Mark Wallace, MD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and Program Director at UCSD Center for Pain Medicine
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“The results [of his research] suggest that there is a theraputic window of the cannibis. If you don’t get enough of it, you don’t get pain relief. If you get too much of it, you actually increase their pain. I think we need to keep working to demonstrate the medicinal use of cannabis by good, quality research and then get it in the hands of a pharmacist.”
“UCSD Researchers Studying Marijuana, Pain Relief,” 10News.com (San Diego, CA)
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor, Anesthesiology, University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
- Program Director, UCSD Center for Pain Medicine
- Director, Cancer Pain Relief Unit, Moores UCSD Cancer Center
- Chair, UCSD Human Subjects Committee
- Associate Editor, Clinical Journal of Pain
- Recipient, Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, UCSD, 2002
- Fellow, Pain Medicine, UCSD Medical Center
- Residency in Anesthesiology, University of Maryland
- Education:
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- MD, Creighton University
- Other:
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- Hospital Affiliations: UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla, and UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest