Ming-Chih Kao is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Orthopedics at Stanford University School of Medicine.[1] He currently serves as Clinic Chief of the Stanford Pain Management Center.

Ming-Chih Kao
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley Harvard University
Scientific career
FieldsAnesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
InstitutionsStanford University
Websitedrmingkao.com

Kao is a member of the International Association of the Study of Pain (IASP), the American Association of Pain Medicine (AAPM), the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the International Spine Intervention Society (SIS).

Education and training edit

Kao graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with degrees in molecular and cell biology and psychology in 1999. He received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from Harvard University in 2005, where he developed methods for rigorous understanding of heritable diseases and genomic sequences. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School in 2007. Kao completed his internship in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2008 and his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stanford University School of Medicine in 2012. Most recently, he completed his fellowship in pain management at Stanford University School of Medicine in 2013.[2] He is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehab. He is also board certified in pain management. Dr. Kao is a Certified Interventional Pain Sonographer (CIPS) as well as a Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).

Research edit

Kao is the author of over 30 scientific journal articles.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tracking pain: Health data provided by patients adds up to better care". News Center. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. ^ a b "Ming-Chih Kao, PhD, MD, CIPS, FIPP's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-27.