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    Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD (left) with former resident Anne Rohlfing, MD

     

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  1. Department of Medicine
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The Department of Medicine is made up of 17 specialties in four medical centers in the cities of San Francisco and Fresno, and dozens of affiliated institutes, centers, programs, and groups.

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Cardiology

The division provides the best possible care to all patients with cardiovascular disease, make important discoveries that benefit patients and offer the best training for cardiology and subspecialty fellows.

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Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation

The division serves as the academic home for applied clinical informatics and as a coordinating entity with internal and external digital stakeholders across all UCSF mission areas, schools, departments, and divisions.

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Experimental medicine

Experimental Medicine

Our division was established to diagnose, prevent, and treat chronic infectious disease of global importance through a multidisciplinary and collaborative research approach.

LEARN MORE ABOUT EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Endocrine

Endocrinology / Metabolism

Our mission is to provide world-class endocrinology care in the clinic and lead the endocrine field in research.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ENDOCRINOLOGY / METABOLISM

 

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Gastroenterology

Our mission to provide state-of-the-art patient care for GI and liver diseases, prepare GI trainees to become academic leaders, and develop new knowledge about GI and liver diseases through basic and clinical research.

LEARN MORE ABOUT GASTROENTEROLOGY

General Internal Medicine

General Internal Medicine

We excel in the delivery of high quality, culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate primary and preventive health care; conducting innovative, population-based and epidemiological research; and training the best doctors of the future.

LEARN MORE ABOUT GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Geriatrics

Geriatrics

The vision of our division is to transform health care to optimize aging and improve well-being—no matter an individual's health or situation.

LEARN MORE ABOUT GERIATRICS

 

HIV

HIV, ID & Global Medicine

Our division is a global leader in clinical care, research and education. Its mission is to tend to all patients affected by infectious diseases, especially the vulnerable.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HIV, ID & GLOBAL MEDICINE

Hematology

Hematology & Oncology

The mission of our division is to enhance individual lives around the world by improving the treatment of cancer and blood disorders. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY

Experimental Medicine

Hospital Medicine

We are a national leader in clinical care, education, and research in the field of hospital medicine. Our division has achieved a remarkable number of "firsts" in hospital medicine, including coining the term "hospitalist" in 1996. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT HOSPITAL MEDICINE

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Infectious Diseases

The Division of Infectious Diseases is dedicated to the highest standards of clinical care and teaching, as well as research leading to new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious disease. 

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Clinical Pharmacology

Nephrology

The Division of Nephrology's mission is to expand the frontiers of basic and clinical investigation in nephrology, train the next generation of academic nephrology leaders, and provide the highest level of patient care. 

Learn More About Nephrology

OEM

Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

The mission of the Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine is to advance the field of occupational and environmental health through research, education, and service to patients and the community.

Learn More About Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine

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Palliative Medicine

The Division of Palliative Medicine oversees the clinical, educational, and research programs in adult palliative medicine at UCSF Health sites.

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Prevention Science

The Division of Prevention Science is committed to understanding the etiology and prevention of social, structural, physical and mental health problems in order to translate that knowledge to the promotion of health and well-being.

LEARN MORE About Prevention Science

 

Pulmonary

Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine

The mission of the Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine Program is to be a leader in the provision of comprehensive medical care to patients with pulmonary disease, critical illness, allergic diseases and sleep disorders.

Learn More About Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine

Rheumatology

Rheumatology

The Division of Rheumatology aims to provide outstanding clinical care while advancing the discipline of rheumatology through cutting edge research and training of the next generation of academic rheumatologists.

Learn More About Rheumatology

 

 

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