Welcome to the Department of Medicine
Shaping the future of medicine with innovative solutions for disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate patient care
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Welcome to The Future of Medicine, a podcast from the Stanford Department of Medicine. This trailer introduces the conversations with thought leaders who are reshaping how we understand disease, deliver care, and imagine what’s possible in human health. Our guests include world-renowned physicians, scientists, innovators, and policy leaders from across the globe, alongside the remarkable Stanford faculty.
Latest Episode
Communicating Medicine to Varied Audiences
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The $1 Trillion Problem AI Still Can’t Yet Solve
AI is transforming medicine, but not yet the $1 trillion administrative burden. New research reveals why healthcare’s most critical workflows remain unsolved.
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How Language Shapes Health Equity
A new national study led by Samantha X. Y. Wang, MD, sets out to understand exactly how language influences public attitudes toward health equity.
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Turning AI Promise into Real-World Practice
Stanford AI in Healthcare Leadership and Strategy: from Innovation to Implementation is a four-week hybrid experience designed for the people responsible for turning AI ideas into real-world impact.
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Tariro Makadzange Named to TIME’S 2026 TIME100 Health List
We’re incredibly excited to share that Tariro Makadzange, MD, DPhil, Clinical Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases at Stanford Department of Medicine, has been named to TIME's 2026 TIME100 Health List of the World’s Most Influential Leaders in Health.
Strength in Culture & Community
Culture and Community Building
We work to foster an environment where everyone in our community feels included. Connect with our community
Community Partnership Program
We work to advance health and health equity in our local community through developing, coordinating, and sustaining partnerships between community organizations, our department, and the broader School of Medicine.
Leading the Way With Groundbreaking Research
Coming Soon: Big Ideas in Medicine
We’re thrilled to announce upcoming initiatives under the Big Ideas in Medicine program! These exciting new programs are designed to supercharge innovation and collaboration across all disciplines, welcoming faculty at all stages of their careers.
Medicine Grand Rounds
Our Department of Medicine Grand Rounds live stream is geared towards the Stanford community. Join us on event days for expert presentations on Stanford campus or virtually, or catch up with YouTube recordings.
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Fostering Collaboration
Our 17 divisions are unique and interrelated communities, well established in our internal medicine disciplines and united by our shared core values.
Explore our 17 departmental divisions
“At Stanford, it’s in our DNA to use technology in service of innovation. There’s the rich ecosystem we’ve developed with Silicon Valley companies and cross-pollination with local industry. Plus, we tend to attract faculty who are skilled both as informaticians and as physicians.
-Ron Li, MD
Education & Training in Compassionate Care
Residency Program
The dedication of the Department to excellence in teaching and patient care, a wide breadth of clinical experience, high quality fellowship and research programs, and an outstanding faculty combine to make this a superb environment for training housestaff for future academic leadership careers.
Educational Programs
Our educational mission is to provide excellent broad-based clinical training in a scholarly environment for future academic leaders.
