This auditorium is a gift of Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD ’62, in gratitude for the medical education he received at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Dozoretz is a nationally recognized advocate for mental healthcare who has introduced new delivery models into clinical practice that have improved the quality of and access to services. His hospital companies recreated the environment for psychiatric patients, and through a series of other companies he founded, including ValueOptions—one of the nation’s largest behavioral health and wellness companies—he re-envisioned mental health services provided to active and retired military families, Medicaid recipients and employees of Fortune 500 companies.

Dozoretz also is a pioneer in bringing the field of genetics into mental health, which has transformed patient care by helping to determine the most appropriate medications.