2351 Clay Street, 5th Floor (Stanford Building)
Pacific Campus
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-923-3421
Driving directions to our facilities.
Directions to the Pulmonary Function Lab.

CF Foundation Accreditation

California Pacific has been an accredited Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation Center for pediatric and adult care for many years under the directorship of Karen Hardy, MD. However, last year Noreen Henig, M.D. and Christopher Brown, M.D., as co-directors, launched California Pacific’s Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center and received independent accreditation from the CF Foundation.

Living Longer Healthier Lives

With the availability of advanced medical therapies and diagnostic technology, CF patients are living longer, healthier lives.

Historically, CF symptoms appear in the first year or two of life, but now nearly 10% of newly diagnosed patients are over 18 years of age. The average life expectancy is 38 years old, with patients even living into their seventies. CF affects the mucus in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, causing obstruction of the airways of the lungs and parts of the liver and intestines. The Adult CF Center provides state-of-the-art medications and treatments that improve the longevity and quality of a CF patient’s life.

Comprehensive Team Approach to Care

Because CF doesn’t just affect the lungs, the Adult CF Center works very closely with other specialists at California Pacific to provide complete care. The team of health care professionals includes pulmonologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, radiologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, palliative care specialists, psychologists, nutritionists, social workers, and respiratory therapists.

Advanced Lung Disease Program

The Adult CF Center is part of California Pacific’s Advanced Lung Disease Program. In addition to CF, the Program provides care for patients with non-CF bronchiectasis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, and advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dr. Henig has been the medical director of California Pacific’s Advanced Lung Disease Program since it began nearly three years ago. Previously, she was the director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center and associate director of the Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto.