named Global Health Advisor to UCSF in 2011 by Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, and now works in that capacity. Debas has held leadership positions with numerous membership organizations and professional associations. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Institute of Medicine. He currently serves on the United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa and on the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences. References External links Haile T. Debas, MD, Executive Director, Global Health Sciences Haile Debas's Short Talk: "Rebuilding African Universities" 1937 births Living people Eritrean surgeons McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni University of British Columbia alumni University of California, San Francisco faculty American people of Eritrean descent Members of the National Academy of Medicine