# Chinese Hospital

> Chinese Hospital is a community-owned, nonprofit acute-care hospital and integrated health system in San Francisco, founded to provide culturally competent, linguistically appropriate, and affordable care to the Chinese and broader multicultural community.

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/chinesehospital-sf.org · loaded 2026-10-28

## At a glance

- Website: https://chinesehospital-sf.org
- Team based in: San Francisco (chinesehospital-sf.org and 1 more)
- Founded: 1925 (chinesehospital-sf.org and 1 more)
- Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
- Employees: 294 (employees and founders, investors not counted; chinesehospital-sf.org and 1 more)
- Total funding: $103M (chinesehospital-sf.org and 1 more)
- Backed by: Charles Huang Foundation, California state government
- Seen in its site's code: Google Analytics (googletagmanager.com/gtag/js), WordPress (/wp-content/) (read 2026-10-30)
- Email: info@chasf.org

## What it sells, to whom

- Chinese Hospital is a community-owned, nonprofit acute-care hospital and integrated health system in San Francisco, founded to provide culturally competent, linguistically appropriate, and affordable care to the Chinese and broader multicultural community. ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/history/))

## Why it stands out

- Newsweek America’s Best-in-State Hospitals: recognized in 2024 and 2025, and reported as recognized again in the 2026 rankings ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-Annual-Report-EN_digital.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-celebrates-127-years-of-service/))
- American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Gold Plus recognition (2025) ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-Annual-Report-EN_digital.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-celebrates-127-years-of-service/))
- 2025 Frank E. Staggers Sr., M.D. Outstanding Ethnic Physician Organization Award ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-Annual-Report-EN_digital.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-celebrates-127-years-of-service/))
- GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency and Charity Navigator 100% Encompass Rating (reported in 2020/2022 annual materials) ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-Annual-Report-EN_digital.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-celebrates-127-years-of-service/))
- Competes with: UCSF Health, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH), Other San Francisco and Bay Area acute-care hospitals and outpatient providers; specific competitive set is not formally identified in the supplied sources ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-ANNUAL-REPORT_e-version_EN.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-Annual-Report-EN_digital.pdf))

## Products and services

- Acute inpatient and emergency care ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))
- **Primary care**: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, and women’s health ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))
- **Specialty care**: cardiology, ENT, endocrinology, hepatology, nephrology, orthopedics, psychotherapy, podiatry, oncology, pulmonary disease, optometry, and rheumatology ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))
- **Outpatient diagnostics and support**: imaging/radiology, laboratory services, pharmacy, nutrition consultation, immunizations, and health education ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))
- East West/integrative medicine, including acupuncture, cupping, and herbal medicine ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))
- Chinese Community Health Plan (CCHP) and integrated health-system services ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))
- Community health education, disease management, research, and patient navigation through affiliated community-health organizations ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/clinics/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: Patients and families in San Francisco and northern San Mateo County, Primarily Chinese and Asian American patients, while serving a broader multicultural community, Seniors, new immigrants, underserved populations, and patients across socioeconomic levels, CCHP, San Francisco Health Plan, San Mateo Health Plan, Blue Shield, Blue Cross, Medicare, and Medi-Cal members ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/primary-and-specialty-care/), [kffhealthnews.org](https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/san-francisco-chinatown-chinese-hospital-ceo-jian-zhang-interview/))
- **Markets**: Primary market: San Francisco, especially Chinatown and surrounding neighborhoods, with culturally and linguistically appropriate care for Chinese-speaking, immigrant, underserved, and broader local communities. ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-unveils-charles-huang-outpatient-tower/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/state-funding-for-cancer-center/))
- **Markets**: Bay Area expansion: neighborhood outpatient clinics in Sunset, Excelsior, Daly City/Gellert, and Support Health Services, serving residents beyond Chinatown. ([chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-unveils-charles-huang-outpatient-tower/), [chinesehospital-sf.org](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/state-funding-for-cancer-center/))

## Team

- Robert Pretzlaff, Chief Medical Officer
- Keith Minard, CIO
- Vivica Chiu, Vice President Operations
- Shelagh Nolan, Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Management
- Frank Gee, Director of Facilities
- Jiami Wu, Director of Clinics
- Vivian Bresnahan, Director of Case Management
- Cynthia Lin, Chief of Medicine
- Antonia (Nia) Lendaris, Chief Nursing and Operations Officer

Backed by: Charles Huang Foundation, California state government

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/chinesehospital-sf.org.md)

## Decision makers

- [Robert Pretzlaff](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/robert-pretzlaff--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), Chief Medical Officer
- [Keith Minard](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/keith-minard--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), CIO
- [Vivica Chiu](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/vivica-chiu--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), Vice President Operations
- [Shelagh Nolan](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/shelagh-nolan--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Management
- [Frank Gee](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/frank-gee--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), Director of Facilities
- [Jiami Wu](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/jiami-wu--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), Director of Clinics
- [Vivian Bresnahan](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/vivian-bresnahan--chinesehospital-sf.org.md), Director of Case Management

Work emails and direct phones come with a Leadbay account: https://wow.leadbay.ai/?register=true

Where it comes from: 19 sites read (chinesehospital-sf.org, chewhs.org, kffhealthnews.org, api.hdc.hcai.ca.gov, cchphealthplan.com, en.wikipedia.org, jointcommission.org, ucsfhealth.org, …).

## Best angle

2026-09-01 · Traffic: Site visits up 37% in 3 months, 12,939 a month (1 source)

## Best way in

- Message on X: The company's own account

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-10-24 · News: ❤️ This is what makes our community special. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_this-is-what-makes-our-community-special-activity-7519638882674733056-ggU1))
- 2026-10-01 · Fundraising: As healthcare and community needs continue to evolve, leaders at every level play an important role in shaping how people are supported, how organizations respond to change, and how care is delivered. … (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_chinesehospital-leadershipdevelopment-activity-7511216022633492481-E16M))
- 2026-09-18 · News: 🏥 Chinese Hospital supports SB 944 and continued Medi-Cal coverage for acupuncture. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_chinesehospital-medical-acupuncture-activity-7506506027866169344-cYWZ))
- 2026-09-17 · News: San Francisco Chinese Hospital (3 sources: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_chinesehospital-sunsethealthcarecorridor-activity-7506198312191074304-KYpV), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chinese_Hospital), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_activity-7519642729514188801-0lpc))
- 2026-09-01 · Traffic: Site visits up 37% in 3 months, 12,939 a month (1 source: [A company database](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/))
- 2026-07-07 · News: Chinese Hospital is honored to support the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) as the Chinatown Public Health Ctr (CPHC) begins an exciting new chapter. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_chinesehospital-chinatown-sanfrancisco-activity-7480391932066574336-8413))
- 2026-06-11 · News: Our CEO, Michael Chung, recently joined Mina Li on KTSF to discuss the future of Chinese Hospital and healthcare in our community. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_chinesehospital-ktsf-sanfrancisco-activity-7470966691506794496-cTTf))
- 2026-06-05 · News: Chinese Hospital (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/chinese-hospital))
- 2026-06-03 · Fundraising: Chinese Hospital proudly celebrated the official unveiling of the Charles Huang Outpatient Tower, commemorating the lasting impact of a transformational $7 million gift from Dr. Charles Huang made in 2022. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chinese-hospital_chinesehospital-charleshuangoutpatienttower-activity-7467783400414883840-yOOX))
- 2026-04-28 · Interviews: I Went to a Chinese Hospital as a Foreigner (1 source: [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODSkMDwKYI))
- 2024-10-28 · Interviews: San Francisco's historic Chinese Hospital turns 125 (1 source: [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfTH5kK3xao))
- 2022-01-27 · Fundraising: Debt financing · $103M (1 source: [A company database](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/))

## Working on now

- Expanding outpatient capacity through the Charles Huang Outpatient Tower, including laboratory upgrades, same-day surgery and gastrointestinal-suite enhancements, and groundwork for an Oncology Clinic and Chemotherapy Center.
- Developing internal healthcare leadership through the newly launched Leadership Development Institute and its eight-session certificate program.
- Maintaining culturally and linguistically competent community care across San Francisco and the wider Bay Area, including neighborhood clinics and outreach.

From: [Chinese Hospital Launches Leadership Development Institute, Advancing the Vision of the Dr. Jian Zhang Leadership Fund - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-launches-leadership-development-institute/), [Chinese Hospital Unveils Charles Huang Outpatient Tower, Celebrating Lasting Impact of Transformational $7 Million Gift - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-unveils-charles-huang-outpatient-tower/), [Senator Scott Wiener secured $1M state funding to support culturally and linguistically appropriate cancer care to the underserved Chinese community - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/state-funding-for-cancer-center/), [Installation Ceremony of Chinese Hospital Board of Trustees 2026 - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/board-installation-2026/)

## Summary

Chinese Hospital is a non-profit, independent acute care hospital in San Francisco providing culturally and linguistically competent healthcare, including integrative Western and Eastern medicine [1][2][3]. Founded in 1925 by fifteen community organizations, it functions as a community-owned health system that includes primary care clinics, outpatient centers, and the Chinese Community Health Plan (CCHP) [1][3][4]. It serves a predominantly low-income, senior population and Chinese-speaking community [3][5]. CCHP sells commercial, Medicare, and Medi-Cal health plans to individuals and employers [3][4]. The hospital competes with major insurance carriers through CCHP and receives support from philanthropy, government grants, and UCSF Health [6][4][5].

[1]: https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ "Welcome - Chinese Hospital"
[2]: https://chinesehospital-sf.org/services/ "Services - Chinese Hospital"
[3]: https://api.hdc.hcai.ca.gov/Public/Extract/Attachment?id=44c6cf13-2bca-43f9-9f11-afbbacd69017 "1899 ➜ 2026"
[4]: https://cchphealthplan.com/about/ "About - CCHP Health Plan"
[5]: https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/san-francisco-chinatown-chinese-hospital-ceo-jian-zhang-interview/ "In San Francisco’s Chinatown, a CEO Works With the Community To Bolster Hospital - KFF Health News"
[6]: https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-annual-report-en.pdf "chinesehospital-sf.org"
[7]: https://chinesehospital-sf.org/history/ "History - Chinese Hospital"
[8]: https://chinesehospital-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2024-Annual-Report-EN_digital-REV.pdf "2024 ANNUAL REPORT"

## Sources

- [Chinese Hospital's website](https://chinesehospital-sf.org)
- [Chinese Hospital Launches Leadership Development Institute, Advancing the Vision of the Dr. Jian Zhang Leadership Fund - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-launches-leadership-development-institute/)
- [Chinese Hospital Unveils Charles Huang Outpatient Tower, Celebrating Lasting Impact of Transformational $7 Million Gift - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/ch-unveils-charles-huang-outpatient-tower/)
- [Senator Scott Wiener secured $1M state funding to support culturally and linguistically appropriate cancer care to the underserved Chinese community - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/state-funding-for-cancer-center/)
- [Installation Ceremony of Chinese Hospital Board of Trustees 2026 - Chinese Hospital](https://chinesehospital-sf.org/board-installation-2026/)