A Tradition of Discovery and Innovation

As one of the leading medical centers in the world, Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford) has made enormous contributions to the advancement of biomedical research. Stanford provides a stimulating research, educational, and clinical environment to trainees and faculty alike and provides cutting edge patient care to patients seen in the outpatient clinics and in the Stanford University Hospital.

Of special importance is the institutional and community commitment to the development of research programs at Stanford that focus on clinical immunology. The Division of Immunology and Rheumatology has a longstanding tradition of excellence in patient care, and is among the leading groups in the School of Medicine in cutting edge bench research, clinical trial investigation and outcomes assessment research.

The commitment of Stanford has enabled the recruitment of new faculty members to our Division in the past five years, construction of new facilities (the Center for Clinical Sciences Research, CCSR), and administrative reorganization to provide a critical mass and optimal environment for collaborative research and training within the field of adult rheumatology. The goal of Division is to leverage these institutional resources to perform leading research, provide superb clinical care, and prepare highly qualified candidates for careers as academic physician-scientists in the field of rheumatology.