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    Tony Yaksh, PhD (he/him/his)

    Professor Emeritus
    University of California, San Diego
    San Diego, California, United States

    Dr. Tony L. Yaksh: Purdue University (PhD 1971), U.S. Army (1971-73), University of Wisconsin (1973-76), University College London (1976-77), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (1977-1988). He is Professor of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego (1988-present). His studies (> 850 papers) provide a basis for understanding the pharmacology of spinal pain processing. He has >51,000 citations in >31,000 papers. He has mentored over 160 postdoctoral trainees and funded consistently by NIH since 1977. He has received awards from the American Pain Society, the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Swedish Society of Medicine and received two NIH Javitz awards.

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