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Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305

- Joseph Presti, Jr., M.D.
Interim Chair, Department of Urology and Director, Genitourinary Cancer Program (Urology, Radiation and Medical Oncology) - James D. Brooks, M.D.
- Benjamin I. Chung, MD.
Director of Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery - Craig Comiter, M.D.
Director, Neurourology Fellowship Program - Michael L. Eisenberg, M.D.
- Harcharan Gill, M.D.
Residency Program Director - Mark L. Gonzalgo, M.D.
Director, Robotic-Assisted Urologic Cancer Surgery - Robert Kessler, M.D.
- Christopher K. Payne, M.D.
Director, Neurourology & Female Urology
The Stanford University Hospital is part of a 663 bed private medical center. The Stanford University Urology Clinics provide general urologic care for the local population, but also serves as a secondary and tertiary referral center for patients with a wide range of complex urologic problems. The Medical Center houses separate facilities for day-surgery, short-stay, and routine inpatient hospitalization with 479 active beds. Special emphasis is placed on genitourinary oncology and neurourology. A long-standing multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Clinic has a wide referral base. A recently opened Neurourology Center has state-of-the-art fluoro-urodynamic and endoscopic outpatient facilities.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

- Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Urology
- William A. Kennedy, M.D.
- Michael H. Hsieh, M.D.
- Hsi-Yang Wu, M.D., Director, Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program
Immediately adjacent to and physically contiguous with Stanford University Hospital, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital opened in June 1990, and has 162 beds dedicated solely to pediatric patients. The hospital houses both inpatient and outpatient facilities and a full contingent of pediatric specialty clinics, including a Spina Bifida Clinic. While this facility serves as the primary caretaker for many children, it also has become a major secondary and tertiary referral center for complex genitourinary disorders in children.
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS)
3801 Miranda Ave.
Palo Alto , CA 94304

- Joe Liao, M.D., Chief of Urology
- John Lavelle, M.D.
- John Leppert, M.D., Director of Urologic Oncology
- Fuad S. Freiha, M.D.
- Robert Kessler, M.D.
The Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System is located just four miles from Stanford University Medical Center, with over 960 inpatient beds. All medical and surgical services are completely integrated with their respective Stanford departments. The Urology section at VAPAHCS provides comprehensive patient care with multi-disciplinary clinics in genitourinary oncology, stone disease, and spinal cord injury. The Palo Alto Health Care System serves as a regional Veterans Affairs referral center for genitourinary oncology; minimally invasive surgery, with advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery platforms; and urolithiasis, with an on-site shock wave lithotriptor. The VAPAHCS also houses a West Coast regional spinal cord injury center.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
751 South Bascom
San Jose, CA 95128

- Jeffrey Reese, M.D., Chief of Urology
- Daniel Rosenstein, M.D., Associate Chief of Urology
- Rajesh Shinghal M.D., Associate Chief of Urology
- Jennifer M. Abidari, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Urology
The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center serves as the county and city medical facility for Santa Clara County and the city of San Jose, with 641 inpatient beds and nearly 100,000 emergency room visits yearly. It is approximately a 30 minute drive South of Stanford University Medical Center. It houses the Regional Federal Spinal Cord and Head Injury Rehabilitation Center for Northern California, and thus provides in-depth exposure to neurourology. Valley Medical Center is also the Regional Trauma Center, and as such, provides experience in the diagnostic evaluation and management of patients with urologic trauma. The institution also provides experience in a wide variety of common and unusual urologic problems indigenous to specific patient populations (e.g., genitourinary tuberculosis and stone disease). On a voluntary basis during this rotation, the resident has the opportunity to participate monthly with one of the faculty at a nearby vasectomy clinic.

