For Referring Providers

We now have three locations:

UCSF Physical Therapy Faculty Practice, Mission Bay
1500 Owens Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (415) 353-7598
Fax: (415) 353-9554

Hours

  • Monday to Thursday, 7am - 7pm
  • Friday, 7am - 5:30pm
  • Saturday, 8am - 4:30pm

 

UCSF Physical Therapy Faculty Practice, Mount Zion
2655 Bush Street, Suite C-1
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7598
Fax: (415) 353-9554

Hours

  • Monday to Thursday, 7am - 7pm
  • Friday, 7am - 5:30pm
  • Saturday, 8am - 4:30pm

 

UCSF Physical Therapy Clinic at Lakeshore
1569 Sloat Boulevard, Suite 333A
San Francisco, CA 94132
Appointments: (415) 353-7598
Phone: (415) 476-9096
Fax: (415) 353-9554

Hours

  • Monday to Friday, 8am - 5pm (closed 12-1pm for lunch)

How to Make a Referral

Patients may access adult and pediatric therapy services by referral from another health provider (usually a physician).

If you are a UCSF physician, please submit your patient's referral through the APEX referral system.

If you are a non-UCSF physician, you may fax your patient's referral to:

  • Physical Therapy Outpatient Practice (adult services) at (415) 353-9554
  • Outpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation Center (pediatric services) at (415) 353-4974

Clinician Specialties

Provider Caseload/Specialty Treatment Approach
Stephen Baxter, PT, MPT, DPT
  • Sports medicine, orthopedics
  • Spine and manual therapy
  • Lower extremity rehab
  • Manual therapy
  • Exercise therapy and education
Heather Bhide, PT, DPT, NCS
  • Neurological board-certified specialist
  • Acute near, bracing, and seating
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Lowen Cattolico, PT, MS, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Upper and lower extremity dysfunction
  • Lifespan athletes, trauma
  • Movement, exercise, education, and manual therapy
Bevin Daniels, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • General orthopedics, shoulders, spine
  • Women's and pelvic health
  • Ergonomics
  • Combination of exercise and manual therapy
  • Self-management
Christopher DaPrato, PT, MS, DPT, SCS, CSCS, PES
  • Sports medicine, orthopedics
  • Ligament injuries, reconstructions
  • Manual therapy, non-op management, spine
  • Mid and elite level athletes
  • Hands-on approach
  • Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization
  • Patient ownership and compliance
Jill Gleason, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • General orthopedics
  • Post-op and non-operative care
  • Chronic pain
  • Manual therapy
  • Patient independence in management
Erin Green, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Musculoskeletal non-op and operative care (peripheral joint and spine)
  • Manual therapy, core stabilization, return to sport, progressive strengthening
  • Combination of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise
  • Emphasis on patient self-management
Cathy Hoang, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • General orthopedics, manual therapy
  • Spine, shoulder, knee
  • Movement science
  • Self advocacy
  • Movement re-education and motor control
Kenneth Leung, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Return to sport and functional training
  • General orthopedics: tendinopathies, shoulder, knee, foot, ankle
  • Manual therapy with exercise facilitation to adjust habitual movement
Andrew Lui, PT, DPT
  • General orthopedics, spine, arthroplasty
  • ALS, neuromuscular diseases
  • Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, other rheumatologic diseases
  • Exercise-based treatment
  • Emphasis on patient self-management
Hidelisa Manibusan, PT, DPT, MTC, CLT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Spine care, manual therapy
  • Oncology/lymphedema, Multiple sclerosis, functional mobility training
  • Manual treatment
  • Neuromuscular re-reducation
  • Therapeutic exercise and patient education
Sarah Pawlowsky, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • TOS/neurovascular entrapment
  • Low back pain, osteoporosis
  • Specific movement analysis
Erica Pitsch, PT, DPT, NCS
  • Neurological board-certified specialist
  • Stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease
  • Balance, vestibular, fall risk assessment
  • Task-oriented training
  • Patient accountability
Susannah Santee, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
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Alison Scheid, PT, DPT, OCS, NCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Neurological board-certified specialist
  • Geriatrics, Parkinson's Disease
  • Concussions, performing arts, yoga
  • Exercise and manual-based therapy with patient education
  • LSVT BIG (Parkinson's rehab)
Nikita Shah, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  
Patricia Tobase, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Pediatric and adult orthopedics and sports medicine
  • Bleeding disorders, women's health
  • Individualized exercise and manual based treatment
  • Patient education
Rami Weinberg, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  • Post-op and sports injury care
  • Running, swimming, cycling
  • Manual therapy with exercise facilitation
  • Home programs
Dean Yamanuha, PT, DPT, OCS
  • Orthopedic board-certified specialist
  

 

Practice Equipment

  • Alter-G body weight suspension treadmill
  • PrimusRS by BTE
  • FreeMotion Dual Cable Cross F624
  • Pilates Studio Reformer® By Balanced Body
  • Pilates EXO® Chair by Balanced Body
  • LeMond Fitness G-Force RT Recumbent Bike
  • BIODEX Unweighing System and Active Trainer Harnesses by Guldmann
  • Vertec (for vertical jump measurement)
  • Agility ladder
  • Large high low mat
  • TRX Suspension Training
  • BAPS Board Biomechanical Ankle Platform System
  • Indo Board (for functional balance training)
  • Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit by Chattanooga Group
  • Trampoline
  • BOSU
  • Turf Cordz (for speed and resistance training)
  • Leg Press
  • Leg Curl
  • Spin and Upright Bikes