UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco

UCSF Benioff has several SF locations and an Oakland location. see separate record for Oakland location.

SF locations: Parnassus, Mission Bay and Mt Zion

Mission Bay: 16th St & 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158

Mt. Zion: 1600 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94115

Audiology Clinics

• Pediatric Audiology
• Cochlear Implant Center at Mission Bay
• Cochlear Implant Center at Mount Zion

​Brain Center (Pediatric Brain Center)

• Brain Tumor Center
• Child and Adolescent Neurology Clinic
• Epilepsy Center
• Fetal Treatment Center
• Child and Adolescent Headache Program
• Huntington’s Disease Clinic
• Hyperactivity, Attention and Learning Problems (HALP) Clinic
• Multiple Sclerosis Center
• NF1 Clinic
• Neurointensive Care Nursery
• Neuromuscular Clinic
• Neurosurgery Clinic
• Peripheral Nerve Clinic
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic
• Spina Bifida Clinic
• Sports Concussion Program
• Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center
• Surgical Movement Disorders Center

Child and Adolescent Neurology Clinic

Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry

Psychiatry Clinics

• Child & Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry
• Hyperactivity, Attention & Learning Problems (HALP) Clinic
• STAR Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Young Adult and Family Center

The UCSF Pediatric Dentistry Clinic provides specialized dental care for children, ranging from regular cleanings to surgical procedures for complex dental conditions. Education and prevention are essential to our mission, which is why we help parents and kids establish healthy routines that can lessen or eliminate the need for future dental work.

John Takayama, MPH, MD

Dr. John Takayama is a pediatrician who provides primary care at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. He is particularly interested in health promotion, patient-physician communication, child advocacy and community collaboration, and the care of children with special health care needs.

Takayama earned a medical degree at New York University School of Medicine and completed a residency and chief residency in pediatrics at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He also earned a master’s degree in public health and completed a fellowship in clinical research at the University of Washington. Takayama established the Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine at the National Center for Child Health and Development in Tokyo, Japan, from 2002 to 2007. He is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at UCSF.

Dr. Takayama is accepting new patients.