A Brief Introduction to
Stanford University
Medical Center
Vast in both its physical scale and its impact on human health—locally, nationally, and globally—Stanford University Medical Center is comprised of three main components:
- Stanford University School of Medicine, a premier research-intensive medical school that improves health through leadership and collaborative discoveries and innovation in patient care, education, and research.
- Stanford Hospital & Clinics, consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for advanced care in such areas as cancer treatment, cardiac care, neurology, orthopedic surgery, and organ transplantation.
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, internationally recognized for advancing family-centered care of children and expectant mothers.
The Medical Center is uniquely advantaged by its location on the main Stanford University campus, adjacent to top-ranked programs in engineering, physical and biological sciences, computer science, ethics, and other disciplines. This close proximity—coupled with Stanford's long tradition of encouraging collaboration—fosters multidisciplinary research and, ultimately, accelerates the pace at which new knowledge can be translated into new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
