About the Campus
Mount Zion Hospital was established in 1887 by the San Francisco Jewish community as a non-profit hospital to render "medical and surgical aid and service to the needy and distressed sick of the community ... without regard to race or creed."
Today, Mount Zion continues its involvement in teaching, research and patient care as a campus of the UCSF Medical Center. It is an innovative hub of specialized outpatient clinics, surgery services and comprehensive cancer care. It also is home to a variety of support services for patients and their families.
The restored facade of the Esther Hellman Building, the first hospital built on the Mt. Zion campus.
History of Mount Zion Hospital
The original Mount Zion Hospital was established as a community hospital in San Francisco in 1887. A new facility, known as the Hellman Building, was constructed on Post Street in the early 1900s, and this building is now part of UCSF Mount Zion. A block party in June 2011 celebrated the building’s 100th anniversary.
Mount Zion Hospital began its association with the University of California in the late 1920s, when its medical services expanded significantly and it became a teaching hospital affiliated with UC Medical School (later named UCSF School of Medicine). UCSF acquired the hospital in 1990, and developed the facility over the next few years into a second major clinical site, with an emphasis on outpatient care, under the name UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion.
Throughout the 20th century, Mount Zion Hospital had a key role in providing health care to area residents and in advancing medical care through research.
During the flu epidemic of 1918, the hospital treated 100-plus patients a day, and in the 1940s, it provided care to thousands of Jewish refugees. In the 1950s, cardiologists Meyer Friedman, MD, and Ray Rosenman, MD, began studying risk factors for coronary disease, eventually defining the syndrome known as “Type A” behavior and bringing national attention to the hospital. In 1976, the hospital opened the first alternative birth center in San Francisco, and 10 years later opened the city’s first hospital-based comprehensive women’s health center.
Advanced Levels of Patient Care
Located in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood, about 2.5 miles from the medical center’s Parnassus site, Mount Zion is home to a vibrant community of UCSF faculty, staff, students, patients and other visitors that totals about 3,200 on a daily basis.
The growing network of outpatient services at Mount Zion includes Audiology, Cochlear Implant Center, Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), Dermatology, Headache Center, Asian Heart and Vascular Center, and adult and pediatric primary care, as well as an outpatient surgery center. Support services include a patient health library and the award-winning Art for Recovery program, which is designed to support patients and others in the UCSF community through the arts.
Mount Zion serves cancer patients with diagnosis and treatment services, and maintains a state-of-the-art outpatient center providing one-stop care by a team of specialists. The overall excellence of the cancer patient care program has earned UCSF Medical Center top ranking for this specialty.
Mount Zion also is home to the Cancer Risk Program, which provides genetic counseling to families with a history of cancer and is the largest and most comprehensive service of this type in Northern California, and the Cancer Resource Center, which maintains a library of information resources and hosts support groups and workshops for patients and their families.
Mount Zion is also home to an inpatient unit with 46 acute care private rooms and seven intensive care beds equipped with the latest telehealth and patient monitoring technology.
Other specialized centers at Mount Zion include the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Sleep Disorders Center and Pain Management Center.
What’s Located Here
Asian Heart and Vascular Center
The UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center is a cardiovascular care hub for the Asian community, the fastest-growing population in San Francisco.
Center of Excellence in Women's Health
The UCSF Women's Health Center provides comprehensive, specialized care for women's health issues and is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation for gynecological care.
Department of Dermatology
The Department of Dermatology aims to be a world leader in the care of skin and patients with skin diseases through outstanding clinical service, education and training, and research.
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center was the first center in the Bay Area to receive the prestigious designation of "comprehensive" from the National Cancer Institute and treats all forms of cancer.
Occupational Health Services
The Occupational Health Program integrates medical surveillance, risk assessment, clinical occupational health services, and disability management to improve the occupational health and safety of the UCSF community.
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine combines modern medicine with established healing practices from around the world.
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat) Specialty Clinics
The Otolaryngology Specialty Clinics care for patients with a number of different ear, nose, and throat needs.
Pain Management Center
The UCSF Pain Management Center at Mount Zion provides care for patients with complicated and chronic medical, surgical or neurological pain.
Pediatrics at Mount Zion
Pediatrics at Mount Zion provides routine health examinations, treatment for acutely ill children and consultations for difficult to diagnose problems.
Sleep Disorders Center
The UCSF Sleep Disorders Center offers a comprehensive range of services and treatments for conditions such as sleep apnea, insomnia, periodic limb movements, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy and snoring.
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is home to inpatient services, outpatient clinics, surgery facilities and support services for both patients and families.
Resources
Classes, Workshops, and Therapeutic Programs
The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine offers a variety of public classes, workshops, and therapeutic programs that emphasize patient empowerment and whole-person healing.
Fishbon Library
The Fishbon Library supports the education and research needs of nurses and non-academic staff, and connects patients and families with trusted health information.
Dining
Campus Planning Projects
2130 Post Street Faculty Housing
UCSF was generously gifted the property located at 2130 Post Street with the expressed intent that it be used for faculty housing.
Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic Relocation
To modernize and expand much-needed behavioral health care in the Bay Area, UCSF will relocate inpatient behavioral health services currently offered at the UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics at Parnassus Heights to the UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion.
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