ONGOING COMPASSION EDUCATION
Designed for professionals, changemakers, caregivers, and anyone ready to bring compassion into their personal and professional lives, the CCARE Compassion Lab equips individuals with evidence-based tools to navigate life’s complexity with resilience, clarity, and purpose.
In Cultivate a Compassionate Heart, you will enhance your skills of emotional intelligence, self-reflection, meditation, active listening, and more. The course incorporates traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and on-going scientific research on compassion.
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Welcome, Kyla O’Neill, CCARE’s New Program and Research Manager
We are pleased to welcome Kyla O’Neill as CCARE’s Program and Research Manager and our first full-time staff member, a milestone that reflects the growing impact and momentum of our mission. Driven by a deep commitment to mission-centered work that fosters learning, human connection, and well-being, Kyla brings expertise in program development,…
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Welcome, Dr. Stephanie Balters, CCARE’s New Director of Research
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stephanie Balters as CCARE’s new Director of Research. She brings exceptional scientific vision, multidisciplinary depth, and a rare combination of clarity, integrity, and deep human presence. These qualities make her the ideal leader to guide CCARE’s research mission forward. Dr. Balters bridges neuroscience, engineering, and…
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James Doty, neurosurgeon and compassion expert, dies at 69
The professor, neurosurgeon, investor, and author founded CCARE, Stanford Medicine’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. James “Jim” R. Doty, MD, founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford Medicine, died at age 69 on July 16, 2025, after complications from…
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In Memoriam: Dr. James Doty (1955-2025)
James (Jim) R. Doty, MD, FACS, FICS, FAANS, a beloved member of the Stanford Neurosurgery family, and the founder and director of the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research (CCARE), passed away on July 16, 2025. He will be deeply missed by his family, colleagues, faculty, generations of trainees,…
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