VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Students gain clinical experience working with patients with infectious diseases, including newborns, children, adolescents, and pediatric patients with underlying malignancies, immunological deficiencies, organ transplants, chronic illness and orthopedic problems. Clinical rounds are held daily and outpatient clinic is held once a week. General principles applicable to the management of infections in all age groups are emphasized, as well as basic ID-specific laboratory results such as cultures, antibiotics, susceptibility data and diagnostic studies. In addition, students participate in a variety of weekly didactic sessions, clinical conferences and laboratory rounds. Students also should attend the Pediatric Residency Program's Morning Report, Noon Didactics and Grand Rounds as the schedule allows. Opportunities exist to explore interests in antimicrobial stewardship, infection control and prevention, as well as other facets of being a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist. Please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Pediatrics PEDS 300A and Medicine PEDS 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-PEDS 12, full-time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Danielle Macris Nahal, M.D., dnahal42@stanford.edu. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Kim Vo, ktvo@stanford.edu, PEDS 650-PEDS 736-2005. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Center for Academic Medicine, Peds ID Division, 4th Floor, PEDS 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Contact Dr. Nahal at dnahal42@stanford.edu and Kim Vo at ktvo@stanford.edu prior to start date. Time: 8:30am. CALL CODE: 0 (no call or rounding on weekends). OTHER FACULTY: M. Amieva, J. Burns, S. Chen, E. Egan, L. Eguiguren, H. Gans, A. Khan, L. Kushner, D. LaBeaud, G. Lee, R. Mathew, S. Nadimpalli, T. Pham, H. Schwenk, T. Seddik, D. Vu. LOCATION: LPCH.
6 units · Medical School MD Grades
VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Students gain clinical experience working with patients with infectious diseases, including newborns, children, adolescents, and pediatric patients with underlying malignancies, immunological deficiencies, organ transplants, chronic illness and orthopedic problems. Clinical rounds are held daily and outpatient clinic is held once a week. General principles applicable to the management of infections in all age groups are emphasized, as well as basic ID-specific laboratory results such as cultures, antibiotics, susceptibility data and diagnostic studies. In addition, students participate in a variety of weekly didactic sessions, clinical conferences and laboratory rounds. Students also should attend the Pediatric Residency Program's Morning Report, Noon Didactics and Grand Rounds as the schedule allows. Opportunities exist to explore interests in antimicrobial stewardship, infection control and prevention, as well as other facets of being a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist. Please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Pediatrics 300A and Medicine 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Danielle Macris Nahal, M.D., dnahal42@stanford.edu. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Kim Vo, ktvo@stanford.edu, 650-736-2005. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Center for Academic Medicine, Peds ID Division, 4th Floor, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Contact Dr. Nahal at dnahal42@stanford.edu and Kim Vo at ktvo@stanford.edu prior to start date. Time: 8:30am. CALL CODE: 0 (no call or rounding on weekends). OTHER FACULTY: M. Amieva, J. Burns, S. Chen, E. Egan, L. Eguiguren, H. Gans, A. Khan, L. Kushner, D. LaBeaud, G. Lee, R. Mathew, S. Nadimpalli, T. Pham, H. Schwenk, T. Seddik, D. Vu. LOCATION: LPCH.
Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.