March 17, 2026
Office of Strategy and Growth shares top accomplishments of 2025
UC Davis Health’s Office of Strategy and Growth has published its annual year in review. The report highlights the office’s primary focuses and accomplishments in 2025.
Whether it was helping launch the 48X outpatient surgery center or growing commercialization opportunities for UC Davis Health technology, the Strategy teams were busy in 2025. Check out the full report (PDF).
Every success at UC Davis Health is built on a foundation. From clinical excellence and innovation to reputation and bottom line, success is not an accident.—Ron Amodeo, Chief Strategy Officer
The Office of Strategy and Growth was launched in 2020 to help accelerate growth and maximize collective strategic opportunities. Besides establishing the system’s first Clinical Strategic Plan, which helps guide UC Davis Health’s path forward, the office identifies growth opportunities and helps implement new clinical sites and services that enhance the UC Davis Health experience.
Spotlighting 3 projects
The Office of Strategy and Growth executed several impactful projects in 2025, but these three stand out:
1. Refreshed the Clinical Strategic Plan (2022-2027), the health system's five-year roadmap.
2. Grew technology commercialization
- In partnership with the Health Ventures Office, built a portfolio of 80+ cell and gene therapy technologies, strengthening long-term commercial value
- Executed the first direct company investment via the Investing in the Future of Medicine (IFM) Fund, with an investment in Delix Therapeutics
- Secured approval for intellectual property revenue to be returned directly to the Medical Center as the funding source, establishing a new, sustainable pathway for reinvestment in research, innovation, and patient impact
3. 48X: Data-driven, Cross-functional project execution
- Played a crucial project management role in the successful activation of the 48X Outpatient Surgery Center
- Helped ensure the facility opened on time and on budget; helped create and manage a holistic governance structure to support rapid, deliberate decision-making
- Collaborated with operational teams to develop efficient workflows focused on the outpatient environment; developed dashboards
A timeline of positive impact
This year's annual report also features a snapshot of some of the Strategy team's most impactful projects since the office launched.
Review Strategy and Growth's complete 2025 Year in Review (PDF).
