VP/Chief Health AI Officer (CHAIO)

the CHAIO serves as a key member of the Health IT executive leadership team and partners closely with clinical, operational, research, academic, and technology leaders to accelerate the safe, ethical, and effective adoption of AI in support of UCSF Health’s mission of exceptional patient care, education, research, and innovation. Working in close partnership with the UCSF Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry, the CHAIO helps ensure that Health AI strategies support the educational mission by preparing current and future healthcare professionals to effectively, safely, and ethically incorporate AI into clinical practice while recognizing the unique needs of learners participating in patient care and clinical training environments. The incumbent is a licensed physician with recognized expertise in clinical practice, healthcare operations, informatics, and Artificial Intelligence, serving as the primary executive advisor to UCSF Health leadership on the clinical application of AI technologies. The CHAIO is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive enterprise AI strategy that aligns with organizational priorities and advances clinical quality, patient safety, operational efficiency, workforce effectiveness, and financial stewardship. This executive serves as the health system’s primary authority for AI strategy, standards, governance, and implementation, ensuring that AI initiatives deliver measurable value and are aligned with UCSF Health’s strategic objectives. The CHAIO leads the development of the UCSF Health enterprise AI ecosystem, including the technology infrastructure, data assets, governance processes, and organizational capabilities necessary to enable responsible and scalable AI adoption. Working collaboratively with Health IT, Informatics, Data and Analytics, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Compliance, Legal, Risk Management, and Clinical Operations, the CHAIO ensures that AI solutions are secure, interoperable, compliant with applicable regulations, and aligned with industry best practices and ethical principles. This position is accountable for establishing and facilitating AI governance structures, including executive committees, review boards, and decision-making frameworks that oversee prioritization, evaluation, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of AI technologies. The CHAIO develops policies and standards that promote responsible AI use, emphasizing transparency, fairness, accountability, explainability, privacy, and security while mitigating risks associated with bias, discrimination, and inappropriate use of AI technologies. While collaborating with Health System leadership, the CHAIO hold authority to prioritize, approve, or halt AI initiatives, including authority to pause unsafe clinical AI. The CHAIO collaborates with health system leadership to identify, prioritize, and implement AI-enabled solutions that improve patient outcomes, enhance clinician and staff experiences, optimize operational performance, and support organizational transformation. The incumbent partners with business, clinical, and informatics leaders to translate complex organizational challenges into practical AI-driven solutions and ensures alignment between enterprise AI investments and institutional priorities. The CHAIO is the executive owner for Health AI strategic partnerships, including strategy, evaluation, selection, governance and value realization of strategic third-party AI vendor relationships and co-development partnerships. The CHAIO helps work with operational and IT leaders to manage the lifecycles of these operational deployments. Where AI is embedded in or adjacent to enterprise application platforms, the CHAIO will collaborate with technology and business leaders to prioritize AI strategy, model selection, and clinical performance of those capabilities. The CHAIO also partners with clinical education leaders to promote Health AI literacy, responsible AI competencies, and workforce readiness across the organization. The incumbent ensures that Health AI implementations appropriately account for the educational environment, supporting trainees during clinical rotations while preserving patient safety, educational quality, appropriate supervision, and equitable learning opportunities. As the executive leader for Health AI, the CHAIO represents UCSF Health in governance activities related to enterprise data, analytics, infrastructure architecture, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. The incumbent works closely with UCSF and UC system partners, clinical research leaders, external healthcare organizations, industry collaborators, academic institutions, and technology vendors to advance UCSF Health’s leadership position in AI innovation and establish strategic partnerships that accelerate organizational capabilities. The CHAIO collaborates with clinical research leadership to facilitate the responsible application of Health AI in clinical trials, translational science, real-world evidence generation, and learning health system initiatives, ensuring that AI-enabled research aligns with institutional governance, regulatory requirements, and ethical standards. The CHAIO serves as Co-Chair of the UCSF Health Converge AI Accelerator Program, providing strategic direction, establishing program priorities, evaluating opportunities, and aligning accelerator initiatives with health system objectives. The incumbent collaborates with executive leadership, academic partners, technology companies, AI startups, venture capital organizations, and innovation stakeholders across the San Francisco Bay Area to identify and advance high-value AI initiatives. The CHAIO leverages UCSF’s unique position within one of the world’s leading AI and technology ecosystems to cultivate strategic relationships that accelerate innovation, facilitate responsible technology adoption, and strengthen UCSF Health’s leadership in healthcare AI. The CHAIO also serves as a key liaison