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QiLiang “Q” Chen
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on understanding the plasticity in pain-modulating circuits in pathological pain states. I started with defining a basic functional framework that links the pain-transmission system to the pain-modulation system, through which I explored the central mechanism of sensitization in chronic pain after a peripheral injury. Based on this fundamental observation, my work now focuses on investigating the pathophysiology and the role of endogenous opioids in chronic pain related to brain injury and other forms of trauma, a topic especially relevant to chronic post-traumatic pain sufferers. Clinically, I am exploring the use of advance image-guidance in pain interventions for treating complex headache and craniofacial pain. Ultimately, I hope to translate these fundamental knowledge and technologies to patient care and provide potential new therapeutic targets to help those with pain after head injury and polytrauma.
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Tiffany Cheng
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioI am a physician leader and anesthesiologist at Stanford Health Care, where I serve as Medical Director of Perioperative Services at SHC Palo Alto and hold a faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
My work sits at the intersection of direct patient care and systems-level leadership. I have a track record of building high-performing clinical teams, designing governance structures from the ground up, and delivering measurable operational impact — including significant improvements in OR utilization, block efficiency, and access to care across Stanford's interventional platform.
I founded Stanford's Anesthesiology Mentorship Program (AMP), a faculty development initiative that received the Augustus A. White III Award, and co-founded ASPIRE, a multi-institutional speaker exchange network. I am a graduate of Stanford's Physician Leadership Certificate Program and will begin an Executive MBA at Santa Clara University in Fall 2026.
I believe that the strongest clinical institutions are built on trust, accountability, and a genuine investment in the people doing the work — and I bring that conviction to every leadership role I hold. -
Christopher Cheung, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Christopher Cheung is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pain medicine specialist and anesthesiologist at the Stanford Health Care Pain Management Center. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Cheung cares for patients with a wide range of acute and chronic pain conditions, including spine-related pain, neuropathic pain, and postsurgical pain. He specializes in using medications and interventional procedures such as nerve blocks, spine injections, radiofrequency ablation, and neuromodulation to improve function and quality of life. Working closely with patients from diagnosis through treatment, Dr. Cheung focuses on providing personalized, high-quality care.
Dr. Cheung’s research has explored innovative neuromodulation techniques and evidence-based strategies for pain management after surgery. His work has been presented at national conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. -
Lawrence Chu, MD, MS
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (MSD)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI have two lines of research, one involving educational informatics and use of technology in postgraduate medical education and another involving NIH-funded work in patient-oriented clinical research regarding opioid use and physiologic responses associated with acute and chronic exposure in humans.
For a full description of my educational informatics work, please see my website aim.stanford.edu.
My clinical research focuses on the study opiate-induced hyperalgesia in patients suffering from chronic pain.
I am currently conducting an NIH-funded five year double-blinded randomized controlled clinical study (NIGMS award 1K23GM071400-01) that prospectively examines the following hypotheses: 1) pain patients on chronic opioid therapy develop dose-dependent tolerance and/or hyperalgesia to these medications over time, 2) opiate-induced tolerance and hyperalgesia develop differently with respect to various types of pain, 3) opioid-induced hyperalgesia occurs independently of withdrawal phenomena, and 4) opiate-induced tolerance and hyperalgesia develop differently based on gender and/or ethnicity.
The study is the first quantitative and prospective examination of tolerance and hyperalgesia in pain patients and may have important implications for the rational use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain. -
Philip Chung
Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioPhilip Chung is a physician-scientist, general anesthesiologist, and healthcare AI researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine. He develops and evaluates AI systems that leverage electronic health records to support perioperative decision-making and patient safety. His research interests include large language models, healthcare foundation models, clinical AI evaluation, perioperative outcomes research, and the safe translation of AI technologies into real-world clinical practice. His work has been published in leading journals including NEJM AI, JAMA Surgery, Nature Medicine, and The Lancet Digital Health. In addition to his clinical practice at Stanford Hospital, he is also a member of Nima Aghaeepour’s laboratory.
