recognition that those harmed by violations of consent and other forms of obstetric violence should have access to the justice system, she recently added litigating obstetric violence cases to her law practice.
Dr. Jaime Arruda is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate education at Yale University with a BS in Biology in 1998 and her medical school at Johns Hopkins University in 2002. She completed her residency at the University of Colorado. She is the Medical Director of Robotic Surgery and the Associate Vice Chair of Quality for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Her clinical practice focuses on minimally invasive surgery for benign and pre-malignant gynecological conditions including fibroids, endometriosis, abnormal uterine bleeding, cervical dysplasia, and hereditary cancer prevention (BRCA, Lynch syndrome, etc.) She also has a focus on surgical education and simulation training. Outside of the hospital, Dr. Arruda lives in Denver with her family, is an avid runner, skier and Arsenal soccer fan.
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Stephen Blum
Yale Alumni Association (YAA)
stephen.blum@yale.edu
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