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Alimorad G. Djalali

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

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Mail Code: 5640

Anthony G. Doufas, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (MSD)

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on the relationship between sleep abnormalities and pain behavior and opioid pharmacology in the postoperative, as well as chronic pain setting. More specifically, I am interested in delineating the effect of the different components of sleep-diosordered breathing, like nocturnal recurrent hypoxemia and sleep fragmentation on pain behavior in the acute and/or chronic care setting.

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Mail Code: 5640
agdoufas@stanford.edu

David Drover

Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (MSD), Emeritus

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsField of clinical pharmacology. This involves analysis of what the body does to a drug (pharmacokinetics) and how exactly a specific drug affects the body (pharmacodynamics). His research starts at the level of new drug development with detailed analysis of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a medication.

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- 300 PASTEUR DR
- Dept Of Anesthesiology
- PALO ALTO, California 94304
Mail Code: 5640
- (650) 725-0364 (office)
(650) 725-8544 (fax)
ddrover@stanford.edu

Christopher W. Dueker

Emeritus Adjunct Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Omar El Masri

Clinical Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

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Mail Code: 5640
oelmasri@stanford.edu

Mgbechi Ugonna Erondu

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor (By courtesy), Pediatrics

BioMgbechi Ugonna Erondu, MD MFA is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine and the Division of Quality of Life and Pediatric Palliative Care at Stanford University and is board-certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Her academic interests include the intersection between fiction writing and medical humanities, perioperative management of pediatric palliative care patients, interdisciplinary care of persons living with sickle cell disease, and equitable and inclusive global health practices.

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Mail Code: 5640
erondu@stanford.edu

Mo Esfahanian, MD, D. ABA, FAAP

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current interests include investigating the role of regional anesthesia to enhance postoperative recovery in pediatrics, including the suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block for cleft palate surgery, and the external oblique intercostal plane block for first stage microtia repair.