Christian Sandrock

Christian Sandrock (born November 17, 1969) is a Swiss-American physician. Throughout his career, Sandrock has contributed to news organizations, newspapers, and magazines, including CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle, as a medical expert. He currently serves as Director of Critical Care at UC Davis Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at University of California, Davis, and as a Board Member at the Mondavi Center.

Sandrock is a former Yolo County Public Health Deputy Health Officer, where he has previously discussed the pertussis outbreak in California in 2010-2011.

Sandrock currently serves as a Board Member at The Mondavi Center, the performing arts center financed by American winemaker Robert Mondavi.

Media During various avian influenza outbreaks since the 2000s, the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandrock provided expert opinions on vaccines, long COVID, and outbreak management to news organizations in the San Francisco-Bay Area and nationally. National publications include CNN, Newsweek, HuffPost, and Runner's World. Additional publications include the San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate, and FOX40.

In 2021, Sandrock partnered with the company Safer Planet to test and promote their product V-Go, an iPhone attachable product with UV-C light that can be used to sanitize surfaces and inactivate bacteria. He served as Safer Planet's medical advisor.