Michelle Brandt
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At event, experts talk heart health and share the latest on Apple Heart Study
Stanford cardiologist Bob Harrington was one of several experts who described at a recent event how the Apple Watch is being used to shed light on heart disease. → Read More
Getting their white coats (and, for one student, getting engaged): A big day for Stanford's newest med students
A new video documents the white coat ceremony, which welcomes Stanford's newest medical students and physician assistant students to campus. → Read More
Surgery Saturday Instagram series takes you inside Stanford's OR
Each Saturday, Stanford Medicine's Instagram gives followers a peek into the OR. → Read More
Take your places, Stanford Medicine graduates
Graduation for Stanford Medicine MD, PhD, and MS students will be held this Saturday. Check in on social media to follow along. → Read More
After first adult heart transplant, advances in care continue
In 1968, the first successful adult heart transplant took place at Stanford. Here's what has happened since then. → Read More
Procedure helps young girl suffering from seizure disorder
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford is the only hospital in Northern California using the innovative ROSA™ technology to help children suffering from prolific seizure disorders. → Read More
"Yes!!!" Video captures the loud cheers and excited energy of Match Day
Filmmaker Mark Hanlon followed Stanford's soon-to-graduate medical students on Match Day and provides an insider's look at what happens just before and after the envelopes are opened. → Read More
Happy Match Day!
Each year, during Match Day, medical students across the country find out where they'll be doing their residencies. → Read More
From experiment to prestige: A look at two pioneering women scientists
When they arrived at Stanford in 1978, Professors Carla Shatz and Helen Blau were two of the first women to be hired on the tenure tract for basic science faculty. In a video, they discuss the paths they've taken and reflect on the rewards and challenges of their lives as women scientists. → Read More
Welcome to the new Scope blog!
Stanford Medicine's blog Scope unveiled a new design this week. → Read More
We'll be back soon
Our aim is to make Scope more mobile-friendly and easier to navigate, and we can't wait for you to see our new look. → Read More
We'll be back soon
For more than a year, we've been working on a major redesign of this blog. (With nearly 9,000 articles published since 2009, it's been a big project!) Our aim → Read More
The possible health benefits of coffee, and other top Scope stories of 2017
Scope readers enjoyed a wide variety of stories this year, including one that's bound to make java lovers smile. Take a few minutes to dive in: The reading is → Read More
Using virtual reality to “fly through” the brain before surgery
There's some pretty cool stuff happening at the Stanford Neurosurgical Simulation and Virtual Reality Center: Thanks to a new software system, surgeons and → Read More
A look at move day at the new Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Congratulations to our friends at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford: The new hospital is officially open. Last weekend, 91 patients -- including 9 → Read More
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Scope! We'll resume publishing on Monday. Photo by Timothy Eberly → Read More
The biochemistry of Halloween: Pumpkins, vampires, ghouls (and sodium?)
Nick Love, PhD, is one of those medical students who has skills and passions that extend far beyond the classroom or clinic. He was a medical illustrator before → Read More
Health care leaders gather to examine physician well-being
Earlier this week we covered the American Conference on Physician Health and shared some of the thoughts of panelist Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the medical school → Read More
#MeToo: Stanford scholars weigh in on social media campaign exposing sexual assault
"What do you think of this 'me too' thing on Facebook?" my best friend texted me on Sunday afternoon. I didn't know what she was referring to at the → Read More
NICU graduates celebrate health during annual reunion at Stanford
Both my daughters spent the first few days of their lives in the NICU. Watching the teeny-tiny love of your life hooked up to countless chirping monitors and, → Read More