Susan M. Pitz, class of '02, serves as general counsel at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC). 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 the primary teaching hospital for the UNLV School of Medicine.

Giving back to the community that has been her home for the past 20 years drives Susan. "A major part of my decision to take on the role of general counsel at UMC was the

Boyd alum Dr. Paul Janda ('16) put his health law expertise to very good use last year when he helped craft and pass a Nevada brain death statute. Although the law has recognized brain death for some four decades, it is not always clear whether brain death has actually occurred. As a neurologist and lawyer, Dr. Janda could bring the perfect background to the problem, which received considerable public attention in the case of Jahi McMath in 2014. 

 As a teenager living in California, Ms. McMath suffered a cardiac arrest after a tonsillectomy and was declared dead by brain criteria. Her