The UNLV Health Law Program is guided by an Advisory Board comprised of local, state, and national experts and leaders with experience in areas and industries critical to the intersection of health and law. Advisory Board members have expertise in allied health, dental medicine, health and human services, health care administration, professional education, law, medicine, nursing, public affairs, and public health.
The UNLV Health Law Program is grateful for the service of the following Advisory Board members:
- Connie Akridge, JD, MBA
Partner
Holland & Hart, Las Vegas Office - Barbara Atkinson, MD
Founding Dean
UNLV School of Medicine - Lawrence Barnard, MBA
President and CEO
Dignity Health – St. Rose Dominican, San Martin Campus - Suzanne Bierman, JD, MPH
Administrator, Division of Health Care Financing and Policy
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services - Annette Bradley, JD
General Counsel
Southern Nevada Health District - Michelle Chino, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, UNLV School of Public Health - Peter Christiansen, JD
Christiansen Law Offices - Renee Coffman, PhD, RPh
President and Co-Founder
Roseman University of Health Sciences - Georgia Dounis, DDS, MS
Professor of Clinical Sciences and Director
Interdisciplinary Center on Aging Research & Education, UNLV School of Dental Medicine - Janet Dufek, MS, PhD
Professor and PhD Graduate Coordinator
UNLV Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences - Carole Fisher
President and CEO
Nathan Adelson Hospice - Samantha Fredrickson, JD
Public Affairs Manager
Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada - Paul Janda, DO, JD
Director
Valley Hospital Medical Center Neurology Residency Program - Sam Kaufman, MS
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Desert Springs Hospital - Deborah Kuhls, MD, FACS, FCCM
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor of Surgery, and Principal Academic Officer, Las Vegas Campus, University of Nevada School of Medicine - John O’Reilly, JD, MBA
Chairman and CEO
O’Reilly Law Group
Chair, University Medical Center Governing Board - Cheryl Perna, MSN, RN
Lecturer
UNLV School of Nursing - Melissa Piasecki, MD
Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Nevada School of Medicine - Susan Pitz, JD, MBA
General Counsel
University Medical Center - Michael Saltman, JD
President and Managing General Partner
The Vista Group - Lynn Stange, RN, BSN, MA, CHC
Chief Compliance Officer
Nathan Adelson Hospice - Vincent Thomas, MD, MHA, FHRS
Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center - Omaha, Nebraska - John Valery White, JD
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law - Dylan Wint, MD
Director of Education
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health