February 20, 2009
Stanford Hospital & Clinics retains its hard-earned, first-place ranking in patient survival rate for general surgery, according to a survey by University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), which represents 90 percent of the nation’s non-profit academic medical centers. Stemming from the unfailing COMMITMENT and TEAMWORK of physicians, nurses and support staff, this enviable ranking provides firm evidence that Stanford continues to provide the finest service to patients. The adult kidney and transplant program also received distinguished recognition from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
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February 20, 2009
Stanford Hospital & Clinics boasts the addition of a new state-of-the-art outpatient facility in Redwood City, conveniently located just off of highway 101. Opening its doors for the first time on Feb. 17, the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center offers 360,000 square feet filled with 96 exam rooms, eight operating rooms and the latest MRI and CT imaging technology. Patients seeking services that do not require hospitalization—from dermatology to sports medicine—will benefit from BETTER MEDICINE and reduced waiting times, while still receiving the COMPASSIONATE CARE for which Stanford Hospital & Clinics is famous.
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February 18, 2009
Imagine yourself in a rush to get to your knitting class on time. You approach your friend’s house where the class will be held, your arms circling a bag full of knitting needles. In your haste, you trip on the front porch, and suddenly you feel a piercing pain in your chest—the worst pain in your life.
You look down to see the broken end of a foot-long wooden knitting needle, about the width of a drinking straw, sticking out of your chest where your heart is.
This may sound like a horror story, but it actually happened to Ellin Klor in 2006.
She was rushed to Stanford Hospital & Clinics’ Level 1 trauma center—the only one of its kind in the Peninsula and South Bay. Coming to Ellin’s rescue, trauma surgeon Susan Brundage, MD, removed the needle from Ellin’s heart. Despite the frighteningly low survival odds, Ellin was home within a few days.
It was not only Stanford Hospital & Clinics surgeons who responded to Ellin’s emergency. With astuteness and top-notch training, a radiologist diagnosed a new cancer that otherwise may have gone undetected. The COMMITMENT and TEAMWORK exhibited by Dr. Brundage and the trauma and radiology staff, served to MAKE A DIFFERENCE by saving Ellin’s life.
Ellin is forever grateful for the COMPASSIONATE CARE that she received from the team at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
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