What "Admin" Means on the Stanford Medicine Website
"Admin" is not a page or section on med.stanford.edu. It is shorthand for the site's administrative and governance content, which is spread across the About Stanford Medicine area and the Faculty area rather than collected under a single "admin" label. If you are looking for leadership, academic affairs, faculty development, or continuing education information, those are the two places to start. If you are looking for patient care, go to Health Care instead — that is a clinical section, not an administrative one.
Where administrative content actually lives
The site's navigation groups administrative material under two headings:
| What you want | Where it sits on the site |
|---|---|
| School leadership | About Stanford Medicine → School Leadership |
| Academic affairs | Faculty → Academic Affairs |
| Continuing medical education | Faculty → Continuing Medical Education |
| Faculty development and engagement | Faculty → Faculty Development and Engagement |
| Faculty well-being (WellMD) | Faculty → WellMD |
| Individual faculty profiles | Faculty → Faculty Profiles |
| Facts, figures, and performance metrics | About Stanford Medicine → Facts & Figures / Performance Metrics |
The About Stanford Medicine section describes the institution as "a leader in the biomedical revolution" with a tradition of leadership in research, teaching protocols, and clinical therapies — that framing is the closest thing to an administrative overview the site offers.
How to reach a specific administrative department
- Start from the main navigation rather than guessing a URL. Administrative units are nested under About Stanford Medicine and Faculty, not under a top-level "admin" link.
- If you already know the unit name (for example, Continuing Medical Education), use the site search rather than browsing, since these pages sit several levels deep.
- Expect faculty-facing resources — profiles, development, WellMD — to be grouped under Faculty, while school-wide governance and metrics sit under About.
- If you land on Health Care or Research, you are in the wrong area for administrative information; those sections cover clinical care and discovery respectively.
Who should use which section
- Faculty and staff looking for academic affairs, development, or continuing education: use the Faculty area.
- Anyone seeking leadership, governance, or institutional metrics: use About Stanford Medicine.
- Patients and general visitors: use Health Care. The site separates clinical content from administrative content deliberately, so admin pages will not help you find care.
- Prospective students: admissions and program information sits under Students (MD Admissions, MD Program, PhD Program, dual-degree and master's programs), not under admin.
A note on the term itself
Because "admin" appears as a keyword associated with the site rather than as a labeled destination, searching the site for the literal word "admin" is unlikely to return a useful landing page. Search for the specific function instead — "academic affairs," "faculty development," "continuing medical education," or "school leadership" — and you will reach the relevant administrative area directly.