Stephen J. Galli, M.D.

Dr. Stephen J. Galli is the former Chair of Pathology (1999-2016) and current Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University. He investigates the roles of mast cells and basophils in health and disease, including allergic disorders and resistance to venoms. He was President of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP, 2005-2006) and belongs to several honorary societies including the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (President, 2010-2014), Pluto Club (American Association of University Pathologists; President, 2018-2019), the National Academy of Medicine (currently, Chair of Section 4), and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome. Dr. Galli received a MERIT Award from the NIAID/NIH (1995-2006), Scientific Achievement Awards from the International Association of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (1997) and the World Allergy Organization (2011), the Rous-Whipple Award of the ASIP (2014), and the Karl Landsteiner Medal of the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (2014).