UC Davis Chancellor May Appoints Mark I. Rosenblatt as Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences

UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May has appointed Mark I. Rosenblatt to the place of vice chancellor of human well being sciences, overseeing UC Davis Health, which incorporates three hospitals: the nationally ranked UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Children’s Hospital, in addition to the UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital. It additionally contains oversight for 2 nationally ranked colleges of well being — the UC Davis School of Medicine and Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing — and 17 main care clinics serving communities throughout Northern California. He will start Jan. 19, 2026.

Rosenblatt is the G. Stephen Irwin government dean on the University of Illinois College of Medicine, the chief government officer of the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, and distinguished professor of ophthalmology and visible sciences on the University of Illinois Chicago. 

Rosenblatt joined the University of Illinois Chicago in 2014 as professor of ophthalmology. He has held rising ranges of management over his decade there, together with as head of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences on the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, director of the Corneal Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, and graduate college within the neuroscience program. Previously, Rosenblatt was a college member of the Weill Cornell Medical College for six years, together with service as vice chair of the Department of Ophthalmology. 

“Mark brings to UC Davis deep experience in academic hospital systems,” May mentioned. “He has made patient care and the patient experience a priority. He has a proven record of collaborating with faculty and staff across medical and other disciplines to leverage the best that a comprehensive university like UC Davis has to offer.”

An internationally acknowledged clinician-scientist, Rosenblatt leads teams of scientists investigating the mechanism of corneal peripheral nerve regeneration following harm, and using nanoengineered biomaterials to be used in stem cell supply to the ocular floor. His work in regenerative drugs has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, Research to Prevent Blindness, the Falk Family Foundation and the Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative. Rosenblatt has revealed broadly, together with over 225 unique manuscripts, overview articles, guide chapters and abstracts.

Rosenblatt is a graduate of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Honors Program in Medical Education and the Combined MD/Ph.D. program, receiving his Ph.D. in biochemistry, cell and molecular biology. He accomplished his MBA at New York University and his MHA on the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health. He accomplished his ophthalmology residency and mixed scientific/analysis fellowship in corneal illness on the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School. He was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies.

“UC Davis Health represents the best of what an integrated academic health system can be, and I am extremely honored to join UC Davis and its extraordinary community of clinicians, scientists and educators,” Rosenblatt mentioned. “I join this community at a pivotal time in the evolution of UC Davis Health. Through its deeply committed clinical mission, innovative research and world-class education programs, UC Davis Health is uniquely positioned to advance health across Northern and Central California and ultimately serve as a model for patient-centered care nationally. I am excited to work with UC Davis leadership, our talented group of faculty, students and staff, and our community partners to fulfill the promise of UC Davis Heath and transform lives.”

UC Davis Health supplies the very best stage of care accessible for a 65,000-square-mile area spanning 33 California counties, residence to six million residents in Northern and Central California. The well being system additionally homes the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, the one National Cancer Institute-designated most cancers heart in inland Northern California; and the MIND Institute, one of many nation’s main analysis facilities on autism and different neurodevelopmental situations.

UC Davis Health conducts greater than 1,000 health-based analysis research annually, advancing protected and efficient remedies for sufferers. With an annual working price range of over $4.5 billion, UC Davis Health employs greater than 20,000 folks, making it the second-largest employer in Sacramento County.