QiLiang “Q” Chen, MD, PhD
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Stanford University
Dr. QiLiang “Q” Chen is a pain management anesthesiologist and systems neuroscientist at Stanford University and the Palo Alto VA. He received his MD and PhD in Neuroscience from Oregon Health & Science University, then completed his anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at Stanford. He now practices pain medicine at both Stanford and the Palo Alto VA, focusing on migraines, orofacial pain, and chronic post-traumatic pain management.
His research centers on delineating the neuromechanisms underlying chronic post-traumatic pain and headaches. The overarching goal of his program is to translate fundamental insights into clinical applications, offering new therapeutics for these conditions.