Jodi Hirsch, JD

Jodi Hirsch is vice president for legal affairs at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. After starting a career in nursing, Hirsch pursued a law degree with the aim of providing a voice for nurses in the legal field. For more than three decades, she worked as a medical malpractice defense lawyer representing doctors and nurses, and served as in-house counsel for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation, West Penn Hospital and Allegheny Health Network, and University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Before joining UCSF, she served as general counsel, corporate secretary and senior vice president for Lifespace Communities, a leader in the management of continuing care retirement communities and acute care health centers.

She is licensed to practice in Iowa. She is a Registered Inhouse Counsel, State Bar of California.

Hirsch has authored several educational modules on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and on compliance for the Child Health Corporation of America (a national alliance of specialty hospitals). She co-authored a chapter on the combined medical and legal aspects of pediatric anesthesia in Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, a leading textbook for doctors training in pediatric anesthesia and a comprehensive reference for practitioners.