UCSF School of Medicine

Parnassus campus and medical center

Consistently ranked among the nation's top medical schools, the UCSF School of Medicine earns its greatest distinction from its outstanding faculty – among them are three Nobel laureates, 70 Institute of Medicine members, 59 American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, 41 National Academy of Sciences members, and 16 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.

Recent Accomplishments & Innovations

2011: Opening of the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building

2011: Opening of the UCSF Teaching and Learning Center

2010: UCSF Educators release Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency.

2009: Nobel Prize awarded to UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn for the discovery of the key enzyme telomerase.

2009: The Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building opens at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

2008: New Pathways to Discovery program streamlines training towards careers of inquiry, discovery and innovation.

2007: The Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) expands medical school enrollment to educate and inspire new physicians to address health disparities.

2006: UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine** launched, comprising the existing Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and the Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology.

2004: The Institute for Human Genetics established.

2003: UCSF opens the Mission Bay campus, one of the most advanced health sciences centers in the world, now encompassing 57 acres, with four research buildings, a community center and student housing.

2002: The National Center of Excellence in Women's Health opens a dedicated 8-story Women's Health Center.

2001: New medical school curriculum and the Academy of Medical Educators are instituted. Both are now national models for medical education and for faculty development.

1999: Cancer Center*** designated by the National Cancer Institute as Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first in Northern California.

1997: Nobel Prize awarded to UCSF's Stanley Prusiner for the discovery of prions.

Mission

The UCSF School of Medicine strives to advance human health through a fourfold mission of education, research, patient care and public service.

History

Founded in 1864 as Toland Medical College, the school became part of the University of California in 1873. In 1898, the school moved to its present Parnassus Heights campus, on land donated by San Francisco mayor Adolph Sutro. The first UC hospital opened here in 1907, growing into Moffitt-Long Hospitals and Children’s Hospital. These facilities, together with Mount Zion Hospital, now comprise the UCSF Medical Center. UCSF faculty have also treated patients and trained students at San Francisco General Hospital since 1873.

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