Meredith Barad

Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America

Academician Anesthesiology
Biography

Dr. Barad joined the Pain Medicine faculty in 2008. Dr. Barad is a board-certified Neurologist, Headache and Pain physician. Her primary focus is helping patients with head and facial pain or pain related to other neurologic conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and peripheral neuropathy. She has collaborated in creating a cross-disciplinary headache center, so that headache sufferers can benefit from the Pain Center’s comprehensive approach. She is also the Director of the Stanford Orofacial Pain Program.Originally from Colorado, Dr. Barad completed her undergraduate studies in biology and honors liberal arts at the University of Texas, Austin.

Research Intrest

novel treatment paradigms for challenging pain problems such as orofacial pain, trigeminal neuralgia and low pressure headaches.

List of Publications
Wang CK, Gowda A, Barad M, Mackey SC, Carroll IR. Serratus muscle stimulation effectively treats notalgia paresthetica caused by long thoracic nerve dysfunction: a case series. Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury. 2009 Sep 22;4(1):17.
Carroll I, Fischbein N, Barad M, Mackey S. Human response to unintended intrathecal injection of botulinum toxin. Pain Medicine. 2011 Jul 1;12(7):1094-7.
Barad MJ, Ueno T, Younger J, Chatterjee N, Mackey S. Complex regional pain syndrome is associated with structural abnormalities in pain-related regions of the human brain. The Journal of Pain. 2014 Feb 28;15(2):197-203.