Our Leadership

Executive Leadership

UCSF Health, with affiliations throughout Northern California, is internationally renowned for providing highly specialized and innovative care. The health system is an integral part of UC San Francisco, one of the top universities in the nation for health sciences research and higher education.

Suresh Gunasekaran

President, Chief Executive Officer

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine
  • Senior Vice President, Clinical Services, President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • System Chief Medical Officer, UCSF Health
  • Enterprise Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President, Information Technology
  • Vice President and Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President
  • Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS

    Senior Vice President, Clinical Services, President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Elizabeth Engel, JD

    Vice President, Chief of Staff
  • Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA

    President, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Senior Vice President, Children's Services, UCSF Health
  • Timothy Y. Kan, MBA

    Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
  • Inga Lennes, MD, MPH, MBA

    President, Faculty Practice Organization
  • Brian Newman

    Vice President for Real Estate, UCSF Health, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, UCSF
  • Rachel Nosowsky, JD

    Chief Counsel, UCSF Health
  • Madelyn (Maddy) Pearson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

    Chief Nursing Executive, Vice President, Patient Care Services

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors provides strategic guidance and oversight to ensure our hospital delivers exceptional care, advances medical innovation, and serves our community with integrity. Comprised of respected leaders from healthcare, business, and the community, the board works closely with hospital leadership to uphold our mission, strengthen patient-centered care, and guide long-term growth.