Divisions in the Department of Pediatrics

The goal of the Program in Human Gene Therapy is to develop gene transfer technologies and use them for hepatic gene therapy for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases. The general approach is to develop new vector systems and delivery methods, test them in the appropriate animal models, uncover the mechanisms involved in vector transduction, and use the most promising approaches in clinical trials.  

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The mission of the Division of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases is provide care to children with suspected or known infections, to minimize the risk of serious pediatric infections, to serve as a resource, to provide aid to the community and to treat infectious complications effectively when they occur. In addition we strive to answer pertinent clinical and pathogen related questions through our research endeavors.

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The Division of Medical Genetics works to improve the lives of patients and families with rare genetic conditions through compassionate care and the development of improved strategies for diagnosis and management. Our team provides clinical genetic services at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and Stanford Healthcare.

Our educational programs are guided by our commitment to outstanding training in a supportive environment and include a two-year residency in Medical Genetics, a combined Pediatrics Medical Genetics Residency, a two-year Master’s Program in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling and a Medical Biochemical Fellowship. The faculty and staff are also involved in the education of medical students as well as residents and fellows from a variety of specialties.

Our team is involved in a wide variety of research projects, collaborating with researchers at Stanford and worldwide. Through our research we work to improve the health of the rare diseases community through the development of improved diagnostics and therapeutics.  

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Neonatal and Developmental Medicine is a diverse team of healthcare professionals who engage in groundbreaking research and collaborate with families to offer first-rate care to sick newborns.

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In 2004 the Centers for Disease Control reported that more than 15,000 children in the USA are living with Kidney Failure. This is many more than the number living with HIV/AIDS but less than the number with cancer. Unlike cancer, where most children with cancer are cured, this is not the case with Kidney Disease.  

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Our mission is to serve our patients with compassionate, family-centered, and evidence-based care.  We are committed to close collaboration with patients, families, and colleagues, and a scholarly approach to:

• Providing outstanding inpatient clinical care

• Educating future physician-leaders in pediatrics, and

• Leading the improvement of inpatient safety, quality and efficiency

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The Stanford Pediatric Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program was created in July 2017 and welcomed its first fellow to the class of 2018-2019. We are the only Pediatric specific IM program in the country.  The Fellowship’s purpose is to train future pediatric leaders in the importance of PIM expertise, techniques and practices.

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The Division of Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects: control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such as croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-pulmonary system disorders such as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so on.

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The Pediatric Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine is very proud of the outstanding compassionate care that we provide our patients along with conducting state of the art basic and translational science on stem cell biology, cellular immunology and transplantation biology. The division is focused on the comprehensive evaluation and care of patients with complex hematological malignancies, bone marrow failure syndromes and a variety of genetic disorders where bone marrow transplantation can provide benefit.

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Clinicians, patients, and biomedical researchers are surrounded by data. This data comes from a variety of sources, including the billions of specific molecules that make up an individual genome sequence, personal behaviors tracked by wearable gadgets, the environmental factors and pollutants next door, the effects and side effects of medications, streams of text and pictures describing ourselves in social media, and even the clinical care delivered by health professionals, as represented in electronic health records.