Charles Prober

Charles Prober, MD is the Founding Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Health Education and Senior Associate Vice Provost for Health Education at Stanford University. He is a Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology. He is an expert in pediatric infectious diseases with an academic career focused on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of infections in children. Some of his seminal work has resulted in the improvement of international blood transfusion practices through the selection of CMV negative donors for immunocompromised hosts; the optimal duration of antibiotic therapy for serious bacterial infections, including osteomyelitis and meningitis; the use of antiviral agents in the management of serious herpes virus infections; and the standardization of care in the management of pregnant women with HSV infections and their newborn infants.

Prober has published extensively in peer-reviewed subspecialty, specialty, and general medical journals and he is editor of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, one of the major textbooks in the field of pediatric infectious diseases.

Dr. Prober has been involved in medical education throughout his career. He has directed a number of undergraduate and graduate student courses in the classroom and at the bedside, He has served as Associate Chair for Education for the Department of Pediatrics and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education at the School of Medicine (2007-2017). He has lectured locally, nationally, and internationally on infectious diseases and medical education.

Clinical Focus

• Infectious Diseases, Pediatric
• Pediatrics

Academic Appointments

• Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
• Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
• Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Administrative Appointments

• Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education, Stanford School of Medicine (2007 - Present)

Honors & Awards

• Henry J. Kaiser Teaching Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Medical Education, Stanford Medicine (2016)
• Distinguished Packard Fellow, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (2003-2008)
• Henry J. Kaiser Award for Preclinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (1994)
• Henry J. Kaiser Award for Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (1990)
• Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Teaching of Clinical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (1989)
• National Institutes of Health, Immunologic and Infectious Diseases Academic Award, National Institutes of Health (1988-1993)
• Mayne Guest Professorship,Department of Child Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (1989)
• The Harry Bain Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, The Hospital for Sick Children,University of Toronto (1984)

Professional Education

• Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine Registrar (1979) CA
• Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (1978)
• Internship: Children's Hospital (1974) Canada
• Residency: Children's Hospital (1975) Canada
• Residency: UCSF Medical Center (1977) CA
• Medical Education: Univ Of Manitoba (1973) Canada
• MD, University of Manitoba, Medicine (1973)