Mark Wallace, MD - Medical Marijuana

Last updated on: 3/9/2009 | Author:

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:

“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:

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:

MD, Creighton University

Other:

Hospital Affiliations: UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla, and UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest