Stanford Hospital & Clinics includes several specialty centers devoted to surgical treatment of illnesses, injuries, and other disorders.

The Department of Surgery offers patient care in the following areas:

• Emergency Medicine
  
  
• General Surgery (including gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and trauma surgery)
  
  
• Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery, including sinus and plastic surgery)
  
  
• Pediatric Surgery
  
  
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  
  
• Transplant Surgery
  
  
• Vascular Surgery
  
  

Other surgical specialties at Stanford include:

The Stanford Department of Surgery has long been at the forefront of education, research, and clinical care. Patients and referring physicians have access to the broadest possible range of treatments, allowing the best choice for individual needs based on the most up-to-date therapies available. Our clinicians continue to work to develop and implement minimally invasive procedures that reduce surgical risk and speed patients' recovery.

Stanford medical professionals remain dedicated to humanizing treatment, and all members of the clinical team work together to assure patients of the most personalized service possible during what can be a difficult time. In addition to services that include emotional counseling and help with travel, Stanford has developed a model case management program to smooth the patient's path through complex treatments.

As individuals become more involved in their own care, they realize that quality varies among health care institutions. The success of some surgeries and highly technical procedures relates directly to the experience of the physicians and hospital. Centers performing a high volume of procedures, like Stanford, experience better outcomes.

As health care evolves, Stanford continues to be a benchmark in the delivery of patient-centered care and embraces the challenges that a consumer-oriented health care structure will demand.