UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

What UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery does

The UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is an academic medical department within the University of California, San Francisco, operating as part of UCSF Health and the UCSF School of Medicine. It delivers comprehensive neurosurgical subspecialty care across brain tumor, cerebrovascular, epilepsy, movement disorders, pain, spinal, pediatric, and neurotrauma conditions, and runs a top-ranked seven-year residency program plus multiple fellowship and CME offerings. Clinical services are delivered through 15+ locations spanning San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Walnut Creek, San Mateo, San Jose, Napa, Greenbrae/Marin, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Reno, with insurance-covered video visits supplementing in-person care; patient acquisition is referral-based, accepting inbound from physicians across the region.

The department's research platform is anchored by 16+ consecutive years as the #1 NIH-funded neurosurgery program in the United States and ten NIH R01 grants captured in 2022. Notable technical work includes speech-controlled brain-computer interfaces decoding large-vocabulary sentences at 94% accuracy with bilingual Spanish/English capability, adaptive deep brain stimulation systems for Parkinson's disease, lncRNA-based concussion biomarker development, and bulk-tissue RNA analysis for cellular identity mapping. It participates in the $106 million Weill Neurohub with UC Berkeley and the University of Washington, and a U.S. Department of Energy MOU channels National Laboratory supercomputing into traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration research. It also leads the TRACK-TBI consortium across 18 trauma centers with approximately 3,000 enrolled patients.

Revenue is generated through four streams: clinical patient-care services delivered across UCSF Health and affiliated hospitals; NIH and other research grants funding translational and clinical research programs; philanthropic donations directed at named programs such as Brain Tumor Research, Pediatric Research, the Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program, and the Sheri Sobrato Brisson Brain Cancer Survivorship Program; and educational revenue from residency, fellowship, and CME programs. Pricing is procedure- and contract-based rather than publicly disclosed, reflecting the standard academic medical-center model where reimbursement is set by insurance contracts and payer mix.

Name

UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

Legal name

UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

Website

https://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is an academic medical department within the University of California, San Francisco that delivers comprehensive neurosurgical subspecialty care and runs a top-ranked research and residency program across 15-plus Bay Area and regional clinic locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neurosurgery Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAHAD

Neurology & Neurosurgical Specialty Hospitals

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Specialty Hospitals & Inpatient Specialty Care

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General Neurology

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Neurology

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Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

Keywords

• Neurosurgical clinical care
• Brain tumor treatment
• Spinal surgery services
• Neuroscience research programs
• Neurosurgery residency training

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Clinical care revenue generated through neurosurgery services at all major hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area, including emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services.
2. Research Grants and Funding: NIH and other research grants funding neuroscience research programs, including clinical trials and translational research projects.
3. Philanthropic Donations: Donations supporting specific programs including Brain Tumor Research, Pediatric Research, Neuro-Oncology Caregiver Program, and Brain Cancer Survivorship Program.
4. Educational Programs: Continuing medical education (CME), residency and fellowship programs, and medical student training programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is an academic medical department providing comprehensive neurosurgical subspecialty clinical care (brain tumor, cerebrovascular, epilepsy, movement disorders, spinal, pediatric, pain, and neurotrauma) at all major San Francisco Bay Area hospitals. It conducts NIH-funded neuroscience research, including brain-computer interface, adaptive deep brain stimulation, and biomarker development, and operates top-ranked residency, fellowship, and continuing medical education programs. The department's mission is to deliver the best clinical care, investigate advances in neuroscience research, and train future neurosurgery leaders.

Product overview

The UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is an academic medical department providing comprehensive neurosurgical care and conducting neuroscience research. Its offerings include clinical specialty services across multiple subspecialties (brain tumor, cerebrovascular, epilepsy, movement disorders, pain, spine, pediatric), paired with research programs focused on brain tumors and pediatric conditions, and support programs for caregivers and survivors. The department also operates residency and fellowship training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UCSF Brain Tumor Center: Comprehensive brain tumor treatment center affiliated with the department, offering research, clinical care, and support services including the Sheri Sobrato Brisson Brain Cancer Survivorship Program and Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program
• UCSF Spine Center
• UCSF Neuro-Oncology Clinic
• UCSF Pediatric Neurosurgery

Quantifiable outcome

• Consistently #1 NIH-funded neurosurgery program nationally for 16+ consecutive years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• UC BerkeleyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2019Partnership through Weill Neurohub bringing together Berkeley's expertise in engineering, imaging, and data science with UCSF's clinical neuroscience research capabilities.
• University of WashingtonflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2019Partnership through Weill Neurohub combining UW's basic neuroscience research and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center with UCSF's clinical expertise.
• Weill NeurohubflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2019$106 million initiative supporting cross-disciplinary neuroscience research at UCSF, Berkeley, and UW across four pillars: imaging, engineering, genomics/molecular therapeutics, and computation/data analytics.
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2019Weill Family Foundation and DOE signed Memorandum of Understanding creating public-private partnership to leverage AI and supercomputing capabilities from 17 National Laboratories for traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease research.
• Adventist Health Sierra VistacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCSF has partnered with Adventist Health Sierra Vista in San Luis Obispo to bring expert neurosurgery and spine care to the community, so patients can receive specialized treatment close to home. The partnership provides local access to UCSF's neurosurgical expertise.
• TRACK-TBI ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTRACK-TBI (Transforming Research Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury) is a multi-center study collecting clinical data on nearly 3,000 TBI patients from 18 top-level trauma centers nationwide.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mayo Clinic Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as a top-ranked academic neurosurgery program at a leading health system, competing for NIH funding, complex case referrals, and faculty recruitment with a multi-site national footprint.
• NYU Langone Health Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as a nationally ranked academic neurosurgery program at NYU Langone, competing for NIH research funding, complex referrals, and faculty in dense Northeast markets.
• Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery: Direct peer as a leading academic neurosurgery department at a Cornell-affiliated New York medical center, linked to the same Weill Family Foundation donor ecosystem that funds UCSF neuroscience.
• Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as a top-ranked academic-affiliated neurosurgery program at a leading health system, regularly appearing in US News top rankings and competing for complex case volume.
• Stanford University Department of Neurosurgery: Most direct regional peer: another elite Bay Area academic neurosurgery program at Stanford that competes head-to-head for faculty, NIH grants, Bay Area patient referrals, and trainee recruitment.
• Penn Medicine Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as a top-ranked Ivy League academic neurosurgery department competing for NIH funding, complex neurosurgery referrals, and faculty talent.
• Barrow Neurological Institute: Direct peer as one of the largest dedicated neurosurgical specialty centers in the U.S., operating an academic-style research and clinical model that competes in subspecialty neurosurgery volume and trials.
• Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as a Harvard-affiliated top-ranked academic neurosurgery program competing for NIH funding, research leadership, and complex neurosurgical referrals nationally.
• Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as another top-3 nationally ranked academic neurosurgery department at a leading research university, competing annually for #1 NIH funding, faculty talent, and complex neurosurgery referrals.
• Duke Department of Neurosurgery: Direct peer as a top-ranked academic neurosurgery program at a leading research university, competing for NIH research funding, complex referrals, and resident talent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NeurosurgUCSF
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UCSFNeurosurgery
• Facebookfacebook.com/ucsfneurosurgery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ucsf-department-of-neurological-surgery
• Instagraminstagram.com/ucsfneurosurgery

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