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BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is a fund registered in the United States, based in Wilmington, active since 2005.² Its shares trade on NYSE under the symbol BME.²

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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TickerBME on NYSE²
HeadquartersWilmington, United States²
Incorporated inDE³
Business address100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, De 19809³
Legal formStatutory Trust²
Kind of organizationFund²
LEI4UL0KI4EPYFKMUU31I34²
StatusActive²
LEI statusIssued and current²
Registered addressc/o THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, CORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE STc, 19801 Wilmington, United States²
Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 3914289²

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Leadership

Who has led BlackRock Health Sciences Trust, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

John Perlowski2011

President

John Perlowski2011

Chief financial officer

2010201520202025

Chief executive officerJohn Perlowski Feb 18, 2011 to Feb 18, 2011⁴
PresidentJohn Perlowski Feb 18, 2011 to Feb 18, 2011⁴
Chief financial officerTrent Walker Jan 12, 2021 to Jan 12, 2021⁵
Chief financial officerNeal Andrews Nov 9, 2007 to Nov 9, 2007⁶

Board members and other officers (34)

Vice PresidentStephen Thomas Minar May 16, 2025 to now⁷
Chief Compliance OfficerAaron David Wasserman Jul 6, 2023 to Jul 6, 2023⁸
Vice PresidentJonathan Diorio Sep 21, 2015 to Sep 21, 2015⁹
Chief Compliance OfficerCharles Park Jun 10, 2014 to now¹⁰
SecretaryJaney Ahn May 25, 2012 to May 25, 2012¹¹
Vice PresidentRobert Crothers May 25, 2012 to May 25, 2012¹²
SecretaryIra P. Shapiro Nov 18, 2010 to Nov 18, 2010¹³
Vice PresidentBrendan Kyne Aug 6, 2009 to Aug 6, 2009¹⁴
SecretaryHoward Surloff Nov 8, 2007 to Nov 8, 2007¹⁵
TreasurerJay M. Fife Nov 8, 2007 to Nov 8, 2007¹⁶
TresurerDonald C. Burke Dec 1, 2006 to Dec 1, 2006¹⁷
Board memberFrancis C. Mahoney Sep 17, 2026 to now¹⁸
Board memberArthur Philip Steinmetz Sep 14, 2023 to Sep 14, 2023¹⁹
Board memberJames Phillip Holloman Jun 21, 2021 to Jun 21, 2021²⁰
Board memberStayce Harris Jun 21, 2021 to Jun 21, 2021²¹
Board memberLorenzo Flores Aug 9, 2021 to Aug 9, 2021²²
Board memberRobert W. Fairbairn Feb 16, 2018 to Feb 16, 2018²³
Board memberCatherine A. Lynch Mar 2, 2016 to Oct 17, 2018²⁴
Board memberCynthia Egan Apr 1, 2016 to Jul 2, 2019²⁵
Board memberFrank Fabozzi Apr 17, 2014 to Oct 19, 2015²⁶
Board memberKathleen F. Feldstein Apr 17, 2014 to Oct 19, 2015²⁷
Board memberRichard Cavanagh Apr 17, 2014 to Oct 17, 2018²⁸
Board memberRobert Glenn Hubbard Apr 17, 2014 to Oct 17, 2018²⁹
Board memberMichael J. Castellano Apr 20, 2011 to Oct 17, 2018³⁰
Board memberPaul Audet Jul 28, 2011 to Jul 28, 2011³¹
Board memberKent Dixon Feb 6, 2008 to Feb 6, 2008³²
Board memberGeorge Nicholas Beckwith Iii. Nov 7, 2007 to Dec 26, 2007³³
Board memberJerrold B. Harris Nov 7, 2007 to Oct 17, 2017³⁴
Board memberKaren P. Robards Nov 7, 2007 to Oct 17, 2018³⁵
Board memberRobert S. Salomon Jr. Nov 8, 2007 to Nov 8, 2007³⁶
Board memberCarl W. Kester Nov 9, 2007 to Oct 17, 2018³⁷
Board memberHenry Gabbay Nov 9, 2007 to Jan 4, 2019³⁸
Board memberJames T. Flynn Nov 9, 2007 to Oct 19, 2015³⁹
Board memberRoscoe Suddarth Nov 13, 2007 to Nov 13, 2007⁴⁰

Timeline

Jan 21, 20258-K Other events⁴¹
Feb 18, 2011New chief executive John Perlowski becomes CEO⁴
Jan 19, 2005Founded BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is founded²

Filings

87 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 major events, 26 insider forms, 60 other. The latest 20:

Sep 17, 20263 EDGAR
Sep 3, 2026N-CSRS BLACKROCK HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST EDGAR
Aug 28, 2026N-PX EDGAR
Aug 25, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Aug 5, 20263 EDGAR
May 28, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Mar 13, 2026N-CEN EDGAR
Mar 5, 2026N-CSR BLACKROCK HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST EDGAR
Feb 24, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Feb 3, 20264 EDGAR
Feb 3, 20264 EDGAR
Nov 26, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
Sep 4, 2025N-CSRS BLACKROCK HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST EDGAR
Aug 28, 2025N-PX EDGAR
Aug 26, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
May 28, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
May 16, 20253 EDGAR
Mar 17, 2025N-CEN EDGAR
Mar 7, 2025N-CSR BLACKROCK HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST EDGAR
Feb 25, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR

The 87 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

SEC filer profile

How BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

Name on EDGARBlackRock Health Sciences Trust¹
CIK0001314966
Incorporated inDelaware¹
Business address100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809¹
Phone(888) 825-2257¹
On EDGAR sinceJan 21, 2005¹
Filings591 in all: 4 (199), 3 (61), NPORT-P (28), N-Q (27), 40-17G (25), DEF 14A (22), N-CSR (22), N-CSRS (22)¹
All 47 form types
N-PX (22), SC 13G/A (17), 497 (15), NSAR-A (13), NSAR-B (13), CORRESP (10), DEFA14A (8), N-CEN (8), 8-K (6), N-2/A (6), SC TO-I/A (6), 424B3 (5), N-2 (5), SC 13G (5), 40-APP/A (4), 486BPOS (4), EFFECT (4), DEFR14A (3), PRE 14A (3), SC TO-C (3), SC TO-I (3), 3/A (2), 4/A (2), 40-6C (2), 424B2 (2), 40-17G/A (1), 40-6C/A (1), 8-A12B (1), APP WD (1), CERTNYS (1), N-2MEF (1), N-8A (1), N-CSR/A (1), N-PX/A (1), NPORT-EX (1), NSAR-BT (1), NT-NCSR (1), POS EX (1), UPLOAD (1)
Latest filingsProxy statement (DEF 14A) Jun 2, 2026
Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 21, 2025

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
SEC EDGARBlackRock Health Sciences Trust filings on SEC EDGAR
2
GLEIFBlackRock Health Sciences Trust LEI record (4UL0KI4EPYFKMUU31I34)
3
SEC EDGARBlackRock Health Sciences Trust filings on SEC EDGAR
4
SEC EDGARJohn Perlowski, Chief executive officer
5
SEC EDGARTrent Walker, Chief financial officer
6
SEC EDGARNeal Andrews, Chief financial officer
7
SEC EDGARStephen Thomas Minar, Vice President
8
SEC EDGARAaron David Wasserman, Chief Compliance Officer
9
SEC EDGARJonathan Diorio, Vice President
10
SEC EDGARCharles Park, Chief Compliance Officer
11
SEC EDGARJaney Ahn, Secretary
12
SEC EDGARRobert Crothers, Vice President
13
SEC EDGARIra P. Shapiro, Secretary
14
SEC EDGARBrendan Kyne, Vice President
15
SEC EDGARHoward Surloff, Secretary
16
SEC EDGARJay M. Fife, Treasurer
17
SEC EDGARDonald C. Burke, Tresurer
18
SEC EDGARFrancis C. Mahoney, Board member
19
SEC EDGARArthur Philip Steinmetz, Board member
20
SEC EDGARJames Phillip Holloman, Board member
21
SEC EDGARStayce Harris, Board member
22
SEC EDGARLorenzo Flores, Board member
23
SEC EDGARRobert W. Fairbairn, Board member
24
SEC EDGARCatherine A. Lynch, Board member
25
SEC EDGARCynthia Egan, Board member
26
SEC EDGARFrank Fabozzi, Board member
27
SEC EDGARKathleen F. Feldstein, Board member
28
SEC EDGARRichard Cavanagh, Board member
29
SEC EDGARRobert Glenn Hubbard, Board member
30
SEC EDGARMichael J. Castellano, Board member
31
SEC EDGARPaul Audet, Board member
32
SEC EDGARKent Dixon, Board member
33
SEC EDGARGeorge Nicholas Beckwith Iii., Board member
34
SEC EDGARJerrold B. Harris, Board member
35
SEC EDGARKaren P. Robards, Board member
36
SEC EDGARRobert S. Salomon Jr., Board member
37
SEC EDGARCarl W. Kester, Board member
38
SEC EDGARHenry Gabbay, Board member
39
SEC EDGARJames T. Flynn, Board member
40
SEC EDGARRoscoe Suddarth, Board member
41
SEC EDGAROther events