Khin Thein 

Researc Specialist

Phone: 301-770-8407

^{Dr. Khin Thein joined the Hebrew Home’s Research Institute on Aging in 2000.  He has a degree in Medicine from the Institute of Medicine 1 in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar) and a master's degree in Sports Medicine from the USSA in Daphne, Alabama.}

     ^{Khin is currently working on a study entitled, "The utility of pain assessment for analgesic use in persons with dementia".  Funded by the Alzheimer’s Association, this research project will concentrate on pain assessment in cognitively impaired nursing home residents.}   

     ^{In his free time, Khin enjoys sailing.  He has been sailing for almost 40 years, winning two gold medals for the Burmese National Team in the 1978 Asian Games and now competing in two-man sailboat races on the Potomac River.  In the US Albacore National Sailing Championships with his son, Thant, and finished in 8th place.  Recently, Khin competed in the North American Albacore Championship and fiinished in 5th place.}