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Pain Anesthesia Faculty

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 Email
Ahadian, Farshad M. Clinical Professor fahadian@ucsd.edu
Beal, Benjamin Associate Clinical Professor bbeal@ucsd.edu
Castellanos, Joel Associate Clinical Professor jcastellanos@ucsd.edu
Chen, Jeffrey L. Associate Clinical Professor jlc021@ucsd.edu
Deshpande, Kaivalya HS Clinical Instructor
kdeshpande@ucsd.edu
Furnish, Timothy Clinical Professor tfurnish@ucsd.edu
Lerman, Imanuel Clinical Professor ilerman@ucsd.edu
Leung, Albert Y. Clinical Professor ayleung@ucsd.edu
Oswald, Jessica HS Clinical Instructor
jeoswald@ucsd.edu
Polston, Gregory Clinical Professor gpolston@ucsd.edu
Phillips, Coti HS Clinical Instructor
c1phillips@ucsd.edu
Reddy, Rajiv Associate Clinical Professor rdreddy@ucsd.edu
Schuster, Nathaniel Associate Clinical Professor nmschuster@ucsd.edu
Vaninetti, Michael Assistant Clinical Professor mvaninetti@ucsd.edu
Wallace, Mark S. Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology mswallace@ucsd.edu