Jose Montoya

Jose Montoya is a Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine) at Stanford University Medical Center. His special areas of clinical focus include: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Infectious Disease, Toxoplasmosis, Infection in the setting of solid organ transplantation, and Infection as a trigger of chronic diseases.

He heads the Stanford Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Initiative.

Its Mission Statement:

"To become a center of excellence that improves the health of patients with chronic diseases in which infection or its immune response plays a major etiologic role.

To provide leadership, facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration, make new discoveries, and educate in the field of infection-associated chronic diseases."

Education
Medical Education:Universidad Del Valle (1985) Colombia

Internship:Tulane University School of Medicine (1988) LA

Fellowship:Stanford University School of Medicine (1994) CA

Residency:Tulane University School of Medicine (1990) LA

Clinical practice
Dr. Montoya and his team at the Stanford Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Initiative have short term goals of Patient Care, Research and Discovery, and Education. They, also, have a long term goal of establishing an inpatient center, apart from a hospital where patients with chronic conditions could receive long-term treatment.

At present there is a waiting list to see Dr. Montoya. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact the New Patient Coordinator at (650) 736-5200.

Clinic Address
2nd Floor of Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Phone: (650) 736-5200.

Recent Research Studies Related to ME/CFS

 * Right Arcuate Fasciculus Abnormality in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome RADIOLOGY Zeineh, M. M., Kang, J., Atlas, S. W., Raman, M. M., Reiss, A. L., Norris, J. L., Valencia, I., Montoya, J. G. 2015; 274 (2): 517-526


 * Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE Stringer, E. A., Baker, K. S., Carroll, I. R., Montoya, J. G., Chu, L., Maecker, H. T., Younger, J. W. 2013; 11


 * Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Valganciclovir in a Subset of Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY Montoya, J. G., Kogelnik, A. M., Bhangoo, M., Lunn, M. R., Flamand, L., Merrihew, L. E., Watt, T., Kubo, J. T., Paik, J., Desai, M. 2013; 85 (12): 2101-2109


 * Severe Encephalomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Adult with Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6 and Clinical Response to Treatment with Foscarnet plus Ganciclovir CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES Troy, S. B., Blackburn, B. G., Yeom, K., Caulfield, A. K., Bhangoo, M. S., Montoya, J. G. 2008; 47 (12): E93-E96


 * Use of valganciclovir in patients with elevated antibody titers against Human Herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) who were experiencing central nervous system dysfunction including long-standing fatigue JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY Kogelnik, A. M., Loomis, K., Hoegh-Petersen, M., Rosso, F., Hischier, C., Montoya, J. G. 2006; 37: S33-S38

Talks & Interviews

 * Stanford's Dr. Jose Montoya on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (11 March 2011)

Notable quotes
Back in 2005, while attending a conference on toxoplasmosis in Paris, Montoya told his mentor that he wanted to research ME/CFS. His mentor scoffed at the idea, pointing to a homeless person lying in a Parisian gutter.

'That’s going to be you if you go into chronic fatigue research,' the mentor told him.'"

Dr. Montoya and Professor Michael Zeineh and Colleagues Studied Brain Images
Study finds brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients

Stanford Medicine News Center By: Bruce Goldman "Radiology researchers have discovered that the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have diminished white matter and white matter abnormalities in the right hemisphere."

Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder

NY Times WELL By: David Tuller "The scientists found differences in both the white matter, the long, cablelike nerve structures that transmit signals between parts of the brain, and the gray matter, the regions where these signals are processed and interpreted." Note: Top Scans Control Patients-Bottom Scans ME/CFS Patients

Online presence

 * Jose G. Montoya Stanford Medicine Profile
 * Stanford ME/CFS Initiative