Visiting Professor of Law
B.A., Duke; J.D., Yale

Office Location: Hotung 5015

Assistant: Julianne Zollinger

Phone: 202-662-9485

Biography

From 1979 through 1995, Professor Westmoreland served as Counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1995 through 1999, he was the Senior Policy Fellow at the Law Center's Federal Legislation Clinic. From mid-1999 through January 2001, Professor Westmoreland was the Director of the Medicaid program for the Federal government. He has worked extensively on public health and health finance policy. Professor Westmoreland was counsel to the Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health and an advisor to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. He is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator in Health Policy, working on budget process and health policy.