Our Focus

The Stanford GSB’s Program in Healthcare Innovation is ideally suited to students interested in:

• Becoming healthcare entrepreneurs,
• Bringing new products to market as executives within established or emerging healthcare companies, or
• Enabling new medical technologies and services to benefit patients as life sciences investors or consultants.

Our focus on healthcare innovation is supported by our position in the heart of Silicon Valley, as well Stanford’s unique entrepreneurial spirit.

All students who are currently enrolled at the Stanford GSB are encouraged to participate in PHI events, activities, and offerings (there is no separate application process).

Your Experience

You should expect to design your own healthcare curriculum, taking advantage of relevant courses not only at the GSB but at Stanford’s schools of medicine, engineering, and law.  Learning opportunities are also available through health-related centers across the university such as the Center for Global Health Innovation, Stanford Health Policy, and the Clinical Research Excellence Center, as well as the Stanford Institute of Design. 

Many of our healthcare courses are project-based, requiring students to work in multi-disciplinary teams to develop medical products or service offerings to address clinical needs that have been identified in the real world.

Through this experience, students gain the intellectual foundation and conceptual frameworks necessary to be successful in today’s healthcare environment, where new delivery models and more affordable care have become essential both within the U.S. and around the world.