James Doty (physician)

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Doty is an American neurosurgeon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He received his undergraduate training in biological sciences at the University of California, Irvine, leaving in 1977 without a degree following acceptance to Tulane University School of Medicine where he graduated in 1981.{{cite web | title = Neurosurgeon tells secrets of the brain and heart | url = https://news.tulane.edu/news/neurosurgeon-tells-secrets-brain-and-heart | access-date=2 April 2025 | date = 23 March 2016 | publisher = Tulane University | author = Fran Simon}} He was later awarded his undergraduate degree from Irvine in 1978. He accepted a U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship completing his internship at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI in 1982 and his neurosurgery residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. in 1987. He completed pediatric neurosurgery training at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and completed a research fellowship in neurophysiology. He received board certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1990. Doty spent 9 years on active duty service in the U.S. Army Medical Department, attaining the rank of major.

Doty's past research interests have focused on the development of technologies using focused beams of radiation in conjunction with robotics and image-guidance techniques to treat solid tumors and other pathologies in the brain and spinal cord.{{cite journal |author=Chang, D. |author2=Murphy, M. J. |author3=Doty, J. R. |author4=Adler, J. R. Jr |title=Stereotactic Radiosurgery: New Innovations|journal=Perspectives in Neurological Surgery|year=1999|volume=10|issue=1|pages=151–159}}{{cite journal |author=Ondra, S. L. |author2=Doty, J. R. |author3=Mahla, M. E. |author4=George, E. D. |title=Surgical Excision of a Cavernous Hemangioma of the Rostral Brain Stem: Case Report|journal= Neurosurgery|year=1988|volume=23|issue=4|pages=490–493|doi=10.1227/00006123-198810000-00015|pmid=3200380}} He is recognized as an expert in stereotactic radiosurgery and complex and minimally invasive spine surgery.{{cite book |author=Chang, S. D. |author2=Murphy, M. J. |author3=Doty, J. R. |author4=Hancock, S. L. |author5=Adler, J. R.|title=Image-guided robotic radiosurgery: Clinical and radiographic results with the CyberKnife|year=1999|publisher=Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers|location=New York}} Additionally, he has multiple patents including a device for spine stabilization and an electrode for monitoring of brain activity.{{cite patent |country=US |number=4599086 |gdate=1986-07-08 |inventor=James R. Doty|title=Spine Stabilization Device and Method| url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4599086A/}}.{{cite web|last=Doty|first=James|title=Device and method for monitoring evoked potentials and electroencephalograms|url=http://patent.ipexl.com/US/4936306.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130907002825/http://patent.ipexl.com/US/4936306.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2013|access-date=7 September 2013}}{{cite journal |author=Doty, J. R. |author2=Mahla, M. E. |author3=Furlow, T. W. Jr.|title=Intraoperative monitoring of evoked potentials with a spiral scalp electrode. Technical note.|journal=Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center|year=1988|volume=30|issue=1|pages=73–74 |pmid=3394015 |doi=10.1016/0090-3019(88)90185-1}}

Doty served on Stanford's adjunct faculty for four years between 1997 and 2004. Following a sabbatical, he returned to Stanford University in 2007 and began collaborative research explorations into the neuroscience of compassion and altruism with Stanford colleagues. What had begun as an informal research initiative called "Project Compassion" was later formalized within the School of Medicine by then Dean Phil Pizzo as the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE).{{cite web | url = https://ccare.stanford.edu/about/history/ | title = History - The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education | publisher=CCARE | access-date=2 April 2025}}

As Director of CCARE, Doty has collaborated on a number of research projects{{Cite web | publisher = Stanford CCARE | url=http://ccare.stanford.edu/research/current-research/ | title=Current Research | access-date=2 April 2025}} focused on compassion and altruism including the use of neuro-economic models to assess altruism, use of the CCARE-developed compassion cultivation training (CCT) in individuals and its effect, assessment of compassionate and altruistic judgment utilizing implanted brain electrodes and the use of optogenetic techniques to assess nurturing pathways in rodents. He also published on the influence of mindful meditation on surgical performance.{{Cite journal |last1=Safran |first1=Tyler |last2=Vorstenbosch |first2=Joshua |last3=Doty |first3=James R. |last4=Davison |first4=Peter |date=2022-08-08 |title=Unlocking Performance Excellence: Review of Evidence-Based Mindful Meditation |url=https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/PRS.0000000000009500 |journal=Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery |volume= 150|issue=4 |pages=903e–908e |doi=10.1097/PRS.0000000000009500 |pmid=35939647 |s2cid=251445242 |issn=0032-1052}}

He was on the advisory board to the Fogarty Institute of Innovation.{{citation needed | date=April 2025 | reason=I cannot confirm such responsibility on the website of the Fogarty Institution, the only relevant information is a one-off seminar: https://www.fogartyinnovation.org/mindfulness-and-compassion-two-oft-missing-ingredients-that-would-bolster-the-success-of-teams-and-companies/}} Additionally, Doty is on the advisory board of a number of non-profit organizations including the Charter for Compassion, of whose advisory board he was vice-chair in 2016.{{cite web | url = https://charterforcompassion.org/who-we-are/board-council.html/title/james-doty | title = Who We Are - Board + Council : James Doty | publisher = Charter for Compassion | access-date=2 April 2025}}{{cite web | url = https://charterforcompassion.org/about1/global-compassion-council | url-status=dead| title = Board and Global Compassion Council| archive-date = 2017-02-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113126/https://charterforcompassion.org/about1/global-compassion-council}} He is the former Chairman of the Dalai Lama Foundation. Between 2012-2014, he used to write a blog on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform of the Huffington Post.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-r-doty-md/ |title=James R. Doty, M.D |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |access-date=2012-07-12| url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612023427/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-r-doty-md/ |archive-date=2016-06-12}}{{cite web | url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-healing-power-of-kindness_b_6136272| publisher=Huffingtonpost.com (Contributors control their own work and post freely to the site.) |access-date=2 April 2025 | title =The Healing Power of Kindness| date=16 November 2014 }}

In the late 1980s, following a conversation with his colleague, John Adler, M.D., at the time a resident at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, he was introduced to the concept of the CyberKnife and later invested in the company that manufactures the device, Accuray, Inc. Following development of the prototype device at Stanford University, Doty was so convinced of its potential to change the manner in which radiation therapy was delivered that he convinced an investor to set up the first CyberKnife facility in the U.S. prior to FDA approval under an Investigational Device Exemption. Within one year of the facility opening, Accuray was effectively bankrupt having exhausted all means of raising further capital. Doty then provided ongoing funding to Accuray and became CEO.{{cite news|last=Griggs|first=Ted|title=Gulfport Neurosurgeon Loses Fortune to Keep His Word|url=http://www.mississippimedicalnews.com/gulfport-neurosurgeon-loses-fortune-to-keep-his-word-cms-1075|access-date=3 July 2013|newspaper=Mississippi Medical News|date=December 2007|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222164501/http://www.mississippimedicalnews.com/gulfport-neurosurgeon-loses-fortune-to-keep-his-word-cms-1075|url-status=dead}} He ultimately convinced a venture firm in Taiwan to provide an infusion of funds and restructured the company, which soon thereafter received FDA approval for their CyberKnife technology. Accuray went public in 2007 ([http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/accuray-inc-104630-52277 NASDAQ:ARAY]) with a market cap of $1.3bn.

Doty had been successful as an entrepreneur during the dot com heyday acting as an angel investor in a number of start-up companies. Following the dot com crash, he watched his fortune evaporate and became effectively bankrupt having to sell the majority of his assets to live up to his financial obligations. Having made a number of commitments to charitable organizations, Doty donated all of the stock of Accuray ultimately donating $29,000,000 to charity.

Doty remains a consultant and advisor to medical technology and device companies and a variety of venture capital firms. He is an operating partner at Capricorn Health and Special Opportunities Fund (a part of Capricorn Investment Group).

Doty has set up health clinics throughout the world through his donation to Global Healing, and created programs to support AIDS-HIV programs through Family and Children Services.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

His donation to Stanford University School of Medicine is one of the largest of any graduate or faculty member.{{cite news|last=Richter |first=Ruthann |title=Former faculty entrepreneur digs deep into his own pockets to honor his commitment to Stanford |url=http://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2007/september/doty.html |access-date=3 July 2013 |newspaper=Stanford School of Medicine |date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630014345/http://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2007/september/doty.html |archive-date=30 June 2008 }} He endowed the Chair of the Dean of the School of Medicine at Tulane University following Hurricane Katrina and refurbished its library, in addition to setting up a scholarship for socioeconomically disadvantaged students to commit to a career of service. He remains on the Tulane University School of Medicine Board of Governors.

• Member, Founder's Circle (individuals and foundations whose gifts to Stanford have reached a total of $1 million or more), Stanford University (2009){{cite web| url =https://honorrolls.stanford.edu/founders-circle-2025?searchTerm=doty | title = Stanford Honor Rolls, Founders' Circle | access-date=2 April 2025}}
• Member (Outstanding Alumnus-Tulane University), The Paul Tulane Society (2008)
• One of the 56 "Healthcare Heroes", New Orleans City Business Journal (2008){{cite magazine | magazine=New Orleans City Business, 2008 Health Care Heroes | url = https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2009/12/health-care-heroes-2008.pdf | page=34 | date = 26 May 2008 | title=James Doty, Professional Healthcare Hero | access-date=2 April 2025}}

• {{cite journal |author=Seppala, E. M. |author2=Hutcherson, C. A. |author3=Nguyen, D. T. H. |author4=Doty, J. R. |author5=Gross, J. J.|title=Loving-kindness Meditation: A tool to improve healthcare provider compassion, resilience, and patient care.|journal=Journal of Compassionate Healthcare|year=2014|volume=1|pages=1–9|url=http://ccare.stanford.edu/article/loving-kindness-meditation-a-tool-to-improve-healthcare-provider-compassion-resilience-and-patient-care/|access-date=1 May 2015|doi=10.1186/s40639-014-0005-9|doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal |author=Martin, D. |author2=Seppala, E. |author3=Heineberg, Y. |author4=Rossomando, T. |author5=Doty, J. |author6=Zimbardo, P. |author7=Shiuel, T.- T. |author8=Berger, R. |author9=Zhou, Y. Y.|title=The impact of social dominance orientation and economic systems justification.|journal=Journal of Business Ethics|year=2014|volume=129|pages=237–249|doi=10.1007/s10551-014-2157-0|citeseerx=10.1.1.694.9115|s2cid=11549807}}
• {{cite journal |author=Ruchelli, G. |author2=Chapin, H. |author3=Darnall, B. |author4=Seppala, E. |author5=Doty, J. |author6=Mackey, S.|title=Compassion meditation training for people living with chronic pain and their significant others: a pilot study and mixed-methods analysis.|journal=The Journal of Pain|year=2014|volume=15|issue=4|pages=S117|url=http://ccare.stanford.edu/article/compassion-meditation-training-for-people-living-with-chronic-pain-and-their-signi%EF%AC%81cant-others-a-pilot-study-and-mixed-methods-analysis/|access-date=1 May 2015|doi=10.1016/j.jpain.2014.01.479|doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal|author=Seppala, E.|author2=Rossomando, T.|author3=Doty, J.|title=Social connection and compassion: Important predictors of health and well-being.|journal=Social Research|year=2013|volume=80|issue=2|pages=411–430|doi=10.1353/sor.2013.0027|s2cid=141321625|url=https://epay.newschool.edu/C21120_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=5807|access-date=10 October 2013|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919063231/https://epay.newschool.edu/C21120_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=5807|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite journal |author=Jazaieri, H. |author2=McGonigal, K. |author3=Jinpa, G. T. |author4=Doty, J. R. |author5=Gross, J. J. |author6=Goldin, P. R.|title=A randomized controlled trial of compassion cultivation training: Effects on mindfulness, affect, and emotion regulation.|journal=Motivation and Emotion|year=2013|doi= 10.1007/s11031-013-9368-z|volume=38|pages=23–35|s2cid=35717645}}
• {{cite journal |author=Jazaieri, H. |author2=Jinpa, G. T. |author3=McGonigal, K. |author4=Rosenberg, E. L. |author5=Finkelstein, J. |author6=Simon-Thomas, E. |author7=Cullen, M. |author8=Doty, J. |author9=Gross, J. J. |author10=Goldin, P. R.|title=Enhancing compassion: A randomized controlled trial of a Compassion Cultivation Training program|journal=Journal of Happiness Studies|year=2012|volume=1|issue=4|pages=1–14|doi=10.1007/s10902-012-9373-z|citeseerx=10.1.1.362.5161|s2cid=17669639}}
• {{cite journal |author=Chang, S. D. |author2=Murphy, M. |author3=Geis, P. |author4=Martin, D. P. |author5=Hancock, S. L. |author6=Doty, J. R. |author7=Adler, J. R.|title=Clinical experience with image-guided robotic radiosurgery (the Cyberknife) in the treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors|journal=Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica|year=1998|volume=38|issue=11|pages=780–783|url=http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/frdActionServlet?choiceId=showPublication&pubid=16443721&fid=8511&|access-date=3 July 2013|doi=10.2176/nmc.38.780|pmid=9919913 |doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal |author=Adler, J. R. |author2=Chang, S. D. |author3=Murphy M. J. |author4=Doty, J. |author5=Geis, P. |author6=Hancock, S. L.|title=The Cyberknife: A frameless robotic system for radiosurgery|journal=Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery|year=1997|volume=69|issue=1–4 Pt2|pages=124–128 |pmid=9711744 |doi=10.1159/000099863}}
• {{cite journal |author=Doty, J. R. |author2=Thomson, J. |author3=Simonds, G. |author4=Rengachary, S. S. |author5=Gunby, E. N. |year=1989 |title=Occult intrasacral meningocele: Clinical and radiographic diagnosis |volume=24|pages=616–25 |pmid=2710309 |issue=4 |journal=Neurosurgery |doi=10.1097/00006123-198904000-00023}}
• {{cite journal |author=Doty, J. R. |author2=Alving, B. M. |author3=McDonnell, D. E. |author4=Ondra, S. L.|title=Heparin-associated Thrombocytopenia in the neurosurgical patient|journal= Neurosurgery|year=1986|volume=19|issue=1|pages=69–72|doi=10.1227/00006123-198607000-00010|pmid=3748340}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/James_Doty/ Stanford University Hospital Biography]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-r-doty-md/ Huffington Post blog]

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