Julie E. Chicoine

Julie Chicoine is an Associate General Counsel with Sidra Medicine, a newly opened teaching facility, affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine and located in Doha, Qatar, where she is advising on legal and regulatory issues. Prior to joining Sidra, Julie served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Texas Hospital Association, representing more than 450 Texas hospitals and health systems on state and federal health law and policy matters.

Julie also has several years of experience advising academic medical centers, both in private practice and as in-house counsel on matters including compliance, research, employment, risk management and health care reimbursement.

In addition to the practice of law, Julie is a former registered nurse and is accredited as a CPC and served as an advisor to the American Medical Association's CPT Advisory Committee for several years.

Julie earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston Law Center. She also holds a Bachelor of Science and Nursing degree from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston and is admitted to the practice of law in Texas.