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Leadership

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Health Sciences
School of Medicine

Health Sciences

David Brenner

Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences

Gary Firestein
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; Director, Clinical and Translational Research Institute

Steven Garfin
Interim Dean, School of Medicine
Photo: K.C. Alfred, San Diego Union-Tribune

Gene Hasegawa
Chief Operating Officer
Associate Dean

Christopher Kane
Dean, Clinical Affairs
CEO, UC San Diego Health Physician Group

Kim Kennedy
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Scott Lippman
Director, Moores Cancer Center

Christopher Longhurst
Chief Information Officer;
Associate Chief Medical Officer,
Quality and Safety

Patty Maysent
CEO, UC San Diego Health

James McKerrow Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Dean, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jill Mesirov
Associate Vice Chancellor, Computational Health Sciences

Pierre Ouillet
Chief Financial Officer

Brandon Rhodes
Chief of Staff

Robert Ross
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs

Mounir Soliman
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences International

JoAnn Trejo
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Faculty Affairs

Org Chart - UC San Diego Health Sciences

UC San Diego Health Leadership

School of Medicine

Steven Garfin
Interim Dean, School of Medicine
Photo: K.C. Alfred, San Diego Union-Tribune

Gene Hasegawa
Chief Operating Officer
Associate Dean

Laura Baker
Chief of Staff

Cheryl Ross
Financial Officer

Maria Savoia
Dean, Medical Education

Org Chart – UC San Diego School of Medicine

Department Leadership

Anesthesiology:

Chair: Ruth Waterman
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Maegan M. Carey

Biomedical Informatics:

Chair: Lucila Ohno-Machado
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Nancy L. Herbst

Cellular and Molecular Medicine:

Chair: Donald Cleveland
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Rina C. Davison (Hlifka)

Dermatology:

Chair: Richard Gallo
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Wendy Nguyen

Emergency Medicine:

Chair: Theodore Chan
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Maegan M. Carey

Family Medicine and Public Health:

Chair: David Bazzo (Interim)
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Katherine MacFarlane

Medicine:

Chair: Ehtisham Mahmud (Interim)
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL):Amir Schangali

Neurosciences:

Chair: James Brewer
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Eric S. Wilson

Neurosurgery:

Chair: Alexander Khalessi
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Heather Delaney

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences:

Chair: Linda Brubaker (Interim)
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Lydia Ikeda

Ophthalmology:

Chair: Robert Weinreb
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Craig C. Kishaba

Orthopaedic Surgery:

Chair: Reid Allen Abrams (Interim)
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Cheryl R. Correia

Pathology:

Steven Gonias
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL):Kai Wang

Pediatrics:

Chair: Gabriel Haddad
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Michelle J. De Guire

Pharmacology:

Chair: Silvio Gutkind
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Wei Deng

Psychiatry:

Chair: Jeff Daskalakis
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Catherine Hampel

Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences:

Chair: Arno Mundt
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Veronica C. Garcia

Radiology:

Chair: Alexander Norbash
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): David B. Kimber

Surgery:

Chair: Bryan Clary
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Casey Sandack

Urology:

Chair: Manoj Monga
Health Sciences Administrative Leader (HSSAL): Krista (Kenna) Roberts