Make a Referral

To refer a patient, contact a doctor or department directly or call our Referral Liaison Service for assistance. Please use our referral forms to provide information about your pediatric or adult patients.

Referral Liaison Service

Our Referral Liaison Service helps provide access to our doctors and medical services. Referral liaisons can expedite the process, help you obtain follow-up information and help resolve difficulties you may experience. Referral liaisons also are available to visit referring doctors, medical groups and health plans to provide more information.

To contact our 24-hour Referral Liaison Service, please call:

Referral Liaison Service
Phone: (800) 444-2559
Fax: (415) 353-4395
Email: referral.center@ucsfmedctr.org

To locate a doctor, please visit our Physician Directory.

Care Coordination

For care coordination, discharge planning or utilization review, please call:

Pediatric Care Coordination
Phone: (415) 353-2655

Pediatric Social Work
Phone: (415) 353-2655

Health Plan Services

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital has contracts with many preferred provider organizations (PPOs) to provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care. We also have contracts with many health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to provide specialized inpatient and outpatient care.

If there is a contract in place, please follow the authorization procedure required by the plan when referring patients to us.

If you would like to know if we have an existing agreement with a health plan or HMO or if you would like to discuss arrangements for a new contract with us, please call Health Plan Services:

Health Plan Services
Phone: (415) 353-4537
Fax: (415) 353-4398

International Services

If you would like to refer a patient who resides outside the United States, please call our International Services:

International Services
Phone: (415) 353-8489
Fax: (415) 353-8603
Email: international@ucsfmedctr.org

Maternal, Neonatal and Pediatric Transport

For maternal, neonatal and pediatric transfers and tranport please call:

Pediatric Hotline
Phone: (877) UC-CHILD or (877) 822-4453

Patient Assistance

For information regarding referrals, lodging arrangements for family and friends or other general information, please contact our Physician Referral Service:

Physician Referral Service
Phone: (888) 689-UCSF
Email: referral.center@ucsfmedctr.org

Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric Outreach Programs

For information regarding our outreach services throughout Northern California, please call:

Perinatal, Neonatal and Outreach
Phone: (415) 353-1574