Suresh Gunasekaran

Suresh Gunasekaran is president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health, an internationally recognized health system that includes UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, UCSF Benioff Children's Physicians and the UCSF Faculty Practice. UCSF Health employs 13,000 people, maintains more than 950 beds, fields over 1 million patient visits per year, and has an annual revenue of over $5 billion.

UCSF Health has an expanding network of affiliations with top health care organizations throughout Northern California. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UCSF Medical Center among the top 10 hospitals in the nation, with top rankings in 11 subspecialties.

In his role as president and CEO, Gunasekaran is responsible for providing leadership in executing UCSF's vision, and stewarding the institution through its next phase of growth, revitalization and innovation, including technological. He partners with UCSF's research and education enterprises and upholds the system's values, including a commitment to advancing anti-racism and social justice.

Gunasekaran has more than 20 years of experience in health care administration and information technology, with a focus on quality and safety, patient service, collaboration and operational excellence. Prior to joining UCSF in 2022, he served as chief executive officer at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president for University of Iowa Health Care. He oversaw the operational, strategic and financial performance of Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center, a more than $2 billion operation with 11,000 employees. He also served as chief information officer and later as chief operations officer for the University of Texas Southwestern Health System in Dallas, Texas. He began his career in health care as an administrative director in outpatient clinical operations at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. He also worked as an analyst for Gartner and IBM/Healthlink.

Gunasekaran earned a master of business administration degree, graduating with honors, from Southern Methodist University