Medical Insurance

Travelers Medical/Health Insurance

For international participants, we recommend obtaining travelers medical/health insurance. International health insurance is not commonly accepted by local health care providers. Out of pocket fees may be incurred. Below are two websites that offer travelers insurance to international visitors:

• ISO International Student Insurance

• Tokio Marine Atlas

Medical Resources

While you’re on campus, if an unexpected illness or minor injury should occur, you may be treated at local Stanford affiliated medical facilities. 

Immediate Assistance

• 911 in serious situations

• Stanford Hospital Emergency Room for less serious but urgent matters

• Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Urgent Care/minor needs 

Stanford Health Care

Stanford’s history of innovation and culture of interdisciplinary collaboration across premier schools defines our unparalleled environment in which visionary faculty redefine health and health care delivery. For a half a century, Stanford Medicine has been synonymous with a quest for discovery that has transformed care for patients everywhere.

The Stanford Health Navigation Service is your on-call health care expert that can help you:

• Phone (Toll-Free): 1-844-650-8979​ 

• Phone (Local): 1-650-498-8118​

• Email: GSBnavigator@stanfordhealthcare.org

• Website: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/

Stanford University Hospital Emergency Room

• 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford University

• 650-723-5111

Palo Alto Medical Foundation

The PAMF Palo Alto Center provides a full range of primary care services and more than 50 specialty and sub-specialty medical services, including state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging technologies, allergy and immunology, dermatology, gastroenterology, neurology, OB/GYN, and sports medicine.

The local Palo Alto Center is located at 795 El Camino Real​ Palo Alto, CA 94301

​Main phone: 650-321-4121

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Urgent Care Center

The Palo Alto Urgent Care Center of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) provides high-quality medical care expeditiously and compassionately. Physicians and nurses work closely as a team to care for each patient.

The Walk-In Urgent Care Center is located at 795 El Camino Real​ Level 1, Lee Building​,Palo Alto, CA 94301

• Main phone: 650-853-6558

• Hours: Every day, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

• To check the approximate wait time in urgent care, visit  http://www.pamf.org/urgent-care/palo-alto/