wilderness medicine Archives

Practicing medicine in Antarctica: “It’s a harsh continent”

In this Q&A, Stanford physicians Julie Parsonnet and her husband, Dean Winslow, discuss their months-long stay in Antarctica providing medical care.

Kicking off med school by camping in the high Sierra

Incoming first-year Stanford medical students got to know each other and spend time hiking at a pre-orientation camping trip in the Sierra.

Space, the new surgical frontier? A Q&A

A Stanford surgeon discusses the adverse conditions, physiological changes and surgical challenges faced by space travelers.

Stanford Medicine’s wilderness trip gives new students a chance to bond

"SWEAT," Stanford Medicine's pre-orientation wilderness trip gives new medical students a chance to bond before school begins.

Battling the scourge of blisters: Stanford study shows paper tape can help

As a novice hiker, I went shopping for hiking boots recently and got immediately overwhelmed, not only by the multitude of options for footwear, but …