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William M. Sage, MD, JD

Professor of Law

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Expertise

Health Law
Regulatory Theory
Antitrust
Professional Responsibility

Research & Publications

Education & Experience

Université Paris Descartes, 2011
- Docteur honoris causa
Stanford University, 1988
- M.D. With research honors in anesthesia and critical care medicine
- Alumni Scholar
Stanford University, 1988
- J.D. with distinction
- Order of the Coif
- Note editor, Stanford Law Review
Harvard College, 1982
- A.B., magna cum laude in biochemical sciences
- Phi Beta Kappa
- John Harvard Scholar

Texas A&M University (2022-present)
- Professor of Law, School of Law
- Professor of Medicine (Department of Translational Science), School of Medicine
- Professor (by courtesy) of Government and Public Service, The Bush School of Government & Public Service
- Assistant Vice President, Health Science Center
- Founding director, Institute for Health Care Access (under development)
University of Texas at Austin (2006-2022)
- James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence, School of Law
- Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School
- Vice Provost for Health Affairs (2006-2013)
Columbia University
- Professor of Law (2001-2006)
- Associate Professor of Law (1995-2001)
Visiting Professorships and Other Teaching Positions
- New York University School of Law and Dept. of Population Health, School of Medicine (2019-2020)
- Emory Law School (Spring 2018)
- Yale Law School (Spring 2013)
- Harvard Law School (Fall 2007)
- University of Texas School of Law (2005-2006)
- Duke University School of Law (Spring 2001)
- Université Paris Descartes (professeur invite, faculté de droit, 2013-2017)
- University of Minnesota Law School/School of Public Health (visiting scholar, Fall 2003)
- Tokyo University Law Faculty (Columbia Law School exchange program, October 1997)
- Leyden-Amsterdam-Columbia Summer Program in American Law (July 1997)
- USC School of Medicine (adjunct faculty, 1991-95)
- UCLA School of Medicine (adjunct faculty, 1991-92)

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Achievements & Awards

Elected Member

National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine)
Elected Fellow

The Hastings Center on Bioethics
Elected Fellow,

New York Academy of Medicine
Elected Member

The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
Eminent Scholar

Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M University (2017-18)
Honorary Member

Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society (Alpha Tau Chapter)
Honorary Fellow

American College of Legal Medicine

"Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question "

E.E. Cummings, 1938