The Multiple Sclerosis Center provides treatment to reduce the severity and duration of MS attacks, relieve symptoms and halt or slow the progression of the disease. Although there is no cure, most MS patients lead active lives for many years after their diagnosis and have a normal life span.
UCSF also has a Regional Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center that is the only one of its kind on the West Coast and has been designated by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as a Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence for comprehensive care of children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis.
MS can be tiring and require schedule and lifestyle adjustments. A regular exercise program that includes walking, swimming, stretching or riding a stationary bike can reduce some symptoms. Our physical therapists and staff can help you learn to cope with your condition by improving your walking ability, balance, range of motion and stamina.
UCSF neurologists are part of the Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Group, which studies the role heredity plays in the disease in an effort to better understand MS and develop new therapies.
Multiple Sclerosis Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2069
Fax: (415) 353-2633
Hours: Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Last updated April 30, 2012
To make your first appointment, please call the new patient coordinator at (415) 353-4769.
Before your appointment, please ask your primary care doctor or neurologist to fax or send your medical records, including the results of imagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The clinic fax number is (415) 353-2633.
Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment to complete new patient forms. Bring your insurance card and any authorization documents your insurance plan provides you.
Public parking at UCSF Medical Center is available in the seven-level Millberry Union Garage at 500 Parnassus Ave. There are two garage entrances — one on the north side of Parnassus Avenue and another on Irving Street, just east of Third Avenue. Parking is $3 an hour, with a maximum fee of $24 for up to 24 hours. The garage is open 24 hours daily.
Another garage, at 350 Parnassus Ave., is open Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The fee is $4 an hour, with a maximum daily fee of $22.
Metered street parking is rarely available.
Patients being admitted to the hospital may be dropped off at the circular driveway leading to the main entrance at 505 Parnassus Ave. This area also may be used to pick up patients who are being discharged.
For more information about parking at Parnassus, call Campus Parking Services at 476-2566.
Valet parking service is available at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) at 400 Parnassus Ave. from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The valet service is free. Patients pay regular parking fees — $3 an hour, with a maximum fee of $24 for up to 24 hours. For more information about the valet service, call (415) 476-6200.
A UCSF "greeter" also is available at the ACC from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist patients find their way.
UCSF Medical Center is accessible via Muni streetcar line N-Judah*, which stops at Second Avenue and Irving Street, and the following Muni bus lines, which stop in front of the hospital:
For more information about Muni visit, www.sfmuni.com.
* Wheelchair accessible bus routes
