Dr. José Gilberto Montoya, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Director of the National Reference Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Toxoplasmosis Palo Alto Medical Foundation - Present
• Professor of Medicine for the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine 1990 - 2019
• Founder Immunocompromised Host service at Stanford University Medical Center -

Awards

• Outstanding Senior Resident Awar, Department of Medicine, Tulane Unive 1990  
• Outstanding Intern Award, Department of Medicine, Tulane University S 1988  
• The Owl Club Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching, Tulane Universi 1990  
• The Department of Medicine Outstanding Teaching Award, Tulane Univers 1990  
• The Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for Advising Medical Students, Stan 1995  
• The Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanfo 1995  
• The Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Clin 1997  
• The David A. Rytand Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teachin 1998  
• The Kenneth Vosti Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division 2000  
• The David A. Rytand Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teachin 2001  
• The Kenneth Vosti Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division 2002  
• Chief Residents Teaching Award for exemplary teaching at Stanford Res 2003  
• Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA), Infecti 2011  
• Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), American College 2011  

Professional Memberships

• American Society for Microbiology  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science  
• Infectious Diseases Society of America  
• American College of Physicians  
• American Medical Association  
• Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)  
• Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America  

Fellowships

• School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine  1994
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA Toxoplasmosis and Immune Responses against intracellular pathogens  2001
• Stanford University in Palo Alto under the mentorship of Drs. Jack S. Remington and Thomas C. Merigan infectious disease 

Publications

• Pediatric infectious disease jourlPolymerase chain reaction in cerebrospil fluid for the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis.2014
• EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASESAcute Toxoplasma gondii Infection among Family Members in the United States2013
• JOURL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGYRandomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Valganciclovir2013
• Jourl of medical virologyPersistent human herpesvirus-6 infection in patients with an inherited form of the virus.2013
• AMERICAN JOURL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGYUtility of D Sequencing for Direct Identification of Invasive Fungi From Fresh2013
• Otology & neurotologyOtopathology in congenital toxoplasmosis.2013
• JOURL OF INFECTIONRisk factors and outcomes in lung transplant recipients with nodular invasive pulmory aspergillosis2013
• JOURL OF TRANSLATIOL MEDICINEDaily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin2013
• JOURL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGYResponse to valganciclovir in chronic fatigue syndrome patients with human herpesvirus 62012
• JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORKPrevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections2012
• JOURL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGYAntiviral therapy of two patients with chromosomally-integrated human herpesvirus2012
• MBIOA Multicenter Blinded Alysis Indicates No Association between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome2012
• EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPYToxoplasmosis in the fetus and newborn: an update on prevalence, diagnosis and treatment2012
• REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGYChromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6: questions and answers2012
• PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURLSevere Congenital Toxoplasmosis in the United States Clinical2011
• OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATIONDiagnostic Approach to Ocular Toxoplasmosis2011
• JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATIONWorking formulation for the st2011
• MYCOSESYield of diagnostic procedures for invasive fungal infections2011
• PROCEEDINGS OF THE TIOL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMThe latent human herpesvirus2010
• JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATIONChanging trends in infectious disease in heart transplantation2010
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESRisk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the United States2009
• TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASETrends in invasive disease due to Candida species following heart and lung transplantation2009
• AMERICAN JOURL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGYChallenges and Pitfalls of Morphologic Identification of Fungal Infections2009
• Haddad, F., Deuse, T., Rosso, P., Pham, M., Khazanie, P., Luikart, H.,Changing Trends in Infectious Complications among Heart Transplant Recipients2009
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESSevere Encephalomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Adult with Chromosomally Integrated Human2008
• Jones, J. L., Dargelas, V., Roberts, J., Press, C., Remington, J. S., SOURCES OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION IN THE UNITED STATES2008
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESMagement of Toxoplasma gondii infection during pregncy2008
• AMERICAN JOURL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEPrevalence of infection with Toxoplasma gondii among pregnt women in Cali, Colombia, South America2008
• Jourl of the tiol Comprehensive Cancer NetworkPrevention and treatment of cancer-related infections.2008
• CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASESImproving the tools in the fight against cytomegalovirus or strengthening David to defeat Goliath2007
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYThe differential agglutition test as a diagnostic aid in cases of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis2007
• MYCOSESTreating dissemited fusariosis: amphotericin B, voricozole or both?2007
• TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASEA case of successful treatment of cutaneous Acanthamoeba infection in a lung transplant recipient2007
• JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATIONPulmory nocardiosis in a heart transplant patient: Case report and review of the literature2007
• JOURL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGYUse of valganciclovir in patients with elevated antibody titers against Human Herpesvirus-62006
• CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASESIs combition therapy indicated for invasive fungal infections? Yes and no2006
• MEDICAL MYCOLOGYLate-onset invasive aspergillosis in organ transplant recipients in the current era2006
• TRANSPLANTATIONCombition of voricozole2006
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESPractice guidelines for the diagnosis and magement of skin and soft-tissue infections2005
• CLINICS IN PERITOLOGYDiagnosis and magement of toxoplasmosis2005
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYMolecular mycological diagnosis and correct antimycotic treatments2005
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYUse of a single serum sample for diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis in pregnt women and other adults2005
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYScedosporium apiospermum soft tissue infection successfully treated with voricozole2005
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYEvaluation of the immunoglobulin G avidity test for diagnosis of toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy2004
• CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASESSuccesses and limitations of antimicrobial interventions in the setting of organ transplantation2004
• LANCETToxoplasmosis2004
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYRecent developments for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis2004
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESInvasive aspergillosis in the setting of cardiac transplantation2003
• JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATIONPost-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease in heart and heart-lung transplant recipients2003
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYVIDAS test for avidity of Toxoplasma2002
• ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPYEvolution of primary protease inhibitor resistance mutations during protease inhibitor salvage2002
• Gao, S. Z., Perlroth, M. G., Montoya, J. G., Miller, J. L., DiMiceli, Clinical risk factors for development of nonlymphoma cancer post-heart2002
• Montoya, J. G.Laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis2002
• Cortes, J. A., Parsonnet, J., Chaparro, S. V., Montoya, J. G.Hemolytic uremic syndrome after E. coli O157 : H7 infection in a patient with HIV infection2001
• AMERICAN JOURL OF HUMAN GENETICSInfectious complications among 620 consecutive heart transplant patients at Stan2001
• Montoya, J. G., Giraldo, L. F., Efron, B., Stinson, E. B., Gamberg, P.Infectious complications among 620 consecutive heart transplant patients at Stan2001
• Eckburg, P. B., Montoya, J. G., Vosti, K. L.Brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes - Five cases and a review of the literature2001
• JOURL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASESEffect of testing for IgG avidity in the diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnt women2001
• AMERICAN JOURL OF ROENTGENOLOGYCase report - Paclitaxel-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Radiographic and CT findings2001
• The Jourl of heart and lung transplantation : the official publicationPosttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease in heart and heart-lung transplant recipients2001
• Liesenfeld, O., Montoya, J. G., Tathineni, N. J., Davis, M., Brown, B.Confirmatory serologic testing for acute toxoplasmosis2001
• AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSESHighly active antiretroviral therapy results in HIV type 1 suppression in lymph nodes2000
• Eckburg, P. B., Montoya, J. G., Vosti, K. L.Brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes in cardiac transplant recipients2000
• ANLS OF INTERL MEDICINEHIV-1 genotypic resistance patterns predict response to saquivir1999
• Montoya, J. G., Parmley, S., Liesenfeld, O., JAFFE, G. J., Remington, Use of the polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis1999
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESInvasive fungal sinusitis due to Scedosporium apiospermum in a patient with AIDS1999
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESRisk of tuberculosis in tuberculin skin test-positive liver transplant patients1999
• Lawrence, J., Schapiro, J., Winters, M., Montoya, J., Zolopa, A., PesaClinical resistance patterns1999
• Giannetti, N., Montoya, J., Behr, M., Remmington, J., Valantine, H. A.Association between non-bacterial infections and cardiac allograft atherosclerosis1998
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESToxoplasmic myocarditis1997
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYFalse-positive results in immunoglobulin M1997
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESToxoplasmic chorioretinitis in the setting of acute acquired toxoplasmosis1996
• INFECTION AND IMMUNITYHuman CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes are both cytotoxic to Toxoplasma gondii-infected cells1996
• JOURL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASESEvidence for genetic regulation of susceptibility to toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS patients1996
• JOURL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONPREFERENTIAL ACTIVATION AND EXPANSION OF HUMAN PERIPHERAL-BLOOD GAMMA1995
• CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESSTUDIES ON THE SERODIAGNOSIS OF TOXOPLASMIC LYMPHADENITIS1995
• Montoya, J. G., Remington, J. S.SERODIAGNOSIS OF TOXOPLASMIC LYMPHADENOPATHY (TL)1994
• JOURL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGYPERIPHERAL-BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL HUMAN1993
• JOURL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMESMEASUREMENT OF HIV VIRUS LOAD AND GENOTYPIC RESISTANCE BY GENE AMPLIFICATION IN ASYMPTOMATIC1993
• JOURL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASESSAFETY AND EFFICACY OF POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL MODIFIED INTERLEUKIN1993
• Educación médica y salud[Community practice in units of primary care at the rural level1984

Experience & Accolades

• Director 2008 - 2014National Reference Laboratory for the Study and Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis

Internships

• PA is Amity Hall

Fellowships

• Stanford University, Fellowship Infectious Diseases, 1994

Professional Society Memberships

• IDSA, ACP, AMA, ASMB, AAAMS

Articles and Publications

• He has published more than 200 articles and chapters in peer review journals and books.

What do you attribute your success to?

• He attributes his success to providing outstanding and out of the box medical services to his patients. Treating his patients as a whole person and not a disease. Offering compassionate care to a person who happens to have an illness.

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