Medical School

#ThisIsMyWhy: Advocacy

#ThisIsMyWhy is part of a larger series that explores what fuels and nurtures the people of Stanford Medicine. This series ...

From studying to baby kicks: Navigating motherhood in medical school

It’s 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, and I’m sitting comfortably, propped up by four pillows with my feet on a ...

From AI to love: the key to a better future in medical education

With the recent news of ChatGPT artificial intelligence successfully passing the United States Medical Licensure Exam (USMLE), we have been catapulted ...

Trauma in an interview: a not-so-perfect personal statement

I have to write a “perfect medical school personal statement.” I have to write about learning and growth. I want ...

Conference for pre-med students addresses health disparities

The goal of Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance's conference is straightforward: increase diversity in medicine. An annual event since 1990, ...

We are Stanford Med: #ThisIsMyWhy with Asma Dahir

They're students, clinicians, scientists and researchers. They're also artists, influencers, patients, scholars and advocates. They hail from all over the ...

To offer more transgender care, doctors need more education

The transgender population faces a web of adversity: 30% of trans people in the U.S. have experienced homelessness, according to ...

Unconventional Paths: Bohemian wannabe turned Stanford nutritionist

Unconventional Paths: Stories of Stanford Medicine faculty, researchers and physicians whose journeys into medicine followed nontraditional routes     When Christopher ...