Her Story
About Ying
Ying Ge serves as Director of Strategy for the two UCSF children's hospitals, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland. In this role, she collaborates with executive leadership across the children's hospitals and the broader health system to develop strategic plans focused on growth in specialty programs, improving care quality and outcomes, and better serving the patient population in the Bay Area. Ge earned her master's degree in Maryland and began her healthcare career as an Account Executive, gaining experience across clinical research, pharmaceuticals, health insurance, and ultimately the provider space where she believes she can make the greatest impact by supporting frontline clinicians. She attributes her ongoing motivation to the inspiring dedication of pediatric specialists, including emergency department physicians and neonatologists, whose stories of saving children's lives reinforce the importance of her strategic work. Ge advises young women entering healthcare to follow their passion, noting that impactful roles extend beyond clinical practice to areas such as strategy, business, medical billing, and administration that support hospital systems serving patients.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Ying
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think really what's keeping pushing me is the people that work with me and around me. It's such a privilege working with the doctors, especially the pediatric specialists. They choose what they do because they believe in saving lives, especially children. When you talk with these doctors, they're very down-to-earth and passionate, and it makes me feel like my job is also important. Talking with ED doctors about saving children from trauma and neonatologists caring for newborns gives me touching stories that get me up every morning because I got to do this for the kids.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
My first advice to them is always follow your passion. There are many ways to make an impact in healthcare. Obviously a lot of people opt in for being a doctor, getting the license, and really serve the population, but if that's not really what their true passion is in terms of doing the clinical work, there are other ways like what I do in terms of strategy, which means they can get a degree in business or go in the field of medical billing, administration, and really support healthcare systems or hospitals who are serving patients overall as an organization.
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