Stanford University
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Natalie L. Rasgon
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry and Psychology-Adult) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Rasgon has been involved in longitudinal placebo-controlled neuroendocrine studies for nearly two decades, and she has been involved in neuroendocrine and brain imaging studies of estrogen effects on depressed menopausal women for the last eight years. It should be noted that in addition to her duties as a Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dr. Rasgon is also the Director of the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program and of the Women's Wellness Program.
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Lindsey Rasmussen
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Critical Care
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Adult NeurologyCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests reside in the field of Neurocritical Care Medicine and stem from my experience developing and directing Stanford's comprehensive Pediatric Neurocritical Care program. I am interested in neuro-prognostication and neuro-monitoring in the pediatric intensive care setting. These interests are integrated clinically to focus on optimal care for pediatric patients with neurologic injury, through specialized nursing and physician care, protocols, and physiologic considerations.
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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. -
Caroline E. Rassbach
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Professor, Emergency MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMedical education including learner assessment, program development and mentoring and coaching in medicine.
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Roxanne Rassti
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioRoxanne Rassti, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a faculty member of the Stanford Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, where she provides didactic instruction and supervision in forensic assessment, violence risk evaluation, and criminal responsibility.
A licensed forensic and clinical psychologist, Dr. Rassti has more than a decade of specialized experience conducting forensic evaluations within courts, secure psychiatric hospitals, and justice-involved settings. Her evaluation practice spans competency to stand trial, not guilty by reason of insanity, Mentally Disordered Offender commitments, mental health diversion, mitigation, juvenile transfer, and Franklin resentencing, as well as structured violence and sexual-offense risk assessment. She has provided expert testimony in hundreds of court proceedings and parole hearings across California.
Dr. Rassti is co-owner of Central Coast Evaluation Services, where she conducts criminal and civil forensic evaluations, serves as a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), and performs independent medical evaluations. POST-certified, she also specializes in public-safety work, including fitness-for-duty determinations, pre-employment psychological screenings, and trainings for police departments. She previously served for eight years as a Senior Psychologist Specialist in Forensics at the California Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero, evaluating high-acuity patients with severe mental illness and co-occurring forensic-legal needs.
Committed to training forensic clinicians, Dr. Rassti has supervised and provided didactic instruction for Stanford psychiatry fellows and psychology predoctoral interns in forensic assessment, report writing, and testimony preparation. She holds adjunct faculty appointments in psychology at California Polytechnic State University, where she teaches forensic psychology and abnormal psychology, and at Colorado State University.
Her scholarship addresses emerging issues at the intersection of psychology and law, including a forthcoming chapter on deepfake evidence and authenticity challenges for judges and juries in Advances in Psychology and Law (Springer). She is a member of the American Psychology-Law Society and the American Psychological Association, and volunteers with the California Western Innocence & Justice Clinic.
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John Ratliff, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Orthopaedic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests focus upon preventing complications in spine surgery, assessing patient outcomes after spine surgery procedures, and developing population-based metrics for assessing surgical outcomes.
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Emily Ratner
Clinical Professor Emeritus (Active), Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Staff Emeritus Retiree, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain MedicineCurrent 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.
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Michael Rau
Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am a live performance creator and director. I direct theater, musicals, opera, and I create digital media projects. I am always looking for new projects and interdisciplinary collaborations. I am interested in ways that technology can be used to tell stories, in virtual reality and games, and in live performance situations. I have created immersive theater pieces, and I enjoy working with new playwrights and writers to develop and shape their work.
