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Pain Division Faculty and Staff

Pain Division Faculty

Division Chief

Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.
Redlich Professor
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Director, Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab

Associate Division Chiefs

  • Ming-Chih Kao, Ph.D., M.D.
    Clinic Chief
    Associate Division Chief of Operations
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Einar Ottestad, M.D.
    Associate Division Chief of Acute Pain
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Ravi Prasad, Ph.D.
    Associate Division Chief of Psychology
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Scott Pritzlaff, MD
    Associate Division Chief of Education
    Clinical Assistant Professor

Pain Medicine Faculty

  • Michael Leong M.D.
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Wendye Robbins, M.D.
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Ian Carroll, M.D., M.S.
    Assistant Professor 
  • Kale Wedemeyer, M.D.
    Clinical Instructor
  • Vanila Singh, M.D.
    Clinical Associate Professor 
  • Josh Kirz, Ph.D.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Alpana Gowda, M.D.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Meredith Barad, M.D.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Stephen Coleman, M.D.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Jiang-Ti Kong, M.D.
    Instructor
  • Jennifer Hah, M.D.
    Instructor
  • Beth Darnall, Ph.D.
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Heather King, Ph.D.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Michele Jehenson, D.D.S.
    Clinical Instructor, Orofacial Pain Specialist
  • Xiang Qian, M.D., Ph.D.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Vivianne Tawfik, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
  • Peter Schmidt, M.D.
    Instructor
  • Pamela Flood, MD, MA
    Professor
  • Chinwe Nwaneshiudu, MD, PhD
    Clinical Instructor

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

  • William Brose, M.D.
  • Steven Feinberg, M.D.
  • Annu Navani, M.D.
  • James Weiss, M.D.
  • Gabriel Schonwald, M.D.
  • Mark Gjolaj, M.D.
  • Jordan Newmark, M.D.

Affiliated Faculty

  • David Clark, M.D., Ph.D.
    Clinical Professor, Palo Alto VA Hospital
  • Peter Barelka, M.D.
    Pain Physician, Palo Alto VA Hospital

Pain Clinic Staff

  • Clinic Manager
    Esteban Valenzuela
  • Emeryville Multispecialty Clinic Management
    Ramona Malata, RN (Clinic Manager)
    Lydia Reyes, RN (Assistant Clinic Manager)
  • Advanced Practice Providers
    Mechele Fillman, MSN, NP
    Shannon Fish, PA
    Kris Kang, MBA, RN, MSN, NP
    Chen Der (Jason) Low, MSN, NP
    Tracey Mallick-Searle, MS, RN, ANP
    Pamela Shreiber, MS, RN, CNS
  • Pain Physical Therapists
    Nicholas V. Karayannis, MPT, PhD
    Corinne Cooley, DPT
  • Registered Nurses
    Hong Chang, BSN, MSE, RN
    Stacy Novitzky, BSN, RN
    Kimberley Solis, BSN, RN
  • Clerical Coordinators
    Tracey Smith
  • Master Scheduler
    Maria Preciado
    Carlos Castillo (Emeryville Multispecialty Clinic)
  • Medical and Clerical Assistants
    Lucia Benavidez
    Diana Gamino
    Shawna Mendez
    Nancy Molina-Ortega
    Geoffrey Saechao
    Veronica Trujillo
    Alba Villalobos
    Jerome Ward
  • Procedure/Surgery Schedulers
    Rachelle Haynes
    Carla Joachin
    Mariko Nugent
  • Case Managers
    Susan Myers, RN, BA, MBA, CCM, C-GCN
    Karen Sugarman, LCSW

Pain Division Staff

  • Division Manager
    Hamid Barakzai
  • Clinical Research Manager
    Corinne Jung, PhD
  • IT Manager
    Gerald Wen
  • Pain Fellowship Coordinator
    Ashley Johnson
  • Research Administrator
    Sara Miller
  • Division Adminstrators
    Ranjini Reddy
    Wendy Schadle
    Alyssa Martinez
    Kristen Honesto
  • Director of Digital Media, Stanford PCORI Project & Digital Community and Social Media Specialist
    Ian Mackey
  • Systems Analysts
    Ru He
    Kelvin Leung
  • Web Developer
    Denisa Marcisovska

Research Personnel

  • Research Associates

Christina Law, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Behnaz Jarrahi, DSc
Jiang-Ti Kong, MD
Jennifer Hah, MD
Kristen Hymel, PhD
Chinwe Nwaneshiudu, MD, PhD
Katie Martucci, PhD
Drew Sturgeon, PhD
Kenneth Weber, DC, PhD

  • Research Coordinators

Eric Dixon - Stanford PCORI Project Manager

Marissa Heirich

Dustin Goerlitz

Amanda Ng

Anuradha Roy

  • Undergraduate Research Assistants

Teresia Chan

Andrew Bassilakis

Astul Hernandez

Ryan Hsieh

Grace Achepohl

Irene Tang

Edward Thomas

Nainoaolamau Calvo

Christian Davis

Kassidy Kanja

Kathryn Mueller

Catherine Lai

Pranav Upadhyayula

Catherine Alder

Yeoung Eun (Grace) Kim

Lab Alumni

  • Allyson Mackey
  • Alyssa Foote
  • Amy Sentis
  • Analyssa Lopez
  • Andrew Crowell
  • Angad Gogia
  • Anika Naidu
  • Anya Gupta
  • Axel Lucca
  • Ayo Adedeji
  • Bobby Moulton
  • Brandon MacIsaac
  • Brian Inouye
  • Charlie Wang
  • Chibuzo Eke
  • Chloe Taub, MA
  • Christina Daniel
  • Claire Miller
  • Cristina Cojocaru
  • Daena Watcha
  • Daniel Bissell
  • Daniel Schwarz
  • David Ludlow
  • Debra Clay, RN
  • Deepak Soneji
  • Doug Morrison
  • Elizabeth Cha
  • Emily Hubbard
  • Enmanuel Perez
  • Epifanio Bagarinao, PhD
  • Eric Cramer
  • Ericka Sohlberg
  • Erin Perrine
  • Ethan Groveman
  • Evan Goldart
  • Felicia Lee
  • Gabi Ruchelli
  • Greg Gorraiz
  • Haley Brogan
  • Heather Chapin, PhD
  • Heather Hilmoe
  • Heather Louden
  • Heidi Messiha
  • Henry Lin
  • Henry Lin
  • Hien Khanh Hyunh
  • Hoameng Ung
  • Ingrid Jernudd
  • Jane Lawrence, PhD
  • Janelle Teng
  • Janet Berlin-Coleman
  • Jarred Younger, PhD
  • Jennifer Kornelsen, PhD
  • Jina Sinskey
  • Jose Pons
  • Juan-Carlos Foust
  • Julia Hush, PhD
  • Julia Menzies
  • Julia Ostrowski
  • Julia Todderud
  • Justin Brown, PhD
  • Kaitlyn Basnett
  • Karyne Jale Yakupoglu
  • Kate Wiley
  • Kelsey Garcia
  • Kevin Johnson, PhD
  • Kiernan Haggarty
  • Kiley Trott
  • Kim M. Mauer, MD
  • Kira Seiger
  • Laura Jastrzab
  • Laura Pulido
  • Lauren Foster
  • Lauren Maymar
  • Leah Stevens
  • Lisa Chao
  • Mandeep Chahal
  • Mara Zulauf
  • Marcia Foti
  • Maria Adelus, MPH
  • Maria Salter
  • Mario Bernaba
  • Mark Gaertner, MD
  • Matt Gillespie
  • Max Chang
  • Maya Berdichesky, DMD
  • Megan McAndrews
  • Meghan Tieu
  • Melissa Wibowo
  • Meredith Barad, MD
  • Meyli Chapin
  • Michelle Bach
  • Michelle Chang
  • Morgan Oliver-Allen
  • Neil Chatterjee
  • Nicholas V. Karayannis, MPT, PhD
  • Nikki Taylor
  • Noorulain Noor
  • Olivia Bernadel-Huey
  • Pam Ng, PhD
  • Paul Nash, PhD
  • Peter Barelka, MD
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  • Pierre Boveroux, PhD
  • Raadhika Shah
  • Rachel Moericke, MA
  • Rebecca McCue
  • Rena Jiang
  • Ruti Cogan
  • Ryan Renee Perez
  • Safwan Siddiqui
  • Sam Lahidji, MD
  • Sara Parke
  • Shriya Das
  • Shriya Das
  • Stephen Matzat
  • Takefumi Ueno, MD
  • Tarah Venn
  • Tom Rico
  • Uta Maeda, PhD
  • Vicki Tang
  • Vikas Shah, MD, PhD
  • Will Peterson
  • Yasamin Sharifzadeh
  • Yue Ma
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