The Credentialing and Privileging functions of the Medical Staff Office are cornerstone functions of UCSF. These functions contribute toward providing safe patient care and simultaneously mitigate against risk.

As detailed below, our credentialing and privileging personnel perform credentialing for all healthcare practitioners practicing within the UCSF Medical Center, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital, and our Clinically Integrated Network contract providers.

Credentialing and privileging is completed for the following facilities/groups:

UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital    
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – San Francisco    
UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital    
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion    
UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus
UCSF Benioff Children's Physicians Foundation
UCSF School of Dentistry    
Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics
Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) Contracted Groups

Credentialing analysts are assigned to practitioners to provide assistance throughout the credentialing process.