Anthony Hunter Schiff, JD, MPH, is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, teaching the Legal Environment of Health Services Management course in the EMPH Program.

Professor Schiff was admitted to practice law in California in 1977. He worked at the White House in 1978 for the Special Assistant to the President for Health and subsequently was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar (1979-2023). In 1979, he began to practice law in California and later joined a Century City law firm. In 1984, he opened his own law firm in Century City to specialize in health care law, focusing on representing medical groups, medical staffs, physicians, and other medical organizations. A proponent of patient centered care, he has worked with clients and collaborative partners to build medical groups and to organize Center of Excellence programs in cancer care, cardiology, and orthopedics. He also has helped clients build focus factory programs in several areas of surgery.

Professor Schiff attended UC Santa Barbara (1970-72) and Lewis and Clark College (1972-1974) where he graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science (1974). He earned his Juris Doctorate at Southwestern University, School of Law (May 1977). In August 1977, he attended UCLA School of Public Health and earned his Master of Public Health, Health Services and Hospital Administration degree (December 1978).

Professor Schiff is a member of the State Bar of California, American Health Law Association (Life Member), the California Society for Health Care Attorneys (past President), and the Los Angeles County Bar Association Health Law Section (co-founder of the section and past Chair).