

Anesthesiologist and pain management specialist
Dr. Zhonghui Guan is an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist at the Pain Management Center at UCSF Medical Center. He specializes in treating chronic pain, including low back pain and neck pain, neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome, failed back surgery syndrome and cancer pain.
In his research, he focuses on better understanding gene expression regulation in chronic pain. He earned a medical degree at Peking Union Medical School in Beijing, China, and completed an anesthesia residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, followed by a pain management fellowship at UCSF. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, California Society of Anesthesiologists and Society for Neuroscience. He is an assistant professor in residence at UCSF.
Pain Management Center
2255 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94143-1654
Phone: (415) 885-PAIN (7246
New Patients: (415) 885-3552
Current Patients: (415) 885-7533
Fax: (415) 885-3883
Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Chinese
Peking Union School of Medicine 1994
Massachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesia 2006
UCSF Medical Center, Pain Management 2009