José Gilberto Montoya, MD, FACP, FIDSA

José G. Montoya, MD is originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. He completed medical school with honors at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He finished his residency in Internal Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, USA. He began his post-doctoral training at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA) in 1990 where he completed a four-year intense fellowship in Infectious Diseases under the mentorship of Drs. Jack S. Remington and Thomas C. Merigan. Dr. Montoya had the unique opportunity of having been chosen by Dr. Jack S. Remington for an additional seven years of extended fellowship/training on Toxoplasmosis and Immune Responses against intracellular pathogens at the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto. 

Dr. Montoya is considered an international authority in Toxoplasmosis and is currently the Director of the National Reference Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Toxoplasmosis, the “Dr. Jack S. Remington Laboratory for Specialty Diagnostics (Remington Lab)”. The Remington Lab is CLIA certified, and it is the Toxoplasmosis national reference laboratory for the FDA, NIH, CDC, and clinicians throughout North America and the world over.

José Gilberto Montoya, MD, FACP, FIDSA

José G. Montoya, MD is originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. He completed medical school with honors at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He finished his residency in Internal Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, USA. He began his post-doctoral training at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA) in 1990 where he completed a four-year intense fellowship in Infectious Diseases under the mentorship of Drs. Jack S. Remington and Thomas C. Merigan. Dr. Montoya had the unique opportunity of having been chosen by Dr. Jack S. Remington for an additional seven years of extended fellowship/training on Toxoplasmosis and Immune Responses against intracellular pathogens at the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto. 

Dr. Montoya is considered an international authority in Toxoplasmosis and is currently the Director of the National Reference Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Toxoplasmosis, the “Dr. Jack S. Remington Laboratory for Specialty Diagnostics (Remington Lab)”. The Remington Lab is CLIA certified, and it is the Toxoplasmosis national reference laboratory for the FDA, NIH, CDC, and clinicians throughout North America and the world over.

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He has published more than 200 articles and chapters in peer review journals and books. During his residency at Tulane and tenure at Stanford University, Dr. Montoya received 14 school-wide teaching awards. During his 29 years at Stanford, he initiated, participated in, executed, and led more than 30 clinical trials, and founded the Infectious Diseases Immunocompromised Host service, and the ME/CFS program. Dr. Montoya is considered a “clinician extraordinaire” for his outstanding skills as a medical doctor and diagnostician. In 2003, he was selected as one of the 100 Colombians who exceled abroad and in 2019 was given the “Ilustre Egresado” (Distinguished Alumni) by Universidad del Valle Medical School for his international recognitions and teaching awards.

He was elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) in recognition of commitment to the internal medicine community and Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America” (FIDSA) for having achieved professional excellence in the field of Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Montoya enjoys family life, exploring California’s vast network of hiking trails, going to the cinema and art museums, celebrating music, literature, and appreciates good grapes and wines from the regions of Napa, Argentina, Chile, Spain, and France.

Abbreviations:

CLIA: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CDC: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FACP: Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FIDSA: Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
FDA: The United States Food and Drug Administration
NIH: The National Institutes of Health