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, […]| The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education