The UCSF Screening and Acute Care Clinic is one of the few remaining acute care clinics in San Francisco. The clinic operates on a same-day, walk-in appointment basis for adults 18 and older. Patients can be evaluated for urgent, non-life threatening medical problems that need same-day evaluation.
Walk-in patients are given same-day appointments. Appointments are scheduled until all time slots are filled. For patients who have seen their UCSF primary care doctor at least once within the past three years, a limited number of appointments can be scheduled by phone.
Note: Patients who think they may be having a life-threatening emergency and are suffering from serious shortness of breath, chest pain, sudden paralysis of the arms or legs should immediately call 911 or go directly to the emergency room.
The following treatments ARE NOT provided:
Insurance Coverage: Your insurance plan may require you to pay an annual deductible before it pays for your visits. Please determine from your insurer the deductible you must pay before your appointment. If you are a member of a health maintenance organization (HMO) with Brown & Toland Medical Group, please ask your primary care doctor to fax a referral prior to your visit. If you are a member of a preferred provider organization (PPO) plan, please contact your insurance carrier to verify it will cover your visit.
Self-pay Visits: If you are unable to obtain a referral or authorization for your appointment, or you choose to pay for your visit yourself, you will be asked to pay a deposit at the time of your appointment. This is a deposit only and doesn't include fees for tests or procedures that may be needed. You will receive a bill in the mail for the amount owed for your visit and services received.
Please call the number below to make an appointment.
Screening and Acute Care Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone: (415) 353-2602
Phone (established patients only): (415) 353-8453
Fax: (415) 353-2699
Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturdays and most holidays
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Please bring with you:
When you register, you'll be given an appointment time. You may choose the next available appointment or schedule one later in the day. Please arrive for your appointment on time so we can serve all our patients in a timely manner.
During your appointment, a nurse will initially evaluate you.
As a teaching institution, residents, medical students and nurse practitioner students play an important role in our clinic and work closely with our health care providers.
Last updated May 17, 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
