Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco combines trailblazing research, outstanding education, and clinical excellence in a leading academic health sciences institution. Our faculty includes some of the foremost names in diagnostic and interventional radiology today.

Our clinical programs, featuring sub-specialty expertise, span four hospitals: Moffitt / Long Hospitals, San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Mt. Zion Hospital, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Hospital, as well as an outpatient facility at China Basin Landing. We offer the full spectrum of clinical applications and techniques on state-of-the-art equipment. With our five sites, we perform more than 500,000 procedures annually.

Our residency program is among the very best in the country, attracting the best and brightest medical students in the United States. All of our residents go on for sub-specialty fellowships, most often at UCSF. Many pursue academic careers. We are now emphasizing research experiences and training during the residency.

Our clinical and research fellowships, covering every major sub-specialty, are also outstanding. Different fellowship opportunities exist at each of our four sites, including a Clinical Instructor/Fellowship equivalent experience at SFGH geared toward those destined for private practice.

Our research efforts are flourishing with additional faculty and funded programs. The department has consistently been among the top institutions in the NIH rankings, and we are proud to be second in the country in NIH funding in 2007. Industrial collaborations provide us with unique opportunities to work with prototype equipment. These relationships also create close interactions with industrial scientists who work with our faculty and students while exploring new approaches to medical imaging.

The outpatient imaging center and research facility at China Basin Landing, adjacent to the Mission Bay campus, houses the Center for Molecular and Functional Imaging, including a 3T MR system, as well as clinical MR, CT and PET/CT. The Surbeck Laboratory for Advanced Imaging at QB3 offers 3T and 7T MRI and exceptional translational research programs. We expect these important facilities, together with UCSF Medical Center expansion to Mission Bay, to support even more growth in our prolific research program and will strengthen our reputation for leadership and vision in diagnostic imaging innovation as we enter a new era of molecular imaging.

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Ronald L. Arenson, MD
Alexander R. Margulis Distinguished Professor
Chairman, Department of Radiology