Mark R. Laret is president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health which is comprised of UCSF Medical Center, Benioff Children’s Hospitals, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic and The Faculty Practice. UCSF Health has annual revenue of nearly $5 billion.
Laret, who joined UCSF in 2000, has three decades of experience as a health care executive and is a national leader in health care reform. His career began at UCLA Medical Center, where he served from 1980-1995 in several leadership positions, before being named CEO of UC Irvine Medical Center, which he led from 1995 to 2000.
As President and CEO of UCSF Health, Laret heads one of the most distinguished medical institutions in the world, one that is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Top 10 hospital in the United States and the best in California. At UCSF, he has led initiatives to improve quality of care and patient safety and to modernize facilities and equipment. He led an effort to build a $1.5 billion UCSF hospital complex at the Mission Bay campus – including hospitals for children, women’s services and cancer -- and raised $600 million in private contributions for the new facility.
He is past Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the National Council of Teaching Hospitals, and the California Hospital Association.
Laret's volunteer service includes membership on the board of the international charity, Mercy Ships, which delivers medical care on hospital ships to indigent communities in Africa. He chaired corporate fundraising drives in San Francisco for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and American Heart Association.
He is a member of the board of directors of Nuance Communications in Boston, Massachusetts.
Laret earned a bachelor's degree at UCLA and a master's degree at the University of Southern California (USC), both in political science.
Add to Calendar2021-11-18 12:00:002021-11-18 13:00:00Medicine Grand Rounds: President Mark Laret
Mark R. Laret is president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health which is comprised of UCSF Medical Center, Benioff Children’s Hospitals, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic and The Faculty Practice. UCSF Health has annual revenue of nearly $5 billion.
Laret, who joined UCSF in 2000, has three decades of experience as a health care executive and is a national leader in health care reform. His career began at UCLA Medical Center, where he served from 1980-1995 in several leadership positions, before being named CEO of UC Irvine Medical Center, which he led from 1995 to 2000.
As President and CEO of UCSF Health, Laret heads one of the most distinguished medical institutions in the world, one that is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Top 10 hospital in the United States and the best in California. At UCSF, he has led initiatives to improve quality of care and patient safety and to modernize facilities and equipment. He led an effort to build a $1.5 billion UCSF hospital complex at the Mission Bay campus – including hospitals for children, women’s services and cancer -- and raised $600 million in private contributions for the new facility.
He is past Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the National Council of Teaching Hospitals, and the California Hospital Association.
Laret's volunteer service includes membership on the board of the international charity, Mercy Ships, which delivers medical care on hospital ships to indigent communities in Africa. He chaired corporate fundraising drives in San Francisco for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and American Heart Association.
He is a member of the board of directors of Nuance Communications in Boston, Massachusetts.
Laret earned a bachelor's degree at UCLA and a master's degree at the University of Southern California (USC), both in political science.
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