Stanford University Liver Transplant Program

Joanne C. Imperial, M.D.

  • Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Joanne Imperial received her bachelor of science degree at Fordham University, and then spent her first year studying medicine at University Rene Descartes, Paris, France. In 1977 she received her M.D. degree from the New York Medical College, Vallhalla, and then spent the following year completing her internship in medicine at that institution. Dr. Imperial was Resident in Medicine and Chief Medical Resident, and completed a fellowship in nutrition and metabolism at the New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. From 1983-1995, Dr. Imperial served in the Division of Gastroenterology and the Department of Transplantation at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She is well known at satellite liver clinics that she often visits by piloting her own plane. She belongs to the International Women's Pilots Association and Ninety Nines Santa Clara Chapter.