Interpreters
Contact Information
Assistant Director: Alberto Molina
Phone: (650) 723-6940
Fax: (650) 723-5932
Translation Email: InterpreterServicesSHC
@stanfordmed.org
Sign Language Email: ASL@stanfordmed.org
Location: Interpreter Services
300 Pasteur Drive,
Room HH019
Stanford, CA 94305
Interpreter Services
Interpreters provide medical interpretation and translation at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
The office relies on staff, volunteers, agency and telephone interpreters for full Hospital & Clinics coverage.
Interpretation
- Hospital Spanish Interpreter: available on premises, 24/7
- Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter: On-call, 24/7
- Mandarin, Russian and Spanish Interpreters: on premises during clinic business hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Interpreters for other spoken languages may be on the premises during clinic business hours, when pre-scheduled 48 hours in advance
- Telephone interpreters, for over 175 languages, can be accessed 24/7
Document Translation
- SHC Interpreter Services offers written translations of medical documents including: consent forms, research and treatment protocols, patient information, medical letters, diagnostic studies and other documents used by health professionals. SHC translation processes are approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), which oversees medical research protocol.
- The turn-around time depends on the length of the material, the language, and the urgency.
- Translations of patient medical records need a minimum of five business days.
- Translation requests are expected to be submitted via e-mail.
- For more information, please contact Claudia Soronellas-Brown, Translation Coordinator at (650) 724-8735 or email: csoronellasbrown@stanfordmed.org