About the Medical Center |
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Read our 2009 Annual Report
Read our Clinical Enterprise Strategic Plan — Executive Summary
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children's Hospital
are world leaders in health
care, known for innovative medicine, advanced technology
and compassionate care. For more than a century, we have offered
the highest quality medical treatment. Today, our expertise covers
virtually all specialties, including cancer,
heart disease,
infertility,
neurological disorders,
organ transplantation
and orthopedics as well as special services for
women and
children.
As an academic medical center, we are unlike community hospitals in that we offer pioneering treatments
not widely available elsewhere. For example, we have the only nationally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Northern California.
The center is dedicated to finding new and better treatments for cancer patients. We also have Northern California's
only nationally designated Center of Excellence in Women's Health, which offers specialized care and health education for women.
Another area of distinction is our health
services for children and pregnant women. Our UCSF
Children's Hospital is a "hospital within a hospital"
with more than 150 specialists in more
than 40 areas of medicine. We have programs designed specifically
for young patients, including a 50-bed neonatal intensive
care nursery, recreational therapy for recovering kids and
60 outreach clinics throughout Northern California. Our
physicians were the first in the world to successfully perform
surgery on a baby still in the womb. They also developed
life-saving treatments for premature infants whose lungs
aren't fully developed.
In the area of neurology and neurosurgery, UCSF Medical Center is among the top five hospitals in the nation. We have
one of the largest brain tumor treatment program in the nation as well as the only comprehensive memory disorders center and the only
comprehensive epilepsy center in Northern California.
We also have one of the nation's largest centers for
kidney
and liver transplants. Our
AIDS program is the most comprehensive
in the nation and our surgical eye care program is the largest
in Northern California. In the area of orthopedics, we are
internationally recognized for treating the spine, including
deformities, degenerative disc disease, tumors and fractures.
In addition to that world-class medical knowledge, we believe that the compassion of our doctors,
nurses and other staff are key to our success. We receive countless letters of gratitude from patients and their families,
a true measure of the valuable and caring service we provide.
UCSF Medical Center is part of the University of California, San Francisco,
one of the 10 campuses of the University of California.
For more information about the doctors and services at UCSF Medical Center, call our
Physician Referral Service:
Last updated May 14, 2009
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