VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Helps students develop the attitudes and skills necessary for the evaluation and management of patients with pulmonary disease. Students are expected to understand pulmonary disease in the context of internal medicine, using general as well as specific approaches to diagnosis. The clerkship affords direct patient involvement under supervision in the outpatient clinic and on inpatient consultation services. Critically ill patients with pulmonary disease in the ICU will be evaluated. Pulmonary function tests are evaluated daily, and student involvement in specialized studies is emphasized. Divisional clinical conferences are held weekly, and a joint medical-surgical conference bi-weekly. Each student has the option of spending one-half of the clerkship at the PAVAMC and one-half at the Stanford University Hospital on a rotational basis. These options are discussed and determined on the first day of the clerkship. PREREQUISITES: MED 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-MED 12, full-time for 2 or 4 weeks (half-time at SUH; half-time at PAVAMC,) 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Peter N. Kao, M.D, Ph.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Elizabeth Peña, epena28@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: H3147; Time: 8:MED 45 am. CALL CODE: 1. OTHER FACULTY: A. Andruska, H. Bedi, L. Chhatwani, S. Chinthrajah, K. de Boer, T. Desai, G. Dhillon, L. Eggert, J. Hsu, J. Holty, A. Jonas, N. Juul, P. Kao, K. Kudelko, W. Kuschner, Y. Lai, J. Levitt, M. McCarra, M. Marmor, P. Mohabir, S. Majumdar, J. Mooney, M. Nicolls, H. Paintal, S. Pasupneti, R. Raj, M. Ramsey, A. Rogers, S. Ruoss, B. Shaller, H. Sharifi, G. Singh, E. Spiekerkoetter, A. Sung, Y. Sung, A. Sweatt, R. Van Wert, A. Weinacker, R. Zamanian, C. Zone, V. de Jesus Perez, J. Williams, M. Cao, S. Ahmad. LOCATION: SUMC.
3-6 units · Medical School MD Grades
VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Helps students develop the attitudes and skills necessary for the evaluation and management of patients with pulmonary disease. Students are expected to understand pulmonary disease in the context of internal medicine, using general as well as specific approaches to diagnosis. The clerkship affords direct patient involvement under supervision in the outpatient clinic and on inpatient consultation services. Critically ill patients with pulmonary disease in the ICU will be evaluated. Pulmonary function tests are evaluated daily, and student involvement in specialized studies is emphasized. Divisional clinical conferences are held weekly, and a joint medical-surgical conference bi-weekly. Each student has the option of spending one-half of the clerkship at the PAVAMC and one-half at the Stanford University Hospital on a rotational basis. These options are discussed and determined on the first day of the clerkship. PREREQUISITES: MED 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 2 or 4 weeks (half-time at SUH; half-time at PAVAMC,) 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Peter N. Kao, M.D, Ph.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Elizabeth Peña, epena28@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: H3147; Time: 8:45 am. CALL CODE: 1. OTHER FACULTY: A. Andruska, H. Bedi, L. Chhatwani, S. Chinthrajah, K. de Boer, T. Desai, G. Dhillon, L. Eggert, J. Hsu, J. Holty, A. Jonas, N. Juul, P. Kao, K. Kudelko, W. Kuschner, Y. Lai, J. Levitt, M. McCarra, M. Marmor, P. Mohabir, S. Majumdar, J. Mooney, M. Nicolls, H. Paintal, S. Pasupneti, R. Raj, M. Ramsey, A. Rogers, S. Ruoss, B. Shaller, H. Sharifi, G. Singh, E. Spiekerkoetter, A. Sung, Y. Sung, A. Sweatt, R. Van Wert, A. Weinacker, R. Zamanian, C. Zone, V. de Jesus Perez, J. Williams, M. Cao, S. Ahmad. LOCATION: SUMC.
Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.