Haile Debas, MD
Founding Executive Director, IGHS and Chancellor Emeritus, UCSF
Haile Debas is a physician, surgeon, and global health leader. He is the founding director of the Institute for Global Health Sciences, a professor emeritus at UC San Francisco (UCSF) and served as the first chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery. Debas has contributed extensively to global surgery and medical education, leading initiatives to strengthen surgical care in low-resource settings. His work spans clinical innovation, health systems development, and mentorship of generations of physicians worldwide.