Stanford University Medical Center Stands Out

Located between San Jose and San Francisco, Stanford University is one of the leading research and teaching institution around the globe. This institution offers numerous academic programs. Stanford University Medical Center is one of the important branches of this institution. Before discussing about the medical center, let us have a brief overview of the Stanford University.

This University was established in the year 1891 with the motto the wind of freedom blows. The Stanford university has seven schools namely Earth sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Business, Law, Humanities and Science. They offer a number of undergraduate and graduate programs.

The university has over 63 departments which teach approximately about 8000 students. Highlights of this university are the number of extra programs they offer for lifelong learning, namely Professional, Executive, Continuing and K-12 Education.

Stanford University Medical Center comprises of four components, namely- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and Libraries and Medical Referrals.

Stanford University School of Medicine is the educational branch of the university. It is basically a research-intensive institution. It offers a host of degree as well as non-degree, and professional programs. Courses that this school of medicine offers are as follows:

PhD Programs- Biomedical Informatics, Bioengineering, Biosciences, Biological Sciences, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Pharmacology or Chemical and Systems Biology, Structural Biology, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Biochemistry, Developmental Biology, Neurosciences, Immunology, and Biophysics.

Masters Programs- Biomedical Informatics, Health Services Research, Masters of Medicine, and Epidemiology.

Multiple Degree Programs- Medical scientist degree program, Stanford-UC Berkeley Dual Degree in Public Health.

The next component of Stanford University Medical Center is the Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. These hospitals and clinics are world renowned and are especially known for treatment provided against rare and complex type of diseases. Specifically speaking perhaps every kind of disease can be treated in these hospitals. The U.S world and News Report has ranked this as the 15th best hospital in the whole country.

After this comes the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. This is a non-profit world class hospital that is dedicated to the treatment and care of expecting mothers, babies, children and also adolescents. Many professors from the Stanford university Medical Center also serve here as doctors. This hospital also provides community services in its surrounding areas.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital owes its popularity and success to the team approach that it adopts for treating every patient. Apart from all these facilities, Stanford University Medical Center has also a library for its students, faculty and other researchers known as the Lane Library and a Referral center that facilitates easy interaction between the physicians and their patients.