Access to San Francisco's Best Doctors: Only the Hill Physicians network in San Francisco includes UCSF's 500 doctors. UCSF has about 350 of San Francisco's 625 "best doctors,"* or about 56 percent.
Northern California's Top Hospital: In 2011, UCSF Medical Center was ranked No. 7 nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report rankings — and was the only San Francisco hospital to make the list.
Bay Area's Only Comprehensive Cancer Center: UCSF's Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only Bay Area cancer center designated as comprehensive by the National Cancer Institute. About three-quarters of the 52 best cancer specialists* in San Francisco care for patients at UCSF.
Broad Community Physician and Hospital Participation: Along with UCSF, the Hill Physicians San Francisco network includes over 250 community doctors affiliated with Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center and other San Francisco community hospitals.
San Francisco's Only Children's Hospital: UCSF's 150-bed UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is the only comprehensive children's hospital in San Francisco. Seventy-four percent of San Francisco's best pediatric specialists* are at UCSF.
Premier Women's Health Center: UCSF has Northern California's only nationally designated Women's Health Center of Excellence and is ranked No. 1 in women's health research funding from the National Institute of Health.
Cutting Edge Clinical Research and Innovation: UCSF is ranked third in overall National Institute of Health research funding and No. 1 among public institutions. Notable firsts resulting from research at UCSF include the first intensive care nursery for critically ill babies and the first surgery in the womb to correct fetal defects.
MyHealth Patient Portal: UCSF and Hill Physicians use a portal powered by Relay Health — for secure physician communication, in addition to a UCSF patient portal called MyChart.
