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Kristen Klepac MacKenzie, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

BioDr. Kristen MacKenzie is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine. Dr. MacKenzie graduated AOA from medical school at UCSF and then completed her anesthesia residency and pain medicine fellowships at Stanford. She works at the Stanford Pain Management Center with specialty interests in chronic pelvic and abdominal pain, as well as peripartum pain. She is the co-director for the Stanford Pelvic Pain Program as well as part of the Stanford Pelvic Health Center for interdisciplinary, multimodal care.

She also teaches in the Stanford Medical School as the pain team lead for clinical rotations and serves a Clinical Continuity Clerkship Instructor. Additionally, Dr. MacKenzie completed the Clinical Teaching Seminar Series (CTSS) Honors Scholars Program focusing on education of non-anesthesia trained pain medicine fellows on inpatient pain management curriculum, which was a project supported by the Anesthesia Teaching Awards Scholar Program. She enjoys being able to spend time with learners and participates in the Women in Medicine mentoring program annually.

Most recently, she completed a Stanford Faculty Medical Humanities Fellowship, focusing on the role of communication and the arts in modern medicine. She serves as the co-director for the Women's Sexual Dysfunction Case Conference as well as the Pain Division representative to the Stanford Anesthesia Communications Council.

Outside of work, she enjoys being outdoors in the Bay Area, trail running, and spending time with her husband and two boys.

Clinical focus:

Pelvic pain, due to multiple causes including:
Dyspareunia
Painful Bladder Syndrome/ Interstitial cystitis/ Dysuria
Endometriosis
Fibroids
Pelvis Congestion Syndrome
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Pudendal Nerve Pain
Rectal/Anal Pain
Vulvar Pain/ Vulvodynia/ Vaginismus

Nerve entrapment syndromes, including hernia nerve entrapment

Post-partum and Peri-partum pain
Abdominal pain
Musculoskeletal pain

She focuses treatment plans around ultrasound and fluoroscopy procedures, non-opioid pain medications, non-drug treatments such as pain psychology, acupuncture, massage, movement therapy and physical therapy.

For new patients: (650)723-6238 (telephone) and (650)320-9443 (fax)
For existing patients: (650)723-6238 (telephone)

Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.

Redlich Professor, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain) and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMultiple NIH funded projects to characterize CNS mechanisms of human pain. Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and chronic pain self-management within the context of opioid reduction (PCORI funded). Single session pain catastrophizing treatment: comparative efficacy & mechanisms (NIH R01). Development and implementation of an open-source learning healthcare system, CHOIR (http://choir/stanford.edu), to optimize pain care and innovative research in real-world patients.