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Dysplasia Clinic

The Dysplasia Clinic at UCSF Medical Center offers state-of-the-art care for men and women with dysplasia, including anal and cervical dysplasia, as well as genital warts and related conditions.

Anal dysplasia, caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), is a pre-cancerous condition that may lead to anal cancer. It is especially common among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Cervical dysplasia also is a pre-cancerous condition, typically caused by HPV and often detected by an abnormal Pap smear. Vulvar disease or pain also is associated with cervical dysplasia.

The Dysplasia Clinic provides a full range of screening and treatment options including colposcopy, a visual examination of the cervix; loop excision to remove abnormal tissue; laser therapy; and high-resolution anoscopy to view the anus, anal canal and lower rectum.

We also offer the ThinPrep Pap test, an improvement on the conventional Pap test that was approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

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Getting Here

Dysplasia Clinic
1600 Divisadero St., Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353- 7100
Fax: (415) 353- 4298

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

What to Bring

    New patients will be asked to bring or send copies of medical records related to their condition, such as previous Pap smear or biopsy results.

Research and Clinical Trials

Last updated February 6, 2012

Parking

Parking at Mount Zion

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. The rate is $2 for each 20 minute period, or $6 an hour. For up to 12 hours, the fee is $20.

Metered street parking is rarely available.

For more information about parking at Mount Zion, call (415) 441-5408.

Public Transportation

Mount Zion

UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is accessible via the following Muni bus routes:

  • No. 2*
  • No. 38*
  • No. 4
  • No. 24

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

UCSF Shuttles

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.

  • At Mount Zion, the shuttle departs in front of the UCSF Shuttle sign at the corner of Sutter and Divisadero streets.
  • The first shuttle of the day leaves Parnassus at 6:45 a.m.
  • The last shuttle of the day leaves Parnassus at 8:45 p.m.

For more information about UCSF transportation, please call (415) 476-1511.

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Clinic Team

J. Michael Berry
Dr. J. Michael Berry,
cancer specialist
Teresa M. Darragh
Dr. Teresa M. Darragh,
pathologist
Joel Palefsky
Dr. Joel Palefsky,
infectious disease specialist
George F. Sawaya
Dr. George F. Sawaya,
obstetrician and gynecologist
Evelyn Hanson
Evelyn Hanson,
nurse practitioner
Naomi Jay
Dr. Naomi Jay,
nurse practitioner
Mary M. Rubin
Mary M. Rubin,
nurse practitioner and research coordinator