The faculty at Stamford hospital have academic appointments from the university, as well as Columbia-affiliated physician residency training programs.

Columbia medical students rotate through several departments at Stamford Hospital, including Primary Care, Family Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

[5] After consultation with Edwin L. Scofield, the second mayor of Stamford, regarding possible philanthropies, Clason sold some of his land for $45,000 to get the initial funding for the hospital.

During his tenure the modern day Stamford Health System was created with the addition of a skilled nursing facility, professional medical office buildings, outpatient cancer center, ambulatory health centers, home care and hospice services and a continuing care retirement community.

[citation needed] Also since 2010, Stamford Health has opened small outpatient clinical, laboratory and imaging facilities throughout Fairfield County and southwestern Connecticut.

[8][13] The Tandet Center, previously a nursing home,[14] is currently used for administrative purposes, including housing the affiliated Sacred Heart University physician assistant training program.

A satellite campus located a few miles northwest of the main hospital, the facility includes multiple health care services in an outpatient "medical mall" setting.

The 305 bed Stamford Hospital and nearly 500 affiliated physicians provide patient care in all of the general medical specialties as well as the majority of subspecialties typically seen within a regional referral center.

[19] To amuse patients, some volunteers at the hospital roam the halls dressed up as clowns, calling themselves Health and Humor Associates (or "HAHA").

In 2007 Ernst & Young LLP gave Brian Grissler, the hospital president, its Entrepreneur of the Year award in the "social enterprise" category.