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Founder, Editor-in-chief, CTO – WikiAnesthesia
Clinical Assistant Professor – Stanford University
Clinical role Attending physician
Practice type Academic
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Authorship score 598
Total edits 1,058
Articles edited 440
Articles created 216
Total characters added 333,974
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  • Stanford University (Administrator)

Chris Rishel is a Clinical Instructor and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University. He is passionate about developing technology to maximize the accessibility of clinical and scientific knowledge. Starting in 2018, he partnered with Barrett Larson to develop WikiAnesthesia, with the goal creating an open-access crowdsourced platform for information in anesthesia designed for rapid use at the point-of-care. He also conducts research to study perioperative outcomes using large national databases, with a focus on perioperative narcotic use.

Outside of medicine, Chris is passionate about creating music. While at The University of Chicago, he directed the a cappella group Voices, where his arranging, composition, and studio production received numerous international awards. He now serves as a freelance arranger, coach, and producer, and serves as an adjudicator, instructor, and clinician for various vocal competitions and festivals.

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