We Stand For Care

The neighborhood clinic just got bigger and better. Starting December 7, 2009, patients of Menlo Medical Clinic, an affiliated clinic of Stanford Hospital & Clinics since 1993, can access a second location at 321 Middlefield Road. The strong COLLABORATIVE relationship between Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Menlo Medical Clinic will benefit from the new expanded location by IMPROVING patient care and providing BETTER MEDICINE.

“To better serve our community, we’ve hired more physicians, upgraded our diagnostic and treatment equipment, and expanded the size of our Clinic. In conjunction with Stanford Hospital & Clinics, we have also implemented an electronic medical records system that will allow for smoother transactions for patients and staff,” said Menlo Medical Clinic Chief Operating Officer Jerry Harris.

The new facility on Middlefield Road includes 32 exam rooms, additional laboratory and x-ray services, and ample parking, which will MAKE A DIFFERENCE is seeing an estimated 75,000 patients in 2010 for primary care and outpatient surgical procedures. Not only is the new facility providing space, new ADVANCEMENTS in technology, such as digital mammography, a laser dermatology machine, and flat screen monitors in OB/GYN rooms for viewing ultrasound images, will improve the patient experience.

“Our next goal is to renovate our center on Crane Street to match the quality and esthetics of our new location. Parking at our current location will be greatly improved with the shift of some of our medical services to 321 Middlefield Road,” said Harris.

For more information on the expansion and improvements of the Menlo Medical Clinic, click here.

Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban, made a rare Bay Area appearance on November 20, 2009 at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club to support the Women’s Cancer Program at Stanford. The program, part of the Stanford Cancer Center, is MAKING A DIFFERENCE with the help of dozens of faculty in a comprehensive effort to IMPROVE survival and cure rates for breast and gynecologic cancers.

Jonathan Berek, MD, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford School of Medicine, and longtime friend of the actress, invited Kidman to speak to the crowd of 350 people about her firsthand experience during her teenage years when her mother, Janelle, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her mother was successfully treated and remains cancer-free today.

“I think that was the pivotal point in my life because I was about to lose — or thought I would lose — the most important person in my family, the heartbeat of my family,” said Kidman, who then resolved to be COMMITTED to helping other women who faced the threat of cancer. “I so believe in the work of the researchers and scholars here,” Kidman told the audience.

Berek is helping Stanford provide BETTER MEDICINE and FIND ANSWERS by bringing together comprehensive research and treatment programs, in which doctors and scientists can work together with the common goal of curing women’s cancer.

He said he hopes the event will help call attention to the health needs of women and engage the community in Stanford’s work in women’s cancer. “We see this as a very bright future in partnering with you,” he told the audience.

For more information about the Women’s Cancer Program at Stanford and Kidman and Urban’s visit, click here.