Timothy Furnish, MD
Skin Surgery Medical Group Inc.
5222 Balboa Ave Fl 6, San Diego, CA 92117
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- Regular Hours:
- Phone:
Main - 858-657-6035
Fax - 858-657-6559
- Address:
- 9350 Campus Point Dr La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Categories
- Physicians & Surgeons, Physicians & Surgeons, Anesthesiology, Physicians & Surgeons, Pain Management
- Services / Products
- Aidshiv, Allergy Immunology, Ent Head & Neck, Gastroenterology, Hematology Blood Diseases
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- Location
- Perlman Ambulatory Care Ctr
- AKA
Furnish, Timothy J, MD
- Other Information
Specialties: Pain Medicine, Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology
General Info
Timothy Furnish, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist who specializes in pain management. As a pain management specialist, he evaluates, diagnoses and treats all forms of pain, particularly chronic pain and acute, post-surgical pain. Dr. Furnish initiated and is now director of the inpatient pain consult services at UC San Diego Healths Center for Pain Medicine. The inpatient pain consult service sees patients either before or after surgery to help their surgeons develop a post-operative pain management plan to facilitate recovery and comfort, and reduce the chances of developing chronic pain. His research and clinical focuses are on chronic neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome, back pain and perioperative pain. Prior to joining the faculty at UC San Diego Health, he was a fellow in pain management at UC San Diego Health. He completed residency training in anesthesiology at UC San Diego Health and earned his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He also holds a masters degree in social work from University of Kansas. Dr. Furnish is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine.Dr. Furnish is currently on the Society of Hospital Medicines Guidelines Committee Reducing Adverse Drug Events from Opioids and is co-chair of UC San Diegos Pain Management Committee.UC San Diego Health LinksFor more information, see http://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/pain/Pages/default.aspx.