Category: Medical Education

This is David Charles, one of just a dozen Haitian physical therapists in the entire country. David works at Hospital Albert Schweitzer. He trained in …

I can bear the adult patients with amputated limbs, red and raw stumps oozing, waiting stoically on cots spilling out into the hallways. The toes …

This isn't, strictly speaking, a medical image, but it is nevertheless a delightful visualization of the concept of genetic inheritance. Photo by bennybb Via kottke.org

I took American Airlines flight #18 from JFK airport to Port-au-Prince on Feb. 24, only the second such commercial flight to land in post-earthquake Haiti …

Stanford University Medical Center's pneumatic tube system, one of the largest such networks in the world, will be on display March 20 as part of …

You may be familiar with the science rappers at Stanford from their 2009 Internet hit "Regulatin' Genes." Now the dynamic rap duo are back with …

It's an unpleasant fact of life for patients and their doctors: Sometimes healing hurts. But does it have to? The spring issue of Stanford Medicine …

This striking image was posted on the GE Healthcare Flickr photo stream under a Creative Commons license, apparently as part of a competition it organizes. …

This fall, Stanford's Continuing Studies program launched a new offering: Stanford Mini Med School, featuring distinguished faculty, scientists and physicians from the university's School of …

This image of a lung that was made in Stanford's Radiology 3D Imaging Laboratory. Computed tomography was used to scan the side of the lungs …

Even before last month's earthquake, providing medical care in Haiti was a struggle. A 2002 Stanford Medicine magazine article describes the scene back then in …

This afternoon, Shots' Scott Hensley pokes a bit of (good-natured) fun at the CDC's "Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices" (link to PDF) document. Yes, …

This is a striking color-enhanced microscopic image of mouse embryonic stem cells growing on a bed of silicon nanotubes. It was made in the lab …

UPDATE JAN. 28, 2010: Paul Auerbach, MD, and Robert Norris, MD, have e-mailed a brief description of the medical and cultural experiences the Stanford team …

Ves Dimov, MD, who runs Clinical Cases and Images, has identified five emerging trends in medically-focused social media. Among the five: Independent solo medical bloggers …

Raise your hand if you've ever rolled your eyes at well-meaning advice from a parent or grandparent--and then went on to do what they'd suggested. …