Recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions, Stanford University is located in Silicon Valley, the heart of the Bay Area bioscience community. Stanford Medicine incorporates the School of Medicine as well as two internationally renowned hospitals: Stanford Health Care (SHC) and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (LPCH). It is situated on Stanford campus, which also includes the Schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering, Law, Business, Education and the Doerr School of Sustainability.   Stanford Radiology provides patient-centric imaging services using state-of-the-art technology at its eight distinct imaging centers and affiliated Veteran’s Affairs site. Throughout its history, the Stanford Medicine Department