Students receive basic science and clinical instruction from these visiting faculty members. The Veteran's Administration Medical Center and the San Francisco General Hospital are two primary teaching hospitals of UCSF and are the location for CCPM student clinical rotations. The Pacific Coast Foot and Ankle Center is also located on the CCPM campus and is committed to excellence in treating patients who suffer from lower extremity disorders. Center for the Diabetic Foot Treating diabetic patients with special needs including problems with sensation or circulation in their feet and difficult, slow-healing wounds. Russian Community Podiatric Clinic Dedicated to providing podiatric care to the ethnic Russian population of the greater bay area, including outpatient surgery, nail care, and other basic podiatric services.
Translators are on staff.
Special Problems Clinic Offers in-depth consultation for difficult cases referred by doctors in California and surrounding states. The Primary Care Center is part of the Foot and Ankle Center and is staffed by an internist and general nurse practitioner. Specialists in such fields as neurology, dermatology, vascular surgery, and cardiology provide necessary consultations that complete a comprehensive medical care team for adults in the community, employees, and students. Outpatient clinics of The Pacific Coast Foot and Ankle Center provide private treatment rooms, a special diagnostic procedures facility, physical therapy, clinical laboratory, radiology, and biomechanics laboratory for the fabrication of custom orthotic devices. After two years of intense basic science instruction in the first two years and clinical experience in the second and third years, students are ready to use their newly acquired knowledge in multidisciplinary health care settings.