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Hospital Transfers If you or someone you know is currently hospitalized and wishes to transfer their care to UCSF, have the attending physician for the patient contact our physicians directly by calling our number and speaking with the Neurovascular Attending on service. After hours, please call the UCSF transfer center at (415) 353-9166. If you do not know who is the patient's attending physician, ask the nurse caring for the patient to contact them so you can request the transfer. UCSF Neurovascular physicians are not able to accept a patient in transfer without speaking with the referring physician first. Many of the patients we treat in the hospital are transferred to us from hospitals in the region. The most common reason for transfer is stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage (from a ruptured aneurysm). We are experienced in all neurological disorders that require intensive care including encephalitis, epilepsy, neuromuscular weakness (Guillian Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis), and other more rare disorders. We draw upon a wider staff of UCSF Department of Neurology specialists in neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders and cognitive disorders (dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Cruetzfeld-Jacob disease) in order to provide the best care for our patients.
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