Scott Fishman, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Fishman is continuing his educational and research activities in opioids and chronic pain, cancer pain management, psychiatric issues of chronic illness and pain, neuropathic pain treatment strategies, and medical informatics.

Title:

Professor, Chief of Pain Medicine, Vice Chair for Pain Medicine & Faculty Development

Specialty:

Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

UC Davis Medical Group

Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 2700
Sacramento, CA 95817

Alternate Address:

UC Davis Medical Group - Folsom
271 Turn Pike Dr.
Folsom, CA 95630

Phone:

(916) 734-7246

Education:

University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts
M.D. 1990

Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts
B.A.|M.A. 1981

Internships:

Greenwich Hospital, Yale University
New Haven , Connecticut
1992

Residency:

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
1996
Psychiatry

Greenwich Hospital, Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
1992
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1995
Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine

Board Certifications:

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2010
American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, 1998
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1997
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995

Honors and Awards:

U.S. News Top Doctors, 2011-2012

Select Recent Publications:

Fishman SM. Strategies for selecting treatment and mitigating risk in patients with chronic pain. J Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;72(1): e)02

Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Gilson AM, Casamalhuapa C, Baxi H, Lin TC, Li CS: An analysis of the number of multiple prescribers for opioids utilizing data from the California Prescription Monitoring Program. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2011 20(5) 2011 Mar 29. doi: 10.1002/pds.2129.

Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Gilson AM, Casamalhuapa C, Baxi H, Zhang H, Li CS: Profiling multiple provider prescribing of opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants, and anorectics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2010 112(1-2):99-106

Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Casamalhuapa C, Singh N: Computerized Progress Notes for Chronic Pain Patients Receiving Opioids; the Prescription Opioid Documentation System (PODS). Pain Med. 2010 11(11): 1707-17

Fishman SM, Gallagher RM, McCarberg BH: The opioid treatment agreement: a real-world perspective. Am J Bioethics 2010 Nov;10 (11):14-5

Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Casamalhuapa C, Gupta A. Documenting and improving opioid treatment: the Prescription Opioid Documentation and Surveillance (PODS) System. Pain Med. 2009; 10(5):866-77.

Kreis PG, Fishman SM, Chau K. Impact to spinal cord stimulator lead integrity with direct suture loop ties. Pain Med. 2009; 10(3):495-500.

Fishman SM, Webster LR. Unintended harm from opioid prescribing guidelines. Pain Med. 2009; 10(2):285-6.

To see if Scott Fishman is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call (800) 2-UC DAVIS.