Current Employment
2016–Present University of Surrey School of Law
Professor and Chair of Law and Health Sciences
– 2016–2018 Director of Research (Impact)
– 2016–2017 & 2018–2019 School of Law Researcher of the Year
2013–Present University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor
– 2013–2015 Visiting Assistant Professor
– Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (GIM/HSR)
Education
2011–2012 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Intern Physician
– Member: Quality Improvement and Ethics Committees.
2005–2011 University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Doctor of Medicine, MD
– Recipient of the Weiss Medical Research Scholarship for research in Preventive Medicine (2010)
2007–2011 Yale Law School
Juris Doctor, JD
– Editor and Submissions Editor: Yale Journal of Law and Technology & Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
– Recipient of a Kirby Simon Fellowship for International Human Rights Work (2008).
2001–2005 Emperor’s College
Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine, MTOM, Summa Cum Laude
2000–2005 University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science, BS, Summa Cum Laude
- Selected as one of six UCLA Seniors of the Year (2005)
- Recipient of the UCLA Alumni Association Distinguished Bruin Award Scholarship (2004) and the Michael C. Dunn, M.D. Memorial Scholarship (2004)
- Highest Departmental Honors and College Honors, Member Phi Beta Kappa (2005)
Summer 2002 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Foreign Language Immersion Program (Mandarin Chinese)
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
2018–Present Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
- Member Number: 39967
2018–Present Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
2017–Present Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Reference: PR140105
2017–Present Solicitor in England and Wales (non-practicing)
- Solicitors Regulation Authority ID: 641240
2014–Present Diplomate
- American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM): 61114-838
2012–Present Physician and Surgeon
- California License Number: A122515
2012–Present Attorney (Esq.)
- California Bar Registration Number: 281641
- New York Bar Registration Number: 5053673
2011–Present Patent Attorney
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Registration Number: 68178
2005–Present Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) California License Number: 10803 (inactive)
PRACTICE AND PAST EMPLOYMENT
2018–Present JAMS International
Mediator and Arbitrator
2016–Present Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, LLP
Partner
2013–2016 One LLP
Of Counsel
2012–2016 Southwestern Law School
Associate Professor
- Teaching Subjects: Torts, Health Care Regulations and Practices, Patent Law, and Comparative Sexual Orientation Law.
- 2012–2014: Co-Director of the Summer Law Program in Vancouver at University of British Columbia.
2009–2012 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Consultant
2010 Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)
Consultant
2008–2010 World Health Organization (WHO)
Consultant
2006–2010 UCLA Center for East-West Medicine
Consultant
2009 Health Research For Action (HERA)
Consultant
2009 Summer Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Summer Associate
2008 Summer World Health Organization (WHO) Intern, Department of Technical Cooperation for Essential Drugs and Traditional Medicine
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2019–Present American Bar Association (ABA) IP Section Landslide Magazine
Editor
2019–Present International Law Association
Member
2018–2019 European Commission Expert Working Group on New Tech Formation
Expert
2017–2020 Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College
Academic College Reviewer
2014–2016 Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
Member
2013–2016 Valley Community Healthcare
Board of Governors Member of the Medical Affairs Committee