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UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children's Hospital are recognized as world leaders in health care, known for innovative medicine, advanced technology and compassionate care. For more than a century, we have offered the highest quality medical treatment. Today, our expertise covers virtually all conditions, including cancer, heart disease, infertility, neurological disorders, organ transplantation and orthopedics as well as special services for women and children.

As an academic medical center, we are unlike community hospitals in that we offer pioneering treatments not widely available elsewhere. For example, we have the only nationally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Northern California. The center is dedicated to finding new and better treatments for cancer patients. We also have Northern California's only nationally designated Center of Excellence in Women's Health, which offers specialized care and health education for women.

Another area of distinction is our health services for children and pregnant women. Our UCSF Children's Hospital is a "hospital within a hospital" with more than 150 specialists in more than 40 areas of medicine. We have programs designed specifically for young patients, including a 50-bed neonatal intensive care nursery, recreational therapy for recovering kids and 60 outreach clinics throughout Northern California. Our physicians were the first in the world to successfully perform surgery on a baby still in the womb. They also developed life-saving treatments for premature infants whose lungs aren't fully developed.

In the area of neurology and neurosurgery, UCSF Medical Center is among the top five hospitals in the nation. We have one of the largest brain tumor treatment program in the nation as well as the only comprehensive memory disorders center and the only comprehensive epilepsy center in Northern California.

We also have one of the nation's largest centers for kidney and liver transplants. Our AIDS program is the most comprehensive in the nation and our surgical eye care program is the largest in Northern California. In the area of orthopedics, we are internationally recognized for treating the spine, including deformities, degenerative disc disease, tumors and fractures.

In addition to that world-class medical knowledge, we believe that the compassion of our doctors, nurses and other staff are key to our success. We receive countless letters of gratitude from patients and their families, a true measure of the valuable and caring service we provide.

UCSF Medical Center is part of the University of California, San Francisco, one of the 10 campuses of the University of California.

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