At the UCSF Balance and Falls Center our experts assess patients to determine potential causes of vertigo, dizziness and balance problems and to recommend treatments. Our assessment and treatment program is comprehensive in nature and includes videonystagmography (VNG) or electronystagmography (ENG), rotary chair, vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) and canalith repositioning.
To make an appointment, please call the number below for any necessary forms and have your primary care provider or specialist fax the forms back to us.
UCSF Balance and Falls Center
2380 Sutter St., First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115-0340
Phone: (415) 353-2101
Fax: (415) 353-2883
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hours: Thursday
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (closed 12-1 for lunch)
Last updated May 17, 2012
Public parking is available in a parking garage at 1635 Divisadero St., which is open from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday. The garage entrance is on Sutter Street.
Metered street parking is rarely available.
For more information about parking at Mount Zion, call (415) 441-5408.
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is accessible via the following Muni bus routes:
The No. 1 California bus route stops at the corner of California and Divisadero streets, which is three blocks north of Mount Zion.
For more information about Muni visit, www.sfmuni.com.
* Wheelchair accessible bus routes
Free UCSF shuttles travel between the Parnassus and Mount Zion campuses as well as other UCSF locations. For your convenience we have a Parnassus-Mount Zion Express Shuttle that leaves every 15 minutes.
The shuttle departs from Parnassus in front of the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library at 530 Parnassus Ave.
For more information about UCSF transportation, please call (415) 476-1511.
Balance assessments are completed at the UCSF Balance and Falls Center at 2380 Sutter Street, First Floor, San Francisco, CA 94115.
Please arrive on time in order to successfully complete the full evaluation. Please follow the balance assessment patient instructions. Your compliance with these instructions is very important for successful testing.
If you have any questions prior to your appointment, please contact Audiology at (415) 353-2101.
Please review and submit the following forms before scheduling an appointment:
