What Stanford School of Medicine does

Stanford School of Medicine (Stanford Medicine), founded in 1908 and headquartered in Stanford, California, is the academic medical center of Stanford University. It integrates biomedical research, medical education, and clinical care through three entities: the School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care (adult care), and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (pediatric and maternal care). The institution educates approximately 1,500 medical and graduate students (382 MD, 100 MD/PhD, 844 PhD, 205 MS candidates), supports 1,276 postdoctoral scholars and 1,257 residents/clinical fellows, and maintains 184 full-time basic science faculty.

Stanford Medicine's research portfolio spans proprietary AI foundation models including SleepFM (trained on 585,000 hours of sleep recordings from 65,000 participants, predicting 130+ health conditions), Merlin AI (3D abdominal CT scan analysis trained on 15,000+ scans), and CRISPR-GPT (open-source gene-editing design tool). The institution operates advanced clinical infrastructure including a new $33 million Mevion S250-FIT proton therapy system and the world's first compact upright proton therapy platform (Leo Cancer Care Marie). Faculty credentials include 8 Nobel laureates, 58 National Academy of Sciences members, 46 National Academy of Medicine members, and 11 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, yielding the highest NIH funding per researcher ratio in the United States.

Revenue is generated through four streams: federal and NIH research grants, clinical care delivery through the hospital network, tuition and continuing medical education, and licensing/royalty income from research discoveries (e.g., Simcere pharmaceutical partnership). The institution does not publicly disclose medical school-level financials; Stanford University's consolidated FY2024 operating revenue was approximately $7.2 billion. Go-to-market is primarily relationship-driven through long-term industry partnerships (GE HealthCare, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Samsung), clinical trial enrollment, academic program admissions, and technology licensing rather than traditional sales channels.

Name

Stanford School of Medicine

Legal name

Stanford University School of Medicine

Website

https://med.stanford.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Stanford School of Medicine is an academic medical center founded in 1908, integrating biomedical research, medical education, and clinical care through Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, serving patients, trainees, and industry research partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Center

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA), Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI), Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Biomedical research
• Clinical care
• Academic medicine
• Physician training

Headquarters

HQ city

Stanford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research Funding and Grants: Primary revenue from NIH and other research funding, including NIH Director's Pioneer Awards, with the highest funding per researcher ratio in the country.
2. Clinical Care Services: Revenue from patient care services through Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.
3. Education and Training: Tuition and fees from MD, PhD, MS programs and continuing medical education offerings.
4. Licensing and Royalties: Revenue from licensing novel molecules and technologies developed through research collaborations, such as Simcere pharmaceutical partnership.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stanford Medicine operates an integrated academic health system that educates physicians and scientists through MD, MD/PhD, PhD, MS, residency, fellowship, and continuing medical education programs; conducts biomedical research across basic and clinical science departments supported by NIH and other grants; and delivers patient care through Stanford Health Care (adult) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (pediatric and maternal). It also licenses discoveries and runs clinical trials in collaboration with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and technology partners.

Product overview

Stanford School of Medicine operates as an integrated academic health system comprising the Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The institution offers a broad portfolio of medical products and services including clinical care delivery across multiple specialties, advanced medical technologies (proton therapy systems, wearable monitoring devices), AI-powered diagnostic tools (SleepFM for disease prediction from sleep data, Merlin for CT scan analysis, CRISPR-GPT for gene editing assistance), and innovative therapeutic approaches (obexelimab for immune disorders, CNTF implants for glaucoma, LRRK2 inhibitors for Parkinson's). Stanford Medicine also provides medical education programs, maintains extensive clinical trial operations, and licenses research discoveries for commercial development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stanford Health Care Clinical Services
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Stanford Children's Health)
• MD Program
• PhD Programs (Biosciences)
• Master's Programs
• Continuing Medical Education
• Postdoctoral Training and Residencies/Fellowships
• Clinical Trials Program
• Research Collaboration and Technology Licensing
• SleepFM AI Foundation Model
• Merlin AI Diagnostic Model
• CRISPR-GPT

Quantifiable outcome

• SleepFM achieves C-index >0.8 for predicting Parkinson's disease (0.89), prostate cancer (0.89), breast cancer (0.87), heart attack (0.81), and death (0.84)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability15 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mevion Medical SystemscoreTechnology or Integration · 18 June 2026Mevion S250-FIT Proton Therapy System installed at Stanford Medicine for $33 million. This compact proton therapy system represents technological breakthrough, reducing system size from three-story building to single room, making treatment more accessible to Bay Area patients.
• Leo Cancer CarecoreTechnology or Integration · 9 June 2026World's first compact upright proton therapy treatment using Leo Cancer Care's Marie platform integrated with Stanford's Mevion system. The technology reduces space required for proton therapy by over 90%, enabling installation within existing radiotherapy vaults.
• Zenas BioPharmacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026Sponsor of obexelimab clinical trial for IgG4-related disease; Stanford Medicine co-led the international trial published in NEJM showing 50% reduction in relapse risk.
• Simcere Pharmaceutical GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 May 2026Research collaboration agreement to jointly conduct exploratory study developing innovative therapies for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Simcere will fund exploratory research on a first-in-class novel molecule and, upon successful completion, will license it and acquire 100% of global rights. This is the second first-in-class original project in the Simcere-Stanford partnership, aligned with Simcere's 'Innovation 2.0' strategy.
• Culinary Institute of AmericaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Co-host of Food is Life, Food is Health summit with Stanford Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, bringing together medical professionals, chefs, and nutrition scientists.
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Co-host of Food is Life, Food is Health summit exploring how culinary skill and evidence-based research can advance human and planetary health.
• Common Sense MediacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 2026Collaboration on comprehensive risk assessment of AI therapy apps, with Stanford Medicine's Brainstorm Lab reviewing over 3,100 exchanges with five AI therapy apps.
• Sonire TherapeuticsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026First U.S. clinical trial (SUNRISE-II) of ultrasound-guided HIFU therapy for pancreatic cancer, with first patient treated at Stanford Medicine in March 2026.
• Google DeepMindcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026AI co-clinician research initiative to explore triadic care model where AI assists doctors and patients. In simulations with Stanford Medicine and Harvard Medical School, the system achieved zero critical errors in 97 of 98 primary care queries.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 15 April 2026Strategic collaboration with NVIDIA for XR and AI integration in healthcare applications. VITURE partnership disclosure mentions collaboration with NVIDIA and Stanford University School of Medicine to advance XR and AI integration in healthcare.
• Mayo CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 April 2026Collaboration on AI applications for sleep apnea detection and health prediction, advancing sleep medicine research and technology development.
• SamsungcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 April 2026Samsung integration of sleep apnea risk detection into Galaxy Watch devices, with Stanford Medicine advancing AI applications for sleep apnea detection.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 April 2026Microsoft launching AI-powered health tools, with Stanford Medicine advancing AI applications for sleep medicine and health prediction.
• GE HealthCarecoreTechnology or Integration · 30 March 2026Renewed research collaboration with Stanford Medicine Department of Radiology to establish a Center of Excellence focused on advanced imaging research across magnetic resonance, computed tomography, molecular imaging, AI, and interventional radiology. The collaboration builds on over 40 years of partnership that has produced 153 funded research projects, 184 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and 66 licensed patents.
• Cancer Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2026Partnership in CRI Discovery Engine initiative for standardized cancer immunotherapy research data infrastructure, alongside Stanford University School of Medicine, UPenn, and Memorial Sloan Kettering.
• Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026DiMe launched standardized digital clinical measures for pediatric rare disease in collaboration with FDA, BioMarin, Northwestern Medicine, and Stanford Medicine.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026Collaboration under LANTERN project for lymphatic disease diagnostic toolbox development, contributing detection technologies and patient database analysis.
• Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 January 2026Multi-stakeholder initiative 'Scaling Trusted, High-Impact AI Care Navigation' to accelerate responsible AI adoption for patient care management. Stanford Medicine is a founding coalition member alongside Google for Health, Mass General Brigham, and others.
• OpenAIcoreTechnology or Integration · 8 January 2026Stanford Medicine is an early adopter of OpenAI's HIPAA-compliant healthcare AI suite including ChatGPT for Healthcare and OpenAI API products designed for healthcare organizations requiring compliance with US patient privacy regulations.
• Epirium BiominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 202515-PGDH inhibitor (originally discovered at Stanford) in clinical trials for age-related muscle weakness. Stanford research showed blocking this protein regenerates joint cartilage.
• CEPIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Up to $18 million in CEPI funding for Stanford School of Medicine researchers to design AI-powered vaccine constructs using ferritin-based nanoparticle platform for broad protection against filoviruses including Ebola and Marburg.
• Weill Cornell MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2025Collaborative study on skin-to-skin contact associated with brain changes in preterm infants, conducted with Burke Neurological Institute and Stanford Medicine.
• Thrive AI HealthminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2025Research partnership with Stanford Medicine for AI health coaching research focused on sleep, nutrition, fitness, stress management, and social connection to address chronic diseases.
• Matter NeuroscienceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Clinical collaboration with Stanford Medicine's Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department for controlled study enrolling at least 210 depressed patients using Matter protocol combined with real-time 7T fMRI neurofeedback.
• Samsung ElectronicscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2025Partnership to enhance sleep apnea management capabilities of Samsung's Galaxy Watch from detection to daily condition management. Stanford Medicine contributing research expertise for sleep apnea AI development.
• ApplecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Historical collaboration on Apple Heart Study that enrolled over 400,000 participants and led to FDA-cleared ECG feature on Apple Watch. Stanford pioneered research model using consumer wearables with clinical research through opt-in data collection.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is a leading US academic medical center with comparable NIH funding, Nobel laureate faculty, and integrated hospital system (Johns Hopkins Hospital). It competes directly with Stanford for research talent, NIH grants, and top medical student candidates.
• Yale School of Medicine: Yale School of Medicine is a top-tier peer AMC with similar research-education-clinical care structure, comparable NIH funding profile, and direct competition for biomedical research faculty.
• Duke University School of Medicine: Duke School of Medicine is a peer top-tier US medical school with comparable NIH funding, integrated health system, and similar AI/biomedical research initiatives competing for federal grants and industry partnerships.
• Harvard Medical School: Harvard Medical School is the most direct peer to Stanford School of Medicine as a top-tier US medical school affiliated with multiple teaching hospitals (Mass General Brigham), with similar tripartite research-education-clinical care mission, comparable NIH funding levels, and overlapping faculty recruitment pools.
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: Washington University School of Medicine is a top NIH-funded medical school with comparable research output per faculty member, similar biotech partnership model, and competing for the same faculty and trainee talent.
• UCSF School of Medicine: UCSF School of Medicine is a top public medical school located in San Francisco with high NIH funding per researcher, similar biotech partnership ecosystem, and overlapping Bay Area patient populations. Competes with Stanford for regional faculty, students, and clinical referrals.
• Perelman School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania): Penn's Perelman School of Medicine is a peer top-tier AMC with comparable NIH funding, integrated health system, and AI/biomedical research initiatives. It is also a partner in the Cancer Research Institute Discovery Engine initiative alongside Stanford.
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Columbia's medical school is a peer Ivy League AMC with similar tripartite mission, comparable research funding levels, and overlapping recruitment markets for biomedical research faculty.
• Weill Cornell Medicine: Weill Cornell Medicine is a peer NYC-based AMC and active research collaborator with Stanford (e.g., Burke Neurological Institute preterm infant study). Comparable in research output, faculty credentials, and integrated hospital system structure.

Broad incumbents

• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine: Mayo Clinic is a peer integrated academic health system with national reach, comparable clinical excellence, and growing research footprint. Mayo also has a sleep apnea AI collaboration with Stanford. Functions as a broader clinical enterprise rather than Stanford's more research-centric model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/stanfordmedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/stanford-university-school-of-medicine/posts
• Instagraminstagram.com/stanford.med

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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