Here at Stanford, we are an internationally known, leading academic medical center.
We bring together the best and the brightest and some of the most talented people there
are in the world. We have an amazing culture of innovation, and we take that innovative
spirit, and in everything that we do, we try to think about what does tomorrow bring?
One place we've really excelled is in multidisciplinary care. When one comes to Stanford, one doesn't
just have one doctor, we have teams of doctors and that leads to our ability to take care
of very complex cases. Cases that might not be as well taken care of elsewhere.
All the patients and laboratories, and the clinical trials, they're all made within a
stone's throw of each other. So, you can meet someone in the parking lot, and cook up a
new collaboration or you can see a patient and ask how they are doing.
At Stanford, we've got everything within a few hundred yards here. We're a community
of scholars.
What makes Stanford such an incredible place is we truly have the opportunity here to literally
help heal the world. We can do that through our leading edge research and innovations
and we've had cutting edge breakthroughs developed here at Stanford that have propagated around
the world.
The cyber knife, endovascular treatment, endoscopic treatment through very tiny openings, the
use of computer directed navigation.
Dr. Shumway in 1968 did the first heart transplant here at Stanford, LVAD therapy, balloon angioplasty,
and other major discoveries.
We have the unique capability of taking some of the world's leading science and applying
it clinically. Many people have called it "bench to bedside" but it's actually much
more than that, it's also taking those observations on patients, taking those observations back
to people who are doing basic investigations, and really, understanding mechanisms of disease.
We have a remarkable opportunity to truly center our care around our patients, delivering
outstanding, compassionate care, 24/7.
The doctors, the nurses, everyone's involved to make sure that you're safe and you're cared
for.
We all strive to provide excellence in patient care. We want the overall patient experience
to be phenomenal.
Having that unique experience with patients can be powerful, it can be motivating. And
when you're sick and when you're thirsty and when you're tired, you want somebody who's
going to be able to recognize that, and help you along the way
I cannot say enough about the Stanford people. The care I've received has been outstanding.
Going to Stanford...just the reputation of the hospital and the school was enough to
put me at ease, to be honest.
The way I was treated at Stanford was wonderful...it was as pleasant an experience as something
like that could possibly be.
The care at Stanford...just awesome. You couldn't ask for any better.
When I was first told that I needed a double lung transplant, I didn't know if I would
live or not. A lot of people don't get second chances and I did.
Stanford of course is a teaching hospital and you know, I think teachers are born, not
made and I just felt as if I was in very good hands.
I just feel so lucky and so thankful that I had great doctors. They did a miracle...because
I was given the worst sentence and I ended up having really, a result that no one expected.
Patients come to Stanford Hospital because they are confident that they're going to get
the best treatment in the world.
We pride ourselves in taking on the most challenging cases, patients with the most complex diseases.
Having the outstanding people here and the motivation to do something that will make
a difference is what makes Stanford special.
We're all working toward the same goal, and that's to get the patient the best care that
they can receive. It's a very unique thing to be a part of.
We need to make sure that the next patient who walks through the door, gets the absolute
best inpatient care with the highest quality, the highest level of safety, with great compassion.
If we do that, then we will make a big impact one patient at a time and collectively, we'll
make a significant impact on healthcare here and around the world.