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Joan Kendig
Professor of Biology in the Department of Anesthesia, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy laboratory tries to find out how pharmacologic agents used in the practice of anesthesia (general anesthetic and analgesic agents) lead to therapeutically desireable endpoints including unconsciousness, immobility and absence of pain. The old idea that general anesthetics are uniformly non-specific "membrane stabilizers" is giving way to a new realization that these agents exert specific actions on particular ion channels and intracellular signalling systems.
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Cynthia Khoo
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Khoo has dedicated her career to the intersection of medical education and global health equity. Fellowship trained in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, she has taken on various roles in medical education and currently is the Associate Program Director of Career Development for the Stanford Anesthesia Residency and the Director of Education for the Regional Division. Following a pivotal rotation in Rwanda during residency, Dr. Khoo has been actively engaged as the Co-director of the Division of Global Health Equity, promoting safe and equitable perioperative care. Her initiatives have involved creating educational tools for resource-constrained settings, including ballistic gel simulation phantoms for ultrasound-guided needling practice and Learnly online ultrasound anatomy training modules in partnership with the AIM lab. Her recent work has focused on augmented reality simulations for remote crisis resource management training at Foundation for African Medicine and Education (FAME) hospital in Tanzania, in collaboration with CHARIOT and Invincikids. Dr. Khoo's clinical practice includes specialization in regional, orthopedic, and thoracic anesthesia.
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Samsuk Kim, PhD.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioDr. Kim is dual research and clinical T32 fellow working with Drs. Beth Darnall, Sean Mackey, and Heather Poupore-King. Her research is focused on developing and testing innovative digital interventions for chronic pain. Prior to Stanford, she received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Detroit Mercy and external research training at the University of Michigan (at the Kratz Lab) with a focus on psychosocial factors (e.g., mindfulness, pain acceptance) for chronic pain. She completed an APA-accredited internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Her clinical interest is broadly focused on pain management, health promotion, adjustment-related issues, and emotional regulation. She uses a number of treatment approaches including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, mindfulness-based treatments, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy approaches.
