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Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    Nuclear Medicine 300 Pasteur Dr H0250 MC 5281 Stanford, CA 94305
    Telephone Work (650) 725-6175 Fax (650) 725-8590
  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Email sgambhir@stanford.edu
    Administrative Contact
    Elizabeth Gill Administrative Associate Tel Work (650) 725-6175
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Radiology
  • PET Scan

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection at Stanford , (2009– present )
  • Professor, Bioengineering , (2005– present )
  • Director, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) , (2003– present )
  • Head, Division of Nuclear Medicine , (2003– present )
  • Professor, Department of Radiology and Bio-X Program , (2003– present )

Honors and Awards

  • Parmley Prize, American College of Cardiology Foundations (2009)
  • Stanford University Endowed Professorship, Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research (2009)
  • IOM member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (2008)
  • Tesla Medal, UK Royal College of Radiologists (2008)
  • ASCI member, American Society of Clinical Investigation - honor society for physicans/scientists. (2008)
  • Co-Host, Nobel Symposium on Molecular Imaging, Nobel Committtee, Stockholm (2007)
  • Paul C. Aebersold Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine (2006)
  • Hounsfield Medal, Imperial College, London (2006)
  • AMI Top Clinical Abstract Award, Academy of Molecular Imaging (2005)
  • SNM Image of the Year, Society of Nuclear Medicine (2005)
  • Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2004)
  • SMI Achievement Award, The Society for Molecular Imaging (2004)
  • Distinguished Basic Scientist of the Year Award, The Academy of Molecular Imaging (2004)
  • Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award, Doris Duke Foundation (2004)
  • Holst Medal, Philips Corp and TU/e, Netherlands (2003)
  • Taplin Award, The Society of Nuclear Medicine (2002)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: Nuclear Medicine, American Board of Nuclear Medicine (1996)
  • UCLA Medical Center (1996) CA
  • UCLA Medical Center (1995) CA
  • UCLA Medical Center (1994) CA
  • UCLA School of Medicine (1993) CA
  • Ph.D., University of California, LA Biomathematics (1990)
  • M.D., UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program (1993)
  • B.S., Arizona State University Physics (1983)

Industry Relationships

Stanford is committed to ethical and transparent interactions with our industry partners. It is our policy to disclose payments of $5,000 or more, equity valued at $5,000 or more in a publicly traded company, or any equity in a privately held company, to physicians and scientists employed by Stanford University from companies or other commercial entities with which they interact as part of their professional activities. 

  • Consulting: Endra, Enlight Biosciences, MDS Nordio Chicago, MediGene, VisualSonics
  • Equity: Enlight Biosciences, VisualSonics

Research Interests

My laboratory focuses on merging advances in molecular biology with those in biomedical imaging to advance the new field of molecular imaging. Methods to image gene expression in living subjects have been developed. Newer approaches to image fundamental cellular events with optical and radiolabeled probes are under active investigation. These imaging approaches are expected to have a fundamental impact in the study of cancer biology, as well as in molecular therapeutics including gene therapy

Publications