Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine


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  • Anil K. Panigrahi

    Anil K. Panigrahi

    Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
    Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Pathology

    BioAnil K. Panigrahi, MD, PhD, FASA is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and, by courtesy, Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dual board-certified in Anesthesiology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, he maintains active clinical practice in both fields. He serves as Director of Patient Blood Management at Stanford Health Care, Chair of the Stanford Health Care Transfusion Committee, Medical Director of the Anesthesiology Perioperative Anemia Management Clinic, and Assistant Medical Director of the Stanford Health Care Transfusion Service. His academic and clinical leadership focuses on advancing perioperative blood management strategies to optimize outcomes in complex surgical patients.

    A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke University, Dr. Panigrahi received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was awarded the John G. Clark Prize for meritorious research. He completed residency training in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine at Stanford University.

    Dr. Panigrahi’s scholarly work spans immunology, transfusion safety, and patient blood management. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, textbook chapters, including for Miller’s Anesthesia and the AABB Technical Manual, and national guidelines. He contributes nationally through service on multiple committees for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB), and he is a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings, including those of the ASA, AABB, and Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM).

  • Susan Payrovi

    Susan Payrovi

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Payrovi is a physician practicing Integrative and Functional Medicine at Stanford’s Center for Integrative Medicine. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA and completed her medical education at UC San Diego in 2003. She completed a residency in Anesthesiology at USC in 2007. Dr. Payrovi is board certified in Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as well as Integrative Medicine. She has additional training in Functional Medicine and acupuncture.

  • Ronald Pearl

    Ronald Pearl

    Dr. Richard K. and Erika N. Richards Professor

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMechanims (molecular and cellular) of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of respiratory failure, treatment of septic shock, hemodynamic monitoring

  • Gary Peltz

    Gary Peltz

    Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Department Research)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe laboratory develops and uses state of the art genomic methods to identify genetic factors affecting disease susceptibility, and to translate these findings into new treatments. We have developed a more efficient method for performing mouse genetic analysis, which has been used to analyze the genetic basis for 16 different biomedical traits. We are developing novel methods, and have developed a novel experimental platform that replaces mouse liver with functioning human liver tissue.

  • Felipe De Jesus Perez

    Felipe De Jesus Perez

    Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioFelipe D. Perez is a Clinical Associate Professor who is board-certified as an Anesthesiologist and as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. He is the Assistant Dean for Diversity in Medical Student Education in the Office of Diversity in Medical Education (ODME) at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was raised in an immigrant working class neighborhood of Long Beach, CA. After receiving his Bachelors at Stanford he dedicated three years to public health policy where he worked for local, state, and national levels of government. He worked for Congressman Henry Waxman, Assemblymember Hector De La Torre, and Senator Alex Padilla, on laws such as preventing homelessness and having restaurants post caloric information on their menus. He returned to Stanford University for his Medical Degree and stayed for residency, pediatric anesthesiology fellowship, and was hired on as faculty at both the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Hospital. He served as the Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee for the California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) 2021 to 2023.He is a Vice Chair in the Department of Anesthesiology and leads the Office of Community Engagement (OCE). He founded CSA's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee, and has served in the past as the communication chair for the national Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) DEI Committee.

  • Heather Poupore-King

    Heather Poupore-King

    Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    Current Research and Scholarly Interests11/01/17 – 10/30/2022
    Role: Co-Investigator (0.10 FTE) and Director of Treatments for the Bay Area (Stanford Pain and Primary Care clinics)
    PCORI (Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute). Title: “Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Chronic Pain Self-Management Within the Context of Opioid Reduction.” Total: $8.8M PI: Beth Darnall

    2017- present
    Dr. King is also collaborating with Fiona Barwick, PhD, at Stanford’s Sleep Medicine Center, to develop an integrated treatment protocol for improving sleep and chronic pain. With the protocol now complete, Dr. Barwick and Dr. King plan to run the six-session group throughout 2019, collecting pre-treatment, post-treatment and follow-up data to analyze outcomes.

    2015-present
    Role: Lead Therapist, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy manualized intervention
    National Institutes of Health P01 AT006651 National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Title: Stanford Center for Back Pain
    PI: Sean Mackey, MD, PhD

    2015 -present
    Lead Therapist, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy manualized intervention
    National Institutes of Health R01AT008561 National Center for Complementary and
    Integrative Health Title: Single Session Pain Catastrophizing Treatment: Comparative
    Efficacy & Mechanisms Multi-PI: Darnall BD & Mackey SC

  • Patrick Lee Purdon

    Patrick Lee Purdon

    Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Department Research) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering

    BioMy research integrates neuroimaging, biomedical signal processing, and the systems neuroscience of general anesthesia and sedation.

    My group conducts human studies of anesthesia-induced unconsciousness, using a variety of techniques including multimodal neuroimaging, high-density EEG, and invasive neurophysiological recordings used to diagnose medically refractory epilepsy. We also develop novel methods in neuroimaging and biomedical signal processing to support these studies, as well as methods for monitoring level of consciousness under general anesthesia using EEG.

  • Abdullah Qatu, MD

    Abdullah Qatu, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Qatu is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pain management specialist at the Stanford Health Care Pain Management Center. He is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    He specializes in the diagnosis and management of many different types of pain, including nerve pain, joint pain, cancer pain, low back and neck pain. Dr. Qatu obtained his medical degree from the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine. He continued on at NYU to complete his residency in anesthesiology after completing an internship in general surgery. He subsequently completed his pain medicine fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    Dr. Qatu believes in utilizing a multimodal approach for pain management. This includes interventional, pharmacological, rehabilitative and psychological strategies. He is well-trained in a wide variety of interventional modalities that include injections, epidurals, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablations, peripheral nerve stimulation, spinal cord/dorsal root ganglion stimulation and minimally invasive decompression. His research focuses on the clinical use of neuromodulation for various types of pain. In addition, he has investigated whether certain demographic and socioeconomic variables, as well as psychiatric illness, affect the outcomes of various orthopaedic traumas and surgeries. Dr. Qatu has presented his research at conferences throughout the U.S. and in Canada.

  • Xiang Qian

    Xiang Qian

    Stanford Medicine Endowed Director
    Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
    Clinical Professor (By courtesy), Neurosurgery

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsClinical Interests
    -Pain Medicine:
    Facial pain
    Migraine and headache
    Trigeminal Neuralgia and Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
    Cancer Pain
    Spine Disease
    Neuropathic pain
    Interventional Surgery
    CT guided Procedure
    Opioid Management

    -Facial Nerve neuralgia and neuropathy
    Hemifacial Spasm
    CT guided awake RFA of facial nerve

    Research Interests:
    -Medical device development
    -AI based headache diagnosis and management
    -CT guided intervention
    -Intra-nasal endoscopy guided procedure
    -Optogenetics
    -Mechanisms of neuropathic pain
    -Ion channel and diseases
    -Neurotoxicity of anesthetics

  • Jennifer Anne Rabbitts

    Jennifer Anne Rabbitts

    Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine (Pediatric) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

    BioJennifer Rabbitts, MD is Professor and Chief of Pediatric Pain Management at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Rabbitts directs an NIH-funded research laboratory focused on improving long-term pain and health outcomes in children and adolescents undergoing surgery. Her research is devoted to understanding and preventing chronic postsurgical pain, a disabling condition affecting 20% youth undergoing major surgery. Her current research studies investigate the role of biopsychosocial mechanisms including child psychosocial factors, parental/family factors, and psychophysical processes underlying acute to chronic pain transition. Current clinical trials focus on testing feasibility and efficacy of psychosocial and complementary and integrative interventions to improve acute postsurgical pain and prevent transition to chronic pain.

    Dr Rabbitts is passionate about mentoring, and is a PI for the NIH HEAL PAIN Training grant in Maternal and Child Pain and Health at Stanford. She serves as section editor for Psychology, Psychiatry and Brain Neuroscience Section for Pain Medicine, and serves on the editorial boards for Pediatric Anesthesia and Journal of Pain.

    Read more about the Rabbitts Lab and opportunities here: https://rabbittslab.stanford.edu/

  • Lindsey Ralls

    Lindsey Ralls

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioLindsey Ralls, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University. She is originally from California, and after undergraduate training at Stanford University she completed her medical degree and internship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She then returned to the Bay Area and completed her Anesthesia residency (2008) and Obstetric Anesthesia fellowship (2009) at Stanford University.

  • Asheen Rama

    Asheen Rama

    Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Asheen Rama is a member of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology. He regularly organizes and conducts medical simulations across various hospital units, utilizing both traditional in-situ methods and advanced immersive technologies, such as virtual and augmented reality. He also collaborates with the Stanford CHARIOT program, leading efforts to integrate immersive technologies into medical education and working to scale these innovations nationally and internationally.

    Dr. Rama teaches a diverse range of learners, including medical students, residents, fellows, and nurses. His academic interests focus on simulation, medical education, and artificial intelligence. Additionally, he has a strong interest in the medical humanities and has taught several Stanford undergraduate and medical student courses that explore the intersection of art and medicine.

  • Chandra Ramamoorthy

    Chandra Ramamoorthy

    Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Pediatric), Emerita

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNeuro protection and neurologic outcomes in cardiac patients prior to and concurrent with cardiac surgery and catheterization

  • R J Ramamurthi

    R J Ramamurthi

    Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsProspective collection of pediatric regional block procedures and complications on to a national database

  • Mohammad Reza Rasouli, MD

    Mohammad Reza Rasouli, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Rasouli is a board-certified anesthesiologist specializing in pain management. He practices at Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare in Pleasanton. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine.

    Dr. Rasouli takes pride in developing a comprehensive, compassionate treatment plan personalized to each patient in his care. His goals are to relieve patients’ chronic pain, and enable them to enjoy the best possible quality of life. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Rasouli has conducted research and published extensively. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

    Dr. Rasouli has presented the findings of his research at conferences such as the North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Meeting, American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Topics have included using spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation for treatment of pain, perioperative pain management, and post-surgical recovery.

    He has published more than 100 articles in the peer-reviewed journals Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Neurosurgery, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Surgery, and elsewhere. He also has co-authored chapters in Spine Trauma, Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injuries, Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty, and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sciatica, and other textbooks.

    Dr. Rasouli has earned numerous honors including the Dr. Jeffrey and Celia Joseph Anesthesiology Scholarly Achievement Award. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, California Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, North American Neuromodulation Society, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, and Society of Critical Care Medicine.

  • Emily Ratner

    Emily Ratner

    Clinical Professor Emeritus (Active), Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
    Staff Emeritus Retiree, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsClinical effectiveness of acupuncture in medical conditions, use of acupuncture in perioperative settings to reduce opiate and antiemetic use, use of acupuncture in pregnancy for the treatment of nausea, vomiting and other conditions, use of acupuncture in the treatment of the side effects in cancer patients.

  • Travis Reece-Nguyen, MD, MPH, FAAP  (he/him/his)

    Travis Reece-Nguyen, MD, MPH, FAAP (he/him/his)

    Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Reece-Nguyen [he/him] is a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist and Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford Children’s Hospital where he serves as a DEI leader in his department (Director of LGBTQ+ Health), throughout Stanford Medicine (Director of LGBTQ+ Faculty and Community, Office of Faculty Development and Engagement; Medical Director of the Gender Recognition and Affirmative Care through Education (GRACE) Program), and at the National level (Immediate Past Chair DEI Committee - Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Vice-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Ad Hoc committee - American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the National Co-Director of the Perioperative Anesthesiology Registry for Transgender Adults and Youth (PARTAY) Collaborative).

    As a cisgender gay man, Dr. Reece-Nguyen understands the importance of LGBTQ+ advocacy work and the ever-increasing need for improved LGBTQ+ medical education, focusing specifically on the value of gender-affirming perioperative care. In his role as the Medical Director of the Gender Recognition and Affirmative Care through Education (GRACE) Program at Stanford Medicine and as the Director of LGBTQ+ Health for Stanford Anesthesiology, Dr. Reece-Nguyen’s work promotes perioperative gender-affirming care education, quality improvement, and research efforts aimed at improving the healthcare experience and perioperative outcomes for all gender-diverse patients. He is proud to serve as Co-Director of the Perioperative Anesthesiology Registry for Transgender Adults and Youth (PARTAY) Collaborative, which is a multi-institution collaboration that evaluates practices and optimizes clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative care of TGD individuals undergoing both gender-affirming and non-gender-affirming surgeries. He is also passionate about increasing LGBTQ+ diversity, networking, and mentorship within anesthesiology and improving the capacity of all anesthesiologists to provide optimal care to the LGBTQ+ community.

  • Todsaporn Rodbumrung

    Todsaporn Rodbumrung

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Rodbumrung completed his undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin and MD at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. After completing medical school he went on to train at Stanford University Hospital, completing internship and residency in Anesthesiology where he continues to practice today as faculty. As a clinical educator, Dr. Rodbumrung is deeply committed to teaching and patient care. His clinical areas of focus include the adult Multi-Specialty Division and Head and Neck Anesthesia often caring for patients with complex head and neck pathologies utilizing the latest techniques in airway management. He also serves as the Surgery Anesthesia Rotation Director, working with surgery interns and residents learning anesthesia and airway management during their training.

  • Alexander Rodriguez

    Alexander Rodriguez

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Alex Rodriguez is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Multi-Specialty Division of the Stanford Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating with a double major in Neurobiology and Psychology and earning Honors in the Liberal Arts. He then attended the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where he graduated summa cum laude and received multiple accolades, including the prestigious American Medical Association Physicians of Tomorrow Award and induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society.

    Dr. Rodriguez pursued residency training at Stanford University in the combined Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology program, distinguishing himself as an Outstanding Resident of the Year. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and board-eligible in Anesthesiology, showcasing his dedication to multidisciplinary expertise.

    At Stanford, Dr. Rodriguez plays an active role in medical education, serving as an oral board examiner for the Anesthesiology Residency Program and contributing as an author to the Stanford CA1 Tutorial Textbook. His clinical interests include critical care, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, point-of-care ultrasound, advanced airway management, and perioperative medicine. Within the Multi-Specialty Division, he has developed specialized expertise in abdominal and hepatobiliary surgery and is a member of the "High-Risk" team, who cares for patients with severe illness undergoing non-cardiac surgery.

    In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Rodriguez is a member of the Departmental Quality Council, where he focuses on quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. His contributions underscore his commitment to advancing standards of care and enhancing patient outcomes.

  • Samuel Rodriguez, MD

    Samuel Rodriguez, MD

    Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Sam Rodriguez is a native of New Jersey and practicing Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Stanford Children's Hospital. He is best known for being the husband of the Stanford Cardiologist Dr. Fatima Rodriguez. Sam was a member of the self proclaimed greatest Anesthesia Residency Class in history (MGH 2012). He is a founder and co-director of the Stanford CHARIOT Program which creates and studies innovative approaches to treating pediatric pain and stress through technology. The CHARIOT Program has positively impacted thousands of children around the world and has grown to include emerging technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, and interactive video games. Dr. Rodriguez is also highly involved in medical humanities education at Stanford Medical School and teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels on how studying art can make better physicians.

  • Nidhi Rohatgi, MD MS

    Nidhi Rohatgi, MD MS

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

    BioNidhi Rohatgi, MD, MS, SFHM, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and (by courtesy) Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She served as Chief of Surgical Co-management for Neurosurgery, ENT, and Orthopedic Surgery at Stanford. Dr. Rohatgi is Affiliate Faculty at Stanford's Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI) and Center for Digital Health. She served as Co-Director of Clinical Research in Hospital Medicine and Physician Lead of Stanford Health Care's Readmissions Committee.

    Dr. Rohatgi has authored peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals (NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, Nature, Annals of Surgery), led workshops and webinars, and written book chapters in Perioperative Medicine. She is a global advisor on surgical co-management models and chaired the Society of Hospital Medicine's Global Technical Advisory Committee on co-management. Dr. Rohatgi serves as the Editor-in-Chief for JMIR Perioperative Medicine journal and is on the Editorial Board for Brown University's Journal of Hospital Medicine. She has been an invited speaker at several regional, national, and international meetings.

    Dr. Rohatgi has served as Medical Director for Clinical Advice Services in Patient Experience at Stanford for over 10 years, overseeing after-hours clinical support and triage for 30+ services and 180+ clinics, and handling 90,000+ calls annually. This award-winning service has a strong track record in patient safety, reducing unnecessary ED and clinic visits, and reducing pages to on-call teams by over 90%.

    She has served on multiple national committees: Society of Hospital Medicine's Research Committee, Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Committee, Perioperative Medicine Executive Council, Practice Management Committee, Perioperative and Consultative Medicine Educational Portal Planning Committee, and Leadership Committee for the Hospital Medicine National Writing Challenge. Dr. Rohatgi has served as a principal investigator and co-investigator for NIH and industry-sponsored trials. Recognized as a Top Hospitalist by the American College of Physicians, she has received numerous national and international awards for clinical care, quality improvement, teaching, and research.

    Dr. Rohatgi has written on LLMs for clinical text summarization and pharmacogenomics, multimodal in-context learning (presented at NeurIPS), promises and limitations of AI, and digital twins. In her upcoming book, Dr. Rohatgi shares a blueprint for AI in medicine: where AI can help and how, global health AI trends, and tackling costs. Her unique lens spans clinical experience in rural India to Silicon Valley, managing patients in medical and surgical specialties, research on millions of patient records, investigator for clinical trials, patient experience, clinical triage, and health system operations. Dr. Rohatgi is passionate about innovative, value-based, sustainable solutions, and exploring new frontiers in healthcare.

  • Alexandra Ruan

    Alexandra Ruan

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Alexandra Ruan is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine at Stanford University. She obtained her undergraduate degrees in Public Health and History of Science at The Johns Hopkins University, and subsequently returned to California for medical school at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, where she graduated with a Distinction in Research in 2016. She completed her anesthesiology residency at Stanford University, where she was elected and served as Chief Resident during her CA-3 year.

    Since graduating from residency, she stayed at Stanford Anesthesia, joining the Multi-Specialty Division (MSD), and completed an advanced clinical proctorship to join the liver transplant anesthesia group, a small select group of anesthesiologists within the MSD who also care for the patients undergoing liver transplantation.

    Beyond clinical care, Dr. Ruan has authored several publications during her training, including most recently a review of anesthesia for robotic thoracic surgery, and continues to be involved in several scholarly projects. She has an interest in physician well-being, and is currently studying sleep disruption during resident night float. She also serves on the Stanford MD Admissions Panel as both a file reviewer and traditional interviewer.

    You can follow her on Twitter: @RuanAlexandra

  • Vafi Salmasi

    Vafi Salmasi

    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain)

    BioVafi Salmasi, M.D., M.S. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine atStanford University School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2004 and completed hisanesthesiology training at Cleveland Clinic, where he also completed a research fellowship in the Department of Outcomes Research. He subsequently joined Stanford University for fellowship training in Pain Medicine and earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research and Epidemiology from Stanford in 2019.

    Dr. Salmasi's research focuses on integrating pragmatic comparative effectiveness research with clinical care in perioperative and pain medicine, supported by his NIH funding. He is an active member of the neuromodulation team at Stanford Pain Management Center, where he has established and organizes the multidisciplinary team conference for neuromodulation candidates. His clinical expertise encompasses interventional pain management with particular emphasis on neuromodulation techniques including spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation; and minimally invasive spine techniques including basivertebral nerve ablation and percutaneous minimally invasive lumbar decompression.

  • Stanley Samuels

    Stanley Samuels

    Professor (Clinical) of Anesthesia, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNeuroanesthesia; anesthesia in developing countries.