Wilderness Medicine

The Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine's Wilderness Medicine Program combines expert education, innovative research, and field experience to advance the practice of medicine in remote and austere environments.

Led by internationally recognized faculty with backgrounds in expedition medicine, disaster response, humanitarian missions, and emergency care, the program prepares clinicians to deliver high-quality care wherever it is needed while helping shape the future of wilderness medicine through research and global engagement.

Wilderness Medicine Fellowship

Founded in 2003, our Wilderness Medicine fellowship was the first of its kind and remains a leader in the field,

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National Leadership

As the first formal Wilderness Medicine program in the country, our faculty serve as thought leaders and advisors at the regional and national level. Recent faculty leadership roles include:

ACEP Wilderness Medicine Section Chair
Medical Director, Racing The Planet
Medical Advisor, Outward Bound
Associate Medical Director, Himalayan Rescue Association
Board of Directors, Wilderness Medical Society
Medical Director, The Athenian School Wilderness Program

Research

Stanford Emergency Medicine's Wilderness faculty and fellows have published nearly 100 peer-reviewed studies in the past ten years, exploring a wide variety of topics.

Recent featured studies include:

Wilderness Medical Society clinical practice guidelines for prevention and management of avalanche and nonavalanche snow burial accidents. Prevention and Treatment of Nonfreezing Cold Injuries and Warm Water Immersion Tissue Injuries Clinical staging of accidental hypothermia: The Revised Swiss System