One in four Stanford Hospital nurses volunteers beyond job

More than 400 nurses from Stanford Hospital & Clinics have found time after their jobs are done to do volunteer work in the local community or abroad. More »

Medical school alumna Mimi Doohan recounts her personal journey into medicine. She is the executive director of Doctors Without Walls, a Santa Barbara nonprofit dedicated to providing volunteer medical care to the homeless.

When Linda Shortliffe, MD, heard stories as a child of how her parents met "at camp" and soon married, she imagined that they had been in a nice summer camp: It sounded like they were with all their friends.

Models & Mentors Archive

Summer 2008 2007 Community Newsletter

Stanford Medicine News covers the latest advances in patient care and biomedical research at the Stanford University Medical Center. The newsletter is a joint effort of Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the School of Medicine. More »

Education
Hands-on experiences allow our trainees to develop expertise in community-based medicine while serving the needs of underserved populations. More »

Research
The School of Medicine addresses the root causes of today’s public health problems through research into the socioeconomic, environmental and behavioral determinants of disease. More »

Community Partnerships and Public Service
The School of Medicine promotes an ethic of public service through student-run free clinics, coordinated community partnerships and a variety of centers and programs. More »

Diversity
Committed to addressing the important global challenges of the 21st century, the School of Medicine actively seeks to build multicultural and multiethnic diversity across its research, educational and patient care activities. More »