"Medical students are uniquely positioned to open the door to this discussion about disability and chronic illness," argues Stanford med student Claire Rhee.
Author: Julie Greicius
Medicine and literature, mental health and history: A Q&A with psychiatrist-writer Daniel Mason
In this interview, Stanford psychiatrist and novelist Daniel Mason reflects on the intersections between writing and psychiatry.
For new PhD students in biosciences, lab coat ceremony marks the beginning of discovery
A new class of PhD candidates in the Stanford Biosciences received their new lab coats as part of an official welcome ceremony this week on campus.
Physician or physician-scientist — a new curriculum at the School of Medicine trains both
Stanford medical students often opt for research, and a new curriculum presents a more flexible and financially enticing way for them to do so.
Stanford Medicine charts a collaborative path forward
When Stanford Medicine’s three organizations set about working together to achieve a shared vision, it was an opportunity to collaborate in ways they never had …
Stanford Medicine white coat ceremonies mark the beginning of the journey for MDs, MSPAs
Incoming medical and physician assistant students were officially welcomed to Stanford last Friday afternoon.
A big day for Stanford Medicine’s newest students
Stanford Medicine officially welcomes its newest students during an afternoon white coat and stethoscope ceremony.
Using 3D printing to design personalized cardiac devices
A second-year medical student is part of a team designing personalized cardiac catheters.
Summer med program embraces low-income students’ potential
The no-cost Stanford Medical Youth Science Program helps aspiring low-income teens begin their journey toward careers in the medical and health sciences.
A winning essayist’s tips for keeping track of scientific facts
Could social media — where misinformation is too often spread — be a place to help build trust in science and the research enterprise?
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Promoting health and career opportunities
This Stars of Stanford Medicine features Kendra Patton, a physician assistant and educator, who is working to create career opportunities for others.
Cheers to the 2018 Stanford Medicine graduates!
On Saturday, June 16, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomed 166 School of Medicine graduates along with Stanford faculty, family and friends for the diploma ceremony.
Starting a family, against the odds
Denise Wong had survived breast cancer treatment at 27. Ten years later, she and her husband wanted to have a child. Her treatment had made that unlikely, but her fertility team at Stanford found a way.
The coming tsunami of age-related hearing loss
More and more Americans are living with a quietly increasing disability, and one that can have a dangerous ripple effect into other aspects of their health, happiness and livelihood. But a transformation in treatment is on the horizon.
Two unlikely patients with a transplant in common
They were two patients who couldn’t have been more different: one was a baby boy less than a year old, the other a retired physician. They even had vastly different medical conditions. Yet both needed the same life-saving remedy: a liver transplant.