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About Dr. Zeev Kain
Dr. Kain is a Yale and Harvard-trained anesthesiologist, pediatrician, entrepreneur and innovator who has spent his professional life fighting to solve some of the most pressing problems in modern medical care. He is internationally known for his seminal work and multiple publications on transforming surgical care through clinical value-based-care models such as Enhanced Recovery and the Perioperative Surgical Home, which improves clinical care, increases patient and provider satisfaction and reduces healthcare costs.
Zeev Kain
Dr. Kain is a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine and Executive Director for UC Irvine’s Center on Stress and Health, where he leads a team of researchers investigating multi-disciplinary approaches to managing pain and anxiety in a wide range of medical settings and situations.
Previously, he served as the Associate Dean of Clinical Operations, Chief Medical Officer and Chair of Anesthesiology at UC Irvine Health, and has been instrumental in implementing the Perioperative Surgical Home model. Prior to joining the University of California, Dr. Kain was Chief of Children’s Anesthesia at Yale University, where he currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor.
He is also President of the American College of Perioperative Medicine, a nonprofit organization that he created to advance the education and practice of perioperative care while breaking down silos within the healthcare industry.
Since 1997, his work on pain and digital health has been funded by the National Institutes of Health. He has also authored more than 200 peer-reviewed research publications focused on managing stress and anxiety in children undergoing surgery and invasive procedures.
Dr. Kain is a sought-after international speaker on transformational surgical care, with expertise in performance excellence in the age of change, physician engagement and buy-in, multi-disciplinary team collaboration, tactical training of physicians, Lean Six Sigma and best practices in communication and risk mitigation.
He is currently a Director on the Board of the Foundations of Anesthesia, Education, and Research (FAER) and previously served on the American Board of Anesthesiology.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Dr. Kain holds an MD from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He also received an MA (Hons) from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University. Additionally, Dr. Kain completed residencies in pediatrics at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, anesthesiology at Yale University’s New Haven Hospital and pediatric anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School).
Dr. Kain is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
RESULTS
Dr. Kain is known for his seminal work on transforming surgical care through clinical value-based care models that are focused on increased patient and provider experience and lower healthcare costs.
As chair of anesthesiology at UC Irvine, he markedly improved perioperative clinical services, instituted innovative education initiatives and built multiple research programs.
As a result of his work, UC Irvine Health has been consistently recognized as a “Top Hospital” by The Leapfrog Group and has achieved lower infection rates, better outcomes, decreased the length of stay and lower readmission rates.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Kain has revolutionized the care of children in perioperative settings both in the United States and internationally. In fact, his research on extreme anxiety and fear in children undergoing surgery triggered a worldwide change in the way children are treated during invasive medical procedures and during the perioperative period.
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics (1993-2007)
Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology (1993-present)
California State Medical License
