James Doty, MD, a neurosurgeon with Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, died at age 69.
Dr. Doty, who died from surgical complications in July, built a neurosurgery practice in Orange County, Calif. in the 1990s, and before that he served nine years in the U.S. Army, according to an Oct. 1 news release from Stanford.
During the 1990s he reconnected with Stanford professor emeritus John Adler, MD, and began working with Dr. Adler’s company. With Dr. Adler, Dr. Doty worked on CyberKnife, a robotic system for neurosurgery.
Dr. Doty joined Stanford Medicine in 1997 as a faculty member in the neurosurgery department. He also served as Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, as chief of complex spine surgery.
At Stanford he also founded the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, a hub for interdisciplinary research and a training for compassion practices in healthcare and beyond.
Dr. Doty is survived by his wife, three children.
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