TimothyJamesFurnishMD

Pain Medicine

Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, UCSD School of Medicine

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Dr. Timothy Furnish is an anesthesiologist in San Diego, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest and VA San Diego Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in pain medicine.

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2009 - 2010
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Anesthesiology, 2006 - 2009
Crozer-Chester Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 2005 - 2006
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2005

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

PubMed

72 citations
Medical Marijuana and Chronic Pain: a Review of Basic Science and Clinical Evidence.
Bjorn Jensen, Jeffrey E. Chen, Timothy Furnish, Mark S. Wallace
Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2015-09-01
69 citations
State of the art opioid-sparing strategies for post-operative pain in adult surgical patients.
Rodney A. Gabriel, Matthew W Swisher, Jacklynn F. Sztain, Timothy Furnish, Brian M. Ilfeld
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2019-02-27
8 citations
Impact of COVID-19 on Pain Medicine Fellowship Training.
Jonathan M Hagedorn, Susan M. Moeschler, Timothy Furnish, Dawood Sayed, Shravani Durbhakula
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2021-02-01

Lectures

Clinical & Interventional Tools for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Conference
University of California, San Diego, Orlando, Florida - 12/1/2012
Clinical & Interventional Tools for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Conference
University of California, San Diego, Chicago, Illinois - 10/20/2012
Clinical & Interventional Tools for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Conference
University of California, San Diego, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 9/8/2012

PT391 – MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Fibromyalgia and Other Central Sensitization SyndromesFebruary 21st, 2023
Ep 17 - Using Psychedelics to Expand the Horizons of Pain Medicine with Timothy Furnish, MD - AAPMDecember 15th, 2022
Do Psychedelics Help to Treat Pain?February 4th, 2022
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