UCSF patients will have access to a brand-new facility Tuesday on the system’s expansive Mission Bay campus, which officials say will make it easier to get primary- and specialty-care appointments.
“There is a tremendous need for access to our primary care and specialists,” said Dr. Inga Lennes, the senior vice president of ambulatory services at UCSF, of the Bayfront Medical Building. Lennes will help manage the 520 Illinois St. building. “In some specialties, it takes more than a month to get in for a vacant appointment.”
Dr. Christopher Hess, the chair of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at UCSF, said the CT scanner pictured above provides technicians and patients the best possible image quality.
David Hwang, the director of eye surgical services at UCSF Health, said the facility allows for robotics-assisted surgery, allowing the system to utilize intensive-care services in “the same-day surgery setting, where patients can recover faster and get home.”
