Emily Ratner
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Professor, Anesthesia
- Member, Cancer Center
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine 1101 Welch Road, Suite A-6 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 498-5566 Fax (650) 725-8544Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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Academic Offices
Personal Information Tel (650) 498-5566 Tel (650) 723-6411Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
- Anesthesia, Obstetrics
Administrative Appointments
- Co-director, Division of Medical Acupuncture (2004 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Interdisciplinary Professor of the Year, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (1999)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Anesthesia, American Board of Anesthesiology (1992) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1991) |
| Internship: | Scvmc, (1988) |
| Medical Education: | Baylor College of Medicine, TX (1987) |
| M.D.: | Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine (1987) |
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Clinical 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.
Publications
- The site of action of epidural fentanyl infusions in the presence of local anesthetics: a minimun local analgesic concentration infusion study in nulliparous labor Anethesia and Analgesia. 2003; (5): 1439-1445
- A comparison of the 24-gauge Sprotte and Gertie Marx spinal needles for combined spinal-epidural analgesia during labor. Anesthesiology. 2002; (3): 574-7
- Pregnancy complicated by severe osteogenesis imperfecta: a report of two cases. Anesth Analg. 2002; (5): 1315-7, table of contents
- Mask induction with sevoflurane in a parturient with severe tracheal stenosis. Anesthesiology. 2001; (2): 553-5
- Anesthesia for cesarean section in a pituitary dwarf. Anesthesiology. 1998; (1): 253-4
