Susan M. Pitz, Esq. is the General Counsel of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada located in Las Vegas, Nevada.  UMC, a publicly owned and operated hospital, has been serving the health care needs of Southern Nevadans since 1931. UMC has Nevada’s only Level 1 trauma center, only Pediatric Level II trauma center and Nevada’s only burn center. The hospital is affiliated with the UNLV School of Medicine as its primary teaching hospital and is currently partnering in the formation of a premier Academic Health Center.

Prior to joining the team at UMC in 2015, Susan spent twelve years in private practice, including seven as a principle in Nutile Pitz & Associates, a well-respected health law firm located in Henderson, Nevada. While in private practice, Ms. Pitz regularly advised healthcare entities big and small on general corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters. Ms. Pitz is experienced in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and large and small business startups and has worked extensively with structuring of physician/provider groups, management services organizations and ancillary health care facilities. She also works extensively in the structure of relationships to comply with state and federal laws and regulations, including HIPAA, Fraud and Abuse and Antitrust laws.
 
Ms. Pitz is Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) and Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC) through the Compliance Certification Board.   She is also an active member in the American Health Lawyers Association, Health Care Compliance Association and the American Bar Association.

Throughout her career, Ms. Pitz has enjoyed participating in numerous speaking engagements on healthcare and business related issues in both the medical and legal communities.

Ms. Pitz is admitted to practice in Nevada and California.