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The annual McDonald Merrill Ketcham Lecture was held on February 23, 2007. Professor James F. Blumstein, Vanderbilt School of Law, gave the keynote speech entilted “Of Doctors and Hospitals: Setting the Analytical Framework.” After the lecture, a panel discussion on “Hospital-Physician Joint Venture Issues” was led by Gregory L. Pemberton (Partner, Ice Miller LLP and Chair, ABA Health Law Section). The panel participants were Norman G. Tabler, Senior Vice-President & General Counsel, Clarian Health Partners; Steven H. Pratt, Partner, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman, P.C. and Adjunct Professor, Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis; Dennis L. Pippenger, M.D., Private Practice, OB/GYN Specialists of Indiana, Noblesville; and Mike Finnerty, Kaufman Hall, Financial and Capital Consultants to Healthcare Organizations. For the second year, the MMK lecture was held in conjunction with the Indiana Health Law Review’s symposium issue, this year dedicated to “Hospital-Physician Joint Venture Issues.”