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  Stanford University: Medical Center
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.
Stanford Hospital and 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.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a 256-bed hospital that is devoted entirely to the care of children and expectant mothers.
www.stanford.edu /home/medcenter   (344 words)

  
  Stanford University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanford has a reputation among students as being a relaxed, fun-loving, warm-weather alternative to the Ivy League schools of the east coast, yet is often called the "Harvard of the West".
Stanford University is govered by a board of trustees, in conjuction with the university president and provosts and the deans of the various schools.
Stanford is the university behind Folding@home, one of the most widely disseminated distributed computing projects in the life sciences field, allowing hobbyists and enthusiasts to participate in scientific research by donating unused computer processor cycles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanford_University   (2070 words)

  
 Stanford University Medical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanford University Medical Center is one of four hospitals affiliated with Stanford University and Stanford University School of Medicine, along with the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Palo Alto and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
The medical staff numbers 1850, including 493 full-time physicians (who also serve on the SU faculty), and together they operate in about 100 different speciality fields of medical practice.
When the Medical School moved south from San Francisco in 1959, the hospital was established and was co-owned with Palo Alto.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanford_University_Medical_Center   (274 words)

  
 Morris & Berger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Founded in 1891, Stanford University is one of the top universities in the country, excelling in a wide range of fields from the humanities to information technology to the health sciences and medicine.
The University is located near Palo Alto, 35 miles south of San Francisco, on an 8,000-acre campus that is the former horse farm of Leland and Jane Stanford, the University's founders.
Stanford University Medical Center is known throughout the world for outstanding achievements in teaching, research, and patient care.
www.morrisberger.com /stanfordmedicalbody.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Stanford University
Former trustee Melvin B. Lane dies: Melvin B. Lane, a former co-owner and publisher of Lane Publishing Co. and Sunset Magazine and Books, and the first chairman of both the California Coastal Commission and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, died July 28.
Palo Alto, Stanford will host major cycling event: Stanford joined Palo Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto on July 25 in announcing that the city and university have been chosen to co-host the overall start of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California next February.
Stanford Summer Theater: Oda Oak Oracle is one of only two English-language plays by Ethiopia's foremost poet and playwright Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin.
www.stanford.edu   (157 words)

  
 Programs*Patient Care   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders provides a broad spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for adults and children...
Stanford Program in Vascular Medicine and Biology is a subspecialty of Medicine that is concerned with diseases of blood vessels...
The Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention was formed in 1984 to conduct interdisciplinary research into the prevention and control of chronic disease, alcohol and drug abuse....
cardiology.stanford.edu /all_programs.htm   (220 words)

  
 CenterWatch Clinical Research Center Profile (709): Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford, CA
The Stanford Medical Center is on the northern end of the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto, California.
Stanford University School of Medicine is a premier research-intensive medical school that improves health through leadership and collaborative discoveries, and innovation in patient care, education and research.
The oldest medical school in the western United States, it was established in 1858 as the medical department of the University of the Pacific.
www.centerwatch.com /professional/pro304.html   (1818 words)

  
 About Us - Stanford Hospital & Clinics - Stanford University Medical Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As part of the Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford Hospital and Clinics has a close relationship with both the Stanford University School of Medicine, the oldest medical school in the Western United States, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, an adjacent pediatric teaching hospital providing general acute and tertiary care.
Stanford's ability to provide state-of-the-art care is enhanced by the close collaboration among these entities and their mutual commitment to patient care.
Stanford Hospital and Clinics is located on the northern end of the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California.
www.stanfordhospital.com /aboutUs   (324 words)

  
 AAN | Students & Residents | Awards & Fellowships | Fellowship Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Background on Stanford University Medical Center The Stanford University Medical Center is a premier referral center for patients with neurological and neurosurgical disorders.
Stanford is a 575 bed hospital that combines aspects of general and specialty clinical care, teaching, research and academic medicine.
Previously, he was Chairman of the Department of Neurology, Chief of the Epilepsy Center at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, and Newsome Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Arizona.
www.aan.com /students/awards/fel_dis.cfm?directory=743   (3273 words)

  
 Stanford University - NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Dr. Swain came to Stanford in December, 1996 from the University of Pennsylvania where she was the Herbert C. Rorer Professor of Medical Sciences, Professor of Genetics, and Director of Cardiovascular Medicine.
He was Chief of Plastic Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center and Chief of Pediatric Surgery, and from 1994 to 2001 Chairman of the Department of Functional Restoration.
Storment received the BS degree in Chemistry from University of California, Riverside with emphasis in physical chemistry, and the MS degree in Materials Sciences from the University of Southern California, with emphasis in solid-state physics and electrochemistry of surfaces.
ncsbt.stanford.edu /people.html   (2711 words)

  
 A Leader Among Northern California Hospitals - Stanford Hospital & Clinics - Stanford University Medical Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Craig Miller, the Stanford University Center for Marfan Syndrome and Related Aortic Disorders is the largest of its kind in California and among the nation’s leading centers for the diagnosis and treatment of Marfan syndrome.
Stanford Hospital and Clinics' Interventional Cardiology program is nationally known in percutaneous coronary revascularization, treatment of coronary artery disease, aortic disease, CAD, valvular heart disease with electrophysiology, cardiac catheterization, balloon angioplasty, percutaneous coronary revascularization, PTCA, valvuloplasty and angiography.
Stanford Hospital's Department of Surgery offers colon and rectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, bariatric surgery or weight reduction surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, general surgery, trauma and surgical critical care, otolaryngology, pediatric surgery, kidney transplant, pancreas transplant, liver transplant surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery and urology.
www.stanfordhospital.com /overview/information   (1515 words)

  
 Accuray- News: Press Releases
SUMC has treated over 300 patients with its original prototype CyberKnife during the past several years and recently purchased the newest generation CyberKnife as part of a major upgrade to its radiosurgery program.
Stanford University Medical Center integrates research, medical education, and patient care at its three institutions -- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
The unique CyberKnife technology was developed in cooperation with Stanford University and was cleared by the FDA in August 2001 to provide radiosurgery for lesions anywhere in the body when radiation treatment is indicated.
www.accuray.com /news/press021202.htm   (902 words)

  
 (BW) (STANFORD-MEDICAL-CENTER) Stanford Offers Complete HIV Testing for Antiviral Drug Resistance
STANFORD, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 21, 1997--HIV-positive individuals can get a new test at Stanford University Medical Center to determine whether the strain of virus in their blood is resistant to one or more antiviral drugs.
Using advanced gene-sequencing equipment and the most accurate techniques available, the Stanford lab amplifies viral genes present in the patient's blood sample, determines the genetic sequences of the RT and protease genes, and analyzes them for known resistance mutations.
Shafer and other experts in Stanford's Center for AIDS Research are in the forefront of research on drug resistance mutations in HIV.
www.aegis.com /news/bw/1997/BW971010.html   (1242 words)

  
 Vioxx went mostly to patients who didn't need it, Stanford researcher says
STANFORD, Calif. - When Vioxx began being sold in 1999, it was touted for relieving pain without causing the gastritis and ulcers that some people developed from taking ibuprofen, naproxen and other painkillers known as non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.
COX-2 inhibitors have been at the center of a controversy since last September when Vioxx was pulled from the market after clinical trials showed that it posed significant risks of heart attacks.
Stanford University Medical Center integrates research, medical education and patient care at its three institutions - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-01/sumc-vwm012005.php   (903 words)

  
 Kennedy/Jenks Consultants - Institutional Infrastructure - Utility Expansion of a University Medical Center (Stanford, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
To accommodate the Stanford University Medical Center’s (SUMC) ambitious building program, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants has worked with the Center since 1986 to evaluate existing utilities, develop a plan for expansion of the utility system, design improvements, and provide construction support as the project is implemented.
Due to the Center's highly specialized needs, there were some unique challenges we had to address while developing the utility master plan.
To develop a utility master plan for the Medical Center South Area that would meet SUMC's rapidly growing demand and accommodate the Center's overall building plan, Kennedy/Jenks worked closely with SUMC and their planners in designing and scheduling improvements.
www.kennedyjenks.com /Services/Infrastructure/pdStanford.asp   (324 words)

  
 Biospace.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine led a six-month, multicenter clinical trial that found patients were more than twice as likely to have significant improvement with the new drug than with standard therapy.
STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2005--Before conducting research that involves putting human stem cells into the brains of nonhuman primates such as monkeys or apes, scientists and oversight committees should consider a series of ethical criteria, according to a policy paper released in the July 15 issue of Science.
Hopes for the treatment were high after a University of Chicago team reported two years ago that a small dose of nitric oxide reduced the risk of death, chronic lung disease and brain damage in a group of preemies.
www.biospace.com /news_company.cfm?CompanyID=2722&SR=121   (1629 words)

  
 Metroactive News & Issues | Stanford Medical Center
I signed up with Palo Alto Medical Foundation (a good clinic, no doubt) and started from scratch with a new doctor who seemed less than thrilled to be adding another new patient to her practice.
Stanford officials took other steps to save the medical center from a financial free fall.
Stanford and other academic health centers have been especially hard hit by managed care in the last few years and are having a difficult time competing with nonacademic hospitals.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.13.02/stanford-0224.html   (1739 words)

  
 Stanford University School of Medicine
Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies, Stanford researchers have gained insight into how the brain sorts out the chaotic world around it.
Irv Weissman, MD, is the director of Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
He discusses the research now under way with embryonic and adult stem cells, and the possibility for their future therapeutic use.
www.med.stanford.edu   (179 words)

  
 PGSP/Stanford Consortium - Faculty Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Arnow received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University and was a postdoctoral research scholar at the Laboratory for the Study of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University Hospital.
Morris is a clinical psychologist at Stanford University with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an active member of the medical staff at Stanford University Hospital.
Previously, she was a Research Psychologist and Project Coordinator at the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital; an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at South Dakota State University; and an Instructor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Dakota.
www.pgsp.edu /consortium/con-profile.htm   (4156 words)

  
 Residency Training Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Stanford Medicine School is the site of training and education of more than 1,000 students, including medical students, residents, post-doctoral fellows, Ph.D. candidates, students in allied health disciplines and many others.
The Stanford Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is dedicated to training physicians who become expert in the care of the disabled and musculoskeletally involved patient, to have the diagnostic resources to evaluate disability and to have the basic underlying medical skills to insure sound general health care for the disabled.
In addition, the goal of the division is to provide for a growth of the scientific and academic foundations of the specialty and particularly its trainees, to promote future improvement in the skills of the practitioners of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in the intellectual foundations of the specialty itself.
guide.stanford.edu /varehab/Education/residency.html   (1053 words)

  
 Business Wire: Stanford University Medical Center to Use Inter... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Stanford Medical Center and Clinics' Web site is designed for the general public to easily access both general and health information online.
With several existing databases, such as a database of all the physicians with their profiles, and a database of clinical trials in the cancer center, Stanford needed a system that would allow easy integration of database content with other Web content such as multimedia, graphics and text.
We also operate the Stanford University School of Medicine, the oldest medical school in the Western United States.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:70867045&refid=ink_tptd_np   (691 words)

  
 Medical Center Vice President Bauer to step down, take one-year sabbatical: 10/01
Eugene Bauer, MD, vice president for Stanford University Medical Center, announced Monday that he will step down from the vice president's position on Dec. 1 and resume teaching and research upon return from a one-year sabbatical.
Bauer, 59, is an award-winning clinician and researcher who came to Stanford University's School of Medicine 13 years ago as professor and chairman of the Department of Dermatology.
He became the dean of the School of Medicine in 1995 and a vice president in 1997.
news-service.stanford.edu /news/2001/october10/bauer-a.html   (401 words)

  
 Stroke Center - Stanford University School of Medicine
The Stanford Stroke Center, one of the first comprehensive multidisciplinary centers of its kind, was established in 1992 to develop new approaches to diagnose and treat stroke.
The Stanford Stroke Center brings together physicians from multiple specialties, including neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, internal medicine and emergency medicine to provide comprehensive evaluation and management of patients with cerebrovascular diseases.
Last August, the center was nationally recognized for excellence by the nation's predominant accrediting body in health care, which designated it as a "primary stroke center." More
strokecenter.stanford.edu /index.html   (212 words)

  
 TeraRecon - Press Releases - November 13, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Stanford's radiology department utilizes 3D reconstructions for planning treatments for minimally invasive surgeries and therapeutic procedures for vascular analysis, trauma evaluations, and volume analysis for donor programs.
AquariusNET 3D enterprise server brings 3D imaging capabilities beyond the radiology department, to clinicians in areas where there is a need to visualize and interact with imaging studies that require 3D volumes to be visualized relative to their critical structures.
Previously at Stanford, the only way to provide 3D visualizations to remote clinicians was to spend 24-36 hours of preparation and queue times in the 3D Lab.
www.rtviz.com /news/press/2002/11_november_13_pr.html   (639 words)

  
 Education - Hematology - Stanford University School of Medicine
The Hematology Fellowship Training Program at Stanford University Medical Center has traditionally consisted of at least a three-year training program in which fellows undergo 14 months of clinical training in both malignant and non-malignant hematology, followed by two years of basic research training under the guidance of a faculty member.
Stanford University Medical center has a designated MDS Center of Excellence which provides patients with access to special expertise, clinical evaluation, resources, and treatment of their disease through coordinated clinical and laboratory research.
K30 grants are awarded to institutions to support the development of curriculums that teach the methodologic research skills required for high caliber clinical research.
hematology.stanford.edu /resumes/gotlib.html   (949 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Stanford Laboratory Delivers Electronic Reports Using Axolotl's Elysium Solution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Once the electronic lab results are received, they are added to the patient's electronic medical record, providing a complete view of all past medical history, which will aid in treatment discussions.
Stanford Hospital and Clinics is a university-owned, non-profit corporation known for advanced patient care.
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, in cooperation with the Stanford University Medical School, has pioneered medical advances that save lives and protect against disease.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=82564   (557 words)

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