UCSF Medical Center

What UCSF Medical Center does

UCSF Medical Center is the academic medical center of the University of California, San Francisco, founded in 1873 and headquartered in San Francisco. Operated by The Regents of the University of California as part of a public university system, UCSF delivers patient care, biomedical research, medical education, and public service through its fourfold mission. Clinical operations span multiple hospital campuses — including Parnassus Heights, Mission Bay, Mount Zion, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and UCSF Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley — providing a full continuum of primary, specialty, trauma, and safety-net care.

UCSF's core activities are organized through wholly owned and jointly operated subsidiaries including UCSF Health, UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF Fresno, and affiliated public hospitals. The School of Medicine, which enrolled a Class of 2029 of 177 students, operates undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, continuing medical education, and graduate division programs. Core technology infrastructure supports patient care, research, and education; notable operational technology includes an AI-driven robotic pharmacy compounding system developed with pharmaceutical technology partners that has prepared 350,000 medication doses with zero errors.

Revenue mechanics are diversified across federal research grants (notably $823 million in NIH funding in 2022, the No. 1 public recipient for 16 consecutive years), state appropriations, patient service revenue across Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and self-pay channels, tuition, philanthropy, and academic-clinical funds flows governed through UCSF's Integrated Funding Model. Strategic partnerships span federal agencies (NIH, CDC), the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, major biopharma employers (Genentech, Amgen, Gilead), UC Berkeley (Joint Medical Program), and global academic and clinical institutions.

Name

UCSF Medical Center

Legal name

The Regents of the University of California

Website

https://medschool.ucsf.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1873

Operating status

Operating

Short description

UCSF Medical Center is a public academic medical center in San Francisco providing patient care, biomedical research, medical education, and public service across multiple hospital campuses and affiliated health systems in California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Center

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI), Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Academic medical services
• Medical education programs
• Biomedical research funding
• Specialty patient care
• Physician training

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UCSF Medical Center is a public academic medical center providing tertiary and quaternary patient care across multiple hospital campuses, training physicians through its medical school and graduate medical education programs, and conducting biomedical research with substantial NIH funding. It operates as part of the University of California system with the fourfold mission of education, research, patient care, and public service, and leverages technology such as a robotic AI compounding pharmacy system.

Product overview

UCSF Medical Center is a healthcare delivery organization (not a technology product company). Its primary offerings are medical/clinical services. The institution operates an AI-driven compounding pharmacy system that demonstrates advanced automation in medication preparation. Available source data does not describe a platform-plus-modules software product portfolio, but rather clinical healthcare services enhanced with AI technology for pharmacy operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inpatient and Outpatient Patient Care Tertiary and quaternary clinical care delivered across UCSF Medical Center hospitals and affiliated facilities for patients requiring complex medical treatment, specialty consultations, surgical procedures, and emergency services.
• UCSF School of Medicine MD Program Four-year MD degree program, including the Bridges Curriculum, joint MD/MPH degrees through the Joint Medical Program with UC Berkeley, post-baccalaureate and outreach programs, and an MD class of 177 incoming students in 2029 with 71% from California.
• Graduate Medical Education (Residency and Fellowship Training) Residency and fellowship clinical training programs for physicians completing specialty education after medical school, delivered through the UCSF Fresno campus and other UCSF training sites.
• AI-Driven Compounding Pharmacy Operating System Robotic AI pharmacy system that automates medication compounding, supports predictive inventory management and automated billing, and has prepared 350,000 medication doses with zero errors in support of inpatient pharmacy operations.
• Biomedical Research Programs Sponsored biomedical, translational, and clinical research across departments and institutes, supported by $823 million in NIH funding in 2022 as the top public recipient for 16 consecutive years.
• Public Service and Community Health Programs Public-service initiatives including HIV/AIDS care, health equity programs, the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, the Center for Community Engagement, and Population Health and Health Equity programs serving the local community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 350,000 medication doses prepared with zero errors using robotic AI system
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GenentechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor biopharma employer competing for talent in San Francisco's gene therapy sector. One of the key biopharma companies in the Bay Area talent ecosystem.
• AmgencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor biopharma employer competing for talent in San Francisco's gene therapy sector. One of the key biopharma companies in the Bay Area talent ecosystem.
• GileadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor biopharma employer competing for talent in San Francisco's gene therapy sector. Key partner in HIV/AIDS research and treatment given UCSF's pioneering work in this area.
• Chan Zuckerberg BiohubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHani Goodarzi, PhD is a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Collaborative research initiative supporting transformative biomedical research.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary research funding partner. UCSF received $823 million in NIH funding in 2022, ranking as No. 1 public institution for the 16th consecutive year.
• Columbia University Medical CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partner on 'Anxiety Cells' study published in Neuron journal, discovering previously unknown anxiety cells in the mouse hippocampus.
• Pharmaceutical Technology PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration for AI-driven compounding pharmacy operating system featuring robotic medication preparation technology.
• UC BerkeleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Medical Program (JMP) partnership offering combined MD/MPH degrees. Students spend first 2.5 years at UC Berkeley before completing training at UCSF.
• Boston Children's HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrian Abascal's prior employer where he developed youth HIV/AIDS care programs, establishing foundation for his work in health equity.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTuberculosis Trials Consortium partner on landmark 4-month TB treatment regimen study published in New England Journal of Medicine.
• AIDS Clinical Trials GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner on TB treatment regimen clinical trial studying four-month rifapentine-based regimens.
• San Francisco General HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome to Ward 86, the world's first dedicated HIV/AIDS clinic. Key partner in HIV/AIDS care and research.
• San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated healthcare system partnership providing comprehensive healthcare services to San Francisco veterans.
• Tilganga Institute of OphthalmologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNepal-based training partner for UCSF ophthalmologists learning small incision cataract surgery techniques.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UC San Diego Health: UC San Diego Health and the UC San Diego School of Medicine are another UC system peer academic medical center, comparable in scale and mission to UCSF, with overlapping research portfolios and shared competition for NIH funding and faculty.
• UC Davis Health: UC Davis Health and the UC Davis School of Medicine are a sister UC system academic medical center, comparable in mission and structure to UCSF and competing for California-based students, faculty recruits, and NIH funding within the same public university governance.
• UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals are affiliated pediatric hospitals within the UCSF Health system, providing a parallel pediatric academic medicine platform that competes nationally with other top children's hospitals for specialty pediatric care, research funding, and residency applicants.
• UCLA Health / David Geffen School of Medicine: UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health are the other premier public California academic medical center, directly comparable to UCSF as a UC system peer competing for NIH funding, research talent, and patients across overlapping specialties in California.
• Harvard Medical School / Mass General Brigham: Harvard Medical School and its affiliated Mass General Brigham hospitals form the nation's other leading AMC ecosystem, competing with UCSF for NIH funding, biomedical research talent, Nobel-caliber faculty, and the most complex patient referrals.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital are a top-tier private academic medical center that competes directly with UCSF for NIH research funding, leading faculty, top medical students, and national specialty rankings across research and primary care.
• Stanford Medicine: Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Health Care form a top-tier private academic medical center in the same San Francisco Bay Area market, competing directly with UCSF for NIH funding, faculty recruits, medical students, and complex patient referrals across overlapping specialties.

Regional players

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Cedars-Sinai is a major private nonprofit academic medical center in Los Angeles, comparable in clinical reputation and research output to UCSF but serving a different regional market with limited direct geographic overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Mayo Clinic: Mayo Clinic is the nation's largest private nonprofit academic medical system with a broader geographic footprint and integrated care delivery model, overlapping with UCSF in tertiary care, research output, and specialty rankings but operating across multiple regional campuses.
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia: NewYork-Presbyterian, affiliated with Columbia and Weill Cornell, is one of the largest academic medical systems in the U.S. and a comparable top-tier AMC competing with UCSF for national rankings, NIH funding, and complex patient referrals on the East Coast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ucsf
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCprcipiXNXTzJYJfN02rHsA
• Facebookfacebook.com/UCSFMedicalSchool
• Instagraminstagram.com/ucsfmedicine

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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