Dr. Stanley G. Rockson is a Professor of Lymphatic Research and Medicine at the School of Medicine, Stanford University. After earning his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, he completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and fellowship training in the cardiac unit of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Society of Vascular Medicine, American College of Angiology, and American College of Physicians, as well as a member of the International Society of Lymphology, American Society of Internal Medicine, and the Paul Dudley White Society, among others. As a Professor of Medicine, he serves concurrently as Stanford’s Chief of Consultative Cardiology and the Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders Director. He is Editor-in-Chief of Lymphatic Research and Biology and sits on the editorial board of Angiology. He co-founded the Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LE&RN) and has served as Chair of the inaugural Gordon Research Conference, entitled ‘Molecular Mechanisms in Lymphatic Function and Disease’. He is the co-author of Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice, now in its second edition. He has devoted himself to various aspects of lymphatic biology and disease, vascular biology, and cardiovascular medicine.
