Faculty

Farshad M. Ahadian, MD

UCSD Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD School of Medicine

Benjamin Atwater, MD, PhD

UCSD Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD School of Medicine

James Ball

Supervising Investigator I, Enforcement Field Operations, Medical Board of California, Pleasant Hill, CA

Frank D. Ferris, MD

Medical Director, Palliative Care Standards / Outcome Measures, SDHPC
Clinical Professor, Voluntary, Family and Preventative Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Elly Hann, DO

Clinical Medical Director, SDHPC

Laurel Herbst, MD

Vice President, Medical Affairs, SDHPC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Albert Y. Leung, MD

UCSD Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD School of Medicine

Charles Lewis, MD

Assistant Vice President Medical Affairs, Medical Director Inpatient Care Center, and
Director Integrative Palliative Medicine Program, SDHPC
Clinical Instructor, UCSD School of Medicine

Arthur Lurvey, MD

Medical Reviewer,  United Government Services, LLC, Camarillo, CA

Rodrigo A. Munoz, MD

Chair, Continuing Medical Education Committee, San Diego County Medical Society
Psychiatrist, Scripps Mercy Hospital
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine

Gil Naco, MD

Clinical Medical Director, SDHPC
 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Steve Oppenheim, MD

Medical Director, San Diego Palliative Home Healthcare and AIDS Case Management Programs, SDHPC
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Julie Prazich, MD

Clinical Medical Director, SDHPC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

William Stanton, MD

Oncologist, Scripps Mercy Hospital
Chief of Staff, SDHPC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Wendy Stein, MD

Medical Director, Long Term Care Services, SDHPC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Jay Thomas, MD, PhD

Clinical Medical Director, SDHPC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, FACP

Medical Director, Center for Palliative Studies
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Mark S. Wallace, MD

Program Director, UCSD Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, UCSD School of Medicine