Leadership Award

John (Jack) Stobo, MD

Executive Vice President
UC Health, University of California System

John D. Stobo, MD, is executive vice president for the University of California’s health system, which is comprised of UC’s seventeen health professional schools and ten hospitals, including five academic medical centers, known collectively as UC Health. He has oversight responsibilities for the operation  of the system and its facilities as well as for the development of systemwide initiatives designed to  enable UC Health to successfully meet the challenges of the rapidly changing health care environment. Stobo also oversees the University of California’s self-funded health plans, which provide affordable health care to UC employees and students. Stobo’s forty-five years of leadership experience in the  clinical and academic health science fields includes leadership roles at institutions such as Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Health System, the Mayo Clinic, UCSF, and the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and has served on the Governing  Council for that Academy as well as the Governing Council of the American Hospital Association.  He currently serves on the board of directors for Rady’s Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California. He is the past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation.