Rory Vu Mather
@rvmather
MD-PhD Candidate @harvardmitmdphd @mit_hst | Neural Engineering & Pain Research @mghbostonanes @purdonlab @stanfordanes | @WUSTL Alum | Viet 🏳️🌈 he/him
New publication from our lab investigating hand conditions in pregnancy and postpartum @JHSGlobalOnline. Great work @gabysmith36, Bill Young (MS3), and @ATitanMD!
Surprising finding on nerve blocks and postop opioid use that align with what we observed in REGAIN. Merits a deeper look to learn more. bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-…
A new paper discussing the importance of federal, institutional, and programmatic support for physician scientist trainees. The same can easily apply to biomedical trainees. We as a nation need to support the next generation of doctors and researchers! rdcu.be/etaiE
A powerful new piece in @NatureMedicine by APSA past presidents & board members discusses how funding cuts could disrupt the physician-scientist pipeline and future of biomedical innovation, and outline urgent solutions to safeguard the next generation. rdcu.be/etaiE
What does surgery reveal about brain resilience? Anesthesiologists Martin Angst & Igor Feinstein are studying older adults before, during & after cardiac surgery to explore how stress impacts the brain—why some recover cognitively while others decline. 🔗brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/under-lig…
You’re in great hands America! Here are the 2025 Harvard/MIT MD-PhD graduates who have dedicated their lives to providing the best care to your families & delivering you medical cures from their groundbreaking science. @NIH @NIHDirector_Jay @HHSGov @SecKennedy @harvardmed @MIT
Viewpoint: Expanding the pipeline of social sciences and humanities physician-scientists is both feasible and critical to tackling medicine’s evolving demands. ja.ma/43hWiZq
To illustrate how brain rhythms may affect cognition, Purdon sings a few bars of “Fly Me to the Moon.” EEG data collected by his team during surgical anesthesia suggest these brain-wave recordings may reflect brain health and could be further developed to help measure resilience.
Can brain waves during surgery predict who’s at higher risk after? What’s going on: Every year, millions of people die after surgery. Doctors need better ways to spot who’s most at risk—while the surgery is happening.
I’m thrilled to share that I’m joining @StartX as part of the Summer 2025 cohort! StartX has built an incredible community of Stanford founders, with 2,500+ founders and 18+ >$1B companies. I’m honored to be part of this network of innovators and mentors!
