Clinical Programs in Infectious Diseases
Clinical fellows rotate through the infectious diseases consultation services of three program hospitals during the first twelve months.
- Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, a 663-bed quaternary care facility, serves local and regional populations and receives referrals nationally and internationally. Most patients are referred by internists, surgeons and community physicians. Patients with complex diseases that present major diagnostic and therapeutic challenges are often seen at Stanford. The Stanford University Hospital has a large transplant and oncology service, and the immunocompromised host service is an integral part of the care of these patients.
- The VA Palo Alto Health Care System is a 900-bed, multi-campus integrated facility of hospitals and clinics, and a tertiary referral center. It is also one of the largest VA centers in the country and has won multiple VA distinctions such as designated Centers of Excellence in six programs and is one of the four Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Centers in the nation. The Palo Alto campus, located four miles from the Stanford University Hospital, has active medical, psychiatric and surgical services, a spinal cord injury center, blind rehabilitation unit, geriatric research and education center and two clinical research centers. All teaching services are fully integrated with Stanford University Medical Center, and the two hospitals share a common housestaff.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, located in nearby San Jose (approximately 20 miles south of Palo Alto), is a 524-bed teaching hospital with a large Hispanic and southeast Asian population. SCVMC is a public hospital owned and operated by the County of Santa Clara. It is also a tertiary referral center with large medical and surgical subspecialty services.