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Karl Deisseroth

Academic Appointments

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    Psychiatry Department 401 Quarry Rd MC 5722 Stanford, CA 94305
    Tel Work (650) 498-9111 Fax (650) 725-7799
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    Administrative Contact
    Cynthia Delacruz Executive Assistant
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Professional Snapshot

Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry

Honors and Awards

  • Lawrence C. Katz Prize in Neurobiology, Duke University (2008)
  • Schuetze Prize in Neurobiology, Columbia University (2008)
  • McKnight Foundation Scholar Award, McKnight Foundation (2007)
  • Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), NIH (2006)
  • McKnight Foundation Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award, McKnight Foundation (2005)
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Professional Education

Board Certification: Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2006)
Residency: SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (2004)
Internship: SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (2001)
Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (2000)
M.D./Ph.D.: Stanford University, Neuroscience (2000)
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Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Scientific Focus

Research Interests

Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses on developing optical, molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and has developed optogenetic and tissue engineering methods, employing techniques spanning electrophysiology, molecular biology, optics, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural network modeling. Also a physician in the psychiatry department, Professor Deisseroth employs novel electromagnetic brain stimulation techniques in human patients for therapeutic purposes.

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