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Oct 29th, 2008
One example of a leading research insitution is the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), which is consistently ranked as among the nation’s best. For more than 100 years, UCSF Medical Center has fostered clinical innovations that have brought about dramatic advances in medicine. According to U.S. News & World Report, the professional schools of the University of California, San Francisco, are among the top in the nation. The schools also rank at or near the top in research funding from the National Institutes of Health. In addition, the UCSF Medical Center in 2006 was ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the ninth-largest hospital in the nation, making it the highest-ranked medical center in Northern California. Throughout the Bay Area, residents can count on the highest quality of health care from top physicians in their specialties. To find a family doctor, visit the American Board of Medical Specialties Board Certification Verification at www.abms.org. The following list below includes hospitals in the nine-county area. San Francisco Hospitals California Pacific Medical Center California Campus California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California and is a Sutter Health affiliate. As a tertiary referral center, the Medical Center provides a wide variety of services, including acute, post-acute and outpatient hospital care; home care and hospice services; preventive and complementary care and health education. CPMC has three additional campus locations in the city and include: Davies Campus Castro Street & Duboce Ave. Pacific Campus 2333 Buchanan St. East Campus 3698 California St. Other Sutter facilities are located throughout the Bay Area with more information at www.sutterhealth.org. Chinese Hospital 845 Jackson St. Located in San Francisco, Chinese Hospital is a unique health-care provider with a long and rich history of providing access to culturally competent health care services for the Chinese Community. Chinese Hospital is a 59-bed, acute-care, community-owned, nonprofit hospital offering a wide range of medical, surgical and specialty programs. Chinese Hospital exists primarily to deliver quality health care in a cost-effective way, is responsive to the community's ethnic and cultural uniqueness and is accessible to all socioeconomic levels. Kaiser Permanente 2425 Geary Blvd. Kaiser Permanente is the nation’s largest nonprofit health plan in the United States, according to Fortune magazine (http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0805/gallery.private companies.fortune/5.html) and serves over 8 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Kaiser Permanente has medical centers throughout the Bay Area including San Francisco, the East Bay, the North Bay, the Peninsula, and the Silicon Valley. The health provider provides an integrated health delivery system, including preventive care, well-baby and prenatal care, immunizations, emergency care, screening diagnostics, hospital and medical services and pharmacy services. Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Opened since 1954, the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center currently serves more than 170,000 members in a variety of locations throughout the city. The medical center includes a 247-bed, seismically up-to-standard hospital with a top-rated emergency department and neonatal intensive care nursery, as well as several medical office buildings providing both primary and specialty medicine. Several unique features of the medical center include bilingual Chinese and Spanish modules, where practitioners provide adult primary care to members in their native languages and an electronic medical record that allows for integrated care and communication across a broad spectrum of specialties and the Pharmacy and Imaging Departments. Other services at the medical center include pediatric specialists, a full-service health-education department with classes for both Kaiser Permanente members and the general public (at a nominal fee), after-business-hours urgent care on weekends and evenings, house calls for senior members, a weekly farmers market and state-of-the-art cardiac care. For more information about Kaiser Permanente, visit www.kp.org. For information on benefits and health plan coverage at the San Francisco Medical Center, contact the Member Services Department at 415-833-3725. Laguna Honda Hospital 375 Laguna Honda Blvd. Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center is a licensed acute-care hospital with distinct part that is skilled nursing and a rehabilitation-care facility within the Community Health Network, which is owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health. It is the largest single-site municipally owned and operated skilled nursing care facility in the country. St. Luke's Hospital 3555 Caesar Chavez St. St. Luke's has been providing quality health services to all San Franciscans for over 130 years. St. Luke's offers a full range of services including inpatient and outpatient surgery, orthopedic services, obstetrics/labor and delivery, a neonatal intensive care unit and a diabetes and asthma education program. St. Luke's capable and caring staff is uniquely culturally qualified to provide high quality health care with dignity to all San Franciscans. St. Mary's Medical Center 450 Stanyan St. For 150 years, St. Mary's Medical Center has provided the Bay Area with compassionate, personalized care combined with the latest advances in medical care and cutting-edge technology. St. Mary's is a full-service acute care facility with more than 575 physicians and 1,100 employees who provide high-quality and affordable health care services to the Bay Area community. Home to advanced medical practices, such as the nation's first digital cardiac catheterization laboratory, pioneering spine surgery and comprehensive rehabilitation, St. Mary's Medical Center is one of San Francisco's leading hospitals, offering patients a full range of outpatient and inpatient services delivered with the human touch. Saint Francis Memorial Hospital 900 Hyde St. A century ago in San Francisco, a group of five physicians undertook to build “the most up-to-date modern hospital west of Chicago.” Today, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital located atop The city's legendary Nob Hill remains a thriving center of healing and innovation in medicine as well as a spiritual anchor to its community. San Francisco General Hospital 1001 Potrero Ave. San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) is a licensed general acute care hospital within the Community Health Network, which is owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health. SFGH provides a full complement of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, skilled nursing, diagnostic, mental health and rehabilitation services for adults and children. It is the largest acute inpatient and rehabilitation hospital for psychiatric patients in the city. Additionally, it is the only acute hospital in San Francisco that provides 24-hour psychiatric emergency services and operates the only Level I Trauma Center for 1.5 million residents of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County. University of California San Francisco, Langley Porter The UCSF Department of Psychiatry is among the nation's foremost resources for comprehensive and compassionate patient care, research and education in the field of mental health. It is located at the major campuses including Laurel Heights, Mission Bay, Parnassus, San Francisco General Hospital, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and UCSF Fresno. The faculty are integrally involved in state-of-the-art patient care, pioneering research as well as excellence in professional training. University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center (Moffitt and Long Hospital) 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, UCSF has offered the highest quality medical treatment. Today, its 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, UCSF offers pioneering treatments not widely available elsewhere. For example, it is the only nationally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Northern California and is dedicated to finding new and better treatments for cancer patients. It is also Northern California's only nationally designated Center of Excellence in Women's Health, which offers specialized care and health education for women. It also provides health services for children and pregnant women. The UCSF Children's Hospital is a “hospital within a hospital” with more than 150 specialists in more than 40 areas of medicine. UCSF has 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. In the area of neurology and neurosurgery, UCSF Medical Center is among the top five hospitals in the nation. It offers one of the largest brain-tumor treatment programs in the nation as well as the only comprehensive memory disorders center and the only comprehensive epilepsy center in Northern California. UCSF is also distinguished with one of the nation's largest centers for kidney and liver transplants. Its AIDS program is the most comprehensive in the nation and its surgical eye care program is the largest in Northern California. In the area of orthopedics, UCSF is internationally recognized for treating the spine, including deformities, degenerative disc disease, tumors and fractures. UCSF Medical Center is part of the University of California, San Francisco, one of the 10 campuses of the University University of California San Francisco, Mount Zion Medical Center Mount Zion Hospital was established in 1887 as a voluntary, nonprofit hospital to render “medical and surgical aid and service to the needy and distressed sick of the community ... without regard to race or creed.” Today, Mount Zion is a part of the University of California San Francisco and is a major teaching facility at UCSF, along with Moffitt-Long, San Francisco General and the VA Medical Center of San Francisco. U.S. Government San Francisco Veteran's Since 1934, San Francisco VAMC has been improving the health of the men and women who have served our nation. Services are available to more than 310,000 veterans living in an eight-county area of Northern California. Other health-care contacts: San Francisco Dental Society 2143 Lombard St. San Francisco Department of Public Health 101 Grove St. San Francisco Medical Society 1409 Sutter St. Alameda County hospitals Alameda County Medical Center 1411 East 31st St. Alameda County Medical Center is one of the major hospital systems in the Bay Area, with 475 licensed beds on three campuses: 236 at Highland Hospital, 159 at Fairmont Hospital and 80 at John George Psychiatric Pavilion. The system serves Alameda County with three freestanding ambulatory care centers in addition to outpatient clinics at Highland Hospital. Alameda Hospital 2070 Clinton Ave. Alameda Hospital is a state-of-the-art, 135-bed general acute care hospital. Earlier this year, the hospital was recognized for excellence in heart care by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. The health organizations awarded Alameda Hospital a Performance Achievement Award for excellence in the care and treatment of coronary artery disease. Other health-care contacts: California Nurses Association 2000 Franklin St., Ste. 300 Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association 6230 Claremont Ave. Contra Costa County hospitals John Muir Health 1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd. John Muir Health offers a wide array of inpatient clinical treatment services, advanced technologies, hospital and other medical facilities and equipment. The facility provides a broad spectrum of outpatient medical treatment services, medical research and community education and outreach programs to serve the communities in which it’s located. San Ramon Regional Medical Center 6001 Norris Canyon Rd. San Ramon Regional Medical Center (SRRMC) began serving residents of the San Ramon Valley and surrounding communities in 1990. The full-service, 123-bed, acute care hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, including 24-hour emergency care and an outpatient surgery and treatment center. Nearby the SRRMC, medical office buildings house physicians in primary care and many specialties. Marin County hospitals Marin County Health Center 20 N. San Pedro Rd., Ste. 2028 The Division of Public Health supports a variety of services that are provided by a network of local nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies throughout Marin County. Services include children’s medical services, clinical services, community health and prevention, epidemiology, emergency medical services, HIV/AIDS care services and public health and communicable disease. Marin General Hospital 250 Bon Air Rd. Marin General Hospital (MGH), a Sutter Health affiliate, is the largest acute-care hospital in Marin County and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. MGH provides primary and secondary levels of care in addition to the Marin Cancer Institute and the Marin Heart Institute. Services include a Level III Trauma Center and a full complement of acute care and ancillary services. Novato Community Hospital 180 Rowland Way Napa County hospitals Queen of the Valley Medical Center 1000 Trancas St. A Catholic nonprofit, full-service diagnostic and therapeutic medical facility therapeutic medical facility, Queen of the Valley Hospital was founded in 1958 by the Sisters of St. Joseph and is part of the St. Joseph Health System. Speciality services offered include centers for cancer and breast, emergency/trauma, family and women’s services, regional heart center, home care, Napa Valley Imaging Center, laboratory services, minimally invasive surgery center, pediatrics, rehabilitation services, social services and spiritual care. St. Helena Hospital 10 Woodland Rd. Located two miles north of the town of St. Helena in the Napa Valley, St. Helena Hospital is a 181–bed full-service community hospital offering the latest in state-of-the-art medical, surgical and diagnostic services. It serves as a regional center for cardiac services, outpatient surgery, obstetrics, occupational medicine, pain rehabilitation, plastic and reconstructive surgery, pulmonary rehabilitation, sleep disorders, home- care services and women’s services. A comprehensive range of acute care, behavioral health and wellness programs draw patients from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Other health-care contacts: Napa County Medical Society 980 Trancas St., Ste. 8 Santa Clara County hospitals Good Samaritan Hospital 2425 Samaritan Dr. Good Samaritan Hospital opened in 1965 as a general acute-care hospital. Good Samaritan provides tertiary services including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, cancer treatment, obstetrics and gynecology, in-patient and outpatient psychiatric services, in-patient rehabilitation and a JCAHO-certified Primary Stroke Center. Outpatient services include same-day surgery, diagnostic imaging, cardiology, clinical laboratory, radiation oncology and the BreastCare Center. The Mission Oaks campus includes the PlaneTree Health Library, one of the oldest and largest consumer-health libraries in the country. Regional Medical Center of San Jose 225 North Jackson Ave. With an employed staff of 1,400 and a medical staff of more than 500 professionals specializing in 21 fields of medicine, dentistry and podiatry, Regional Medical Center offers world-class health care to residents throughout the greater San Jose community. Since 1965, Regional has been an essential part of Santa Clara County's public and private health-care networks. Regional is an acute-care hospital that offers a comprehensive array of inpatient and outpatient services, including Emergency and Trauma, Cardiovascular, Women and Children’s Health, Neurosciences, Cancer Care and Medical/Surgical Services. In October 2005, Regional broke ground on a $160-million expansion effort that will result in the addition of several new facilities to the hospital’s campus, in addition to vital upgrades to existing hospital services. Other health-care contacts: Santa Clara County Medical Association 700 Empey Way San Mateo County hospitals San Mateo Medical Center 222 W. 39th Ave. San Mateo Medical Center is a county system of healthcare providing inpatient services, outpatient services and long-term care. These services are provided through an acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility and 11 clinics located across San Mateo County. The mission of San Mateo Medical Center is to serve the healthcare needs of all residents of San Mateo County, with an emphasis on education and prevention and without regard for ability to pay. San Leandro Hospital 13855 East 14th St. Eden Medical Center is a nonprofit, community-based medical center that includes Eden Hospital, San Leandro Hospital, Laurel Grove Acute Rehabilitation Hospital and Baywood Court Skilled Nursing Facility. Eden Medical Center’s physicians, volunteers and employees provide the community with access to exceptional medical, surgical, psychiatric and rehabilitative services. Sequoia Hospital 170 Alameda de las Pulgas Sequoia Hospital is an accredited, nonprofit community hospital providing health care to Bay Area residents. Sequoia, ranked among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide, is a recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, based on a study issued by HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings company. Offering a full range of medical, surgical and specialty programs, Sequoia also ranks in the top percentile of hospitals nationwide for patient satisfaction. Seton Medical Center - CHW 1900 Sullivan Ave. Seton Medical Center located in Daly City, in close proximity to the East Bay and Silicon Valley. It is recognized as one of the top 100 hospitals for its cardiovascular services, general acute and specialty services. Stanford Hospital and Clinics 300 Pasteur Dr. Stanford Hospital and Clinics is known worldwide for advanced patient care provided by its physicians and staff, particularly for the treatment of rare, complex disorders in areas such as cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery and organ transplants. Every year, U.S. News & World Report identifies the top hospitals in 16 specialties in the United States. Stanford Hospital and Clinics is recognized as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” and currently ranks No. 15 in the U.S. Other health-care contacts: San Mateo County Medical Association 777 Mariners Island Blvd., Ste. 100 Solano County hospitals NorthBay Healthcare 1200 B. Gale Wilson Blvd. NorthBay Healthcare is a nonprofit, community organization based in Solano County. It maintains a 50-year tradition of providing hospital and community services in the region. From emergency care to surgery and specialty services like cancer care and high-risk maternity services, thousands of people in Solano County rely on NorthBay Healthcare for advanced and compassionate medical care. Sutter Solano Cancer Center 100 Hospital Dr. Sutter Solano Cancer Center offers a wide range of cancer treatment and support services, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, community education, a resource library and support services. Sutter Solano Medical Center 300 Hospital Dr. Sutter Solano Medical Center has been serving the residents of Solano County for more than 100 years. The medical center has 111 licensed beds and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Formerly known as Vallejo General Hospital, the hospital affiliated with Sutter Health in 1984, ensuring its ability to continue providing and improving health care and wellness services to the community. Other health-care contacts: Solano County Medical Society 980 Trancas St., Suite 8 Sonoma County hospitals St. Joseph Health System – Sonoma County 1165 Montgomery Dr. St. Joseph Health System includes Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Petaluma Valley Hospital, Hospice of Petaluma and Memorial Hospice. These facilities combine state-of-the-art medicine, compassionate care and the widest array of resources to enhance residents’ health and promote healthy communities. Sutter Medical Center 3325 Chanate Rd. Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa was originally established in Sonoma County in 1866 when the first hospital was opened. In 1996, Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa became an affiliate of Sutter Health, which supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals as well as physician organizations; medical research facilities; region-wide home health, hospice and occupational health networks; and long-term care centers. Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa is licensed by the State of California Department of Health Services to operate 244 beds and is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the California Medical Association. Other health-care contacts: Sonoma County Medical Association 3033 Cleveland Ave. |
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