Stanford Medicine

Charging stations can be found in every building

Since the beginning of 2024 family members have often used the medical facilities at Stanford. We have availed ourselves of the services in neurology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, dermatology, oncology, radiology, and early drug development, as well as the laboratories and emergency rooms.

The personnel, equipment, and buildings are uniformly excellent. If we must be critical, we have experienced an occasional slip-up in scheduling, probably due to growing pains from Stanford Health's multi-billion-dollar expansion program.

But the greatest drawback, IMHO, is something that Stanford can't do much about, namely the difficulty getting to its facilities quickly. The tony Peninsula towns Palo Alto and Menlo Park have blocked traffic improvements, so cars must traverse the same local streets as they have since World War II. Getting from the freeways to Stanford can be heavy going, especially when one considers the growth in the Silicon Valley economy.

Nevertheless, we'll live with the inconveniences. Both Stanford and UCSF have world-class medical facilities, and we know people who fly here for treatment. The quality of medical care is one benefit of living in the Bay Area that we don't often hear mentioned.