Medical Center

	The Office of Communication & Public Affairs offers media information and access to the researchers and clinicians at Stanford University Medical Center. The office also produces several publications, including Medical Center Report and Medical Staff Update, which have news of interest to the medical center community. The Dean's Newsletter discusses news of interest to the Medical School community. News is also available for Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Stanford University School of Medicine
The Stanford School of Medicine is a premier research-intensive institution that improves health through collaborative discoveries and innovation in patient care, education and research. We foster a two-way transfer of knowledge between research laboratories and patient-care settings with faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars and students engaging in interdisciplinary efforts that transfer this knowledge into therapies to treat and prevent disease.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics:
Stanford Hospital & Clinics is known worldwide for its state-of-the-art care in cardiovascular medicine and surgery, cancer diagnosis and treatment, organ transplantation, neurology and neurosurgery, and complex surgery. Our hospital has 611 licensed beds, close to 40,000 emergency room visits yearly and over 20,000 annual inpatient admissions. Faculty physicians and residents affiliated with the School of Medicine provide half a million clinic visits in over 100 clinical specialty and subspecialty areas.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
A Special Place for Healing and Hope... Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a 256-bed hospital that is devoted entirely to the care of children and expectant mothers. Providing pediatric medical and surgical services associated with Stanford University Medical Center, we offer patients locally, regionally and nationally the full range of health-care programs and services - from preventive and routine care to the diagnosis and treatment of serious illness and injury.

Libraries
Lane Library is the School of Medicine's research library for students, health-care professionals and faculty; the Health Library is a consumer health resource for patients, family and others who want to learn about health and wellness.

Medical Referrals
The Referral Center can help connect people with Stanford-affiliated physicians, while the physician finder provides contact information for thousands of doctors affiliated with the medical center.