Farshad M. Ahadian, M.D.

Farshad Ahadian, M.D. is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and is part of the staff of the Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine at UCSD. He is board certified in Pain Management, Anesthesia and Medical Acupuncture. He has been involved in the management of acute, chronic and cancer pain since 1994. Prior to joining the UCSD Pain Management Medical Group in 1999 he established the Pain Management Clinic at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base. A practicing medical acupuncturist, Farshad has been a clinical instructor for the UCLA Medical Acupuncture for Physicians program since 1996. He also pursues original research in pain medicine and is in the process of developing an experimental pain model for studying acupuncture analgesia.

Dr. Ahadian received his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine and his anesthesiology training at Wilford Hall Medical Center. He is currently affiliated with UCSD Thornton Hospital in La Jolla and UCSD Medical Center Hillcrest.

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