I believe so and I think he’s there to get the University over Covid and the things you mentioned, as he’s an MD. I guessing his tenure will be ~ five years or so, based on past UC presidents:
1868–1869 Henry Durant
1869–1870 John LeConte
1870–1872 Henry Durant
1872–1875 Daniel Coit Gilman
1875–1881 John LeConte
1881–1885 W.T. Reid
1885–1888 Edward S. Holden
1888–1890 Horace Davis
1890–1899 Martin Kellogg
1899–1919 Benjamin Ide Wheeler
1919–1923 David Prescott Barrows
1923–1930 William Wallace Campbell
1930–1958 Robert Gordon Sproul
1958–1967 Clark Kerr
1967–1967 Harry R. Wellman (acting president)
1967–1975 Charles J. Hitch
1975–1983 David S. Saxon
1983–1992 David P. Gardner
1992–1995 Jack W. Peltason
1995–2003 Richard C. Atkinson
2003–2008 Robert C. Dynes
2008–2013 Mark Yudof
2013–present: Janet Napolitano