Executive Leadership at UC Davis Health

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Executive leadership oversees UC Davis Health’s academic, research and clinical programs, including a Top 10 ranked School of Medicine, Top 25 ranked Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and the Top 50 ranked UC Davis Children’s Hospital and UC Davis Medical Center. UC Davis Medical Center, the health system’s flagship hospital, is a 684-bed Level 1 Trauma hospital consistently ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and Becker’s.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="iw_component" id="iw_comp1636478582533"> <style>#iw_comp1636478582533{}</style><div xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" class="quick-links-component white mb-7"> <div class="wrapper d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="sizer col-12"> <div class="card-container row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-3 row-cols-lg-4 row-cols-xl-6 d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="card col"><a class="link-wrapper" id="quicklinks-leadership-quicklinks-home-1" href="/leadership/leadership-teams.html" title="material-groups"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="material-icon"><span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">groups</span></div> <h3 class="card-title">UC Davis Health Leadership Teams</h3> </div></a></div> <div class="card col"><a class="link-wrapper" id="quicklinks-leadership-quicklinks-home-2" href="/strategicplan/" title="material-quick_reference"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="material-icon"><span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">quick_reference</span></div> <h3 class="card-title">Clinical Strategic Plan 2022–2027</h3> </div></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="iw_component" id="iw_comp1636478582526"> <style>#iw_comp1636478582526{}</style><div xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" class="basic-content wrapper d-flex justify-content-center mb-7"> <div class="sizer col-lg-10"> <div class="basic-content-container article-container row dflex justify-content-center mx-0"> <div class="basic-content-body article-body sizer col-lg-10"><p>UC Davis Health's academic, research and clinical programs include:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/medschool/">UC Davis School of Medicine</a>, <a href="/health-magazine/issues/summer2022/in-brief/rankings.html">ranked in the top 50</a> by U.S. News & World Report.</li> <li><a href="/nursing/">Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing</a>, <a href="/health-magazine/issues/summer2022/in-brief/rankings.html">ranked in the top 50</a> by U.S. News & World Report.</li> <li>UC Davis Medical Center, a 648-bed Level 1 Trauma hospital consistently ranked among the nation's best by <a href="/health-magazine/issues/summer2022/in-brief/rankings.html">U.S. News & World Report</a>, Newsweek, and Becker's.</li> </ul> <p><a href="/medicalcenter/">UC Davis Medical Center</a>, in partnership with Shriners Children's Northern California, also operates a top 50 children's hospital, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. UC Davis Health includes a second hospital, the UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital. The health system is an innovation hub for biomedical discoveries that helps advance health around the world. It is ranked in the <a href="/health-magazine/issues/summer2022/in-brief/rankings.html">top 35 nationally</a> for medical research.</p><p>UC Davis Health is committed to <a href="/news/topic/underserved">expanding care for the underserved</a>. This includes caring for Medi-Cal patients and others with few resources while creating a sustainable financial model. Among initiatives, a key partnership was developed with Sacramento County Health Services as well as other initiatives with health allies. These collaborations aim to expand primary and specialty care to the underserved, reform the managed care system, and address the crisis in mental illness and homelessness. UC Davis Health is positioned as a resource to "complete, not compete" with other health systems to improve access and care throughout the region.</p> <p>UC Davis Health serves more than half of California's counties as the only academic medical center between San Francisco and Portland, Ore. Partnerships with Adventist Health and the California Medical Association were developed to address recruiting, training and retaining doctors in rural areas throughout Northern California. Novel training programs to advance rural and inner city care have been championed and are now embraced by the American Medical Association (AMA) as national models. To adapt to health care's evolution and leverage UC Davis Health is creating a digital platform and virtual hospital to lead in technology and connectivity to adapt to health care's evolution and leverage the organization's early success in creating California's telehealth backbone. All of this is done while reinforcing the values of empathy, inclusivity and a patient-centric ethic.</p><p>UC Davis Health's nation-leading Alzheimer's research program is ranked 14th nationally in Alzheimer's research funding. UC Davis takes a public health approach to its studies and programs. The health system pays special attention to measuring the toll of the disease across the social spectrum, identifying groups that are disproportionately impacted, and researching the differences between Alzheimer's and dementia. UC Davis Health's <a href="https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/university-of-california-davis-medical-center-6932680/geriatric-care" rel="noopener" target="_blank">national ranking in geriatric care</a> is another important part of supporting patients, as well as caregivers through a nationally modeled <a href="/family-caregiving/">Family Caregiving Institute.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="iw_component" id="iw_comp1636478582540"> <style>#iw_comp1636478582540{}</style><div class="tabs mb-7"> <div class="wrapper d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="sizer col-lg-10 d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="row mx-0 d-flex justify-content-center"> <ul class="nav nav-tabs dropdown col-12 px-0 mb-3 mb-sm-4" id="autoTab" role="tablist"><a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a><div class="dropdown-menu"> <li class="nav-item dropdown-item" role="presentation"><a data-bs-toggle="tab" role="tab" id="tab_1-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" href="#tab_1-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-controls="tab_1-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" class="nav-link active" aria-selected="true">Medical Center</a></li> <li class="nav-item dropdown-item" role="presentation"><a data-bs-toggle="tab" role="tab" id="tab_2-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" href="#tab_2-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-controls="tab_2-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" class="nav-link" aria-selected="false">Medical Group </a></li> <li class="nav-item dropdown-item" role="presentation"><a data-bs-toggle="tab" role="tab" id="tab_3-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" href="#tab_3-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-controls="tab_3-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" class="nav-link" aria-selected="false">School of Medicine</a></li> <li class="nav-item dropdown-item" role="presentation"><a data-bs-toggle="tab" role="tab" id="tab_4-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" href="#tab_4-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-controls="tab_4-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" class="nav-link" aria-selected="false">School of Nursing</a></li> </div> </ul> <div class="tab-content sizer col-lg-10 m-auto" id="autoTabContent"> <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade show active" id="tab_1-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-labelledby="tab_1-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage"> <div class="tab-text article-body basic-content"><p><a href="/medicalcenter/">UC Davis Medical Center</a>, based in Sacramento, Calif., is a nationally renowned academic medical center where clinical practice, teaching and research converge to advance human health<strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>A few highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A 600+ bed multispecialty academic medical center</li> <li>Serves 33 counties covering a 65,000-square-mile area north to the Oregon border and east to Nevada</li> <li>Ranked<a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/us-news-ranks-uc-davis-medical-center-among-nations-best/2024/07" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Sacramento's top hospital by<span> </span><span></span></a><em><a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/us-news-ranks-uc-davis-medical-center-among-nations-best/2024/07" rel="noopener" target="_blank">U.S. News & World Report</a>,<span> </span></em>and one of the top hospitals in California</li> </ul> <p><strong>Centers of excellence include:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="/cancer/">UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center</a>, one of a limited number of National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive centers nationwide</li> <li>State-of-the-art emergency departments that include the region's only <a href="/medical-center/news/headlines/uc-davis-medical-center-re-verified-as-level-i-trauma-center-by-american-college-of-surgeons/2022/08">Level I adult and pediatric<span> </span>trauma centers</a></li> <li>The internationally recognized<span> </span><span></span><a href="/mindinstitute/">UC Davis MIND Institute</a>, devoted to finding treatments and cures for neurodevelopmental disorders</li> <li><a href="/children/">UC Davis Children's Hospital</a>, a nationally ranked pediatric hospital with more than 120 physicians in 33 pediatric subspecialties</li> <li>A pioneering<a href="/cht/"><span> </span><span></span>telehealth program</a>, which gives remote, underserved communities access to academic specialty and subspecialty care</li> </ul> <p>To learn more,<span> </span><a href="/medicalcenter/">visit the medical center site</a>.</p></div> </div> <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade" id="tab_2-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-labelledby="tab_2-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage"> <div class="tab-text article-body basic-content"><p>The Medical Group represents all organized medical group practices of UC Davis Health’s primary and specialty care faculty physicians. The group's purpose is to serve the health system’s missions through high-quality, cost-effective care delivery. By delegation from the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Dean, the Medical Group has shared responsibility for the clinical operations of the health system's professional practice activities.</p> <p>The formation of the Medical Group is an important step in formalizing the leadership of the health system's medical group practices and in refining the role of its group practice in achieving the health system's research, teaching, patient care and community engagement goals. Its primary goal is to maintain a clinical practice that distinguishes UC Davis Health as a leading faculty and academic health center.</p> <p><strong>Specific goals of the Medical Group include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Increasing efficiency of practice and revenue</li> <li>Decreasing practice expenses</li> <li>Reducing silos and improving integration</li> <li>Identifying areas to increase quality</li> <li>Aligning incentives</li> </ul> <p><a href="/otolaryngology/team/1269/debbie-aizenberg---otolaryngology--ent-ears--nose--throat----pediatric-otolaryngology-rocklin/" title="Debbie Aizenberg, M.D. bio">Debbie Aizenberg, M.D.</a><span> is the executive director of the Medical Group, overseeing faculty practice operations as well as the overall vision and strategic direction of the Medical Group and its day-to-day activities. She collaborates with the leadership of the</span><span> </span><a href="/medschool/">School of Medicine</a><span> </span><span>and</span><span> </span><a href="/medicalcenter/">medical center</a><span> </span><span>to set and achieve joint strategic goals across the health system.</span></p> <p><strong>More information</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/patients-visitors/locations/primary-care/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Physicians' practice locations</a> </li> <li><a href="https://physicians.ucdavis.edu/medicalcenter">Find a physician</a> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade" id="tab_3-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-labelledby="tab_3-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage"> <div class="tab-text article-body basic-content"><p><a href="/medschool/">UC Davis School of Medicine</a><span> </span>is one of the nation's leading medical schools, recognized for its research and primary-care programs. The school places in the top 10 in the nation for primary care training, the top 20 percent of institutions in the country for research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and is home to one of the nation’s inaugural<span> </span><a href="/ctsc/">Clinical Translational Science Centers</a>.</p> <p>A few highlights include:</p> <ul> <li>A national reputation for life-changing biomedical discoveries</li> <li>A passion for clinical care and a commitment to engaging people from underserved communities and advancing rural health</li> <li>Fully accredited master’s degree programs in<span> </span><span></span><a href="http://mph.ucdavis.edu/">public health</a><span> </span>and in<span> </span><a href="/informatics/">informatics</a></li> <li>A combined<span> </span><a href="/mdprogram/MD_Ph.D/about.html">M.D.-Ph.D. program</a><span> </span>that is training the next generation of physician-scientists to conduct high-impact research and translate discoveries into better clinical care</li> </ul> <p>The Dean’s Departments and Offices include:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/medical-school/leadership/" rel="noopener" title="Dean of the School of Medicine, UC Davis Health" target="_blank">Office of the Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/academicpersonnel/">Academic Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/ome/">Office of Medical Education</a></li> <li><a href="/medresearch/">Office of Research</a></li> <li><a href="/medresearch/research-operations/research-operations-unit.html">Office of Sponsored Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/facultydev/">Faculty Development</a></li> <li><a href="/medschool/somsenate/">Faculty Senate</a></li> </ul> <p>Additional departments:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/medresearch/about-us/centers-programs.html">Research Centers and Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/medresearch/about-us/departments-divisions.html">Departments and Divisions</a></li> </ul> <p>To learn more,<span> </span><a href="/medschool/"><span></span>visit the UC Davis School of Medicine website</a>.</p></div> </div> <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade" id="tab_4-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage" aria-labelledby="tab_4-tab-tabbed-content-leadership-homepage"> <div class="tab-text article-body basic-content"><p>The <a href="/nursing/">Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis</a> cultivates academic excellence and addresses urgent, societal needs through leadership development, interprofessional education, transformative research, cultural inclusiveness and innovative technology. The school plays a critical role in preparing nurse leaders who will shape the future of health care and inform health policy.</p> <p>The School of Nursing has five research focus areas: chronic disease management, health technology, pain management, Healthy People and Healthy Systems. <a href="/nursing/ourteam/faculty/faculty_index.html">Faculty</a> come from a wide range of backgrounds including nursing, business administration, sociology, gerontology, medicine, information technology and psychology. School of Nursing students engage in classroom and clinical environments with students in the School of Medicine, health informatics and other health-related programs.</p> <p><strong>A few highlights include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Offers<span> </span><a href="/nursing/academics/programs/index.html" title="programs page">multiple graduate-degree programs</a><span> </span>including Ph.D., D.N.P., M.H.S., M.S. and M.S.N. </li> <li>When full enrollment is reached by 2022, the school is projected to serve roughly 420 students in all programs.</li> <li>Established in March 2009<span></span><span> </span>with a $100 million commitment from the<span> </span><a href="/nursing/about_us/moore_foundation.html">Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.</a></li> </ul> <p>To learn more, <a href="/nursing/">visit the School of Nursing's website.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="iw_component" id="iw_comp1660834239513"> <style>#iw_comp1660834239513{}</style><div class="badges-default-skin badges mb-7"> <div class="wrapper d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="sizer col-12 px-0"> <div class="component-header"><span class="component-heading underlined mb-2 pb-3">Awards and Recognitions</span></div> <div class="badges-container" id="badges-id-auto"> <ol class="carousel-indicators"> <li data-bs-slide-to="0" class="active" data-bs-target="#badges-id-auto"></li> </ol><a class="carousel-control-prev btn-slider-hover" role="button" data-bs-slide="prev" data-sliding="false"><span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">chevron_left</span><span class="sr-only">Previous</span></a><a class="carousel-control-next btn-slider-hover" role="button" data-bs-slide="next" data-sliding="false"><span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">chevron_right</span><span class="sr-only">Next</span></a><div class="badges-wrapper"> <div class="badges-inner row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-4"> <div class="badge col" data-order="1"><span class="link-wrapper"> <div class="badge-img"><img class="img-fluid" src="/media-resources/contenthub/badges/us-news/best-hospital/best-hospital-badge.png" alt="USNWR Best Hospital badge"><span class="category"></span><h3 class="badge-title">Ranked among the nation’s best hospitals</h3> </div></span><div class="badge-body"> <div class="badge-description"> <div class="badge-text"><p>A <em>U.S. News & World Report</em> best hospital in cancer, cardiology, heart & vascular surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ENT, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, and pulmonology & lung surgery.</p></div> </div><a class="badge-cta btn btn-sm btn-link chevron-right mt-3" href="https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/university-of-california-davis-medical-center-6932680" title="Learn more" id="badge-img-badge-us-news-best-hospitals-USNWR-best-hospital">Learn more</a></div> </div> <div class="badge col" data-order="2"><span class="link-wrapper"> <div class="badge-img"><img class="img-fluid" src="/media-resources/contenthub/badges/us-news/childrens-hospital/USNWR-childrens-best-hospital-badge.png" alt="US News & World Report best Children’s Hospital badge"><span class="category"></span><h3 class="badge-title">Ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals</h3> </div></span><div class="badge-body"> <div class="badge-description"> <div class="badge-text"><p><em>U.S. News & World</em> Report ranked UC Davis Children’s Hospital among the best in neonatology, nephrology, orthopedics*, pediatric & adolescent behavioral health, and pulmonology & lung surgery. 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