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