Biography:

Elizabeth Snelson, Esq. works with medical staffs across the country, focusing on medical staff bylaws and credentialing, and works for medical societies on medical staff compliance and other issues. A frequent speaker on medical staff legal issues, Ms. Snelson presents at medical staff leadership retreats and other programs sponsored by medical staff services associations and medical societies and provides expert testimony on peer review and related matters. She is Past President of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel and past Vice President of the ABA’s Physician Issues Interest Group. She was a member of the Joint Commission’s MS 01.01.01 Task Force. Her articles on medical staff legal issues have appeared in various publications. She is the author of The Physicians’ Guide to Medical Staff Organization Bylaws, published by AMA.