Stanford Internal Medicine (SIM)
"They give me what I want and need,
exactly when I want and need it" © IHI
Stanford Internal Medicine is an adult primary care clinic offering medical services to patients within the Stanford and surrounding communities. In addition, the group is committed to providing care to those patients receiving specialty care at Stanford Hospital and Clinics.
The Resident Clinic at SIM is staffed by physicians training in Internal Medicine at Stanford Hospital School of Medicine under direct supervision of the SIM faculty.
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SIM @ Hoover Pavilion.
211 Quarry Road, 3rd Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1426
650|723-6028
Parking is conveniently located in our attached parking structure.
For directions,:
Access our online clinic locator
Download a Hoover Driving Map
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Stanford Express Care @ Hoover Pavilion, Suite 102
10a - 9p Mon-Fri
9a - 5p Sat-Sun
Schedule your appointment at 650|736-5211 or via MyHealth.
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An Internal Medicine trained primary care physician is:
- the patient's first contact and a provider of comprehensive, continuing care.
- a physician who evaluates and manages all aspects of illness: both biomedical and psycho-social in the whole patient.
- an expert in disease prevention, early detection of disease, and health promotion.
- the patient's guide and advocate in a complex health environment.
- an expert in managing patients with advanced illness and disease of several organ systems who is equally effective in the office and in the hospital.
- a consultant when patients have difficult, undifferentiated problems or when the general internist has special expertise to apply to their problems.
- a resource manager who is familiar with the science of clinical epidemiology and decision making and can bring a thoughtful, lean style of practice to evaluation and management.
- a clinical information manager who can take full advantage of electronicly stored data and can communicate using the tools of modern technology
- a generalist in outlook who also possess special skills that respond to the needs of a particular care environment.
