Raphael B. Stricker, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 1961-67 Horace Mann High School, Bronx, NY. Diploma 6/67.
  • 1967-71 Columbia College, New York, NY. BA 6/71
  • 1972-75 University of Lausanne Medical School, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1975-78 Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY. MD 6/78

Postgraduate Training and Appointments

  • 1978-81 Residency: Internal Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
  • 1981-84 Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • 1984-85 Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Cancer Research Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • 1985-86 Instructor in Medicine, Cancer Research Institute, UCSF Instructor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
  • 1986-89 Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine UCSF Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
  • 1989-91 Associate Director, Division of Immunotherapy and Plasmapheresis Unit, Children’s Hospital of San Francisco
  • 1991-93 Associate Director, Division of Immunotherapy and Plasmapheresis Unit, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
  • 1993-95 Associate Medical Director, HemaCare Corporation, San Francisco, CA
  • 1995-97 Associate Medical Director, The Barron Centers, San Francisco, CA
  • 1997-Present Medical Director, Union Square Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA

Honors and Awards

  • 1967 Cum Laude Society, Horace Mann Chapter
  • 1968-71 Dean’s List, Columbia College
  • 1972-75 Medical Honors, University of Lausanne Medical School
  • 1975-78 Honors in Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • 1982-84 NIH Research Grant #HL-07100-08 454965-31779, Cancer Research Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • 1984-85 Individual NRSA #1F32 HL-06871-01 CLN, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • 1985-86 Research Fellowship, 85-N27A, American Heart Association, California Affiliate
  • 1986-87 Research Fellowship, 86-N37A, American Heart Association, California Affiliate
  • 1986-87 Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California San Francisco
  • 1986-89 AIDS Clinical Research Grant, University of California San Francisco
  • 1987-89 NIH RO1 AI/HL 24288, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • 1987-89 AIDS Investigator Award K87SF057, California State Task Force on AIDS
  • 1989-92 Children’s Hospital of San Francisco Grant 89-023
  • 1990-93 Children’s Hospital of San Francisco Grant 90-041
  • 1991-93 California Pacific Medical Center Grant 91-030
  • 1989-94 Elizabeth Reed Taylor Foundation Grant
  • 1994-96 DATA Research Grant
  • 1999-2003 American Medical Association Physicians Recognition Award
  • 2001 San Francisco Magazine 500 Best Doctors Award

Organizations and Licenses

  • 1979 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
  • 1981 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 1978-81 New York State Medical License #138648
  • 1981-Present California State Medical License #G44866
  • 1978-Present Member, Southern Medical Association
  • 1983-88 Associate, American Medical Association
  • 1987-Present Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1987-Present Member, American Federation for Clinical Research
  • 1988-Present Member, American Society of Hematology
  • 1990-Present Member, American Society For Apheresis (ASFA)
  • 1990-Present Member, Community Consortium of San Francisco
  • 1990-Present Member, International AIDS Society
  • 1991-Present Member, Clinical Immunology Society
  • 1992-Present Member, New York Academy of Sciences
  • 1995-Present Member, San Francisco Medical Society
  • 1995-Present Member, California Medical Association
  • 1995-Present Member, European Haematology Association
  • 1995-Present Member, California Blood Bank Society
  • 1997-Present Member, International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID)
  • 2000 Diplomate, National Baromedical Services Training Program, Columbia, SC
  • 2000-Present Board Member, Lyme Disease Resource Center, Ukiah, CA
  • 2000-Present Board Member, International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)
Alan E. Beer Medical Center For Reproductive Immunology

Raphael Stricker, MD received his medical degree and specialty training in Internal Medicine from Columbia University in New York, NY. He did subspecialty training in Immunology and Immunotherapy at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, CA. He is currently Medical Director of the Alan E. Beer Medical Center for Reproductive Immunology in Los Gatos, CA, and Union Square Medical Associates, a multispecialty medical practice in San Francisco.

Dr. Stricker is past President of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) and a current board member of LymeDisease.org. He also serves on the Lyme Disease Advisory Committee that advises the California Department of Public Health. He has testified at Lyme disease hearings before the California State Senate and the United States Congress.

Dr. Stricker is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology (ASRI), the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR), the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH). He is the recipient of the American Medical Association Award for Physician Excellence and an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Annals of Internal Medicine, and has authored over 200 medical journal articles, letters and abstracts. His research interests include immunological abortion, tickborne diseases and COVID-19.

To learn more about Dr. Stricker, please view his Curriculum Vitae.