Radiology

The Stanford Department of Radiology delivers outstanding patient care using technology, innovation, and humanity. We educate the next generation of leaders in patient care and research. We develop the next generation of imaging technology, molecular imaging, in-vitro diagnostics, image-guided therapeutics, and informatics for precision health. We promote a culture of diversity, inclusion, transparency, and integrity. Learn more Stanford Radiology opens in a new tab.  

Patient Care

Stanford Radiology provides patient-centric imaging services using state-of-the-art technology at each of five distinct imaging locations. These include:

• Stanford Medicine Imaging Center, Palo Alto;

• Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center, Redwood City;

• Blake Wilbur Outpatient Clinic;

• Stanford Hospital Department of Radiology, and 

• Stanford Advanced Medicine Center/Cancer Center. 

Innovative approaches to the design of the physical facilities, always with the patient's experience opens in a new tab in mind, have led to improvements garnering the highest in patient-satisfaction ratings. These improvements have included the addition of specialized staffing and expedited scheduling, insurance approvals, and report turnaround times. 

Research

Throughout its history, Stanford Radiology has worked continuously to develop the infrastructure needed to expand interdisciplinary research efforts opens in a new tab in anatomic imaging, instrumentation development, molecular imaging, nanotechnology, information sciences, systems biology, and interventional therapeutic advances. Coupling this rich biomedical imaging foundation with an energetic, forward thinking, and creative faculty and staff, we are able to introduce leading-edge imaging solutions and technology to other research communities and into clinical practice.

Our department is made up of the following primary research divisions, each providing specific areas of focus but all collaborating in a highly interdisciplinary environment. These divisions (with year established) are:

• Radiological Sciences Laboratory (RSL) opens in a new tab (established 1990)

• Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) opens in a new tab (established 2003)

• Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford (IBIIS) opens in a new tab (established 2008)

• The Canary Center at Stanford School of Medicine opens in a new tab (established 2009)

• Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging opens in a new tab (established 2018)

• Diagnostic Sciences Laboratory (DSL) opens in a new tab (established 2024)

• Stanford Medical Mixed Reality (SMMR) opens in a new tab

• 3D and Quantitative Imaging Laboratory (3DQ Lab) opens in a new tab

Clinical Imaging and Research Locations

The department has outstanding clinical imaging and research sites opens in a new tab distributed across the Stanford campus, with additional sites in Palo Alto and across the Bay Area. Our state-of-the-art imaging sites are led by expert physicians, technologists, and scientists to provide a unique patient experience and access to outstanding facilities for research and development.

Academic Programs and Graduate Training

Stanford Radiology provides elite interdisciplinary training pathways opens in a new tab designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders in medical physics, bioengineering, clinical imaging, and ongoing education. 

While the department does not offer a standalone general degree in radiology, its faculty actively mentor and advise Ph.D. candidates from across Stanford's Biosciences and engineering programs who conduct their thesis research within Radiology laboratories. 

Faculty teach undergraduate and medical courses, and sponsor individual research projects that allow students to explore advanced techniques in clinical imaging, anatomy, physiology, and artificial intelligence:

• Clinical Training

  • Clinical Fellowships

  • Diagnostic Radiology Residency

  • Nuclear Medicine Residency

  • IR-DR Integrated Residency

  • Independent Interventional Radiology Residency

• Ph.D. Program: Biomedical Physics (BMP) opens in a new tab

  • Jointly hosted by the Departments of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, the Biomedical Physics Graduate Program is a premier doctoral training program. Positioned at the vanguard of clinical translation, the BMP program trains scholars to develop sophisticated technologies that are directly translatable to clinical medicine, including diagnostic, interventional, and molecular imaging, image-guided therapies, and advanced molecular diagnostics.

• CME Grand Rounds

• CME Courses

• Research Training

  • Advanced Residency Training at Stanford (ARTS) Program

  • Cancer-Translational Nanotechnology Training (Cancer-TNT) Program

  • Cancer Systems Biology Scholars (CSBS) Program

  • Stanford Cancer Imaging Training (SCIT) Program

  • Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) Program

  • Translational Biomedical Imaging Instrumentation (TBI2) Training Program

• Medical Students: Pre-Clinical Courses and Clinical Rotations opens in a new tab

  • RAD201: Introduction to Radiology

  • RAD203: Image-Guided Intervention Workshop

  • RAD220: Introduction to Imaging and Image-based Human Anatomy

  • RAD301A: Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Clerkship

  • RAD302A: Nuclear Medicine Clerkship

  • RAD303A: Specialty Clerkship in Diagnostic Radiology

  • RAD304A: Pediatric Radiology Clerkship

  • RAD305A: Interventional Radiology Clerkship

  • RAD306A: Neuroradiology Clerkship

  • RAD398A: Clinical Elective in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

• Seminars and Conferences

• Courses

• Journal Clubs