[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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          UCSF MEDICAL CENTER NAMED SEVENTH-BEST U.S. HOSPITAL

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                            HON. TOM LANTOS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 21, 1994

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring recognition to the 
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center on the 
occasion of being ranked one of the Nation's top hospitals according to 
the July 18, 1994 issue of U.S. News & World Report's survey. I applaud 
the efforts of the chancellor, Joseph Boyd Martin, UCSF researchers, 
doctors, and all health professionals whose efforts made UCSF one of 
our country's greatest medical institutions.
  To qualify for the best of the best, hospitals had to place within 
the top 10 in at least 4 of 16 specialities. Membership on the elite 
list also required that a hospital must be affiliated with a medical 
school, be a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals, have a ratio 
of interns and residents to beds of .25 or more, or score nine or 
higher on a technology index that represents one of the nine objective 
indicators of quality. UCSF has passed these tests with flying colors.
  The University of California at San Francisco Medical Center was 
named as the seventh-best hospital in the United States, and the UCSF-
affiliated San Francisco General Hospital was named as the best center 
for AIDS care for the third year in a row. UCSF is cited as one of the 
top 10 hospitals in AIDS, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, 
neurology, and ophthalmology. UCSF was also recognized as one of the 
top 40 for its excellence in geriatrics, gynecology, pediatrics, 
orthopedics, otolaryngology, rheumatology, and urology.
  The University of California at San Francisco has been a leading 
academic health science institution in the fight against AIDS since the 
discovery of the disease in 1981. Many of the important developments in 
basic science, clinical treatments, and health policy are the result of 
the tremendous efforts of UCSF researchers. UCSF is credited, along 
with two other laboratories, with the isolation of the AIDS virus in 
1983. The University is also credited with the 1982 discovery that the 
deadly disease could be transmitted through blood transfusions.
  The UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies sponsors many programs 
that range from primary prevention among middle school children to 
coping effectiveness training among HIV. positive people in the hope of 
slowing the disease's progression. Many of the UCSF medical students 
teach high school students about AIDS, participate in Balboa High 
School Teen Clinic on AIDS, and volunteer their time to teach sex and 
health education.
  I am confident that Dr. Joseph Martin, with the expertise he has 
brought to UCSF, will continue this fine tradition of excellence in the 
practice of medicine.
  Mr. Speaker, I extend my most heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Martin 
and the UCSF Medical Center for their outstanding achievement in 
becoming one of the Nation's top 10 hospitals.

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