In-house attorney for Upstate Medical joins Bond, Schoeneck & King

SYRACUSE — Regina Spause McGraw, former senior managing counsel at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has joined Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC.

McGraw, who is also a registered nurse, will work in the Syracuse–based law firm’s health-care practice group.

As an in-house lawyer for an academic medical center, she brings broad experience on a wide range of health-care issues, including today’s challenges faced by health-care providers, according to Bond, Schoeneck & King.

“We are delighted to have Regina join Bond’s substantial health care industry team. She has vast experience on the client side of the desk handling the complex issues our health care clients face in this rapidly evolving and highly regulated industry, Richard Hole, chairman of Bond, said in a news release.

McGraw was with Upstate Medical University from October 1999 through March 2014, according to her LinkedIn page. She is a graduate of the Widener University School of Law, LaSalle University, and Chestnut Hill Hospital School of Nursing.

While at Upstate Medical, McGraw worked on the organization’s acquisition of Community General Hospital and merger into Upstate as an additional campus. She also handled regulatory compliance issues and developed new hospital-physician employment arrangements, according to her profile on the Bond website.

Bond’s health-care practice group’s institutional clients include hospitals, medical centers, nursing homes, home health agencies, adult homes, and assisted-living centers, according to the release.

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