College of Law

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Dr. David H. Sohn joined the College of Law faculty under a joint appointment with the College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Fall 2023. He teaches in the areas of law and neuroscience.

Dr. Sohn is the Chief of Shoulder and Sports Medicine and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Toledo Medical Center. He is active in research, writing, and education about the intersection between law and medicine. He is a national speaker on the medical legal risks of prescribing opiate pain medications, former Editor in Chief of the Orthopedic Risk Manager, and author of legal papers on health care courts and arbitration in medicolegal proceedings.  He is a former Washington Health Policy Fellow, a former member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Medical Liability Committee, and Executive Committee member of the Ohio Orthopedic Society.  

Dr. Sohn is the primary advisor and mentor for the UToledo’s joint JD/MD program, a program he helped to found and develop. 

Dr. Sohn earned his B.A. in Applied Mathematics in Medical Sciences from Harvard, J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993, M.D. from University of California, San Diego in 2002, Surgical Internship from Stanford University in 2003, Orthopedic Residency at William Beaumont Hospital in 2007, and Shoulder and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Duke University in 2008.  

UTMC Profile 

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Select publications

Sohn DH and Bal S. “Medical Malpractice Reform: Alternative Dispute Resolution.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2012 May;470(5):1370-8. 

Sohn DH. “Arbitration Clauses: Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing.” Orthopaedics Today, July 2011.

Select Presentations 

Sohn DH.  “The Pain Medication Epidemic, Medical Legal Risks, and Strategies for Compliance.”  Invited Keynote Speaker for the Nevada Orthopaedic Society.  Reno NV, November 14, 2016. 

Fleeter T, Arnstein P, Ring D, Sohn DH.  Instructional Course Lecture: Risk Evaluation and Management Strategies for Prescribing Opioids.”  AAOS National Meeting, Orlando FL, March 2, 2016. 

Fleeter T, Arnstein P, Ring D, Sohn DH.  Instructional Course Lecture: Risk Evaluation and Management Strategies for Prescribing Opioids.”  AAOS National Meeting, Las Vegas NV, March 5, 2015. 

Sohn DH.  “Government Intervention in Health Care.”  Delaware Orthopaedic Symposium, Wilmington DE, November 1, 2008. 

in the media

Maintaining Good Bone Health is Anything but Humerus
Toledo Blade, July 16, 2023

How to Get Back into Working Out After a Long Break?
"Prescribed Listening", Apple Podcasts, April 28, 2023

Getting the Gains, Limiting the Pain: UTMC Doctor Gives Tips on Restarting Exercise Program
Toledo Blade, April 4, 2023

What is Cardiac Arrest?  What to Know After Buffalo Bills Player Damar Hamlin’s Hospitalization
USA Today, January 3, 2023