Divisions in the Department of Pediatrics

Our division seeks to discover new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat childhood cancer and blood diseases. Under the supervision of our internationally-recognized physicians, our patients receive care at a world-class medical center along with the chance to participate in clinical trials at the cutting edge of medical science today. To continue to foster advancement in these fields into the future, the division also focuses on educating the next generation of leaders.

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The goal of Human Gene Therapy is to develop gene transfer technologies and use them for hepatic gene therapy for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases. The general approach is to develop new vector systems and delivery methods, test them in the appropriate animal models, uncover the mechanisms involved in vector transduction, and use the most promising approaches in clinical trials. Specifically, we work on a variety of viral and non-viral vector systems. Our major disease models are hemophilia, hepatitis C and B viral infections, and diabetes. The second major focus includes the role that small RNAs play in mammalian gene regulation.

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The mission of the Division of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases is provide care to children with suspected or known infections, to minimize the risk of serious pediatric infections, to serve as a resource, to provide aid to the community and to treat infectious complications effectively when they occur. In addition we strive to answer pertinent clinical and pathogen related questions through our research endeavors.

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The Division of Medical Genetics works to improve the lives of patients and families with rare genetic conditions through compassionate care and the development of improved strategies for diagnosis and management. Our team provides clinical genetic services at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and Stanford Healthcare.

Our educational programs are guided by our commitment to outstanding training in a supportive environment and include a two-year residency in Medical Genetics, a combined Pediatrics Medical Genetics Residency, a two-year Master’s Program in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling and a Medical Biochemical Fellowship. The faculty and staff are also involved in the education of medical students as well as residents and fellows from a variety of specialties.

Our team is involved in a wide variety of research projects, collaborating with researchers at Stanford and worldwide. Through our research we work to improve the health of the rare diseases community through the development of improved diagnostics and therapeutics.  

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Neonatal and Developmental Medicine is a diverse team of healthcare professionals who engage in groundbreaking research and collaborate with families to offer first-rate care to sick newborns.

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In 2004 the Centers for Disease Control reported that more than 15,000 children in the USA are living with Kidney Failure. This is many more than the number living with HIV/AIDS but less than the number with cancer. Unlike cancer, where most children with cancer are cured, this is not the case with Kidney Disease.  

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Our mission is to serve our patients with compassionate, family-centered, and evidence-based care.  We are committed to close collaboration with patients, families, and colleagues, and a scholarly approach to:

• Providing outstanding inpatient clinical care

• Educating future physician-leaders in pediatrics, and

• Leading the improvement of inpatient safety, quality and efficiency

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The Division of Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects: control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such as croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-pulmonary system disorders such as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so on.

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