Our Programs

These videos showcase select 2025 capstone projects from participant teams in our SASI Foundations program. Over two weeks, each team collaborated with a real patient to bring their health journey to life through original animated storytelling. Guided by SASI faculty, students also designed prototype solutions addressing challenges raised by the patient’s lived experience.

    

Experience SASI On-Campus Housing

Your Home, Your Community, Your SASI Journey

Welcome to the heart of your Stanford Anesthesia Summer Institute (SASI) experience. Your journey begins with the opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrant on-campus housing community. Here, you'll reside in classic undergraduate residence halls, fostering connections with students and residential staff from diverse backgrounds.

With lounges, common areas, laundry facilities, and convenient access to dining commons, your time in Stanford's housing promises a dynamic and inclusive environment. Whether you choose the residential or commuting student experience, SASI offers unique affordances that extend beyond the classroom, enriching your summer adventure in every way imaginable. Explore our housing offerings and discover the key to unlocking the full SASI experience.

Personalized Mentorship

Our peer mentorship program and commitment to individualized support

BRANDON'S STORY

Anesthesiology and patient leaders

Summer student Brandon Deras-Guerra talks about how our summer program opened his eyes to a career in anesthesiology and introduced him to the power of the patient voice in medicine.

ZIYAN'S STORY

Gaining empathy, respect and trust

Summer student Ziyan Peng talks about the expert patient faculty she met in our summer program, who gave her a deeper understanding of empathy, respect, and trust.

Finding a place for compassion as a career

“I think the program really helped pique my interest in medicine” SASI '19 participant Alan Portugeys discovered his passion for medicine and the importance of holistic patient care through his SASI experience.
ALAN'S STORY >

In search of curiosity and compassion

stories of our SASI past participants

Stanford's Land Acknowledgement

Native students Jade Araujo, ’24, and Ryan Duncan, ’24, deliver Stanford’s land acknowledgment.

Stanford University’s campus is located within the traditional territory of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, on land Leland Stanford purchased in the 1870s and 1880s.

"Stanford sits on the ancestral land of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Ohlone people. Consistent with our values of community and inclusion, we have a responsibility to acknowledge, honor, and make visible the University’s relationship to Native peoples."

This acknowledgment has been developed in collaboration with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe.

Get in Touch

Our program faculty and staff are available for questions

Larry Chu, MD

Program Director

Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
summermed@stanford.edu

Voice: 650-725-2993 (9AM-12PM and 1PM-3PM)
Fax: 650-497-9335

Contact Us

Program Development

Program Development, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
summermed@stanford.edu

Voice: 650-725-2993 (9AM-12PM and 1PM-3PM)
Fax: 650-497-9335

Submit an online request

If you have any questions about the Summer Program, the best way to reach out is to submit an online request.

Contact information

Stanford Anesthesia Informatics and Media (AIM) Lab
2370 Watson Court, Suite 235, MC 5352
Palo Alto, California 94303
Emailsummermed@stanford.edu
(Email reply may be delayed during periods of peak volume)
Voice: 650-725-2993 (9AM-12PM and 1PM-3PM)
Fax: 650-497-9335