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.
Medical Staff
DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery
DMD - Doctor of Medical Dentistry
DO - Doctor of Osteopathy
DPM - Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
MBBCH - Foreign Trained Medical Doctor
MBBS - Foreign Trained Medical Doctor
MD - Medical Doctor
PsyD - Clinical Psychologist
Advance Practice Providers
CNM - Certified Nurse Midwives
CRNA - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
NP - Nurse Practitioners
PA - Physician Assistants
Allied Health Providers
LAc - Licensed Acupuncturists
LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Workers
MFT - Marriage and Family Therapists
MS (GC) - Genetic Counselors
OD - Doctors of Optometry
PT - Physical Therapists
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.