Steven Weissman

Steven I. Weissman is an attorney practicing law in South Florida.<br /> <br /> He authored a proposed opt-out organ donation system, which some call “presumed consent,”<br /> <br /> designed to ease the shortage of human organs for transplantation. The U.S. National Heart<br /> <br /> Transplantation Study (1984/85 at page 33-84, note 92), expressly states that it “heavily” relied<br /> <br /> upon Weissman’s opt-out proposal. Initially considered a radical idea, presumed consent for<br /> <br /> organ donation has been adopted by at least 25 other nations and it is gaining mainstream support<br /> <br /> in the U.S.<br /> <br /> In 2013, when a long time client and friend died, Weissman was asked to serve as interim<br /> <br /> president of an established 247 bed acute care hospital client had founded in Miami-Dade<br /> <br /> County, Florida. The insider’s view of the U.S. healthcare system motivated Weissman to<br /> <br /> become an energetic advocate for pricing reform.<br /> <br /> He has written on healthcare and non-healthcare legal topics and served as an adjunct professor<br /> <br /> at both the University of Miami School of Law and Nova University Graduate Management Program.