David A. Fishbain, M.D.

Professor (Tenured) of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

tel: 305-243-4060

For Patients

Board Certifications
American Board of Psych & Neuro/Psychiatry
American Board of Psych & Neuro/Pain Medicine

Practice Locations
Dominion Tower
UM-Jackson Memorial Hospital Mental Health & Hospital Center

Languages Spoken
English English, Spanish, Russian

Education
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, FL 		Residency Psychiatry 1975
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, FL 		Fellowship Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 1975
Tulane University School of Medicine/Charity Hospital
New Orleans, LA 		Internship Internal Medicine 1972
University of Ottawa, School of Medicine
Ottawa, ONT Canada		 M.D. Medicine 1971
University of Ottawa, School of Science
Ottawa, ONT Canada		 M.S. Microbiology 1967
University of Ottawa, School of Science
Ottawa, ONT Canada		 B.S. Biology 1966

David A. Fishbain, M.D., F.A.P.A., is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Neurological Surgery and Anesthesiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine and The Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Center in Miami, Florida.

A graduate of the University of Ottawa School of Medicine in Canada, Dr. Fishbain also holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of Ottawa School of Science. He completed his internship in Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Fishbain is triple boarded. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with added qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry and Pain Management. Dr. Fishbain was honored as a Distinguished Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association in 2003.

Dr. Fishbain has developed a national and international reputation. He is the author of 223 publications (journal articles, letters to the editor, and book chapters) and 152 published abstracts. Most of these publications relate to chronic pain evaluation, treatment, and outcome. Dr. Fishbain also has been active in organized pain medicine and has been named to a number of committees within the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM). He is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control, Medical Disability Advisor, and the Journal of Opioid Management. He has served on the editorial boards of The Clinical Journal of Pain, the American Pain Society Bulletin, and the American Academy of Pain Medicine Newsletter. He has also been Regional Editor for The Pain Medicine Network Newsletter and is now Senior Editor of Pain Medicine as well as an editor for Cochrane Reviews. He is the psychiatric editor for Current Pain and Headache Reports and Pain Medicine News. Dr. Fishbain has been the Chair of the American Pain Society (APS) Scientific Program Committee for the 1993 APS meeting and the new research chair for the AAPM 2000 meeting and has served on the Florida Pain Management Commission.