Pulmonary hypertension is a rare and very serious blood vessel disorder of the lung. Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) — which is pulmonary hypertension that isn't a side effect of (or secondary to) another condition such as emphysema or lupus — strikes only between one and two people per million. PPH has been in the news because some people who have it took weight-loss drugs that were prescribed by doctors in the 1990s.
UCSF Medical Center's Pulmonary Hypertension Program provides consultation, diagnosis and treatment of both primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension, which is often is misdiagnosed
Please call the number below to make an appointment.
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Plaza Level
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2873
Fax: (415) 353-3889
Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Medical records, including echocardiograms on CD (if available), and other diagnostic studies
Last updated February 1, 2012
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
