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Low-income communities are up to 42% less likely to obtain stroke center certification, according to results from the study, led by Renee Y. Hsia, MD.

UC Regents sign off on $1.5 billion project to construct a new hospital building at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, securing the future of world-class pediatric facilities in the East Bay.

'US News & World Report' 2024-2025 lists UCSF Health as tied for No. 1 adult hospital in California, No. 3 nationwide in neurology/neurosurgery and geriatric care.

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) was well-represented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, held in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 14-17.

In 2024, the emergency medical team at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights established a new model for psychiatric emergency care in partnership with the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. According to Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MS, vice chair and chief of emergency medicine at UCSF Medical Center, the model has been an unequivocal success.

In 2024, the Age-Friendly Emergency Department (AFED) at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) earned Level 3 accreditation from the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation program of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

When UCSF Health opened its Bayfront Medical Building in August 2024, the inclusion of an urgent care clinic presented an exciting new offering for the health system, the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, and the local community.

A study led by Robert M. Rodriguez, MD, finds a systematic approach and positive messaging can help reduce health disparities.

Leapfrog recognizes UCSF medical centers at Parnassus Heights, Mount Zion for quality of care as top teaching hospitals.

A year-long study led by Juan Carlos Montoy, MD, PhD, in partnership with the CDC finds long COVID symptoms wax and wane, and 16% of adults have them for at least one year.

Over the last decade, the number of emergency departments fell while demand for acute care, especially from the sickest patients, went up, according to new research authored by Renee Y. Hsia, MD, and colleagues.

Distributing pro-COVID-19 vaccination information in English and Spanish in emergency departments (EDs) increases the likelihood that patients will choose to be vaccinated, according to research led by Robert M. Rodriguez, MD.