Timothy Y. Kan, MBA

Senior Vice President | Chief Strategy Officer

Timothy Y. Kan is senior vice president and chief strategy officer at UCSF Health, where he is responsible for leading and executing strategic planning. He collaborates with the UCSF School of Medicine and health system leaders, as well as UCSF Health's affiliates, to expand access to clinical services for patients in the Bay Area and beyond.

Kan joined UCSF Health in 2023. He has more than 20 years of experience as an executive and adviser leading growth, organizational change, and financial performance improvement for academic medical centers, regional health systems and other health care providers. Most recently, he was chief strategy officer at University of Iowa (UI) Health Care, chief operating officer at UI Health System and chief executive officer at UI Health Ventures. He earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and his master of business administration degree at Northwestern University.