University of California, San Francisco

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is a center of health sciences research, patient care, and education; located in San Francisco, California, and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading universities in health sciences.

Though one of the 10 campuses of the University of California, it is the only UC school dedicated solely to graduate education, and in health and biomedical sciences. Some of UCSF's treatment centers include kidney transplants and liver transplantation, radiology, neurosurgery, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, gene therapy, women's health, fetal surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine. With a work force of 22,800 people and annual economic impact of $2 billion, UCSF is San Francisco's second largest employer.

Founded in 1873, the mission of UCSF is to serve as a "public university dedicated to saving lives and improving health." The UCSF Medical Center is consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, who also ranked UCSF's medical school as one of the top 10 in a number of specialties, including a specialty program in AIDS medical care ranked first in the country.

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New grocery store, restaurant on the way to UCSF

Business Journal 18 Mar 2025
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UCSF research: Meth use rampant among California’s homeless, treatment elusive for many

Baltimore Sun 14 Mar 2025
Margot Kushel, the director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative and senior author of the report, said in a UCSF news release ... using drugs regularly, the UCSF news release noted.

UCSF Health stakes out Peninsula expansion in former Stanford Health Care digs

Business Journal 03 Mar 2025
"This is a healing environment," the facility's medical director said ... .

Workers strike at UCSF, statewide to protest UC system, push for new deals

San Francisco Examiner 28 Feb 2025
Unions representing health-care and other workers allege the school system is bargaining in bad faith and suppressing free speech ....
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