TJ Gan, MD, FRCA, FFARCS(I), is Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice Chairman for Clinical Research and a Senior Research Fellow at the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Gan received his medical training at the London Hospital Medical College of the University of London. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology and is a fellow of both the Royal College of Anaesthetists of England and the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He has attained licensure in acupuncture from the British College of Acupuncture.

Dr. Gan has been recipient of the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia Young Investigation Award and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Clinical Scholar Research Award and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the International Anesthesia Research Society. He is the Associate Chief Editor of Acute Pain, serves on the Editorial Board of Anesthesia Analgesia and Clinical Research and is a reviewer for many scientific journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Circulations, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, and Pharmacoeconomics.

Dr. Gan has served as invited speaker for many national and international professional conferences and as principal investigator or co-investigator for many clinical trials. His research, which has been reported in a multitude of peer-reviewed scientific journals, explores a variety of topics, such as the benefits and adverse effects of anesthesia and analgesia, opioids, prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting and other opioid related side effects, fluid management during surgery, intravenous anesthesia and patients' perceptions of the postoperative pain experience. He is the author or co-author of over 200 abstracts, reviews and chapters published in medical textbooks and more than 120 scientific articles in peer-reviewed medical journals.