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Ming-Chih Kao
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Internship: Yale New Haven Dept of Internal Medicine (2008) CT
FIPS, World Institute of Pain, Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (2018)
CIPS, World Institute of Pain, Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (2018)
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehab, Pain Medicine (2014)
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehab, Physical Medicine and Rehab (2013)
Fellowship: Stanford University Pain Management Fellowship (2013) CA
Residency: Stanford University Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation (2012) CA
Medical Education: University of Michigan School of Medicine (2007) MI
PhD, Harvard University, Biostatistics & Computational Biology (2005)
BA, UC Berkeley (1999)
Dr. Kao is faculty at Stanford Pain Management. Dr. Kao studied molecular biology and psychology at UC Berkeley. At Harvard University, he earned a PhD in biostatistics after developing statistical methods in genomics and computational biology. He then pursued medical training at the University of Michigan, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Stanford Health Care.
He is the author of more than 30 scientific journal articles, ranging from genetics, genomics, proteomics, combinatorial chemistry, artificial intelligence, oncology, epidemiology, rehabilitation, and pain, . His mission is to offer all of his patients comprehensive interdisciplinary pain care, leveraging the full extent of what is known in state-of-the-art Pain Medicine.
In addition to providing clinical care, Dr. Kao teaches physicians and trainees on diagnostic work-up of complex pain, techniques of interventional procedures, and scientific methods of pain studies.
Dr. Kao is a Certified Interventional Pain Sonographer (CIPS) as well as a Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).
He is the author of more than 30 scientific journal articles, ranging from genetics, genomics, proteomics, combinatorial chemistry, artificial intelligence, oncology, epidemiology, rehabilitation, and pain, . His mission is to offer all of his patients comprehensive interdisciplinary pain care, leveraging the full extent of what is known in state-of-the-art Pain Medicine.
In addition to providing clinical care, Dr. Kao teaches physicians and trainees on diagnostic work-up of complex pain, techniques of interventional procedures, and scientific methods of pain studies.
Dr. Kao is a Certified Interventional Pain Sonographer (CIPS) as well as a Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).