Email

jtstout@bcm.edu

Positions

Chair, Sid W. Richardson Professor, and Margarett Root Brown Chair

Director-Cullen Eye Institute and Chair-Department of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Administration (Office)

6565 Fannin, NC 205
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5951

Jamail Specialty Care Center - Alkek Eye Center (Clinic)

1977 Butler Blvd.
3rd Floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-6100

Pediatric (Clinic)

Texas Children's Hospital
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3230

Education

MD from Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas United States

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas United States

Molecular Genetics

Internship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Pediatrics

Residency at University of Southern California - Doheny Eye Institute

Los Angeles, CA

Ophthalmology

Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital

London, England

Medical Retina

Fellowship at University of Southern California - Doheny Eye Institute

Los Angeles, CA

Surgical Retina

MBA from University of Oregon

Portland, Oregon United States

Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional Interests

• Pediatric Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery
• Genetics and Stem Cell Therapy

Professional Statement

Dr. Stout has been the Sid W. Richardson Professor and Margarett Root Brown Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, and Director of the Cullen Eye Institute at Baylor College of Medicine since 2013. Prior to that he served as Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Molecular Genetics, as well as Vice President for Commercialization Strategies at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He has directed the Clayton Gene Therapy Laboratories since 1995.

Dr. Stout brings experience from both the research and clinical sides of medicine. His research interests include human gene and cell-based therapy for proliferative and inherited ocular disease, retinal disease genotype-phenotype correlation and ocular disease gene mapping and discovery.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Moshiri A, Chen R, Kim S, Harris RA, Li Y, Raveendran M, Davis S, Liang Q, Pomerantz O, Wang J, Garzel L, Cameron A, Yiu G, Stout JT, Huang Y, Murphy CJ, Roberts J, Gopalakrishna KN, Boyd K, Artemyev NO, Rogers J, Thomasy SM "A nonhuman primate model of inherited retinal disease." J Clin Invest. 2019 Feb 1;129(2):863-874. Pubmed PMID: 30667376
• Fouladi N, Parker M, Kennedy V, Binley K, McCloskey L, Loader J, Kelleher M, Mitrophanous KA, Stout JT, Ellis S "Safety and Efficacy of OXB-202, a Genetically Engineered Tissue Therapy for the Prevention of Rejection in High-Risk Corneal Transplant Patients." Hum Gene Ther. 2018 Jun;29(6):687-98. Pubmed PMID: 29361840
• Pennesi ME, Weleber RG, Yang P, Whitebirch C, Thean B, Flotte TR, Humphries M, Chegarnov E, Beasley KN, Stout JT, Chulay JD "Results at 5 Years After Gene Therapy for RPE65-Deficient Retinal Dystrophy." Hum Gene Ther. 2018 Dec;29(12):1428-1437. Pubmed PMID: 29869534
• Weleber RG, Pennesi ME, Wilson DJ, Kaushal S, Erker LR, Jensen L, McBride MT, Flotte TR, Humphries M, Calcedo R, Hauswirth WW, Chulay JD, Stout JT "Results at 2 years after Gene Therapy for RPE65-Deficient Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Severe Early-Childhood-Onset Retinal Dystrophy." Ophthalmology. 2016 Jul;123(7):1606-20. Pubmed PMID: 27102010

Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American College of Surgeons

American Medical Association

American Ophthalmological Society

American Society of Human Genetics

American Society of Gene Therapy

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology

International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases

Macula Society

Houston Ophthalmological Society

Texas Medical Association

Texas Ophthalmological Association