Mr. Christopher John Gordon Chisholm, M.D.

Dr. Christopher Chisholm is an anesthesiologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Chisholm ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Chisholm also might help manage pain after an operation.

A member of the Division of Anesthesiology, Dr. Chisholm received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, and served a residency in Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. While at Columbia University, he was given the honor to serve as Chief resident. Choosing then to sub-specialize in pain medicine, he completed an Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of California Davis, graduating in December of 2005. Dr. Chisholm holds staff privileges at UCSD Medical Center as a volunteer clinical instructor. Dr. Chisholm held staff privileges at UCSD Medical Center as a volunteer clinical instructor. During that time he donated his time at the San Diego Veterans Hospital where he provided pain management services to veterans.