Biography

Stanley J. Naides, MD, FACP, FACR, FCIS is a board-certified internist with subspecialty certification in rheumatology. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Princeton University in Biochemistry and also studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his M.D. from Drexel University. He trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and at Temple University. Dr. Naides completed fellowships in rheumatology at the University of California, San Diego and in immunology research at Harvard Medical School. He then joined the Division of Rheumatology, University of Iowa where he became a tenured Associate Professor and was the founding Director of the interdisciplinary Helen C. Levitt Center for Viral Pathogenesis and Disease. Dr. Naides subsequently was Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Pharmacology at Pennsylvania State University/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center where he held the Hallowell Endowed Chair, was Chief of Rheumatology, and Co-Director of the Immunobiology Graduate Program. In 2006, he joined Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute as Medical Director, Immunology R&D, where his portfolio included new assay development and oversight of reference laboratory clinical testing in immunology, allergy, neuroimmunology, electrophoresis, andrology, and non-malignant cell flow cytometry. In 2019, he joined EUROIMMUN US as Director of Scientific Affairs where he oversaw research, scientific communications, and publications. In 2022 he joined Labcorp as Medical Science Liaison. His extramurally supported basic and translational research focused on viral pathogenesis and autoimmunity. As a laboratorian in a commercial high complexity test reference laboratory, his research portfolio included test development in rheumatology, neuroimmunology, gastroenterology, allergy, and immune deficiency. He has served on NIH and foundation grant review study sections. He continues to serve on national professional society committees and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance. Dr. Naides is the author/editor of more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, books, and reviews. Scholarly Activities: Puttaraksa, K., Pirttinen, H., Karvonen, K., Nykky, J., Naides, S.J., and Gilbert, L.: Parvovirus B19V Nonstructural Protein NS1 Induces Double-Stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid Autoantibodies and End-Organ Damage in Nonautoimmune Mice. J. Inf. Dis. 16:1418-1429, 2019 (including issue cover art). McLennan, G., Dale, S.E., Gillim, L., Weinblatt, V., Wallerstein, R. and Naides, S.J.: Developing a Prospective Gestational Lyme Disease Study. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Borrelia burgdorferi: Methods and Protocols. Gilbert, L. (guest ed.), SpringerNature, New York, 2024. Naides, S.J., Section Editor for Organ Specific Autoimmunity. In: Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology, 9th Edition. Detrick, B., O’Gorman, M., Schmitz, J. L. (eds.), ASM Press, Washington, D.C., 2024.

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