Jose Montoya

Jose Montoya is an Infectious disease doctor and 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.

Dr. Montoya heads the Stanford ME/CFS Initiative.

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 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


 * Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology - Journal of Translational Medicine


 * Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Valganciclovir in a Subset of Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Journal of Medical Virology


 * Severe Encephalomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Adult with Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6 and Clinical Response to Treatment with Foscarnet plus Ganciclovir - Clinical Infectious Diseases


 * 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

Talks & Interviews

 * Aug, 2014 [[ME/CFS Alert] Episode 65: Dr. Jose Montoya Interviewed by Deborah Waroff]
 * Mar, 2011, Stanford's Dr. Jose Montoya on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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.'"

Online presence

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

Learn more

 * 2016, Stanford lead fight against chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2016, Will 2016 Finally be Montoya's Year? Taking Stock of the Stanford ME/CFS Initiative
 * 2014, Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder