About UsBarth L. Wilsey, M.D. 
Clinical/Research Interests
Dr. Wilsey is heavily involved in clinical pain medicine research at UC Davis Medical Center and at the Sacramento VA Medical Center, where he also performs acupuncture services on a limited basis. One of his major research interests is the use of medical marijuana for neuropathic pain, and he is involved in a federally funded study of the analgesic and neuropsychological effects of cannabis when treating central pain from spinal cord injury. Dr. Wilsey also studies prescription opioid abuse, and collaborates on NIH and CDC grants involving computerization of historical pain-management information.
Dr. Wilsey has a strong interest in research ethics and has chaired institutional review boards at UC Davis and the Northern California VA Health Care System. He believes translational research is particularly important for improving patient care.
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Education:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
M.D. 1973
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
B.A. 1969
Internships:
Springfield, Illinois
1973-1974
Residency:
Sacramento, California
1974-1977
Department of Neurology and Anesthesiology
Fellowships:
San Francisco, CA
1995-96
Neurology
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
1994-1995
Anesthesiology
Board Certifications:
American Board of Anesthesiology , 1976
Honors and Awards:
Henry Rutgers Scholar in Biochemistry, 1969
Select Recent Publications:
Gilson, A. M., Fishman, S. M., Wilsey, B. L., Casamalhuapa, C., and Baxi, H. Time Series Analysis of California's Prescription Monitoring Program: Impact on Prescribing and Multiple Provider Episodes. Journal of Pain 2012 13(2):103-11.
Grant, I., Atkinson, J., Gouaux, B, Wilsey, B. Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke. The Open Neurology Journal, 2012, 6: 18-25.
Han, Kass, Wilsey, Li, Individual and County-Level Factors Associated with Use of Multiple Prescribers and Multiple Pharmacies to Obtain Opioid Prescriptions in California, PLOS ONE, September 2012; Volume 7, Issue 9
Wilsey B, Marcotte T, Deutsch, et al. Low Dose Vaporized Cannabis Significantly Improves Neuropathic Pain" Journal of Pain Dec 10, 2012 [Epub ahead of print]
Wilsey, B. L., Fishman, S. M., Gilson, A. M., Casamalhuapa, C., Baxi, H., Lin, T. C., and Li, C. S. An analysis of the number of multiple prescribers for opioids utilizing data from the California Prescription Monitoring Program. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2011 20(12):1262-8.
Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Gilson A, Casamalhuapa C, Baxi H, Zhang, Li CS Profiling Multiple Provider Prescribing of Opioids, Benzodiazepines, Stimulants, and Anorectics, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2010 Nov 1;112(1-2):99-106.
Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Casamalhuapa , Singh N Computerized Progress Notes for Chronic Pain Patients Receiving Opioids; the Prescription Opioid Documentation System (PODS), Pain Medicine, 2010:11(11):1707-17.
Wilsey BL, Fishman S, Li CS, Storment J, Albanese A. Markers of abuse liability of short- vs long-acting opioids in chronic pain patients: a randomized cross-over trial. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. Nov 2009;94(1):98-107.
Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Casamalhuapa C, Gupta A. Documenting and improving opioid treatment: the Prescription Opioid Documentation and Surveillance (PODS) System. Pain Med. Jul-Aug 2009;10(5):866-877.
