Dr. Ming-chih Jeffrey Kao M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Pain Medicine
450 Broadway St Stanford University Redwood City CA, 94063About
Dr. Ming-chih Kao is a physiatrist practicing in Redwood City, CA. Dr. Kao is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Kao focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Kao can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
University of Michigan Medical School 2007
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transitive functional annotation by shortest-path analysis of gene expression data.
- Novel mechanisms of T-cell and dendritic cell activation revealed by profiling of psoriasis on the 63,100-element oligonucleotide array.
- Chemical genetic modifier screens: small molecule trichostatin suppressors as probes of intracellular histone and tubulin acetylation.
- Determination of local statistical significance of patterns in Markov sequences with application to promoter element identification.
- Functional annotation and network reconstruction through cross-platform integration of microarray data.
- HumanUpstream and MouseUpstream: databases of promoter sequences in the human and mouse genomes.
- An integrative approach to characterize disease-specific pathways and their coordination: a case study in cancer.
- Does physical activity influence the relationship between low back pain and obesity?
- Determinants of physical activity in America: a first characterization of physical activity profile using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
- Physical and psychological correlates of fatigue and physical function: a Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry (CHOIR) study.
- Social Disruption Mediates the Relationship Between Perceived Injustice and Anger in Chronic Pain: a Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry Study.
- Physical performance analysis: A new approach to assessing free-living physical activity in musculoskeletal pain and mobility-limited populations.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
Publications
- JAMA interl medicineAssessment and magement of back pain.2014
- SPINE JOURLDoes physical activity influence the relationship between low back pain and obesity?2014
- PM & R : the jourl of injury, function, and rehabilitationDuration of fluoroscopic-guided spine interventions2013
- Jourl of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitationThe value of physical examition in the diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis.2013
- PM&RDiagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Swallow Evaluation Versus Videofluoroscopy to Assess Dysphagia2012
- BMC GENOMICSAn integrative approach to characterize disease-specific pathways and their coordition2008
- OMICS-A JOURL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGYHumanUpstream and MouseUpstream: Databases of promoter sequences in the human and mouse genomes2005
- TURE BIOTECHNOLOGYFunctiol annotation2005
- Applied bioinformaticsGoSurfer: a graphical interactive tool for comparative alysis of large gene sets in Gene Ontology2004
- JOURL OF COMPUTATIOL BIOLOGYDetermition of local statistical significance of patterns2004
- CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGYChemical genetic modifier screens2003
- PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICSNovel mechanisms of T-cell2003
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE TIOL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMTransitive functiol annotation by shortest-path alysis of gene expression data2002
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