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  Consistently ranked among the nation's top medical schools, the UCSF School of Medicine earns its greatest distinction from its outstanding faculty - including at present two of UCSF’s three Nobel laureates, 60 Institute of Medicine members, 49 American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, 31 National Academy of Sciences members, and 17 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. The school is comprised of 27 academic departments, 9 organized research units, and 8 interdisciplinary research centers at seven major sites throughout San Francisco and in Fresno. The UCSF School of Medicine is one of five medical schools in the University of California system, but it is the only one that — along with schools of dentistry, nursing and pharmacy — occupies a campus dedicated exclusively to the science and teaching of health care. U.S News & World Report ranks the school in the top 10 both for its research training and its primary care training – one of only three universities in the country to do so, and the only one in California. UCSF ranks fifth in the quality of its research training and sixth in its primary care training. The medical school also ranks among the top 10 in all of its clinical specialties and its science specialty programs. Mission The UCSF School of Medicine strives to advance human health through a fourfold mission of education, research, patient care and public service. History Founded in 1864 as Toland Medical College, the school became part of the University of California in 1873. In 1898, the school moved to its present Parnassus Heights campus, on land donated by San Francisco mayor Adolph Sutro. The first UC hospital opened here in 1907, growing into Moffitt-Long Hospitals and Children’s Hospital. These facilities, together with Mount Zion Hospital, now comprise the UCSF Medical Center. UCSF faculty have also treated patients and trained students at San Francisco General Hospital since the school's founding 143 years ago. more 
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