Name: Alumni Weekend Opening Session: Shaping the Future of Health and Discovery
Start: 2025-04-25T09:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-25T10:30:00-0700

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Robertson Auditorium

Begin Alumni Weekend with a keynote session that speaks directly to UCSF’s ongoing commitment to innovation and impact in health and science. Chancellor Sam Hawgood will open with a comprehensive update on UCSF’s latest achievements, setting the stage for a thought-provoking dialogue on the historic revitalization of the Parnassus Heights campus. Chancellor Hawgood and Suresh Gunasekaran, president and CEO of UCSF Health, also will explore transformative changes underway – a vision that integrates pioneering research, state-of-the-art care, and academic excellence to meet the complex challenges of the present and the future.

This forward-looking dialogue will reflect our shared mission, which advances our work as a community of UCSF alumni. Together, we’ll explore how UCSF’s investments in collaborative research and cutting-edge facilities propel the institution forward and enrich and empower the vital work we undertake in the health sciences.

Speakers

Suresh Gunasekaran

UCSF Health President and CEO

Suresh Gunasekaran is president and CEO of UCSF Health, which includes approximately 18,000 staff and physicians, maintains 1,290 beds, admits 41,000 patients and has over 2.5 million outpatient visits yearly. In addition to overseeing UCSF Health’s network of affiliated organizations... Read More →

Sam Hawgood, MBBS, Postdoc Alum

UCSF Chancellor

Chancellor Hawgood is the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor. His career at UCSF, which began when he joined the university as a research fellow in 1982, includes serving as dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs, chair of the Department... Read More →

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Robertson Auditorium

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Suresh Gunasekaran

Sam Hawgood, MBBS, Postdoc Alum

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