Emily Ratner
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Professor, Anesthesia
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine 211 Quarry Road, Ste 205 Hoover Pavilion Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 498-5566 Fax (650) 498-5640Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 498-5566 Tel (650) 723-6411Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Medical Acupuncture
- Integrative Medicine
- 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
| Residency: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1991) |
| Fellowship: | University of Arizona, Integrative Medicine (2009) |
| Board Certification: | American Board of Medical Acupuncture, Medical Acupuncture (2004) |
| Board Certification: | Anesthesia, American Board of Anesthesiology (1992) |
| Internship: | Scvmc (1988) |
| Medical Education: | Baylor College of Medicine TX (1987) |
Scientific Focus
Current 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
- Resources for developing and integrating innovative curricula in complementary and alternative/integrative medicine MedEdPortal. 2009
- Perioperative Acupuncture in Anesthesiologists Manual of Surgical Procedures. 2008
- 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
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