The Department of Medicine is the largest department within Stanford University's School of Medicine with approximately 150 faculty in 14 Divisions and Programs. Our missions of research, education and patient care are intertwined, and all three missions are integral to the goals of our department. The web links to our residency program and to our divisions provide detailed information about our programs.
The research focus of the Department is on interdisciplinary research programs related to human disease. These research programs are pursed in collaboration with other departments in the School of Medicine, other Schools within the University, and other national and international institutions and organizations.
The overarching research themes of the Department are:
Disease-Oriented Research
Patient-Oriented Research
Population-Oriented Research
Enabling Sciences & Technologies
With respect to our educational mission, our trainees include medical students, graduate students, interns, residents, clinical and research fellows, and postdoctoral fellows. We provide clinical training in all of the disciplines in internal medicine. In addition, fellowship training is available in general internal medicine and all of the subspecialties. Our clinical programs provide for outstanding and innovative patient care in general and subspecialty medicine. Our physicians pride themselves in offering state-of-the-art clinical care, with a commitment to providing care high quality care to all those who seek out help.
