Biography of President Drake
Dr. Michael V. Drake is the 21st president of the University of California.
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In August 2020, Michael V. Drake, M.D.,became the 21st president of the University of California’s system of 10 campuses, six academic health centers, three affiliated national laboratories, more than 290,000 students and 230,000 faculty and staff. President Drake alsoholds faculty appointments at the UCSF School of Medicine as a professor ofophthalmology and at the UC Riverside School of Medicine as a professor ofmedicine.
President Drake served as the 15thpresident of The Ohio State University (OSU) from 2014 through June 2020. Prior to his six years at OSU, his entire academic career had been at the University of California, including nine years as chancellor of UC Irvine (2005–2014) and five years as UC systemwide vice president for health affairs (2000–2005).
President Drake received his A.B. from Stanford University and his M.D. and residency trainingfrom UCSF. He subsequently spent more than 25 years on the faculty of the UCSF School of Medicine, ultimately as the Steven P. Shearing Professor of Ophthalmology and senior associate dean.
