Garrison Fathman, MD

Dr. C. Garrison Fathman is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Clinical Immunology at Stanford (CCIS). He serves as Chairman of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS). His substantial scientific contributions in the areas of cellular and molecular immunology and immunogenetics have brought him international recognition. As Director of the CCIS, Dr. Fathman has initiated a multidisciplinary approach to study and treat autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and has initiated several new approaches to education and community outreach.

Dr. Fathman received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and his M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He did his residency training at Dartmouth Affiliated Hospitals and completed a fellowship in immunology and rheumatology at Stanford University. Dr. Fathman then spent four years doing research, first as a clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute of the NIH, and then as a member of the Basel Institute of Immunology in Switzerland. He returned to the United States to join the faculty at the Mayo Clinic in 1977 and was recruited to Stanford University in 1981.

Dr. Fathman is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Association of Immunologists and the Association of American Physicians, and is past-President of the Clinical Immunology Society and founding Chairman of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies. He is Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Immunology and Clinical Immunology and serves on the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals. Dr. Fathman has chaired a variety of national and international professional meetings and has written more than 250 articles on his research.