Opening 2015
News Releases
UCSF CEO Mark Laret to Chair National Board for Medical Colleges
November 9, 2011Mark R. Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, has been elected by his peers as chair of the board of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). His term will run until November 2012. Read More.
Spirits Soar as UCSF Marks Construction Milestone at Mission Bay Medical Center with "Topping Out"
October 18, 2011Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, watches while San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen signs the beam to be placed atop the new medical center complex at Mission Bay. Read More.
Ceremony to Honor Workers, Mark Construction Milestone at Mission Bay Medical Center
October 12, 2011UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will celebrate a major milestone on Monday, Oct. 17, with the placement of a 1,600-pound beam atop the sprawling hospital complex to signify the end of the structural steel phase. Read More.
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay to Meet Demands of Information Age
October 10, 2011When Michael Blum, MD, imagines the new UCSF Medical Center being constructed at Mission Bay, he thinks of a beloved TV show. No, it’s not “E.R.” or “General Hospital.” It’s “The Jetsons.” Read More.
UCSF Medical Center Named Top 10 Hospital for 11th Consecutive Year
July 19, 2011UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals for the 11th consecutive year and is the best in Northern California, according to the 2011-12 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. Read More.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Among Nation's Best in Nine Specialties
May 17, 2011UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital ranks among the nation’s best children’s hospitals in nine specialties and is one of the top-ranked facilities in California. Read More.
UCSF Sets 20-Percent First-Year Local Hiring Goal
January 28, 2011UCSF is voluntarily committing to an ambitious goal to hire a workforce averaging at least 20-percent San Francisco residents during the first year of the Mission Bay Hospitals Project, followed by a 5-percent increase per year through the project's completion in 2014. Read More.
Time to celebrate, we are breaking ground for Mission Bay hospitals
October 25, 2010The community is invited to celebrate a significant milestone in the success story that is UCSF Mission Bay – the long-awaited groundbreaking of our state-of-the-art and sustainable medical center on October 27. Read More.
Regents Clear Way for UCSF to Break Ground on Mission Bay Hospitals
September 16, 2010The University of California Board of Regents today unanimously approved funding plans for the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. The Board’s action is the final endorsement for the project, clearing the way for UCSF to break ground on a world-class hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients in the Mission Bay neighborhood south of downtown San Francisco. Read More.
UCSF Children’s Hospital Receives $100 Million Gift to Build New Hospital
June 22, 2010UCSF Children’s Hospital has received a $100 million gift to help fund the construction of its new home at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is a private donation from San Francisco residents Lynne and Marc Benioff, and is both the largest gift the donors have ever made and the largest gift ever granted specifically to the UCSF Children’s Hospital. Read More.