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Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology

Pain Anesthesia Physicians

Our team of pain specialists at the UC San Diego Center for Pain Medicine is fellowship trained and board certified in pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Many of the faculty, are also diplomats of other certifying bodies such as the American Board of Pain Medicine, American Board of Medical Acupuncture, American Board of Interventional Pain Practice, the World Institute of Pain, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Emergency Medicine, United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties, and more.

Division Chief

Dr. Tim Furnish
9300 Medical Center Drive MC 7651
La Jolla, CA 92037

Executive Assistant
Nicole D’Angelo
858-657-7072
ndangelo@health.ucsd.edu

Faculty

Name Title
Ahadian, Farshad M. HS Clinical Professor
Castellanos, Joel Associate Clinical Professor
Chen, Jeffrey L. HS Clinical Professor
DeJulio, Paul Assistant Clinical Professor
Furnish, Timothy HS Clinical Professor
Ghaffari, Cyrus Associate Physician Diplomate
Lerman, ImanuelG HS Clinical Professor
Mclean, Brian Associate Physician
Oswald, Jessica Associate Clinical Professor
Parkikh, Niketa Associate Physician Diplomate
Polston, Gregory HS Clinical Professor
Phillips, Coti Associate Clinical Professor
Reddy, Rajiv Associate Clinical Professor
Schuster, Nathaniel Associate Clinical Professor
Vaninetti, Michael Associate Clinical Professor
Wallace, Mark S. Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology