UCSF School of Medicine
in San Francisco, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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The UCSF School of Medicine, is the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco, United States, and is located in San Francisco. Founded in 1864 by Hugh Toland, it is the oldest medical school in California and the western United States. The school is affiliated with the UCSF Medical Center, which was ranked in 2017 as the #1 hospital in California and the #5 in the United States. UCSF faculty have treated patients and trained residents since 1873 at the San Francisco General Hospital and for over 50 years at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.It is the number one medical school in the United States by NIH funding, with over $500 million dollars in funding, and 998 NIH grants. It is recognized as one of the premier medical schools in the United States. US News & World Report ranks it 4th in quality of research training and 3rd in quality of primary care training, making it the only medical school listed in the top 5 in both categories. In 2015, it ranked second in clinical medicine in the annual Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The UCSF School of Medicine is located in 7 major sites in the San Francisco Bay area, and is composed of 28 academic departments, 8 organized research units, and 5 interdisciplinary research centers. The main site is at the Parnassus Heights campus, which is home to the UCSF Medical Center and the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. The UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay opened in 2015 and is home to the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital and the UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital.
