Contact InfoI'm an Associate Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. My research focuses on how we regulate innovation in health care, both domestically and internationally. I teach Administrative Law, Food & Drug Law, Health Law, International & Comparative Health Law, and Legislation. You can reach me by phone (214.768.1002), email (ncortez at smu dot edu), or Twitter (@nathancortez). Bios and BlogsDownloadable articles of mine via the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Profile by SMU Research Magazine (2008) Profile by Diverse Issues in Higher Education (2009) Profile by Medical Travel Today (2009) Administrative Law Course Blog Media CommentaryGallup Poll: 72% of Americans Call Individual Mandate "Unconstitutional" Mexico City Hopes to Lure Chicagoans by Touting Cheaper Health Care Medical Tourism: A Faraway Health Fix North Texans Could Lose Doctors over Dispute "Gute Reise in die Besserung" "I Can't Afford Surgery in the U.S." SMU Expert Believes Health Plan Will Survive Lawsuit Examining Health Care and Illegal Immigrants Claim Health Insurers Explore Savings in Overseas Care Compulsory Licensing for U.S. Medical Tourism Agencies? Athletes on Their Own with Nutritional Supplements Supreme Court Justice Appointee's Life Resonates with Many in Dallas Bill Would Help Educate Children of Illegal Immigrants Lower Costs Lure U.S. Patients Abroad for Treatment AdvoCare's Suit Aims at Athletes Falsely Blaming Supplements for Failed Tests Swimmer's Fight with Carrollton Nutrition Firm AdvoCare Makes Waves It's a World of Risks for Medical Tourists Passport to Healthcare: The Emergence of High-Quality, Low-Cost Treatment Abroad Employers, Insurers Consider Overseas Care Medical Tourism: Ethical Pitfalls of Seeking Health Care Overseas | ArticlesMobile Health, Disruption, and Agency Threats (work-in-progress) Do FDA's Graphic Tobacco Warnings Violate the First Amendment? A Medical Malpractice Model for Developing Countries? Adverse Publicity by Administrative Agencies in the Internet Era Can Speech by FDA-Regulated Firms Ever Be Noncommercial? Embracing the New Geography of Health Care: A Novel Way to Cover Those Left Out of Health Reform Recalibrating the Legal Risks of Cross-Border Health Care International Health Care Convergence: The Benefits and Burdens of Market-Driven Standardization 60 SMU Law Review 47-66 (2008) (symposium article) Patients Without Borders: The Emerging Global Market for Patients and the Evolution of Modern Health Care The Food & Drug Administration's Evolving Regulation of Press Releases: Limits and Challenges Book ChaptersCross-Border Health Care and the Hydraulics of Health Reform Into the Void: The Legal Ambiguities of an Unregulated Market The Elusive Ideal of Market Competition in U.S. Health Care Biopharmaceuticals: Definition and Regulation Other WritingsWhich Theory of Global Justice Best Accommodates the Uncertainties of Medical Tourism? Why Can't We Analogize the Mandate? Why Obamacare is Constitutional Market Competition in Health Care: The EU's Parallel Struggle Immigrants, Health Reform, and "Lies" Rationing or Cost-Effectiveness? The Less You Change, The More It Costs The Life Cycle of Objectionable Drug Marketing Practices | Select Presentations
Medical Apps, Disruptive Innovation, and Regulatory Timing Arizona State University School of Law Tempe, AZ (June 9, 2012) Geography Matters: Local Experiments with Immigrant Access to Care American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics (ASLME) Arizona State University School of Law Tempe, AZ (June 8, 2012) Immigrants and Health Reform Hispanic National Bar Association, Annual Meeting Dallas, TX (Sep. 1, 2011) Cross-Border Health Care and the Hydraulics of Health Reform Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA (May 20, 2011) India's Consumer Dispute Forums: A Model for Developing Countries? Can Speech by FDA-Regulated Firms Ever Be Noncommercial? Charting the Global Trend Towards Biosimilars Is Cross-Border Health Insurance The Answer? American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) University of Texas School of Law Austin, TX (June 4, 2009) Emerging Legal Issues with Immigrant Access to Health Care Harnessing the New Geography of Health Care Ethical Issues in Social Security Cases Medical Repatriation: Can Hospitals Effectively Deport Patients? The Changing Role of Markets and Competition in U.S. Health Care Recalibrating the Legal Risks of Cross-Border Health Care The Legal Impact of Voluntary Codes of Conduct in the Health Industry Recalibrating the Legal Risks of Cross-Border Health Care Is Chevron Out of Gas? Current Trends in Administrative Law The Local Dilemma: Preemption and the Role of Federal Standards in State and Local Immigration Laws International Health Care Convergence: The Benefits and Burdens of Market-Driven Standardization Biosimilars in the FDA Regulatory Context |