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

 * 1994, Fellowship:Stanford University School of Medicine,California, USA
 * 1990, Residency:Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana, USA
 * 1988, Internship:Tulane University School of Medicine
 * 1985, Medical Education:Universidad Del Valle, Colombia

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.

Awards

 * 2016, Infectious Disease Specialist Jose G. Montoya, MD, to be Recognized as a 2016 Top Doctor in Stanford, California
 * 2013, Selected as one of the 100 Colombians who have exceled abroad, 2013 Edition., 100 Colombianos en el exterior
 * 2011, Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Physicians
 * 2011, Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA), Infectious Diseases Society of America
 * 2011, The Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 2003, Chief Residents Teaching Award for exemplary teaching at Stanford Resident's report, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 2002, The Kenneth Vosti Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 2001, The David A. Rytand Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching., Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 2000, The Kenneth Vosti Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 1998, The David A. Rytand Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 1997, The Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 1995, The Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 1995, The Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for Advising Medical Students, Stanford University School of Medicine
 * 1990, Outstanding Senior Resident Awar, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
 * 1990, The Department of Medicine Outstanding Teaching Award, Tulane University School of Medicine
 * 1990, The Owl Club Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching, Tulane University School of Medicine
 * 1988, Outstanding Intern Award, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine

Notable Studies

 * 2015, Right Arcuate Fasciculus Abnormality in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 * 2013, Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology


 * 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