Stanford Anesthesiology

“You don’t do this for titles or trophies,” he says. “The reward is seeing the impact and watching it ripple outward.”

Angst is intentional about creating an environment where people feel comfortable questioning assumptions, offering new perspectives, and challenging existing ways of doing things. He describes it simply: “constructive disruption.”

The problem in medicine isn’t a shortage of ideas—it’s a shortage of pathways to turn them into impact. “There’s no reliable pathway to take frontline insight and turn it into action,” says Dr. Martin Angst. “Important ideas get delayed, fragmented, or never realized at all.”

Nurse anesthetists still perform a small share of interventional pain procedures in the U.S. But a new study suggests their role is steadily growing, particularly in spine procedures, as the pain medicine workforce evolves. bit.ly/4uUrvwE @marthpodi

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Stanford researchers across disciplines, including members of our department like Dr. Martin Angst, are helping push this work forward. Read more: stanford.io/3RkQ9rZ

A new $90 million gift will help expand Stanford’s Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience, advancing research into healthy brain aging, dementia prevention, and the biological drivers of resilience.

What helps some people maintain brain health and cognitive function as they age while others develop neurodegenerative disease?

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