Division of Clinical Services Development

William H. Gurtner, Vice President

Prior to joining the University of California in 1996, William H. Gurtner was President and CEO of HCP, a Partnership for Health, and served as Senior Vice President for Network Development for the Daughters of Charity National Health System - West.

From 1987 to 1994, Mr. Gurtner was Senior Vice President of Health Industry Services for Blue Cross of California where his responsibilities included provider contracting, Medicare, the Healthcare Transaction Network and provider collections.

Prior to joining Blue Cross, Mr. Gurtner was Chief Executive Officer of Weissburg and Aronson, a full-service law firm specializing in health care issues. In addition to administrative duties, Mr. Gurtner provided nonlegal consulting to clients on health care matters.

He joined Weissburg and Aronson in 1985 after serving 10 years as head of Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, a not-for-profit community teaching hospital in San Francisco. He joined the staff of Mount Zion as an administrative resident in 1970, becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in 1975.

An active participant in managed care and educational activities, Mr. Gurtner has been a lecturer in hospital administration at UC Berkeley and a faculty member of the Health Services Management/ MBA program, UCLA. He has also consulted on issues of managed care and health care management both in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Gurtner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California at Berkeley.