Yes, but those kinds of ratings are based upon a lot of non-clinical factors - such as the amount of research funding they receive. To be honest, UCSF struggles clinically in a lot of areas currently, as their volume for multiple disciplines and procedures has been diverted to other competing hospitals. For example, in a recent year the Kaiser hospital in SF performed 373 coronary artery bypass surgeries, while in the same year UCSF performed 89.