David A. Hyman is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a
Professor of Law at Georgetown University. A doctor as well as a
lawyer, Hyman served most recently as the Ross and Helen Workman
Chair in Law and Professor of Medicine at the University of
Illinois, where he directed the Epstein Program in Health Law and
Policy. He focuses his research on the regulation and financing of
health care and has taught insurance, medical malpractice, law and
economics, professional responsibility and tax policy in addition
to civil procedure. Hyman served as special counsel on the Federal
Trade Commission, where he organized and led hearings on health
care and competition - leading to the first joint report issued by
the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, “Improving
Health Care: A Dose of Competition.” Earlier in his career, he was
an associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago, practicing tax
litigation and health care law. He has been a visiting law
professor at the University of Texas and George Washington
University, a law professor at the University of Maryland and a
lecturer at the University of Chicago. Hyman earned his BA, JD and
MD degrees from the University of Chicago.
