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 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.
