Research Team

Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD

Head of Lab
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology (Pain Management)
Department of Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurology
Weill Institute of Neuroscience, UCSF School of Medicine

 

Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar is the Principal Investigator of UCSF Clinical Trials for refractory chronic pain (NCT03029884 and NCT04144972) and a neurologist and interventional pain medicine specialist at the UCSF Pain Management Center at Mount Zion. He provides the full spectrum of care for chronic pain conditions, including conservative, nonsurgical treatments such as medications and nerve blocks (anesthetic injections near nerves that are sending pain signals). He also treats patients with advanced neuromodulation therapy by implanting peripheral and spinal cord stimulators, which are devices that relieve pain by sending electrical signals to the spine.

 

Kristin Sellers, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor  

 

Yiyuan Han, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

[email protected]

 

Jeremy Saal

PhD Student - Neuroscience

 

Julian Motzkin MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Chad Sitgraves, MS

Engineer / CRC

Catherine Borror

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Joanna Lin

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Ryan Leriche

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Ishan Kanungo, MD

Graduated Medical Student 

 

Thomas Wozny, MD

Neurological Surgery Resident / Postdoctoral Scholar

 

Akash Shamugan, MD

Medical Student

 

 

 


Lab Alumni

 

Ashlyn Schmitgen, PA

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Anna Shaughnessy

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Bella Joseph

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

 

Jordan Prosky

Clinical Research Coordinator

 

Gregory Chin

Clinical Research Coordinator