Stanford provides specialized care to over 1,900 trauma patients per year from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. We receive patients from many outlying counties in addition to interfacility transports of patients who need Stanford's expertise. Patients are transported directly to our facility by paramedics and flight crews, such as Stanford's Life Flight.

The Stanford Trauma Center incorporates the adjoining Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, where children under 17 are admitted after stabilization in the Emergency Department (ED) or operating room (OR).

The Stanford University Medical Center became a trauma center in 1986, and since 1998 has been recognized as a Level I Trauma Center, the highest level awarded by the American College of Surgeons.

Trauma Program Director

David A. Spain, MD

Trauma Program Manager

Janet Neff, RN

Community Programs/Prevention

• Farewell to Falls Program
• Crash Foundation
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• Keeping Kids Safe In and Around Cars (English)
• National Center for PTSD
• National Highway Traffic Safety
• SAFE KIDS
• Stop Red Light Running
• Trauma Intervention Program
• Underage Drinking and Driving, a Parent and Teen Guide (English)
• Underage Drinking and Driving, a Parent and Teen Guide (Spanish)
• Underride Network

Professional Organizations

• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
• American College of Surgeons
• American Trauma Society (ATS)
• Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• California EMS
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
• Emergency Nurses Association
• International Association of Forensic Nurses
• International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association
• The Society of Trauma Nurses
• Trauma Resource Network