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Boris Heifets
Associate Professor - University Medical Line, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Member, Bio-X
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Fellowship: Stanford University Anesthesiology Fellowships (2016) CA
Fellowship, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Research (2014)
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesia (2014)
Residency: Stanford University Anesthesiology Residency (2013) CA
Internship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Transitional Year Training (2010) NY
Medical Education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2009) NY
PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Neuroscience (2009)
BS, Yale University, Psychobiology/Neuroscience (1999)
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Dr. Boris Heifets, MD, PhD, is a board certified anesthesiologist who specializes in providing anesthesia for neurological surgery. He has practiced at Stanford since 2010.
After completing residency training at Stanford, Dr. Heifets completed fellowship training in neuroanesthesiology, also at Stanford. In addition to treating patients, Dr. Heifets also directs both clinical research and basic neuroscience. His research group studies how new rapid acting psychiatric therapies, like ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin, produce lasting changes in nervous system function, behavior, and therapeutic outcomes.
After completing residency training at Stanford, Dr. Heifets completed fellowship training in neuroanesthesiology, also at Stanford. In addition to treating patients, Dr. Heifets also directs both clinical research and basic neuroscience. His research group studies how new rapid acting psychiatric therapies, like ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin, produce lasting changes in nervous system function, behavior, and therapeutic outcomes.
