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. Mark S. Wallace
9500 Gilman Drive MC0898
La Jolla, CA 92093-0898

Assistant
Melissa Medeiros
(858) 822-0776

​Name
​Title
Email
​Ahadian, Farshad M.
​Clinical Professor
​fahadian@ucsd.edu
Beal, Benjamin
​Associate Clinical Professor
bbeal@ucsd.edu
Bruno, Kelly
​HS Clinical Instructor
​kbruno@ucsd.edu
​Castellanos, Joel
​HS Clinical Instructor
jcastellanos@ucsd.edu
​Chakravarthy, Krishnan
​Assistant Clinical Professor
kvchakravarthy@ucsd.edu
​Chen, Jeffrey L.
​Associate Clinical Professor
​jlc021@ucsd.edu
Furnish, Timothy
​Clinical Professor
​tfurnish@ucsd.edu
​Lerman, Imanuel
​Associate 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
Reddy, Rajiv
​HS Clinical Instructor
​rdreddy@ucsd.edu
​​Schuster, Nathaniel
Assistant Clinical Professor
​nmschuster@ucsd.edu
​Vaninetti, Michael
​Assistant Clinical Professor
mvaninetti@ucsd.edu
Wallace, Mark S. 
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
mswallace@ucsd.edu