Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.

Honors and Awards

• Learned Control of Frontal and Limbic Systems via Real-Time fMRI, NIH R21 DA026092
• fMRI of Pain in the Human Spinal Cord, NIH R01 NS053961
• Central Mechanisms of Urologic Pelvic Pain: Functional and Structural Analysis by MRI, NIH U01 DK082316
• Development and Applications of Real Time fMRI Technology, Stanford Bio-X
• Prescription Opioid Use, Misuse, and Pain in Post-Surgical Patients, NIH K23 DA25152
• Mechanisms of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia in Pain Patients: Examination via fMRI, NIH K99 DA023609
• Low-Dose Naltrexone in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia, American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association
• Duloxetine: Functional MRI Neural Correlates of Efficacy in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain, Lilly
• Clinical Center of Excellence, American Pain Society
• Mechanisms of Analgesic Response During IV Lidocaine Infusion in Neuropathic Pain Patients, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
• Applications of Real Time fMRI-Phase II, NIH R44 NS050642
• Fellowship Grant, Arthritis Foundation
• Development of a Human Neuropathic Pain Model, Stanford University
• Imaging Neural Systems in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Foundation for Anesthesia Education & Research
• Applications of Real Time fMRI, NIH R43MH067290
• Use of NMDA-Antagonists and Opiates in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia, Oxnard Foundation
• Processing of Pain in the Human Central Nervous System: Analysis through fMRI, Stanford Office of Technology Licensing Grant
• Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applied to Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Stanford University
• Dodie and John Rosekrans Pain Research Endowment Fund, Dodie and John Rosekrans Pain Research Endowment Fund
• Teacher of the Month, Stanford Department of Anesthesia
• Top Doctors in America, Published in "Guide to Top Doctors"
• Cognitive Neurosciences Grant, Clark Center for Bioengeneering, Biomedicine & Bioscience
• Electrical and Thermal Characterization of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation, American College of Cardiology Research Grant
• Optimal Control of Transvenous Catheter Ablation in the Treatment of Tachyarrhythmias, NIH Short Term Research Fellowship
• TV Catheter Delivery of Elec Energy to Ablate Arrhythmogenic Tissue..., Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Research Fellowship
• Characterization & Optimization of RF Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias, American Heart Association Fellowship