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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. -
Lei (Stanley) Qi
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
BioDr. Lei (Stanley) Qi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University, an Institute Scholar at Sarafan ChEM-H, and an Investigator at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. He earned his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the Stanford faculty in 2014, Dr. Qi was a Systems Biology Fellow at UCSF.
Dr. Qi is a pioneer in the development of CRISPR technologies for precise genome and epigenome engineering. His lab created the first nuclease-deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) for targeted gene regulation, establishing the fields of CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and activation (CRISPRa). The Qi lab continues to expand this versatile toolbox, inventing new technologies for multiplexed transcriptome engineering (MEGA), 3D genome manipulation (CRISPR-GO), and live-cell imaging. Recent innovations include Live-FISH and Oligo-LiveFISH, a technology for capturing enhancer-promoter interactions in real-time, and the development of ultra-compact CRISPR systems, culminating in the clinical translation of CasMINI for neuromuscular diseases.
Leveraging this suite of bespoke technologies, Dr. Qi's group makes key discoveries at the intersection of synthetic biology, epigenetics, and medicine. His lab has illuminated the synergistic functions of enhancer elements in cancer, and by using transcriptome perturbation in T cells, has identified novel metabolic pathways that can be targeted to enhance tumor killing. A landmark achievement using CRISPR-TO to manipulate the spatial transcriptome in cortical neurons led to the discovery of novel RNA localization patterns that promote neuronal growth by 50%.
The Qi lab is currently focused on three major research frontiers:
1.Therapeutic epigenome editing: Developing next-generation epigenetic editors as novel therapeutics for modulating the immune system, treating brain disorders, and reversing hallmarks of aging.
2.Functional spatial transcriptomics: Unraveling the functional roles of spatial RNA organization in physiology and disease, and how its misregulation drives pathology.
3.Fundamental genome biology: Deploying advanced live-cell chromatin and RNA imaging and computational tools such as AI and machine learning to understand the first principles governing 3D genome regulation, transcription, and epigenetic memory. -
Xiang Qian
Stanford Medicine Endowed Director
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor (By courtesy), NeurosurgeryCurrent 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 -
Yushen Qian, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy
BioDr. Qian is a board-certified radiation oncologist and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology.
In his clinical practice, he sub-specializes in genitourinary (including prostate and bladder cancer) and Head and Neck malignancies, but also treats a broad spectrum of other disease subsites including lung/thoracic, gastrointestinal, brain, lymphoma, and breast tumors. For each patient, he develops a comprehensive, individualized, and compassionate care plan customized to individual needs. His goal is to deliver the most effective cancer treatment to help patients enjoy the best possible health and quality of life.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Qian serves as the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Stanford South Bay Cancer Center. He also serves as the Radiation Oncology Network Director of Clinical Research and has spearheaded opening of multiple NRG Oncology clinical trials at Stanford South Bay Cancer Center.
Dr. Qian is also actively involved in the Stanford Radiation Oncology residency program. He created and oversees a monthly mentorship roundtable series to assist residents with multiple aspects of their clinical training and career progression.
Outside of work, Dr. Qian enjoys spending time with his family and exploring the great outdoors of Northern California.
