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Headache Center Inpatient Referral Guide
As the only program with an Inpatient Headache Treatment Unit in Northern California, UCSF’s Headache Center helps improve the quality of life for individuals suffering from debilitating headaches.
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UCSF Oral Oncology
The UCSF Oral Oncology Clinic offers consultations for the diagnosis, treatment and management of oral complications from cancer treatment. The clinic is the first and only one of its kind in Northern California.
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Expanded Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Offers Leading-Edge Technology for Assessing Seizures
With a recently expanded 10-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), UCSF Health’s Epilepsy Center is accelerating diagnosis and treatment planning for patients seeking care from Northern California and beyond.
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UCSF MD Link: Web-Based Communication Portal for Physicians
Our web portal allows referring physicians to securely access their patients’ entire electronic health record, make online referral requests and communicate with our physicians directly and securely.
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Post-Pandemic Cancer Care Delivery: Recovery or Redesign?
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted major changes in the way clinicians deliver care, and nowhere have these changes been more urgent than in the field of oncology.
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Virtual Monitoring for Lung Transplant Patients Aided by Home Spirometry Device
A new home spirometry kit combines a spirometer with a patient engagement platform to collect lung function data and symptoms remotely. This enables UCSF’s Lung Transplant team to remotely track patients with the goal of identifying both symptomatic and asymptomatic changes in lung function that may be the first sign of early chronic rejection.
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Optimizing Care Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Rapid Laboratory Test Offers Opportunity for Paradigm Shift
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are approximately 2.5 million traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related emergency department (ED) visits annually. Recent media coverage has focused on the occurrence of TBI in professional sports, but the reality is that the impact of TBI-related morbidity extends beyond high-level athletics.
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UCSF Offers Growing Options for Focal Therapy in Prostate Cancer
In its commitment to tailoring prostate cancer treatment to the needs of each patient, UC San Francisco’s Department of Urology uses focal therapy as an important option for men with clinically significant cancers that are located in one region of the prostate.
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UCSF Center for Limb Preservation and Diabetic Foot
Our center combines the skills of renowned vascular surgeons, podiatrists and limb preservation specialists to provide comprehensive vascular and podiatric care for patients with limb-threatening conditions.
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Seizure Risk Forecasted Days in Advance with Brain Implant Data
Epilepsy ‘weather forecasts’ could let patients plan lives around fluctuations in seizure risk.
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First ‘Plug and Play’ Brain Prosthesis Demonstrated in Paralyzed Person
Stable recordings let brain and machine learning system build ‘partnership’ over time.
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Response to Cancer Immunotherapy May Be Affected by Genes We Carry from Birth
A new study finds that inherited genetic variation plays a role in who is likely to benefit from checkpoint inhibitors, which release the immune system’s brakes so it can attack cancer.
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UCSF Neurology Clinic in San Mateo
The Neurology Clinic is one of several specialty services available at the UCSF San Mateo Primary and Specialty Care Clinic. Centrally located in San Mateo, we provide on-site imaging and a range of adult and pediatric care.
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UCSF Researchers Help Gain FDA Approval for Prostate Cancer Imaging Technique
Method is a ‘game changer’ that should become the standard of care, say UCSF researchers who validated its effectiveness.
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Neurovascular Disease and Stroke Center
Providing initial evaluations, second opinions and follow-up care for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of stroke and other neurovascular conditions.
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UCSF Certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center
A LONGTIME PARTNER in ensuring the best care for your patients with neurovascular conditions, UCSF is now a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, becoming the first such program in San Francisco to earn the Gold Seal of Approval.
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UCSF Ranked #10 for Cancer Care | Clinical Trials Update
We are pleased to announce that UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as the best hospital in Northern California for cancer care — and among the top 10 cancer programs nationally — by U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 survey of Best Hospitals.
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UCSF Improving Pre-Kidney Transplant Process
Deborah B. Adey, MD Medical Director, Kidney Transplant, shares some very exciting news regarding upcoming changes to the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant program.
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UCSF Cardiac Surgery Access and Consultations
At UCSF’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, we value the opportunity to partner with you in caring for patients with a wide range of cardiac conditions, from arrhythmias to ventricular septal defects.
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Now Scheduling Referrals Within 24 Hours
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery, UCSF, and Sanziana Roman, MD, Medical Director, Endocrine Neoplasia Clinic, UCSF, provide an update on safe endocrine surgical patient care at UCSF.
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Now Open UCSF Neurosurgery Clinic Los Gatos
UCSF is opening a pediatric neurosurgery clinic in Los Gatos, which will provide access to UCSF’s experts in children’s neurologic health, including brain tumors, epilepsy, cerebrovascular disorders, spine disorders and a wide array of other problems.
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Virtual Second Opinion for IBD Patients Now Available
Now you can schedule a virtual second-opinion consult for any patient with IBD, including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, pouchitis and IBD-undetermined.
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Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto-Transplant Clinic
UCSF is one of the few academic medical centers in the United States to offer islet auto-transplantation to minimize diabetes after total pancreatectomy.
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Neurohospitalist Division
UCSF Medical Center is ranked #3 in the nation, Best in the West and #1 in California in neurology and neurosurgery.
