About Us: Facilities & Directions
Patient Care
Cancer care services are integrated throughout the UCSF campus system: UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco; UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus, near Golden Gate Park; San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center; and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (more info about UCSF hospitals and clinics)
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
Outpatient facilities for radiation oncology, breast care (including mammography), infusion, gastrointestinal cancers (liver, stomach, pancreas, esophageal), urologic cancers (prostate, bladder, kidney, testicular), melanoma, orthopedic oncology (bone cancer), thoracic oncology, and gynecological oncology are located at Mount Zion. There, a five-story building at the corner of Divisadero and Sutter Streets includes modern, patient-friendly facilities specifically for cancer.
The main entrance is at 1600 Divisadero St., between Post and Sutter. Public parking is at 1635 Divisadero St.; enter on Sutter between Divisadero and Broderick. The current rate is $2 per half-hour, up to a $20 daily maximum.
Valet parking is available at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero St. Auto drop-off is available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday and pick-up until 5 p.m. The service is closed on weekends and holidays. Parking rates are $6 an hour, with a $30 maximum. Those with a disabled placard are eligible to pay a flat rate of $12. For more information about valet parking, call (415) 514-4520.
>>Mt. Zion map, driving directions, public transportation
Other facilities at this campus include the Cancer Resource Center, a multimedia library and centralized hub for supportive services targeted to patients and caregivers, and Friend to Friend, a boutique that provides a variety of specialized products and services for cancer patients.
UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus
UCSF/Parnassus is the center for patient care in neurologic oncology (brain and spinal cord tumors); leukemia, lymphoma, and other hematopoietic malignancies; bone marrow transplant; and pediatric oncology.
Inpatient services are located at 505 Parnassus Ave., where a 600-bed main hospital comprises two adjoining buildings and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Outpatient clinics are centralized in the Crede Ambulatory Care Center, across from the hospital at 400 Parnassus.
Public parking is at 500 Parnassus Ave., with two garage entrances—one on the north side of Parnassus and another on Irving St., just east of 3rd Ave. The current rate is $2.50 per hour, up to a $20 daily maximum.
>>Parnassus map, driving directions, public transportation
SFGH Medical Center and San Francisco VA Medical Center
UCSF faculty, including many members of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, also treat patients at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco, Dept. of Public Health; and at San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, a tertiary-care referral center operated by the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
>>Campus maps for SFGH and VAMC
Laboratory Research
At the UCSF/Mission Bay campus, the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building (left photo) is a state-of-the-art research facility that opened in June 2009. The five-story building houses hundreds of researchers who focus on the basic biological mechanisms of cancer. The Cancer Center’s laboratory research building at UCSF/Mount Zion (right photo) includes more than 250 lab work stations and offices for 48 principal investigators.
Cancer Center faculty investigators also conduct lab research at UCSF/Parnassus, in other facilities at UCSF/Mission Bay, and at San Francisco General Hospital and Veterans Affairs Medical Center sites.
>>UCSF/Mission Bay map
>>UCSF/Mt. Zion map
