Jim Marks

Dr. Marks is Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Chief of the Medical Staff and Chief of Anesthesia at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). Dr. Marks received his medical degree from UCSF where he also completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine.  He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. As a physician scientist, Dr. Marks is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of antibody engineering, has had constant federal funding for 23 years and has authored more than 200 publications and 100 patents.  In recognition of these scholarly achievements, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. As an entrepreneur, he has co-founded four biotechnology companies and currently serves on five biotechnology corporate Boards. As Chief of the Medical Staff at ZSFG, Dr. Marks is an integral part of the Executive hospital leadership team using Lean Management to transform health care delivery at ZSFG. He has been particularly focused on how to align and engage physicians with the improvement work. He is also the Executive sponsor for the Emergency Department value stream and daily management system. He will describe countermeasures being deployed at ZSFG at both the senior leadership level and with frontline staff to increase physician engagement.