Carlos Camargo, M.D.

Dr. Camargo is an emeritus clinical professor of medicine at Stanford University Medical Center, where he has been on the faculty for more than 40 years. He is the director of the medical history course and a three-time recipient of the Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has been the director of the Endocrine Clinic at Stanford and has done research on adrenal steroids and pituitary diseases. He is interested in the connection of medicine to other aspects of culture and has given courses on the interaction of medicine with art, religion and magic through history.

Dr. Camargo received his medical degree from the National University in Bogotá, Colombia, and trained in internal medicine at Western Reserve University in Cleveland and in endocrinology at Stanford University. He is board-certified in endocrinology and internal medicine.