Mini-Med School Orthopedic Trauma Edition

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA | Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA successfully advises and represents clients on healthcare, cybersecurity, securities, and qui tam compliance, transactional, litigation, and government enforcement matters. Ms. Rose is also an Affiliated Member with the Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, where she teaches bioethics.

• Education & Credentials

Ms. Rose holds an MBA with minors in healthcare and entrepreneurship from Vanderbilt University, and a law degree from Stetson University College of Law, where she graduated with various honors, including the National Scribes Award. Ms. Rose also attained a Certificate in Negotiation and Leadership from Harvard University. Ms. Rose is licensed in Texas and is a Fellow of the Federal Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

• Recognition & Leadership

She has been named consecutively to the Texas Bar College, the National Women Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 25, Houstonia Magazine’s Top Lawyers (healthcare), the National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 and The Nation’s Top One Percent and SuperLawyers (healthcare). Ms. Rose was awarded 1st Healthcare Compliance’s 2019 and 2022 Top Presenter Award, as well as receiving NBI’s Outstanding Faculty Award for the past several years.

• Professional Involvement

Currently, she serves as a Director on the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association’s National Board, is a Past Chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Government Relations Committee, an Advisory Board member of the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section, the co-editor of the American Health Lawyers Association’s Enterprise Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Entities (2nd Edition), as well as a co-author of the ABA’s books The ABCs of ACOs, What Are International HIPAA Considerations and International HIPAA, Privacy, and Security Law Considerations, as well as book chapters for a variety of legal and medical books, including Health Law Handbook (2026 Edition).

• Experience

In addition to being extensively published, a sought-after presenter and often quoted in a variety of publications, she has served as a testifying and as a consultative expert. She has conducted HIPAA risk analyses and assisted clients post-breach since 2012.

Matthew C. Starke, MD | Carolinas Medical Center

Dr. Matthew Starke is a board-certified, trauma-fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon, who has both trained and worked at some of the busiest trauma centers in the country.

• Education & Credentials

After obtaining his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, where he served as a research assistant in both the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. Starke did his residency at Rutgers (Newark, NJ) and his trauma fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center.

• Recognition & Leadership

Dr. Matthew C. Starke is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic trauma surgeon with 12 years of clinical experience who has trained and worked at some of the busiest trauma centers in the country. He practices with Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, including its Multidisciplinary Trauma Clinic, where he has extensive experience treating hip and femur fractures. Dr. Starke earned his Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine and is bilingual in English and Spanish.

• Professional Involvement

Extensively published on a variety of orthopedic topics, Dr. Starke served as an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.

• Experience

Dr. Starke practices orthopedic trauma surgery at Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health’s flagship hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina — the center where he also completed his trauma fellowship. He previously practiced with the Spectrum Health (now Corewell Health) Multidisciplinary Trauma Clinic in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

SESSION 1 – Mini-Med School Orthopedic Trauma Edition | Rachel V. Rose & Matthew C. Starke | 12:00pm – 2:10pm

This two-hour course is proof that doctors and lawyers can collaborate! Co-presented by an attorney and a board-certified orthopedic surgeon both of whom are extensively published, the course begins by addressing legal aspects of litigation, including: procedural and evidentiary issues, types of experts, and privacy laws, as well as artificial intelligence (AI) considerations. The remaining portion of the course focuses on musculoskeletal anatomy, diagnostic tests, and injury case studies.

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm