Patient Care

Stanford Anesthesiology is a leading department in the country offering exceptional and innovative patient care. Our physicians provide compassionate and high-quality health care for all those who seek help.

Anesthetic care is delivered in four affiliated hospitals or clinics:

• Stanford Health Care
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• Palo Alto Veteran's Administration Hospital
• Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Anesthetic care may be given during preoperative evaluations, in operating rooms, in obstetrical wards, in intensive care units, in recovery rooms, in catheterization laboratories, before MRI/CT scans, in radiation therapy suites, in pain clinics, for postsurgical patients, and in clinics for chronic pain conditions. Specialized types of care, such as medical acupuncture, are also available.

• LPCH Anesthesia 
• Pain Management Center
• Preoperative Evaluation Clinic
• Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• VA Anesthesiology