Reimagining Parnassus Heights

The UCSF Parnassus Heights Initiative envisions a campus that strengthens the neighborhood’s economic and cultural vitality, making way for the delivery of world-class health care and scientific discovery. The revitalized campus will embody UCSF’s excellence and global leadership in health sciences.

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Propelling the Future of Health Care

The UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital will expand the boundaries of excellence in world-class, lifesaving patient care for all those who seek it.

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Rendering of the New Hospital at Parnassus Heights from Hillway Plaza

Accelerating Scientific Discovery and Learning

The UCSF Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building will drive collaborative science and research and provide best-in-class training spaces for world-class graduate education.

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The exterior of the Bakar Research and Academic building showing a tree-lined path.

Planning Our Future Together

We’re committed to our community partnership and the growth of San Francisco by creating jobs, expanding workforce training, and investing in transit and building new housing in the heart of the city.

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From a distant park, a rendering shows how the new Parnassus Heights campus will look.

For more than 160 years, UCSF has served the people of San Francisco. Join us by making a gift that will help transform our campus to revolutionize health care, research, and education and strengthen our historic connection to San Francisco.

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